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The Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) is a cultural festival in

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that takes place every year for five or six weeks in May and June. The Wiener Festwochen was established in 1951, when Vienna was still occupied by the four Allies. The opening of the Wiener Festwochen is an open-air event with free admission held in the square in front of Vienna’s City Hall. Each year the festival attracts about 180,000 visitors. Directors of the festival include: *1951-1958: Adolph Ario *1959: Rudolf Gamsjäger *1960-1964: Egon Hilbert *1964-1977: Ulrich Baumgartner *1978-1979: Gerhard Freund *1980-1984:

Helmut Zilk Helmut Zilk (9 June 1927, Vienna – 24 October 2008, Vienna) was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party. He served as mayor of Vienna between 1984 and 1994. Biography Born in Vienna, Zilk was Mayor ...

*1984-1991: Ursula Pasterk *1991-1996:

Klaus Bachler Klaus Bachler (born 27 July 1991, in Unzmarkt) is an Austrian racing driver. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship and ADAC GT Masters with Porsche. He won the 2007 Formula Lista Junior championship season. Racing record Com ...

*1997-2001: Luc Bondy / Klaus-Peter Kehr / Hortensia Völckers *2002–2013: Luc Bondy *2014–2016:

Markus Hinterhäuser Markus Hinterhäuser (born 30 March 1958 (1959 according to other sources) in La Spezia, Italy) is an Austrian pianist and the current artistic director of the Salzburg Festival. He studied music at the Vienna Conservatory under Elisabeth Leon ...

*2017–2021:

Tomas Zierhofer-Kin Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian s ...

''derStandard.at – Tomas Zierhofer-Kin wird Intendant der Wiener Festwochen''; November 19, 2014
/ref> *2019-present:

Christophe Slagmuylder Christophe may refer to: People * Christophe (given name), list of people with this name * Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer * Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist * Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic str ...

, whose term ends in 2024

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* Festivals in Vienna Theatre festivals in Austria Festivals established in 1951 Arts festivals in Austria Cultural festivals in Austria Spring (season) events in Austria 1951 establishments in Austria {{Theat-festival-stub

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