Bregenz Festival on the Lake Stage 2027. Dates and tickets.

A seat like Category 1, but with 20 centimetres more legroom.. The seating plan shows these seats in single rows in the central part of the stand, straight in front of the stage.

2027 price: €235 – €271

. According to the seating plan, Category 1 is the large block in the middle of the stand. You look straight at the stage on the lake.

2027 price: €200 – €235

. The seating plan places Category 2 in the centre, directly behind the Category 1 block.

2027 price: €187 – €222

. According to the plan, Category 3 covers the front rows A to H right by the lakeside path and a large block to the right of centre.

2027 price: €139 – €171

. The plan shows Category 4 in the side sections on the left and right and in the back rows of the centre.

2027 price: €105 – €137

. Category 5 sits further out in the side sections, so you look at the stage from an angle.

2027 price: €81 – €113

. Category 6 is in the outer side sections and in the very last rows of the centre.

2027 price: €61 – €93

. Category 7 is at the outer edge of the stand, with a strongly sideways view of the stage.

2027 price: €46 – €78

. Category 8 is on the far left and right edges. These are the cheapest seats with the most sideways view.

2027 price: €31 – €63

You get a covered, padded seat. The price includes a reserved parking space, an aperitif with finger food, a short introduction, a programme, a blanket, rental binoculars and a farewell drink.. The seating plan shows the Premium seats in small groups at the rear left edge of the stand.

2027 price: €400 – €436

You get everything in the Premium ticket plus a behind-the-scenes tour and a four-course dinner with drinks. The programme starts at 5.30 pm.. The seating plan shows the Lounge seats right at the back on the left edge of the stand.

2027 price: €535 – €570

In 2027 a seat on the lake grandstand costs 31 to 235 euros from Sunday to Thursday, 47 to 253 euros on Fridays and 63 to 271 euros on Saturdays. On opening night, 22 July, prices range from 31 to 253 euros. The Premium ticket with an aperitif and a covered seat costs 400 to 436 euros, and the Festival Lounge with dinner 535 to 570 euros. The festival adjusts prices to demand, so these figures were correct on 2 November 2026 and may change. Pupils and students aged 6 to 26 get a discount in categories 3 to 8, bookable by phone only.

The best place to buy is the Bregenz Festival's own web shop, where you can order up to six tickets for La traviata. Only resellers authorised by the festival may sell tickets on. Discounted tickets are sold by phone only, on +43 5574 4076.

It is late when the performance ends. A room nearby saves a night-time journey.

The festival plays in the rain whenever it can and only decides shortly before the start. From one hour before, announcements keep you informed. If the show is cancelled or stops before 90 minutes, only some tickets move indoors. The so-called house tickets in categories 1plus, 1 and 2, plus Premium and Lounge, then let you see a semi-staged version in the Festspielhaus. Semi-staged means the singers still act out their roles, but without the huge lake set. These house tickets are not refunded. Categories 1 and 1plus then sit in the stalls, category 2, Premium and Lounge in the balcony. Seats next to each other outside may be separated inside. Lake tickets in categories 3 to 8 are valid outdoors only. If the performance lasts less than 60 minutes, you get your money back or can swap to another evening if seats are available.

„Karten der Kategorie 3 bis 8 gelten ausschließlich für die Seebühne.“

In the organiser's words source

The lakeside grandstand opens one hour before the start. Weather or the running order can shift this time. Latecomers are only let in during a break or with an usher, and La traviata has no interval.

Bregenz sits on the eastern shore of Lake Constance, in the far west of Austria, close to the German and Swiss borders. From the UK, the easiest airport is usually Zurich. From Zurich trains run to Bregenz via St. Gallen. Bregenz station is about a ten-minute walk from the Festspielhaus and the lake stage.

The opera runs two hours without an interval, so it ends around 11.15 pm in July and around 11 pm in August, unless the weather causes a delay. Bregenz station is about ten minutes' walk away. During the festival, extra buses leave after the show, for example into the Bregenzerwald hills and to Scheidegg in Germany.

Bregenz has several large paid car parks, all within about 15 minutes' walk of the lake stage.

There is no dress code. Because the show goes on in the rain, wear warm, waterproof clothes. Umbrellas are not welcome on the stand because they block other people's view.

Children aged 6 and over may attend, and they need ID to prove their age. Every child needs their own ticket. Pupils and students up to 26 get a discount in categories 3 to 8.

You may bring seat cushions, blankets and drinking bottles up to one litre, as long as they are not glass. Your own food, glasses and glass bottles are not allowed. Space on the stand is tight, and there is nowhere to leave luggage in the Festspielhaus.