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Viennese coffee house culture – the art of coziness
On January 23, 2026, the Viennese coffee brewers invite you to the 67th Viennese Coffee Brewers’ Ball at the Hofburg Vienna and celebrate the unique coziness of Viennese coffee house culture in all its facets. In addition to the special atmosphere created by the hosts, the ambience and decoration of the coffee houses are also important. There were always well-known artists and architects who designed the interiors of the coffee houses. Many of them were closely associated with the Wiener Werkstätten. In 2026, we will be celebrating a number of anniversaries related to these artists – the 220th birthday of Michael Thonet, the 185th birthday of Otto Wagner, the 115th anniversary of the Looshaus in Vienna’s city center and the 70th anniversary of Josef Hoffmann’s death.
Wolfgang Binder on the 2026 Coffeehouse Ball “Viennese coffeehouse culture is a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage – it combines enjoyment with culture and history with the present. It is not only the special furnishings and architecture, not only coffee and pastries, but also the people who create the special atmosphere in the coffee houses and make them a place of cosiness – we want to bring all these elements to life at the upcoming ball night!”
Anna Karnitscher on the 2026 ball motto: “Guests are longing for the coziness of Viennese coffee houses today more than ever, we are transferring this coffee house culture, this attitude to life to the Vienna Hofburg on this ball night.”
Wolfgang Binder and Anna Karnitscher
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Ball poster 2026
Ball information
Procedure & Dress Code
Procedure and Programme
The programme is frequently updated
19:30 – Admission
Hall opening Entrée Heldenplatz
9 p.m. – Opening
The opening of the Vienna Coffeehouse Ball 2026 will be dedicated to the music of the 1920s. Tango, as a dance and art form, as well as one of the most popular dances of the 1920s, will take centre stage with a Ballet interlude. Enriched with classical music from the Strauss era, the interludes will be performed by the Young Ladies and Gentlemen’s Committee. This reflects the motto: the artists, the artistic life and everything that makes the atmosphere in a Viennese coffee house possible – a tête-à-tête. The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra will perform. Musical director: Univ.-Doz. Mag. Laszlo Gyüker.
- Tango new creation ‘Tango goes electronic’ Miloš Todorovski
danced by the Vienna State Opera Ballet Association.
Soloist: Ketevan Papava. Choreography: Lukas Gaudernak. - ‘Spring Voices’
Concert Waltz Op. 410 by Johann Strauss. - ‘Die Gemüthlichen’ Waltz Op. 70 by Johann Strauss (Son)
presented by the Young Ladies and Gentlemen Committee of the Elmayer-Vestenbrugg Dance School.
Prof. Dkfm. Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer
Choreography: Veronika Baldassari. - ‘Künstlerleben’ (Artist’s Life) – Waltz Op. 316 Johann Strauss Jr.
Choreography and dance: Viennese waltz formation of the Elmayer-Vestenbrugg dance school.
Director: Mag. Reinhard Hohenegger.
23:30 – HOLLYWOOD PALACE
in the Ceremonial Hall with Rebecca Nelsen and Julia Koci, accompanied by the Hollywood Palace Orchestra. Musical direction: Béla Fischer.
00:00 – MIDNIGHT INTERLUDE
in the ballroom. The Viennese coffeehouse owners are also dedicating the midnight interlude in 2026 to tango, with a concert featuring singing and dancing. Contemporary adaptations and tango arrangements of well-known pop songs form an entertaining bridge to the here and now.
00:30 – 1st public quadrille
in the ballroom with Prof. Dkfm. Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer.
1:00 – SECOND INPUT AT HOLLYWOOD PALACE
in the Ceremonial Hall with Rebecca Nelsen and Julia Koci, accompanied by the Hollywood Palace Orchestra. Musical direction: Béla Fischer.
2:00 a.m. – Die Bad Powells – LATE NIGHT CONCERT
in the ballroom. 2026 will be the year of the ESC in Vienna. Vienna will be the host city. Hospitality is the passion that Viennese coffeehouse owners have made their profession. The Late Night Concert 2026 is a humorous and heartfelt welcome to the ESC community in Vienna and in Vienna’s coffeehouses!
02:30 – 2nd audience quadrille
in the ballroom with Prof. Dkfm. Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer.
