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💡 The Short Version: For the Marble Hall, the Mirabell Palace concert is €46 or €42 on the organiser’s site and from €39 on GetYourGuide; a GetYourGuide voucher is exchanged for the original ticket at the evening box office. The fortress concert is from €43 and includes the funicular. The Mozart Dinner Concert in St. Peter is from €85 with three courses. Music at Noon in the Cathedral is €12, the cheapest. Mozart Week runs from 21 to 31 January 2027. Or book a tour: the Mirabell concertad is from €39 and the Mozart concert with dinnerad from €85 (GetYourGuide).
The concerts, compared
| Concert | Where | Starts | Organiser’s price | GetYourGuide from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mirabell Palace concert | Marble Hall, Schloss Mirabell | 20:00 | €46 or €42 | €39ad |
| Mirabell dinner and concert | Hotel Sheraton Grand, then the Marble Hall | Dinner 18:00, concert 20:00 | €89 | €87ad |
| The fortress concert | Hohensalzburg Fortress | 20:00 from November to April, 20:30 from May to October | €43ad | |
| The fortress concert with dinner | Panorama restaurant and Arms Hall | Dinner 18:00, concert 20:00 | €84ad | |
| The Mozart Dinner Concert | Baroque Hall, St. Peter Stiftskulinarium | 19:30 on most evenings | Per date in its booking shop | €85ad |
| Date with Mozart | State rooms of the Residenz, DomQuartier | Saturday and Sunday 16:00 | €28 | |
| Music at Noon | Salzburg Cathedral | 12:00 | €12 | €12ad |
| The Marionette Theatre | Salzburg Marionette Theatre | Evenings | €33ad and €48ad |
The Mirabell Marble Hall
Schloss Mirabell, Mirabellplatz 4, courtyard, stairs 4, first floor · concert at 20:00 · Category I €46, Category II €42 · schlosskonzerte-salzburg.at
The Salzburger Konzertgesellschaft organises the Schlosskonzerte in the Marble Hall, which it calls one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world. Category I is a numbered seat in the middle block, rows 1 to 10; Category II is a free choice of seat and first come, first seated. Children aged 6 to 14 and students up to 26 with ID pay €32 and €28, and wheelchair users are reduced too. The hall opens 30 minutes before the start, and the evening box office, the cloakroom and the buffet open an hour before. The concert has two parts of 40 to 50 and 35 to 40 minutes with an interval of about 15 minutes, and ends between 21:30 and 22:00. Children under 6 are not recommended, and each child needs a seat.
- A GetYourGuide voucher is exchanged for the original ticket at the evening box office before the concert. Salzburg: Mozart Concert at Mirabell Palacead, sold by the same organiser, is from €39, below the organiser’s own €42 lowest price.
- Dinner and concert is €89 on the organiser’s site: dinner at 18:00 in the Hotel Sheraton Grand and the concert at 20:00 with a Category I seat. GetYourGuide’s versionad is from €87, for a three-course dinner at the hotel’s Restaurant Mirabell, 4 hours.
- Bags. Handbags up to A4 are allowed; coats, umbrellas and larger bags go to the cloakroom or the lockers. Food and drink cannot go into the hall. Pets are not allowed.
A second concert series plays in the palace church: Salzburg: Classical Music Concert at the Mirabellad, from €30 for 75 minutes, by Salzburger Klassik Musik im Mirabell, with seating on wooden benches. See Mirabell Palace and Gardens for the hall and the garden.
The fortress concerts
Hohensalzburg Fortress · 20:00 from November to April and 20:30 from May to October · from €43 on GetYourGuide
The concerts are run by Salzburger Festungskonzerte GmbH, and the funicular up and down is included. The meeting point is Festungsgasse 4, at the funicular. The “Best of Mozart” programme is Eine kleine Nachtmusik and other Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Dvořák and Strauss. The concert is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
- Best of Mozart Fortress Concertad, from €43, 1.5 hours, 4.6 stars from 1,205 reviews.
- The concert with dinnerad, from €84, 3.5 hours, 4.6 stars from 1,987 reviews: a three-course dinner in the fortress’s panorama restaurant, with a classic or a VIP menu, and the concert in the Arms Hall. The VIP menu ends with Salzburger Nockerl.
- River cruise, dinner and fortress concertad, from €109, 5 hours, for up to 8 people: a 40-minute cruise on the Salzach first.
- Advent. The Christmas concerts start at 20:00, with two on 25 December and 1 January: see Salzburg’s Christmas markets.
The fortress page has the funicular closures.
