Gasner Musi-Kirtag
On the Assumption Day bank holiday, the tiny East Styrian village of Gasen closes its streets to traffic and fills seven outdoor stages with traditional Styrian harmonica players, blacksmiths, threshers, and Schmalz-cooking demonstrations all day.
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"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
"Producers on the Sernauberg above Gamlitz throw open their cellar doors on the famous South Styrian Wine Road, offering tours, tastings, and a behind-the-scenes look at the hillside wineries that produce the region's celebrated Sauvignon Blanc."
Tag der offenen Kellertür am Sernauberg
"Held since 1961 by the Altaussee volunteer fire brigade, this authentic lakeside Kirtag shuns loudspeakers and dance floors in favour of a timber-pole tent, live folk music, wood-charcoal grilled chicken, and freshly smoked local trout."
Altausseer Kirtag
"Named after the wine-loving Archduke Johann, this week-long festival in the small fortified village of Ehrenhausen gathers South Styrian winegrowers for one of the longest-running harvest celebrations on the Styrian Wine Road."
Erzherzog Johann Weinfest
"Leutschach uniquely celebrates both its hops and grape harvests together in a two-day festival that blends local craft beer and South Styrian wine with seasonal food and folk music on the Wine Road."
Hopfen- und Weinlesefest
"Now in its 58th year, the Gamlitz harvest festival is one of the great South Styrian autumn celebrations, filling the wine village with producers, music, candlelit cellar walks, and roasted chestnuts as the October vineyards turn gold."
Gamlitzer Weinlesefest
"The Großer Zapfenstreich in Lessach is a solemn and spectacular military-style evening retreat ceremony performed by the village music band in this remote Lungau community, drawing visitors from across the region."
Lessach Großer Zapfenstreich
"The province-wide opening ceremony of the Salzburger Bauernherbst is hosted in Maria Alm beneath the Steinernes Meer, launching a season of 2,000 traditional folk events with live music, farmers' stalls and alpine customs."
Landesweite Bauernherbst-Eröffnung
"The cattle of Alpe Gafluna make their early-season descent to the alm stall near the Gasthof Teich in the secluded Silbertal, the first of Montafon's Alpabtriebe and a quiet, authentic farmer's celebration."
Alpabtrieb Silbertal
"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
"Several Bregenzerwald alps pass through Mellau village centre from early morning as their brightly decorated cattle wind down from the high summer pastures, drawing the whole community onto the streets."
Alpabtrieb Mellau
"Four Bregenzerwald alps including Ostergunten and Breitenalpe converge on Bizau's village square from mid-morning, their flower-crowned cattle arriving to brass music and a community feast."
Alpabtrieb Bizau