4:30 – End of the ball
Distribution of gift bags to the ladies and gentlemen* (available from 0.30 a.m. in the Heldenplatz first floor foyer).
*Gift bags are only available on leaving the ball on presentation of the ball ticket, subject to availability.
Dress code
Ladies – Large ball gown or floor-length evening dress.
Men – Tailcoat with decoration, tails, tuxedo or gala uniform. Tailcoat with tailcoat bowtie (white), tuxedo with tuxedo bowtie.
The ball committee reserves the right to refuse entry to those who are not dressed appropriately!
Official menswear outfitter of the Viennese Coffee Brewers Ball (purchase / rental):
Herrenmodehaus TELLER, 1030 Vienna
Ball tickets & seating
Purchase your ball tickets and seats directly here. Please note that no seats are included in the ball tickets.
Regular ticket € 210,-
Student tickets € 96,-
(only with valid student ID up to 26 years)
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Find out more about the Viennese Coffee Brewers Ball and the artists at the ball.
Room plan
What’s where at the Viennese Coffee Brewers Ball?
The Viennese Coffeehouse Ball 2026
The grand opening in the main ballroom from 9 pm
NOTE: The programme is continuously updated!
Ketevan Papava
Solistin Balletteinlage
Ketevan Papava was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. After training at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, she was a member of the Mariinsky Theatre ballet company from 2001 to 2006. She also danced at the State Opera House in Sofia. In 2006, she was engaged as a demi-soloist with the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper ballet companies, and in 2010 she was appointed soloist and in 2015 principal dancer with the Vienna State Ballet.
Ballet Interlude
Vienna State Opera Ballet Association
The Vienna State Opera Ballet Association was founded in 1994 with the aim of cultivating the 300-year-old tradition of Austrian dance art and bringing it into the new millennium with a contemporary style. The promotion of young artists is also particularly close to her heart.
Lukas Gaudernak
The choreographer has been a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 1987. He presented his first choreography in June 1994 as part of the Ballet Workshop for Young Choreographers. Another focus of his work has been his choreographic collaboration on opera and operetta productions, including at the Salzburg Festival, the Bregenz Festival, the Royal Opera House London and the New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv. Lukas Gaudernak is responsible for the choreography of the ballet interlude at the Kaffeesiederball for the fifteenth time.
Opera Interlude
Ivana Ecetová begleitet von Miloš Todorovski
Ivana Ecetová is a versatile singer from Slovakia, known for her captivating voice and charismatic artistic expression. She studied opera singing at the State Conservatory in Bratislava and continued her education at the Faculty of Education at Comenius University. She specialises in performing Argentine tango in the original Spanish language and conveys an authentic and emotional experience of this passionate music.
Miloš Todorovski
Milos Todorovski began his musical training on the accordion at the age of eight. After graduating from music high school in Kragujevac, Serbia, he moved to Slovakia and later to Austria. In 2000, he earned a master’s degree from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and four years later graduated with honours from the Vienna Conservatory.
The Elmayer-Vestenbrugg dance school
The traditional dance school is associated with Viennese ball culture like no other and has always been responsible for opening the Viennese Coffee Brewers’ Ball. For 100 years now, “der Elmayer” in Palais Pallavicini has been Vienna’s largest meeting place for young people. Lifelong friendships, acquaintances and connections begin in this ground-floor Viennese institution equipped with state-of-the-art technology. It has been successfully managed since 1987 by Prof. Dkfm. Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer.
Hollywood Palace
Gatsby feeling in the ceremonial hall
Rebecca Nelsen & Julia Koci
Singing performances at 11:30 pm and 1 am at the Hollywood Palace
Under the motto Hollywood Palace, music from musicals and films from the 1920s onwards will be presented throughout the night – with live singing. This hall is the “must see” for all dance enthusiasts.
Rebecca Nelsen
The critically acclaimed Texan opera soprano Rebecca Nelsen is not afraid to take on challenging roles. She was recently nominated for the Austrian Music Theater Prize in the category “Best Female Lead” for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the opera “Marilyn Forever” by Gavin Bryars. Rebecca Nelsen loves to share music of all kinds with her audience on stage and is regularly acclaimed by the press and public, whether in classical Mozart roles, operetta roles, contemporary operas, jazz or rock musicals.
