With live broadcasts on ORF III, Ö3, FM4, Radio NÖ and Radio Wien, as well as special programs, documentaries and much more
Vienna (OTS) – On the weekend, from Friday, June 21st to Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, Europe’s largest open-air concert spectacle will take place with the 41st Vienna Danube Island Festival – and the ORF as a broadcaster and media partner will be there live again! The event, which is free for visitors, will once again take place with the participation of Ö3, FM4, ORF Vienna, ORF NÖ and ORF III, which will also report comprehensively on the festival events this year and broadcast the best acts and program highlights from the various locations. ORF III is once again presenting selected concerts and cabaret programs live on all three days with a time delay – including, for the second time, from the “ORF III Culture Tent” – as well as performances from previous years for reunions, as well as two “Culture Today Special” editions, which are available for… The documentary “All of Vienna – 40 Years of the Danube Island Festival” was created to mark the anniversary of the previous year and numerous cabaret classics. The radios – Ö3, FM4, Radio NÖ and Radio Wien – also broadcast live from the island.
On ORF 2, “Guten Morgen Österreich” (June 20th and 21st, from 6:30 a.m.) gives a preview of the Danube Island Festival 2024.
The Danube Island Festival 2024 on ORF III
To get you in the mood for the Donauinselfest weekend, presenter Ani Gülgün-Mayr reports in two “Kultur Today Special” editions (Thursday, June 20th and Friday, June 21st, 7:45 p.m.) with backstage visits, reports and interviews from the festival setup . At the start of the 41st Danube Island Festival, the documentary “All of Vienna – 40 Years of the Danube Island Festival” (Friday, June 21, 8:35 a.m.), which was created to mark the anniversary last year, looks back on the phenomenon of the iconic event.
The festival series on ORF III on Friday (June 21st) will be opened by Michael Niavarani, Viktor Gernot, Alex Kristan and Co. in the program “Cabaret stars from the Donauinselfest – The best moments” (8:15 p.m.), a best-of from 2020. Afterwards, ORF III will broadcast the highlights of the “Radio Niederösterreich Schlager & Austrohits stage” live on Friday with a time delay with rock ‘n’ roll legend Peter Kraus & Band (9:40 p.m.), pop star Semino Rossi (10:55 p.m.) and “Stereoparty feat. Gary Lux” (0.05 a.m.), which puts the best local hits in a new guise with “Austropop symphonic”. ORF III also shows selected acts from the Radio FM4 festival stage such as rapper Clueso (1:20 a.m.) and Resi Reiner (2:25 a.m.).
On Saturday (June 22nd) Austropop will be very popular on ORF III:
During the day, concert highlights from past Danube Island festivals can be seen, including Falco’s legendary 1993 appearance in “Falco Live – The Falcon is back” (3:30 p.m.), Stefanie Werger (4:05 p.m.), Austria 3 (5:10 p.m.) and Umberto Tozzi (6:15 p.m.) . Afterwards, live concerts from the island will be on the program again: the Viennese duo King & Potter (7.20 p.m.) as well as the gigs from “Wolfgang Ambros & No 1 vom Wienerwald” (8.15 p.m.) and Christina from the Radio Vienna festival stage Striker (9:15 p.m.). The musical finale is pop star Ronan Keating (10:20 p.m.). This is followed by the best entertainment from the ORF III culture tent with Walter Kammerhofer (11:40 p.m.), Caroline Athanasiadis (12:15 a.m.), Stefan Haider (12:50 a.m.) and Nadja Maleh (1:25 a.m.).
On the last day of the festival (June 23rd), ORF III presents a lot of cabaret: After the “cabaret highlights from the Donauinselfest” with, among others, Eva Maria Marold (4:05 p.m.), Gerald Fleischhacker (4:35 p.m.), Christoph Fritz (5:15 p.m.), Angelika Niedetzky (5:50 p.m.). p.m.), Benedikt Mitmannsgruber (6:25 p.m.) and Gernot Kulis (7 p.m.) further performances by Austrian cabaret stars follow live and time-shifted:
Petutschnig Hons (7:40 p.m.), Lydia Prenner-Kasper (8:15 p.m.) and Andreas Vitásek (9:05 p.m.). Finally, Wanda (9.40 p.m.), this year’s headliner, can be experienced live on the Hitradio Ö3 festival stage with a time delay.
