Children's festival dedicated to numbers and stars

According to the company, the Summer Games for Children is the largest children's festival in Austria. The festival takes place from August 23 to 25 and from August 30 to September 1 at Herzogenburg Abbey. The festival once again offers a diverse program including theater, ballet, circus, musicals, experiments, workshops and workshops. According to the broadcast, much of it revolves around astronomy, physics and mathematics.

In addition to performances by old friends such as the songwriter Bernhard Fiebitsch, the clowns Herbert and Mimi or the Im Schwanzsisel Theater, this year there are the Isabella Bunch and Judy Theater, the Wolke Theater, the Parablou and the Sonnenschein. 1,250 volunteers work over the two weekends.

Street performers such as Marijan, Zakenzilli and El NoPalito Clown can also be seen at the children's festival this time. Circus Picard can be seen performing three times a day. There are also dance performances and workshops.

“Look at the Stars” in the Mobile Planetarium

But there are workshops not only in the field of dance. There are also workshops in climbing, shooting and photography, as well as in meteorology and golf. According to the organizers, the program also includes workshops and a supporting program on the topics of soap bubbles, an experimental garden, weighing animals, clay building blocks, postage stamps, a bike salon, face painting, as well as first aid.

New additions this year are Box City, genealogy research, and the University of Vienna's mobile planetarium, where visitors can “look at the stars” in keeping with this year's theme.

No more cash registers at the entrances.

According to the statement, tickets for the festival for all six days are available in advance. It says daily tickets are available online only this year and are tied to one of the six days. The festival wrote that there will be no cash registers at the entrances this year.