Julia Koci
The critically acclaimed Texan opera soprano Rebecca Nelsen is not afraid to take on challenging roles. She was recently nominated for the Austrian Music Theater Prize in the category “Best Female Lead” for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the opera “Marilyn Forever” by Gavin Bryars. Rebecca Nelsen loves to share music of all kinds with her audience on stage and is regularly acclaimed by the press and public, whether in classical Mozart roles, operetta roles, contemporary operas, jazz or rock musicals.
Béla Fischer
Hollywood Palace – Musical direction
For almost 40 years, Béla Fischer has been a sought-after musician in a wide variety of musical genres – whether as a pianist, composer, musical director and arranger for shows, revues, ballets, operas, operettas or musicals. Further works were created for the Lehár Festival Orchestra Bad Ischl, the Bratislava Music Festival and the Vienna Life Ball, which was opened with Fischer’s fanfare from 2006 to 2018. In addition to classical music, he is also musically at home in jazz and rock.
Susanne Marik
Hollywood Palace – Vocals
Born in Vienna, she has numerous solo programmes. The most important stages of her career as a musical actress are: CHICAGO, CABARET, ANATEVKA and SORBAS at the Graz Opera House, GREASE at the Alte Oper Frankfurt and the Capitol Theater Düsseldorf, SUNSET BOULEVARD at the Rhein-Main Theater Wiesbaden, MACK AND MABEL at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, and finally the female lead in the musical THE KING AND I at the Vienna Ronacher and the Vienna Stadthalle, among others.
Michael Mold
Hollywood Palace – Vocals
In addition to his work as a soloist in one of the biggest U2 tribute bands in Europe (TribU2) and his solo work for the Longfield Gospel Choirs, Michael Mold is frontman and founder of the band Jazzophoniker. His professional career has brought him more than 25 years of stage experience and over 3000 performances at home and abroad at live concerts as well as radio and television broadcasts from rock to gospel and finally to jazz and swing.
Midnight interlude
From midnight in the ballroom
Information about the midnight performance in 2026 will follow!
2025: KIRILL KOBANTSCHENKO, PLATTFORM K+K VIENNA und
ANDREJA ZIDARIC
A unique fusion of classical music and modern beats.
For the midnight performance, the principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic, Kirill Kobanchenko, and the K+K Vienna platform, together with soprano Andreja Zidaric, reinterpreted the musical legacy of Johann Strauss – a unique fusion of classical music, coloratura, humor and modern beats.
Kirill Kobanchenko, principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and his colleagues from the K+K Vienna platform have been invited by the Vienna Kaffeesiederball to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss’ birth by exploring the musical legacy of the Waltz King and reflecting on his gigantic musical oeuvre. Together with soprano Andreja Zidaric, they reinterpret the musical legacy of Johann Strauss – a unique fusion of classical music and modern beats. The ensemble has embarked on a loving musical journey of discovery into the legacy of Johann Strauss in order to adapt his music to today’s modern zeitgeist of entertainment and dance culture with the utmost respect, or as one would say today, to remix it. Johann Strauss – who was he from today’s perspective? King of the dance floor, or, to use today’s language: King of the dance floor? A DJ of his time perhaps?
Andreja Zidaric, lyric coloratura soprano: The Slovenian-born soprano shuttles with great ease between musical theater genres, whether opera, operetta or musical, she is at home everywhere. Celebrated by critics and audiences alike for her luminous soprano, her radiant high notes and wonderful charisma, she is regarded as the operetta diva par excellence.
Kirill Kobanchenko, principal violinist of the Vienna Philharmonic: Kirill Kobanchenko has been a member of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra’s principal section since 2001 and a member of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2004. In addition to his intensive orchestral activities, he also devotes himself to chamber music. In 2009, he founded the K+K Vienna platform and has been its artistic director ever since.
More information at: andrejazidaric.com and at plattformkk
© Photos: Katharina Schiffl / Andi Brucker
Late Night Concert 2025 – BAD POWELLS
from 02 o’clock in the ballroom
ESC- Special – Late Night Konzert
2026 will be the year of the ESC in Vienna. Vienna will be the host city. Hospitality is the passion that Viennese coffeehouse owners have made their profession. The Late Night Concert 2026 is a humorous and warm welcome to the ESC community in Vienna and in the Viennese coffeehouses!