The day after the big open-air event, ORF III looks back on a brilliant festival weekend and shows the “Cabaret highlights from the Donauinselfest 2024” (Monday, June 24th, from 8:15 p.m.): Andreas Vitásek opens the humorous evening with his “ “Magic” program “Cabaret meets football”, “Wiad scho” (8.50 p.m.) is what Walter Kammerhofer says afterwards. Caroline Athanasiadis (9:25 p.m.), Stefan Haider (10:00 p.m.), Lydia Prenner-Kasper (10:35 p.m.) and Petutschnig Hons also provide laughs with his latest program “Bauernschlau” (11:25 p.m.). Comedian Romeo Kaltenbrunner (12:00 a.m.) is looking for love and recognition and the Carinthian woman with Serbian roots, Ina Jovanovic, talks about her life in Vienna (12:35 a.m.). Finally, Nadja Maleh (1:05 a.m.) offers all-round entertainment with depth.
Ö3 rocks: With Wanda & Co.
Hitradio Ö3 ensures a brilliant grand finale at the Danube Island Festival – with lots of music from Austria. Before headliner Wanda rocks the Danube Island on Sunday (June 23rd), festival guests can look forward to the acts Alice Merton, Thorsteinn Einarsson, Loi, Ness, Nikotin and Jacob Elias. Gabi Hiller and Philipp Hansa moderate on the Ö3 stage and also report live on Ö3 with impressions and exclusive insights behind the scenes (Sunday, June 23rd, from 4 p.m.). The most beautiful festival moments can be found on the Ö3 social media channels: Ö3 concert reporter Lina Verdel takes the audience to the Danube Island and presents all the highlights from around the Ö3 stage and from the backstage area. The “Ask the Whole Country” tour will stop on Saturday (June 22nd, from 4 p.m.) with a live broadcast on the island. The radio phone-in format is currently traveling across the country and visiting various festivals. Tina Ritschl and Philipp Bergsmann discuss with the Ö3 community.
FM4 from the Danube Island Festival 2024
On Friday (June 21st) the large festival stage at the Vienna Donauinselfest will become the FM4 stage. Featuring: Province, Juju, Clueso, Resi Reiner and Nnoa. Radio FM4 broadcasts live from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., bringing interviews, atmosphere and, above all, the concerts on the FM4 stage to everyone who cannot be there in person on the island.
Radio Vienna and Radio Lower Austria live from the island
The popular Radio Vienna program “Die 2 um 2” (Saturday, June 22nd, 2 p.m.) with Robert Steiner and rat Rolf Rüdiger will be broadcast from the Radio Vienna festival stage on the occasion of the Danube Island Festival. The two entertain not only the youngest ones, but also everyone who is young at heart in their usual varied way. Visitors have the opportunity to meet the duo in person and take part in the broadcast live on site. Puzzle fun for the whole family – before local stars like King & Potter, Wolfgang Ambros and Christina Sturmer as well as the Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating rock the stage at the Donauinselfest 2024.
There is also a full program on the “Radio Niederösterreich Schlager & Austrohits stage” at the Donauinselfest: The presenters Elisabeth Engstler and Ursula Pucher will present on Friday (June 21st, from 5:30 p.m.) Natalie Holzner, Petra Frey, Stereoparty Symphonic feat. Gary Lux, music legend Peter Kraus & Band and pop star Semino Rossi. On Saturday (June 22nd, from 3 p.m.) presenter Clemens Krautzer joins the Donauinselfest hustle and bustle and presents Amelie Ricca, Marco Ventre & Band, Patrizio Buanne, Claudia Jung, Andy Borg and the Matakustix. On Sunday (June 23, from 3:30 p.m.) Elisabeth Engstler and David Pearson welcome visitors. Charlien, die Lauser, Marc Pircher & Band and the young Zillertalers will perform.
ORF.at network and ORF TELETEXT
The ORF.at network provides information about the Donauinselfest 2024 – from the program to highlights to current events surrounding the event – as part of current reporting on several channels. On ORF ON, fans can follow the ORF TV broadcasts in a live stream or enjoy highlights in their own video collection as video-on-demand, provided the appropriate online license rights are available. ORF ON also has iconic things about the Danube Island with the “Everyday History” episode “The Donauinsulaners” and the series “Kaisermühlen Blues”. ORF TELETEXT is currently reporting and presenting the program in its culture and show magazine on page 416.