Detailed information about the entire festival program of Johann Strauss 2025 Vienna: www.johannstrauss2025.at

All the information about Johann Strauss Year 2025, “King of Waltz. Queen of Music”:  www.strauss.wien.info – with new features: Strauss Fun Fact Quiz and Johann Strauss Musik-Ratgeber

The Strauss anniversary year in 2025 has been given the motto “King of Waltz. Queen of Music”. Johann Strauss II was already celebrated as the Waltz King during his lifetime. His queen was Vienna, the world capital of music. During this anniversary year, the city will be the big stage for a packed program of Strauss events. There is just as much room for traditional Johann Strauss music as for innovative projects. The diversity of these Strauss-themed events is incredible. 
Multiple exhibitions and museums will present the Waltz King in a variety of ways: from the authentic Strauss atmosphere at the original performance venue to immersive experiences. Four of the five most important installations are designed to be permanent exhibitions, offering Strauss experiences beyond 2025. 

Original Strauss locations 

A visit to an historic Strauss site is an atmospheric experience. Stauss lived in the Johann Strauss Apartment at Praterstrasse 54 with his first wife Jetty for several years from 1863 onwards. The stately living and working rooms with music stand, Bösendorfer concert grand piano and Amati violin owned by Strauss are now a memorial to the musician and are accompanied by a detailed exhibition. It was here in 1867 that Strauss composed what is probably his most famous work, The Blue Danube Waltz. (www.wienmuseum.at)

The House of Strauss at Casino Zögernitz is another revitalized original venue. Johann Strauss conducted concerts in the majestic and acoustically outstanding Strauss Hall. A modern museum dedicated to the Strauss dynasty, concert performances and Viennese cuisine in the Casino Kulinarium, including a 500-square-metre beer garden reminiscent of Strauss’s time, make this location in Vienna’s upmarket Döbling district, away from the hustle and bustle, a Strauss destination for all the senses. (www.houseofstrauss.at)

Strauss experiences

The Johann Strauss Museum – New Dimensions offers a completely different Strauss experience; the new permanent Art & Tech exhibition is immersive, informative and interactive and presents the biography of the Waltz King in seven “acts” across 800 square meters of exhibition space. In an all-time first in Austria, a GPS-tracked headphone audio guide will lead visitors through the 75-minute audiovisual experience in eight languages (German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean). (www.johannstraussmuseum.at)

The House of Music, Vienna’s sound museum, is both playful and interactive – and perfect for families too. Visitors of all ages can use the “Virtual Conductor” to conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to Strauss’ famous Danube Waltz. Johann Strauss II, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven and Gustav Mahler are all featured on the floor dedicated to the great composers. (www.hdm.at)

The Theater Museum is hosting the temporary exhibition “Johann Strauss. The Exhibition” until August 17, 2025. A wealth of original objects, including the original score of the operetta “Die Fledermaus”, performance props and exhibits from his written works illustrate the historical and political context of the time. It sheds light on Strauss’ grueling life as well as his relationships with his parents, brothers, three wives and love affairs. (www.theatermuseum.at)

The most important Strauss events

Vienna’s theaters perform original Strauss music and operettas, but also take a contemporary approach to his musical legacy. Productions from ten genres will explore the Strauss theme, both indoors and outdoors. Here is a best-of from March to December 2025:

• The Shadows of Doubt – Inside the Mind of Genius (January 3 – December 31, 2025): artistically designed escape room in the MuseumsQuartier

• Waltz through time on Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel, one Sunday in each month of 2025: travel through time to the melodies of Johann Strauss, performance by theaternyx*.

• LichtStrauss in the Stadtpark (March 21 – May 25, 2025): walk-in light artwork inspired by courageous women from Strauss’ operettas (contemporary multimedia performances)

• Fledermaustag (April 5, 2025): themed day on the Strauss operetta “Die Fledermaus” at the MuseumsQuartier

• April 5/6, 2025: Vienna City Marathon: new Fledermaus race for children, waltz world record attempt with 2025 couples, 200 “Johann Sträusse” runners.

• May 23, 2025: The Concordia Ball. Traditional ball, which Strauss once conducted, at Vienna City Hall

• June 1–23, 2025: Indigo and die 23 Räuber*innen. Strauss’ first operetta tours all 23 districts of Vienna.

• Red Bull Symphonic – Johann Strauss 2025 Edition (June 20, 2025): Open Air at the Danube Island Festival – Camo & Krooked, Christian Kolonovits and the Wiener Symphoniker interpret Strauss. Free admission.

• Prater Picnic by the Wiener Symphoniker (June 26-27, 2025): Strauss takes center stage at the free open-air concert in the shadow of the Giant Ferris Wheel. With Thomas Quasthoff. Free admission.

• Strauss with a View. A festival “in the sky”. A circle of trees creates a Strauss stage with a view of Vienna (August 2/3, 2025)

• Viennese Blood. Operetta by Johann Strauss at the Schönbrunn Palace Theater (August 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, 31, 2025)

• Caligostro – Johann Strauss in the circus tent: musical circus spectacle, written by bestselling author Thomas Brezina, in the Roncalli tent at Heumarkt (September 10-28, 2025)

• 200th Birthday of Johann Strauss II, (October 25, 2025): Birthday celebration at Vienna City Hall, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the Vienna Music Society, “One Night in Venice” at the Vienna Volksoper

• Die Fledermaus. Operetta by Johann Strauss at the MusikTheater an der Wien (October 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24.10.2025)

• FLEDER.STRAUSS. Contemporary production by Serapions Theater and das.bernhard.ensemble. Drama/performance/music at the Odeon (November 27-29, December 3-6, 9-12, 20, 27, 30, 31, 2025)

• Imperial Ball. Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui with Strauss music, danced by the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, at the MuseumsQuartier Vienna, Hall E (December 3, 5, 6, 2025)

• “By(e) Strauss. Einmal muss geschieden sein” – Final concert at the MusikTheater an der Wien (December 31, 2025)

Detailed information about the entire festival program of Johann Strauss 2025 Vienna:  www.johannstrauss2025.at

All the information about Johann Strauss Year 2025, “King of Waltz. Queen of Music”: www.strauss.wien.info – with new features: Strauss Fun Fact Quiz and Johann Strauss Music Assistant

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More images relating to the Vienna Tourist Board’s theme for 2025: www.foto.wien.info/Bilder/strauss

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