The Mozart Dinner Concert
Baroque Hall, St. Peter Stiftskulinarium, St.-Peter-Bezirk 1/4 · 19:30 on most evenings · from €85 on GetYourGuide · mozart-dinner-concert-salzburg.com
Two opera singers and five instrumentalists of the Amadeus Consort Salzburg, in period costume, perform arias and duets from The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro and the first movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The concert is in three parts, each after a course of a three-course dinner based on historical recipes, with the Salzburger Nockerl among the dishes. The hall allows real candlelight. Drinks are not included, and the organiser asks for formal evening attire. The booking shop sets the price per date and category: Category I is exclusive tables of up to three in the front two rows, Category II tables of up to four at the side or central tables of eight, and Category III tables of up to eight in the middle and back. GetYourGuide’s ticketad is from €85, 2.5 hours, 4.7 stars from 1,000 reviews.
A stuccoed hall in St. Peter’s Stiftskeller. Photo: Andrew Bossi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5.
On 25 and 26 December and 31 December the concerts start at 18:00 as galas. The Christmas gala dinner is €269 and the New Year’s Eve gala €287, both without drinks: see Salzburg New Year’s Eve 2026. The restaurant itself is in where to eat in Salzburg.
The daytime concerts
Date with Mozart
State rooms of the Residenz, DomQuartier · Saturday and Sunday 16:00 to 16:45 · adults €28
Chamber music by members of the Residenz-Ensemble. Seniors pay €25, under-26s €14, and ages 0 to 6 are free. A Salzburg Card gives 10% off with the code SBGC10. See the DomQuartier.
Music at Noon
Salzburg Cathedral · daily except Sundays and holidays at 12:00 · about 30 minutes · €12
Doors open at 11:40, and the €12 includes the cathedral’s conservation contribution. Ages 14 to 18 pay €6 and under-14s are free. GetYourGuide’s organ concert at middayad is the same €12, sold by the Cathedral’s own fund.
The Marionette Theatre
The Salzburg Marionette Theatre stages The Magic Flute and The Sound of Music. GetYourGuide sells The Magic Flutead from €33 and The Sound of Musicad from €48, with the theatre as the provider. A Salzburg Museum Sound of Music ticket carries a voucher for a discount on the latter: see Sound of Music locations in Salzburg.
Mozart Week
Mozarteum Foundation · 21 to 31 January 2027
The theme is “Mozart and ‘Mozarts’”, with works by Devienne, Joseph Bologne, Arriaga and Joseph Martin Kraus beside Mozart. Rolando Villazón directs a new staging of Così fan tutte at the Haus für Mozart on 22, 24 and 29 January and further dates. The Vienna Philharmonic plays in the Grosses Festspielhaus on 23 January, on 27 January with Thielemann and Beethoven’s Ninth, and on 30 January, and Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Mozart Week debut. The programme is published and tickets are on sale through the Mozarteum’s ticket office. Subscriptions save up to 20%. Concert-goers under 27 in education pay €25, and everyone else under 30 gets 50% off, subject to availability.
The Mozarteum’s Great Hall on Schwarzstraße. Photo: Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.
Mozart’s birthday is 27 January. Mozart’s Birthplace has a special programme from 13:00 to 17:00, and a birthday serenade by Villazón and friends runs on Universitätsplatz from 18:30 to 18:50. See Mozart’s Birthplace. The Salzburg Festival 2027 has the summer.
Plan the rest
Where to stay in Salzburg puts the right bank beside the Marble Hall, and 3 days in Salzburg fits a concert into the evening. For the daytime, free things to do in Salzburg and Salzburg walking tours pass the Mirabell and Mozart’s houses. What to book before you go to Salzburg lists the other tickets.
Common questions
How much is the Mirabell Palace Mozart concert?
On the organiser's own site, €46 for a numbered seat in Category I and €42 for a free choice of seat in Category II, with children aged 6 to 14 and students to 26 at €32 and €28. GetYourGuide sells it from €39. A voucher bought there is exchanged for the original ticket at the evening box office.
Where is the Mirabell concert held?
In the Marble Hall of Schloss Mirabell, Mirabellplatz 4, in the courtyard, up the stairs numbered 4 to the first floor. The concert starts at 20:00, has an interval of about 15 minutes and ends between 21:30 and 22:00.
Which Salzburg Mozart concert includes dinner?
Four do. The Mirabell Dinner & Concert is €89 with dinner at the Hotel Sheraton Grand at 18:00 and the concert at 20:00. The fortress concert with dinner is from €84 on GetYourGuide. The Mozart Dinner Concert in the St. Peter Stiftskulinarium is from €85 and serves three courses, one after each part of the concert. The river cruise, dinner and fortress concert is from €109.
What is the cheapest Mozart concert in Salzburg?
Music at Noon in the Cathedral at €12 for about 30 minutes, daily except Sundays and holidays. Date with Mozart in the DomQuartier is €28 for adults.
When is Mozart Week in 2027?
From 21 to 31 January 2027, with the programme published and tickets on sale at the Mozarteum Foundation. Mozart's birthday is 27 January.
Is there a dress code for the Mirabell concert?
The organiser invites guests to wear elegant evening dress and says very casual clothes such as shorts or sleeveless tops do not suit the hall. Large bags and coats cannot go into the hall, and handbags up to A4 are allowed.
