Gailtaler Käsefest
Every autumn in the Gailtal valley, this festival celebrates the EU-protected Gailtaler Almkase with a grand cheese cutting, international cheese producers, village procession and folk music in one of Carinthia's most beautiful mountain settings.
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"Unique in Europe, this ten-day festival in the small Carinthian town of St. Andrä presents 35 poultry dishes from cuisines around the world alongside Carinthian folk customs and the awarding of the Salamikrone."
St. Andräer Geflügelfest Gackern
"Dating to 1393, this is the oldest and largest folk market in southern Carinthia, with a colourful costumed procession, over 340 market stalls, and the signature Bleiburger Bier at its heart."
Bleiburger Wiesenmarkt
"Five groups of grown men carrying illuminated revolving stars walk overnight from the alpine village of Heiligenblut to the surrounding mountain farms, singing fourteen stanzas of the Three Kings song in one of Austria's most ancient and unchanged Epiphany carol customs."
Sternsingen in Heiligenblut
"A beloved village Kirchtag on the Dorfplatz at Emmersdorf near Rosegg, combining live music, traditional food and community dancing in a compact Carinthian riverside setting."
Emmersdorfer Kirchtag
"A week-long celebration of freshwater fish from the Millstattersee and neighbouring lakes, with village restaurants and lakeside stands cooking up regional catches in the scenic setting of Feld am See."
Fischfest Feld am See
"A summer music and culture festival held in the tiny lakeside village of Stockenboi at the Weissensee, bringing together local folk traditions and live acts in an unhurried, community-led weekend."
woodstockenboi
"Stainz's main square becomes a three-day celebration of Schilcher, the sharp-pink indigenous Styrian rose wine, with local winegrowers, West Styrian cuisine, and live music in the shadow of the town's Baroque schloss."
Stainzer Schilchertage
"An Assumption-day Kellergassenfest in the Fuchsenweg cellar lane of Wilfersdorf, a small Weinviertel wine village below the ancestral Liechtenstein castle."
Kellergassenfest Wilfersdorf
"An intimate two-evening Kellergassenfest in the Pinkelstein lane at tiny Raschala near Hollabrunn, where local Weinviertel winemakers pour in the historic cellar setting."
Kellergassenfest Pinkelstein, Raschala
"Art, readings and live music unfold among the press-houses of the Grosse Kellertrift in Haugsdorf, one of the Weinviertel's most picturesque cellar lanes."
Kunst & Wein Haugsdorf
"A late-summer Kellergassenfest in the tiny Weinviertel village of Roseldorf, where local winemakers open their ancient cellar lanes to visitors."
Roseldorfer Kellergassenfest
"A weekend wine festival on the scenic Eichbühel hillside above the Danube valley village of Krustetten, with local Kremstal growers and outdoor conviviality."
Weinfest am Eichbühel, Krustetten