The hottest snow show in the Alps: The Tanzcafé Arlberg Music Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in the world-famous Ski Arlberg ski resort with a great line-up at lofty heights.
Sun, snow, skiing and sound: the Tanzcafé Arlberg Music Festival has been thrilling audiences with its mountain-moving mix in a picturesque natural setting since 2013. After all, where else are endless ski slopes just a stone's throw away from exciting concert stages and magnetically attractive dance floors? The exquisite festival line-up also knows no musical boundaries: In the dreamlike winter wonderland setting, jazz lovers will get their money's worth, as will funk goddesses and techno fans. Sun-ski enthusiasts will also be treated to a cool load of indie, swing, dialect pop and hip-hop beats at the brilliant end of the season. Après-ski with style, which you can look forward to at the tenth edition: this year's music festival will take place in the mountains from March 31 to April 14, 2024, generously expanding its catchment area.
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Five locations. One festival.
Just in time for its anniversary, the Tanzcafé, which was previously based in Lech Zürs, is now extending its tentacles to the entire Arlberg region. This means that snow-loving sun worshippers and fresh-air-hungry concert aficionados can now also enjoy the elegant open-air spectacle in St. Christoph, St. Anton and Stuben. You can dance and party against the backdrop of the magnificent mountain landscape: Stylish hotel bars, sun-drenched terraces, rustic ski huts and cool clubs serve as festival venues. Another great thing is that all concerts are free of charge and can be attended without booking in advance.
The enthralling festival was once again programmed by artistic directors Renée Jud and Julia Mumelter, who are also focusing on renowned Austro acts performing at an international level in this year's line-up. And because the Tanzcafé always rejects any form of stagnation, the festival stage at Rüfiplatz in Lech will be joined by a festival stage in St. Anton, which will be inaugurated in 2024 by chart-topper Josh. He will not only be presenting new songs such as "Martina", "Ich gehör repariert", "Nur nicht von Dir" and "Liebe mit Frühstück", but will of course also be bringing his "old hits" with him. The audience can look forward to lots of Josh with catchy ;melodies and lyrics in love with language.
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Musical highlights in a breathtaking landscape
FRINC will set the tone at the start of the festival on March 31: At the opening concert at the Burg Hotel Oberlech, the thoroughbred musician harmonizes positive pop vibes with Afrobeat, reggae and world music and combines this sound mix with German lyrics that are catchy - nice! You can also look forward to a charismatic performance by pop poet Julian le Play and the cool Viennese band Buntspecht, who will captivate you with their darkly romantic and radically wild indie chamber pop. The festival highlights also include the fabulous German rapper, presenter and author Fiva, who will be presenting her new EP "So viel Meer" and whose pop beats and inspiring lyrics are sure to make for a great concert experience. With the dialect band Granada, a particularly casual and charming neo-Austropop group will rock the stage - the energy grenades from Graz were quite rightly honored with the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in 2022. Pop band Alle Achtung, on the other hand, will not only set the mood with their catchy tune "Marie", but will also make you laugh and cry in equal measure with smash hits such as "Bowie" and "Sono Il Destino". The line-up also includes a brilliant live and DJ happening with Georgij Makazaria, singer of the ORF late-night show "Willkommen Österreich" and frontman of the former band "Russkaja". Of course, vintage synthesizer fetishist Italo Brutalo is also eagerly awaited: you can look forward to EBM rhythms, jagged techno motifs and excursions into electro, Italo and Afrocosmic in the middle of the Lech mountains, in the Bamalp restaurant perched above the peaks!
Fiva © Nina Stiller
The Tanzcafé Arlberg Music Festival will also feature the dazzling duo Tanz Baby!; upbeat swing with the superb quartet Freddie's Finest; the virtuoso-glamorous Viennese wonder boy Arai; DJ Domino with his fabulous 90s-inspired downtempo grooves; Tyrolean turntable legend The Waz exp. together with saxophonist Petra Baldauf; timeless pop/jazz with globetrotter Laura Bilgeri; the wonderful Viennese singer-songwriter Pippa; Mona Ida with poetic songs from the Ländle; easy-going pop with multi-instrumentalist Holza; the great Innsbruck word acrobat Spilif; the Milanese quintet Mephisto Brass, which brings Italo brass with techno and electro touches to its Arlberg gigs; the rousing Roaring Cats from Amsterdam, who dance with a thrilling mix of swing and hot jazz; the quartet Blechsalat with their confident brass from the steel city of Linz; tight grooves and fresh hooks with the Viennese band Prohaska; or Elektro Guzzi with their hypnotic live techno.
Shantel © Shantel
Last but not least, Shantel, the king of the Balkan dancefloor, will be storming the senses: the creator of the international mega-hit "Disko Partizani" will be serving up his intoxicating mix of Balkan beats and gypsy grooves at the Schlegelkopf Restaurant-Bar in Lech, at a magnificent altitude of 1,800 meters and in the middle of the ski resort. On April 14, Shantel and his Bucovina Club Soundsystem can be experienced in a high alpine setting: at the Rendl-Restaurant St. Anton, located at the Rendlbahn mountain station and with a view of a gigantic mountain backdrop - a worthy conclusion to this Tanzcafé anniversary edition!
March 31 to April 14, 2024
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