The Bad Powells have been an integral part of the Vienna Coffeehouse Ball family for decades. This year, they will not only be performing together with Ö3 Disco in the Forum, but also as a tribute to ESC in a late-night concert in the ballroom. The Bad Powells’ programme pays homage to the greatest ESC hits – you can look forward to classics such as ‘Save your kisses for me’, ‘Waterloo’, ‘Merci Cherie’, ‘Love shine a light’ and, of course, ‘Rise like a phoenix’. Let us pass on the infectious joy and happiness that this music brings and welcome the world to Vienna. Bill and get the ballroom rocking.
Further information is available at: badpowells.com
© Fotos: Joerg Klickermann / Bad Powells
Orchestra and live bands on the ball
Continuous live music in different rooms
The Good Powells
Forum Kaffeehaus (from 23h)
The Bad Powells with star guest Andie Gabauer
Forum Kaffeehaus (from 0:45h)
The Bad Powells offer pure show – five of the most top-class musicians, led by singer Sabine Stieger, are probably the hottest party band in the universe at the moment. With a repertoire of well over 100 songs, including all the legendary soul and disco hits of the 70s and early 80s of the last century, The Bad Powells leave nothing to be desired musically. In addition to excellent music and perfect sound, The Bad Powells also offer the craziest outfits and a stunning stage show.
Ö3 Ball Disco with the Bad Powells
Forum Kaffehaus
Ö3 provides party music and a great atmosphere from 10 p.m. onwards at the Ö3 Ball Disco in the Forum of the Vienna Hofburg. From 11.30 p.m., the Bad Powells will join in and the atmosphere will reach fever pitch with every set! Whether in a ball gown or tailcoat and bow tie, dancing is the order of the day to the sounds of the Ö3 DJs and the Bad Powells! Ball guests at the 67th Kaffeesiederball have a lot to look forward to.
Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra
Festsaal / Ballroom
The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra was founded in 1982 with the aim of presenting the Viennese dance music of the 18th and 19th century music and to perform it in Vienna and all over the world. The orchestra now performs in 36 countries and in almost all major European cities, undertakes concert tours to several continents and is delighted to have a number of international conductors accompanying and leading it.
Laszlo Gyüker
Musical direction of the opening
From 2010 to 2012, second conductor/choir director at Bühne Baden (broad operetta repertoire) | From 2009 to 2017, conductor/choir director at the Lehár Festival Bad Ischl | The 2018 Conductor of the new production of “Die Fledermaus” at the Tirana Opera (dir: Renato Zanella | The 2018 debut at the Volksoper Vienna (“Die Csárdásfürstin”) | Since 2018, Lecturer at the Music and Arts, Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK) for the course “Classical Operetta” | Since 2022, Chief Conductor of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra
Bernd Fröhlich Orchestra
Festsaal / Ballroom
Bernd Fröhlich founded his exquisite dance orchestra in 2001. On the one hand with the aim of pampering the audience with relaxed dance music, on the other hand with the demand for the highest musical level. The ensemble has become a fixture on the Viennese ball scene and entertains guests at the largest and most traditional balls, such as the Ball der Kaffeesieder. At the turn of the year, the orchestra delights thousands of people on the main stage of the New Year’s Eve Trail on Stephansplatz.
Tini Kainrath
Festsaal / Ballroom
Bernd Fröhlich founded his exquisite dance orchestra in 2001. On the one hand with the aim of pampering the audience with relaxed dance music, on the other hand with the demand for the highest musical level. The ensemble has become a fixture on the Viennese ball scene and entertains guests at the largest and most traditional balls, such as the Ball der Kaffeesieder. At the turn of the year, the orchestra delights thousands of people on the main stage of the New Year’s Eve Trail on Stephansplatz.
Bernd Fröhlich
Festsaal / Ballroom
The singer and saxophonist Bernd Fröhlich has been making people dance with his music since his youth and travels internationally across musical genres. In addition to his work as director of the Bernd Fröhlich Orchestra, he has sung for many years as a tenor soloist in leading international Baroque and Renaissance vocal ensembles such as the Belgian Huelgas Ensemble, Weser Renaissance Bremen and the vocal ensemble L’Ultima Parola, which he founded in 2018.
