At 18:00, contemplative words and choral singing in the Villach parish church set the mood for the Advent season. At around 6:30 pm, the festive countdown begins in front of the church, when the church tower, the canopy over the ice rink and the entire town center are illuminated - a moment full of magic and anticipation.
A special highlight of Advent in Villach: the church tower of the Villach parish church, the highest in the whole of Carinthia, opens its doors to visitors for the first time during Advent.
From the top, there is a breathtaking view of the glowing old town, the sparkling canopy of lights and the sea of Christmas lights that bathes Villach in magical light.
It's worth the climb - for just €5 admission, you can experience magical moments high above the rooftops of the city and an Advent atmosphere that you won't soon forget.
In the tower store, the Villach Museum, Villach City Marketing and the St. Jakob parish jointly present atmospheric Christmas gifts and Villach souvenirs for sale.
Over 55 groups and more than 1,000 Krampus parade through the city center during the Krampus Run in Villach.
Along the route from Moritschstraße via the main square to Gerbergasse, visitors can experience Carinthian customs, impressive masks, torches and magical moments in the glittering lights of Advent in Villach.
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Performances | 29.11.2025 - 07.12.2025
Saturday | 29.11.2025Choir Ensemble Villach
MGV Ossiach
🌟1st Advent Sunday | 30.11.2025Carinthian Summer - Advent Concert:
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Friday | 05.12.2025Trumpet ensemble of the Villach music school
Saturday | 06.12.2025Trombone ensemble of the Villach music school
Singing community Bergfreunde
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🌟 2nd Advent Sunday | 07.12.2025Carinthian Wind Quartet – traditional Advent music / canceled
Financial choir Villach
Advent concert - LICHT - Carinthian Madrigal Choir Klagenfurt
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Performances | 08.12.2025 - 14.12.2025
Monday | 08.12.2025
Alps Adriatic Choir
Folk song ensemble Landskron
Advent concert - Alpen Adria Choir Villach
Friday | 12.12.2025Villach police choir
Sax ensemble of the Villach music school
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Saturday | 13.12.2025
Choir Ensemble Villach
Singing community Bergfreunde
Styrian harmonica of the Villach music school
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🌟 3. Advent Sunday | 14.12.2025Transverse flute ensemble of the Villach music school
EMV Stadtkapelle Villach
Advent concert - A-Capella-Choir Villach
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Performances | 17.12.2025 - 24.12.2025
Wednesday | 17.12.2025
Garrison mass with military priest GR Mag. Anselm Kassin OSB
Friday | 19.12.2025Transverse flute ensemble of the Villach music school
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Saturday | 20.12.2025
Grenzenlandchor Arnoldstein
Clarinets/sax ensemble of the Villach Music School
Villach police choir
Folk song ensemble Landskron
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🌟 4th Advent Sunday | 21.12.2025
Financial choir Villach
Christmas concert - Aunt Eleonor's nephews
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02.11.2025 | 18:30-20:00 hAll Souls' Requiem - W. A. Mozart -Requiem in D minor, KV 626
06.11.2025 | 18:30-19:30 hEcumenical memorial service for the deceased of the past year
🌟14.11.2025 | 17:30-18:00 hrsOpening of the Villach Advent with a prayer service in the church
19.11.2025 | 18:30-19:30hl. Mass with the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
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🌟30.11.2025 | 11 a.m.
Carinthian summer in winter
30.11.2025 | 7 pmAdvent concert of the main parish
04.12.2025 | from 7 pmRainer Maria Rilke
Tickets: VKK € 25 | AK € 29 |
07.12.2025 | 17:00-18:00 hAdvent concert - LICHT - Carinthian Madrigal Choir Klagenfurt
08.12.2025 | 17:00-18:00 hAdvent concert - Alpen Adria Choir Villach, Alberto Busettini (conductor)14.12.2025 | 17:00-18:00 hAdvent concert - A-Capella-Choir Villach, Rita Hartmann (conductor)
17.12.2025 | 10:00-11:00 a.m.Garrison mass with military priest (GR Mag. Anselm Kassin OSB)
21.12.2025 | 17:00-18:00 hChristmas concert - Aunt Eleonor's nephews
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08.12.2025 | 4 pm
Alpen Adria Choir Villach |
20.12.2025 | 5 pm
Grenzlandchor Arnoldstein |
21.12.2025 | 4 pm
Advent concert in St. Nikolai
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After last year's brilliant evening with US star China Moses, this time the fascinating Swedish singer Viktoria Tolstoy will make a guest appearance with the kelagBIGband at this "somewhat different" Christmas concert.
Many different guests, such as Bill Ramsey, Marianne Mendt, Nomfusi, Dorretta Carter, Louie Austen, The Rounder Girls, PeeWee Ellis, Mr. Anthony Strong and, most recently, China Moses have already taken part when the kelagBIGband invites you to the big Christmas concert "Swinging Christmas" at the Congress Center Villach. This year, the internationally acclaimed Swedish singer Viktoria Tolstoy, a very special musical highlight, has finally been invited to perform in Carinthia. A Scandinavian-swinging-Christmas concert event in a class of its own that you should not miss! The only concert in Austria.
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