Axamer Dorffest

"A community village festival organised by the local clubs and associations of the small Pillerseetal village of Waidring, held in the village centre and celebrating the ties that bind this quiet corner of the Tyrolean Alps."

Waidringer Dorffest der Vereine

"An autumn harvest festival in the Inn valley village of Breitenbach am Inn, gathering the community at the Dorfzentrum for seasonal food, music and the convivial warmth of an established Tyrolean Herbstfest tradition."

Breitenbacher Herbstfest

"One of the earliest Almabtriebe in Austria, the Ried cattle drive in the remote Tiroler Oberland opens the autumn season with decorated livestock arriving from the high Inn valley pastures into a small, unspoiled farming village."

Almabtrieb Ried im Oberinntal

"A well-established two-day artisan craft festival along the Fussganger zone of Seefeld, where skilled craftspeople from across Tyrol display traditional skills and regional products, rooted in folk customs with regional flair."

Handwerksfest Seefeld

"A rare double celebration in the remote Tiroler Oberland: cattle and horses descend on 12 September, followed by the traditional Schafschoad sheep-shearing festival a week later, filling the high Alpine village with bells, music and schnapps."

Almabtrieb Pfunds

"One of several intimate Tannheimertal village cattle drives, the Grän Almabtrieb sees the herd arrive in a tiny Alpine community rarely visited outside ski season, offering an authentically local farewell to summer."

Almabtrieb Grän

"A quirky annual Kirtag named for the local dialect word for cucumber, held on the Assumption feast day at the Kirchenberg of the Danube-side spa village of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg."

Umurkn-Kirtag Bad Deutsch-Altenburg

"A traditional two-day summer market festival in the Attergau village of St. Georgen, set in the rolling lakeland countryside between the Attersee and Mondsee, with Saturday evening and Sunday morning programme."

Attergauer Marktfest St. Georgen im Attergau

"Kuchl's annual lakeside Seefest is a beloved Tennengau summer event uniting the community for an evening of music and festivity on the water's edge."

Kuchl Seefest

"The statewide opening ceremony of Salzburg's Bauernherbst folk harvest season takes place in the pilgrimage village of Maria Alm beneath the Hochkoenig massif, launching weeks of traditional music, craft markets and alpine customs across the region."

Bauernherbst Eröffnung Maria Alm

"A genuine small-village festival in Maishofen in the Pinzgau, where locals and summer guests come together on the village square for music, regional food and traditional Salzburg festivity."

Maishofen Dorffest

"Mauterndorf's Bartholomäus Kirtag is an ancient Lungau horse and livestock fair featuring the celebrated Rösslmarkt with Noriker foal auctions, traditional stalls and village festivity rooted in centuries of alpine trading custom."

Mauterndorf Bartholomäus Kirtag