Hollywood Palace Orchestra / Hollywood Palace Quartet
Zeremoniensaal
Béla Fischer has cast an all-star orchestra and an alternating quartet especially for the Viennese Kaffeesiederball. The orchestra consists of a classical big band line-up supplemented by eight strings. The soft Hollywood sound is achieved through the use of strings. The quartet is a jazz quartet. The selected musicians all play in the best national and international formations.
Coffe Club Band
Metternich Hall
Stimulating and invigorating – just like a strong espresso! – the music of the Coffee Club Band. This international show and gala band consists of ten exceptional thoroughbred musicians who guarantee a great program. The Coffee Club Band’s repertoire includes songs by Earth, Wind & Fire, Tom Jones and famous film soundtracks.
4 for Jazz & Carole Alston
Rittersaal
4 for Jazz (Erwin Schmidt p, Uli Langthaler b, Kristian Scheed dr, Christian Havel g) plays a repertoire ranging from jazz standards to evergreens, operettas and musical melodies to standard dances. The preference of these musicians belongs to jazz, especially swing. The soloist is the well-known artist Carole Alston, a great “Lady of Jazz”.
Piano music
Pavol Bodnár
Radetzky Apartment II
The pianist, composer, arranger and teacher was born in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) in 1959. Pavol Bodnár works with a wide variety of artists from the fields of classical music, traditional jazz, swing, Latin, soul, rhythm & blues and musicals. His collaboration with Tosy Küppers at the Freie Bühne Wieden from 1998-2002 deserves special mention. One of his particular strengths is free improvisation and the blending of musical styles.
The ball poster
Wolfgang Binder, Christof Cremer and Ketevan Papava in Café Sperl © Florian Wieser
The Ball Poster 2026
Christof Cremer, artistic director of the Vienna Coffeehouse Ball, designed the 2026 ball poster. The composition of the 2026 ball poster draws on various sources. The first source is a photo of Ketevan Papava, solo dancer with the Vienna State Ballet, taken by the talented young photographer Ashley Taylor. In this photo, she is enjoying a coffee from a golden coffee cup, dressed up for a ball, wearing a lavish ball gown and ball hairstyle. In the next image layer, she merges with the background image in the well-known fabric pattern (design no. 10124 for Backhausen) by Reinhold Völkel for Café Sperl on Gumpendorfer Straße in Vienna. The ball poster is thus a fusion of the ball and Viennese coffee house culture in its ideal form.
Christof Cremer: „The ball poster is the product of intensive teamwork. Designers, photographers, choreographers, stylists, illustrators and graphic artists worked together with the aim of creating a special kind of artistic eye-catcher for the Vienna Coffeehouse Ball. – I think they succeeded!
The ball committee
The organizers of the ball
Anna Karnitscher
Ball Chairperson
“The coffee house is the artists’ workshop! This old tradition is still alive and relevant today – works of art and stories are created here through observation in this unique atmosphere, in this special microcosm. Today, the coffee house is still an important place for social discourse, artistic activity and enjoyment!” – Anna Karnitscher
KR Wolfgang Binder
Ball Chairperson
“The Viennese ball season is something unique in the world and we are delighted to be an important part of this tradition. Here too, as in our coffee houses, we are preservers of tradition and at the same time leaders in innovation” – KR Wolfgang Binder.
Mag. Christof Cremer
Artistic direction
The freelance costume and stage designer lives and works in Vienna. He works in the fields of spoken theater, opera and contemporary music theater as well as ballet and dance. He has already designed the costumes for the ballet interludes of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert five times. In addition to his work for the theater, he designs and curates exhibitions and works as a scenographer at major national and international museums and exhibition venues, most recently the National Exhibition.
The premises
Where can you find something?
First floor
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
Entreé Heldenplatz / Entrance
2
Foyer
3
Feststiege
4
Wardrobe
5
Gardehalle II
6
Gardehalle I
7
Forum Coffee House
8
Treasury Hall
Mezzanine
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
Feststiege
2
Metternich Hall
3
Festsaal / Ballroom
4
Seitengalerie
5
Wintergarten
6
Zeremoniensaal
7
Trabantenstube
8
Rittersaal
9
Antekammer
10
Marmorsaal
11
Geheime Ratstube
12
Künstlerzimmer
13
Radetzky App. I
14
Radetzky App. II
15
Radetzky App. III
Rooms with live music
Over 13 different orchestras and live bands play at the Vienna Coffee Brewers Ball in various rooms of the Vienna Hofburg.
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