steirischer herbst as a festival has always had a strong history of engaging with public space and is venturing radically out this year—outdoors, out of lockdown, but also out of the safe institutional bubble.

→  Concept The Way Out

The festival will be extended by a whole week in 2021 and will start earlier than usual.
All works shown at the 54th edition of steirischer herbst from 9.9.–10.10. at various locations in Graz and Styria are newly commissioned works.

The program unfolds in various locations in Graz and Styria. A first premiere scheduled in the village of Hainersdorf already in June offers a preview of this year’s themes and approaches.
The full program schedule is published on 1 September.

In Betonfieber. Ein Ländlicher Schwank, local performance collective Die Rabtaldirndln addresses corruption, real estate speculation, and the dubious deals that men in power make behind closed doors. The performance already premieres on 26 June as a prologue to this year's festival.

→  Details & Tickets

As always, the festival program of steirischer herbst is accompanied by a rich and varied Parallel Program presented by local cultural institutions and artists.

→  Parallel Program

This year’s steirischer herbst hosts three festivals within the festival: STUBENrein from 12 August to 18 September, Out of Joint from 4 to 8 October, and the ORF musikprotokoll from 7 to 10 October.

​→  STUBENrein
→  Out of Joint
→  musikprotokoll