Nova
Rock
Nova
Rock is an annual Austrian Rock-Festival for three days in June. Since 2005 it
has been in Nickelsdorf in Burgenland and the organizers are the Nova-Music
Entertainment and other music entertainments. On the festival area you can camp
with a camper or a tent and there are pubs and fast food places, where you can
eat. Every year there is a Nova-Beer brewed by Ottakringer for only 1 Euro.
Last year 160 000 tickets were sold for the festival and it is the biggest
Rock-Festival in Austria. Since 2005 the festival area has grown and in 2009
the stage was the biggest festival stage in Europe. Every year there are 40 to
50 bands, on each day 8 to 9 and everybody can choose what he/she wants to listen
to and every year there are very famous bands like Greenday, die Ärzte,
Rammstein, Seed, Linking Park, etc. This year there will be Marilyn Manson,
Metallica, Billy Talent and other bands.
Frequency
is also an Austrian Music Festival. First it was held in Vienna and Salzburg,
but in the last three years it was in St. Pölten. Most bands play Indie Rock or
alternative music, but there are also bands which make electronic music and Hip
Hop. The organizers work together with the organizers from Nova Rock, so
sometimes the bands play on both festivals. In the last five years there were
bands like Muse, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Peter Fox, etc. The festival started
in 2001 and it lasts for three days in August every year. Within the festival
area you can also camp. One very positive thing is that the festival area is
close to a river where people can cool down. At Nova Rock Festival there are
only few washing facilities where you can take a shower and cool down. On both festivals there are large partyzones.
Steirischer
Herbst
“Steirische Herbst” is an international festival for Contemporary Art in
Styria. It is every year in September and October and it was established in 1968. „Steirische Herbst“ is the oldest and most traditional festival of Modern
Art in Europe. During the „Steirische Herbst“ there are many projects dealing
with theatre, architecture, literature, dance and music. On various places in
Styria there are concerts, lectures, performances and there are many
exhibitions in the museums. Often the projects of the „Steirischen Herbst“ are
projects that criticize society and livestyle of European people.
