Since 2015, theater makers Elisabeth Sikora and Markus Olzinger have been establishing Gmunden as a location for Austrian and German-language premieres of what is probably the most modern genre in theater history, the musical. 

The multi-year project of the Salon Concerts is part of the Salzkammergut 2024 program line "Power and Tradition" and starts in October with two dates in the post office building in Bad Ischl. In the concerts on October 22 and 28, compositions by mostly forgotten and/or expelled composers will be performed. The search for "forgotten notes" and the reconstruction of fates is always an adventure with an open outcome. These evenings are to be experienced as homages. 

The European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl - Salzkammergut 2024 is part of the Creative Europe Project Libertalia, which invites young people to expand their skills and experiences in the field of participatory performance in exchange with other Europeans.

The European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024 starts with the pop-up film festival "Points of View“ a series of events about architecture and regional development as a prelude to the Capital of Culture year 2024. "Points of View" is part of the Salzkammergut 2024 program-line GLOBALOCAL - BUILDING THE NEW.

380 interested people accepted the invitation to the "Marketplace of Ideas" in Bad Ischl. Artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, funding, politics & tourism met for exchange.