page_title: Vorarlberg
section_title: Festivals and annual events
hierarchical_section_title: Vorarlberg / Culture / Festivals and annual events
caption_attribution_description: English: The Lake Stage and the festival building of the Bregenz festival in Bregenz, Austria on an aerial photo. Deutsch: Die Seebühne und das Festspielhaus der Bregenzer Festspiele in Bregenz (Österreich) in einer Luftaufnahme. Esperanto: La laga scenejo kaj la festivala domo de la Festivalo de Bregenz. El-aera vido.
context_page_description: Vorarlberg is the westernmost federal state of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it has the second-smallest population, it also has the second-highest population density. It borders on three countries: Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol, to the east.
  The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz, although Dornbirn and Feldkirch have larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only federal state in Austria in which the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with Alemannic-speaking German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Swabia, and Alsace than with the rest of Austria, southeastern Bavaria, and South Tyrol.
  Vorarlberg is to a large extent mountainous. About 37% of its surface is forest.
context_section_description: Vorarlberg provides cultural attractions of all kinds. The Bregenzer Festspiele is the best known festival of the region and poses one of Austria's cultural highlights since 1946. It annually takes place in the months of July and August. With operas and musicals such as Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), West Side Story and Carmen, the Bregenzer Festspiele draws hundreds of thousands of spectators every year. Noteworthy is the Seebühne, an impressive stage in Lake Constance where scenes are played.
  The Poolbar Festival is a modern music and culture festival in Feldkirch. Being held annually between July and August, it attracts around 20,000 visitors featuring music, exhibitions, poetry slams, fashion and an architectural prize.
  The annual Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg is the most important Franz Schubert festival worldwide. A Schubertiade is usually dominated by Franz Schubert or his compositions. It is an informal meeting where casual music is played or recited by friends clubs or musicians, both on a professional and amateur level. The first Schubertiade took place in Hohenems in Vorarlberg in 1976.
  Every year in August, about 30 international short films are screened at the Alpinale Short Film Festival in Bludenz. The Literaturfest Kleinwalsertal is a literary festival consisting of lectures, workshops, poetry slams and exhibitions and takes place in autumn.
  Furthermure, Vorarlberg is host to a variety of fairs, conventions and expositions including the public health event Medicinicum Lech as well as the design fair and festival POTENTIALe in Feldkirch.
caption: Aerial view of the Lake Stage (Bregenzer Festspiele)
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