From June 20th to 22nd, 2025, the Danube Island Festival invites all visitors: to experience together three days full of music, culture and lived together. The focus is on what distinguishes the festival: an inclusive, open together, supported by solidarity, social responsibility and the common commitment to society and the environment.
Jörg Neumayer, state party secretary of the SPÖ Vienna: „The Danube Island Festival is much more than a music festival – it is a strong sign of lived cohesion beyond Vienna’s borders. This unique festival shows what is possible when people are there for each other and diversity is not only accepted, but is celebrated with a matter of course. This spirit of openness, respect and solidarity shapes the Danube Island Festival since its existence and makes it a place where community becomes noticeable.
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Danube Island Festival shows attitude and use for Cancer Aid Vienna
A central component is the charity partnership, which focuses on an organization every year that is particularly committed to people in Vienna-this year Austrian Cancer Aid ViennaThe cancer patient: accompanied inside and their families with valuable support offers. The Danube Island Festival gives the concerns of the cancer aid a stage and a donation platform at the festival itself on the possibility of the cup donations of 2 euros per cup. At the status of Cancer Aid Vienna (Meeting Point 4, Höhe Reich Bridge), iconic #DIF25 bags can also be purchased. Each is a handmade unique with a lot of love Wörkereia project of the Caritas Vienna. The proceeds will go to the Austrian Cancer Aid Vienna.
Dr. In Ursula Denison, President of the Austrian Cancer Aid Vienna: „As a charity partner of the Danube Island Festival, we say thank you and look forward to making a strong sign of cancer together this year: On the Danube Island we want to draw attention to as many visitors: inside as possible, and at the same time we want to draw attention to the early detection of cancer and at the same time we want to raise more awareness of those people who have diagnosed cancer. Exactly they are that need a lot more support in our society. For our Cancer Aid Vienna Team and our many volunteers: Inside it says between the 20th-22.6, ‘Every mug counts!’, Because with the donations collected we can support even more people with cancer and their relatives.
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Danube Island Festival shows attitude – for an inclusive cooperation
Inclusion is practiced at the Danube Island Festival. Together with FullAccess and hallsmobile The festival has been designed as barrier-free as possible for years-with wheelchair stands, shuttles and buddy system. This year sign language performances of Cottantthat both when the No Angels On the festival Saturday as well as at the inclusion concert “Milow for everyone – presented by Magenta” on Festival Friday at 10 a.m. on the Vienna Energie / Radio FM4 Festbrühne is there. She accompanies both concerts with live translations in Austrian sign language. In addition, there is a digital one at the inclusion concert SIGNTIME-Avatar used. There are also five at the festival site Magenta Rest zones for visitors: inside with special needs and also everyone who is looking for a retreat from the festival hustle and bustle at the festival. Locations: Donauinselfest.at/ Inclusion-am-Donauinselfest
Founders of Fullaccess Christina Riedler and Martina Gollner: „We are pleased that more and more students: with and without disabilities-visit the inclusion concert, more Hallermobil shuttle trips are booked every year and the buddy service is also so well received. Together with our charity partners, the organizer and the city of Vienna, we enable everyone who wants to experience the Danube Island Festival- from home and abroad. Our goal: a socially sustainable, low -barrier festival that plays a pioneering role in Europe.
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Benjamin Haller, manager of Hallermobil: „Inclusion begins on arrival. Therefore, it is a matter close to our heart to enable people with exposure to mobility to a safe and comfortable path to the Danube Island Festival.
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Anja Tretbar-Bustorf, Head of ESG at Magenta Telekom: „Inclusion begins where diversity is understood as an enrichment. With the inclusion concert, the Danube Island Festival sets a sign of lived openness that we are happy to support – Magenta is open to more encounter and for more together on Austria’s largest stages.
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Danube Island Festival shows attitude – for the environment and climate
At the same time, the Danube Island Festival takes concrete steps towards climate protection. A newly furnished one Sustainability Advisory Board Accompany the change towards more environmentally friendly structures. This year there is already an interactive sustainability island, measures against food waste, promoting e-mobility and the use of low-emission fuels. Further steps are planned. Part of the sustainability advisory board are Hans-Peter HutterEnvironmental doctor of the MedUni Vienna, Iris TichelmannVienna’s environmental monitoring of the Vienna Environmental Value, Bishop MarikaChief Climate Officer of the Wiener Stadtwerke, Christian platesBoard member of Austrian Ecology Institute, and Armin WinterSenior Scientist at the University of Natural Sciences Vienna.
Hans-Peter Hutter: „Large events such as the Danube Island Festival have an enormous range – and with it the opportunity to set pioneering and necessary signals. Even the smallest changes or incentives have a visible effect. It is particularly important that environmental and climate protection are not phrases here, but are concrete and committed, as far as possible in this context. The Danube Island Festival also takes over a role model for the event industry as well as for everyone.
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Danube Island Festival shows attitude – stage free for hero: inside of education
On the festival Saturday, you can look forward to a special highlight in the sign of education: Enter 120 Wiener at 4:00 p.m. Monster friends-teachers the Vienna Energie / Radio Vienna Festbühne. Under the direction of choir director Stefanie Weingartner, the educators present: Inside four of the most popular monster friends-including the “title song”, in which all seven monster friends and their strengths are presented, as well as “Courage is good”, which promotes self-confidence in children and adults.
“At this year’s Danube Island Festival we invite families to experience the concentrated energy and joie de vivre of the monster friends together with us! With the 1st Mega Monster Friends teacher choir, we also bring our excellent educators to the big festival stage-and celebrate school, adventure and the power of the community with free admission.”
so Monster Freunde inventor Michael Wagenthaler.
Danube Island Festival shows attitude – and invites Wiener: Inside also at home for participation
For everyone who wants to experience the Danube Island Festival at home, there is music and cabaret live from the festival thank you ORF III: As a Host Broadcaster, the broadcaster broadcasts the best concerts and cabaret highlights of different stages into the living room of the country and on ORF on every three days. Overall, ORF III broadcasts more than 15 hours live from the festival and offers a total of over 30 hours of Donauinselfest content with highlights from previous years. There are the highlights of the Vienna / Radio Lower Austria Airport Schlager & Austrohits-Bühnethe Vienna Energie / Radio FM4 / Radio Vienna / Hitradio / Ö3 Festbrühne as well as again from the Austrian lotteries ORF III Kulturzelt domestic cabaret – from established sizes to newcomers – offers a special platform.
The Viennese city television broadcaster W24 is again part of the island. On the Wiener Stadtwerke and W24-liveable island Ums W24 together with the Vienna Stadtwerke to linger, discover and celebrate – a place where life in all its diversity can be felt. On the W24 Wiener Liedkunst stage Wait a colorfully mixed program between tradition and modernity this year, including Anna Buchegger, Esrap, Pippa and a lot of Viennese song. On TV, the Viennese can not only follow the stage program inside, but also get an exciting look behind the scenes, the big stars in an interview and a lot of island driving. Live to see: Friday from 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 4 p.m. on W24 and W24.at
The Danube Island Festival
The Vienna Danube Island Festival is the largest open-air festival in Europe with free admission. Visitors have been offered a top-class music, action and fun program on the Danube Island for over 40 years and a comprehensive information and service offer. The festival has always been for social cohesion, affordable and modern Vienna as well as the respectful interaction with each other. www.donauinselfest.at
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The Presenting partners of the Donauinsel Festival 2025 are: Vienna Energie, Unicredit Bank Austria, Obi, Wiener Städtische Versicherung, Austrian Lotteries and Vienna Holding.
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