Burg Gars - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Opera in the castle ruins: impressive acoustics and an enchanting atmosphere - the perfect venue for high-quality opera productions.

Over 400,000 visitors have attended the opera festival in the Babenberg castle ruins of Gars am Kamp over the past 32 years. Each summer season, the festival focuses on a selected opera. The grandstand, which has been redesigned in recent years and has 1250 seats, offers the best possible view from every seat.

Gars is one of the oldest castle complexes in Austria. Built in the 11th century, it still stands in the style of the old rampart castles. There are no detailed records of its exact origins. What is known is that the Babenberg dynasty established one of their seats in Gars, although the "Babenberg period in Gars" only lasted a few decades, as castellans were appointed to administer the castle under Leopold III.