Salzburg has a well-established and active LGBTI scene. Regular parties like the HOSI-Fest, the Salzburg Pride, the Pride Boat and many other events are highlights of the scene’s annual calendar. And the scene bars are of course there all year round for locals and guests from all over the world. That is queer Salzburg.
27.11.2024 Christmas is approaching fast. The Christmas spirit has taken hold in the old town of Salzburg, led by the famous Salzburg Christmas market. On the neighbouring Alter Markt, the HOSI Salzburg will once again be hosting its punch stand in December. But that’s not all. On 7 December, it’s time for the last time this year: the starting signal for the HOSI-Fest, the biggest queer clubbing event in the state of Salzburg. [Read more]
It’s only about 1800 kilometres from Ireland to Salzburg, but it took the Irish emigrants to America to bring Halloween to us. From there, the Celtic custom from the pre-Christian era came to us in the 19th century. Also to Salzburg. The queer scene of the city of Mozart celebrates – almost traditionally – the spooky night before All Saints’ Day with a party at Mexxx and a show at Magic Garage. [Read more]
Christmas will be over again in three months. So it’s time to think about how you want to spend the Advent season. The Salzburg Christmas market on Domplatz and Residenzplatz squares offers a very idyllic opportunity. In addition, there are a number of queer events during this time – from cultural to sex parties – and thus a very good opportunity to experience Salzburg in a touristy, queer and Christmassy way. [Read more]
Das war das Pridefestival Salzburg 2024Das gerade zu Ende gegangene Pridefestival Salzburg hat erneut einen Schritt gemacht zu mehr Augenhöhe zwischen der Salzburger Community und der Stadtgesellschaft. Mehr als 30 Veranstaltungen zu queeren Lebensentwürfen haben die Stadt bereichert. Die meisten Events waren gut besucht. Und der Wettergott muss etwas für queere Menschen übrig haben. Bis zum letzten Tag herrschte hochsommerliches Wetter. [Read more]
This Pride Night last Saturday (7 September) must have been the best-attended HOSI festival ever. So full, so colourful and such a great atmosphere – at all levels: That was Pride Night Salzburg 2024 The HOSI Pride festival was a good reflection of the diversity of the queer scene in [Read more]
The Salzburg Pride Festival, which ended the day before yesterday (7.09.), once again highlighted the enormous progress in the exchange that the city’s queer community now has with Salzburg’s urban society. However, the Pride parade also expressed concern about the outcome of the national elections in Austria on 29 September. [Read more]
The leather and fetish scene is also widely represented at this year’s CSD Salzburg. gaysalzburg.at had the opportunity to talk to the reigning Mr Fetish Austria about his motives for this office, the leather and fetish scene in general, political self-perception and his everyday life as a national sash wearer. On the sidelines of a photo shoot in imperial weather in the Mirabell Gardens. [Read more]
“Be visible Schatzi“ will once again be the motto of this year’s Pride Festival Salzburg. ‘It’s about the visibility of the community in the city – but also about the partners from the city’s institutions showing themselves with us,’ says Conny Felice in an interview with gaysalzburg.at in 2023. From 30 August to 8 September, Salzburg’s queer community is celebrating its third Pride Festival in a row, once again fulfilling the claim of this motto. [Read more]
The much under-recognized heroines of Stonewall were Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. Johnson was an African-American transgender woman and LGBT activist, and was particularly vocal about her support for trans people of color. Johnson was a regular guest at the Stonewall Inn in 1969, along with Sylvia Rivera. [Read more]
Unken Pride starts on 20 July in Pinzgau, southwest of Salzburg. But Unken Pride is by no means the only queer pride event in the province of Salzburg. In Bad Ischl, one of the three European Capitals of Culture this year, the Pride Parade is even part of the programme. Rainbow in the countryside – an observation by Florian Niederseer and Sebastian Brandstätter. [Read more]
The Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts was founded by Oskar Kokoschka in 1953. Since then, it has brought together artists from all over the world for workshops every summer. Queer themes are also a recurring theme. The artist Philipp Gufler shows his examination of queer history and role attributions in the Galerie im Traklhaus. The Salzburg 2024 Pride Festival also begins at the same time as the finissage. [Read more]
“The Heublumen are a queer association with the aim of supporting rural LGBTQIA+ communities,” says the self-description on Facebook. They are doing this again this year, including with Unken Pride 2024. On 20 July, the rainbow parade will pass through the small village in Pinzgau. Queer self-confidence will be on display against the picturesque mountain backdrop. And more and more people are joining in. [Read more]
The Magic Garage has been delighting audiences in Salzburg with its drag show for around two and a half years. The QueKuSa association has now been founded to do justice to its growing success. On the one hand the legal framework for the Magic Garage and on the other hand the basis for many other activities for queer culture in Salzburg. [Read more]
The Salzburg Gay Guide for the LGBTI community is available as a printed copy from the end of May 2023 in Brunos Stores in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich. Or order it by mail here.
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