Absolutely cool news that Waves our ever-evolving event now includes as part of a unique EU project UpBeat ; showcases […]

The Waves Festival is moving a few streets away again in 2023 and it is with a heavy heart that […]

Please find here all Panels that are going to be streamed online. Just click on the link for the Youtube […]

New clothes from recycled fabricsRefurbed has been a special supporter of our crowdfunding campaign and has taken on the presenting […]

This year there is again a wonderful mobile app for iOS and Android with all the shows, panels, workshops and […]

Basics, Creative Tools and Tips  You have a lot of creative ideas, but don’t know how to turn your songs […]

The Waves Festival and the entire team stand for appreciation, diversity and respect. We would like to put diversity in […]

The festival is approaching in big steps and the nervousness is rising and rising. For perfect preparation, the complete timetables […]

We are happy to present the latest additions to the line-up. New to the line-up are Superorganism (UK), Dylan Cartlidge […]

We are very proud to present this year’s nominees for the XA – Export Award 2022. The six domestic artists […]

In April 2022 a call for proposals was issued for the implementation of upstream events for the Viennese event scene. […]

Almost done! Here are 25 more acts for Waves Festival 2022: Another Vision (AT) Böbe (HU) Celia May (DE) @ Fanklub […]

From September 8th – 10th, 2022, the WAVES FESTIVAL CONFERENCE, organized by Waves Vienna, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export, presented […]

THURSDAY 8. Sep. 2022 Alice Low (UK) Another Vision (AT) Berglind (AT) Bipolar Feminin (AT) Boy With Apple (SE) Christl […]

The Ticketmaster New Music team supports artists at every stage of their career and in achieving their goals. To achieve […]

Fanklub, the new direct-to-fan platform for bands, presents four exciting acts on the Fanklub Stage: Celia May grew up in […]

Finally back – after two years of adapted versions, the traditional annual Warner Music Night in cooperation with Waves Vienna […]

We’re proud to announce the next 24 acts for Waves Festival 2022: 3:rma (SI) AEIOU (LI) BEACHPEOPLE (DE) Boy With […]

We are very happy to be able to continue the cooperation with Wombat’s from 2020 and 2021 this year! In […]

After hotels in Amsterdam and Stuttgart, Jaz in the City has been mixing up Vienna’s 6th district since 2021 with […]

We are very happy to announce CANAL+ as this year’s main sponsor. Already since 1983 CANAL+ successfully stands for entertainment […]

The independent jury for both the Waves Festival 2022 Crossing Boundaries and On the Premises bids consisted of: Carola Schmidt […]

The Lufthansa Group airlines bring people together – every day, all around the world. The global route network of Austrian […]

We’re proud to announce the next 18 acts for Waves Festival 2022: Alexandra Alden (MT) Alice Low (UK) Amelie Tobien […]

September 9 is all about young, up-and-coming artists who want to inspire music fans with their unique sound at the […]

Assim Live proudly presents some up- and- coming artists from the Austrian music scenery providing a very special ambience at […]

In order not to let the Ukrainian music scene down in these difficult times, the Waves Festival wants to offer […]

Are you interested in music, are you in Vienna from 8 to 10 September and would like to take a […]

We are super happy to present you the first 27 acts for this year’s edition of Waves Festival: a/lpaca (IT) Aili […]

As of 5 April, the Waves Festival invites submissions for the realisation of interdisciplinary ideas and concepts that will be […]

On 5 April 2022, a call for proposals will be issued for the implementation of events for the Viennese event […]

Founding idea and “East meets West” The Waves Festival & Conference will take place for the 12th time in 2022. […]

In order to get the most comprehensive input possible on topics, related aspects, potential cooperation partners and networks for our […]

With the new general theme, there will also no longer be two guest countries from 2022, but rather one Guest […]

Due to renovation and refurbishment work in venues and buildings that have been used for the Waves Festival in recent […]

This year’s conference programme will feature some new formats that call for more personal involvement from delegates and are more […]

The open application for Waves Festival 2022 happening from 8th to 10th of September 2022 is open now on gigmit […]

These days Waves Central Europe (short WCE) was launched as a complement to the Waves Festival. Within the framework of the […]

We’re super happy to present you the official After Movie for Waves Festival 2021. Big thanks to Andreas Steinkogler and […]

This were the numbers of the people watching our Waves Festival Conference 2021 on Youtube. Click on the name of […]

Fanklub is a new digital platform where bands, DJs and musicians* can communicate with their fans in the best possible […]

Mixing Tips For Streaming With High Quality Sound As long as (bigger) audiences are not allowed inside clubs, streaming is […]

From September 15, you’ll find hundreds of series, movies and documentaries in the HD Austria TV app! New ones will […]

Again this year we will stream most of the panel of the Waves Festival Conference on 9th and 10th of […]

After a jury session with Anne Eck (Silvertree Records), Itta Francesca (Sofar Sounds Viena/mica – music austria), Kasun Jayatilaka (Waves […]

These are the nominees for the Export Award at Waves Festival 2021: Cloud Cloud Downers & Milk Earl Mobley Florence […]

Waves Festival 2021 daily line-up: Day Tickets are available now.

We’re super happy to announce the winner of our raffle for the Main Sponsor of Waves Festival 2021: Jägermeister. The […]

The newly opened Superbude in Vienna’s 2nd district completes our hotel partners for 2021. The Superbude is definitely the coolest […]

The Viennese agency 101 gave us a new CI for Waves Festival 2020. This year we continue the collaboration with […]

Five international delegates from the music industry provide professional and constructive feedback to your music. Please fill out this form […]

This year’s conference programme takes up the festival’s focus on the Danube region and understands it not as a pandemic-related […]

There is still the question of how Waves Festival 2021 will be able to look like in early September, what […]

The application for the 11th edition of Waves Festival is open now. You may register on Gigmit and apply to perform […]

Following the current regulations of the official bodies, the following points must be observed at Waves Festival 2021: Admission is […]

Our Early Bird Ticketing phase for the Waves Festival 2021, which will take place from 9 to 11 September 2021, […]

It was a very special edition of the Waves Festival this year due to the pandemic. But we made the […]

Is there at least one Waves Festival 2020 performance that still lives rent-free in your head? Because same! Here’s the […]

The streams of Waves Conference 2020 are now available to rewatch on our YouTube Channel. DAY 1 New ways of […]

Here you can find the numbers of the average viewers for each channel of Waves Festival 2020 online streaming. As […]

With the presentation of the XA – Music Export Award to the Viennese musician OSKA on Saturday evening, the tenth […]

You have now the option to subscribe to the timetables of each of the online and public viewing channels. Just […]

This year’s official Conference Folder with all the information from contents of the panels, timetables, showcases, speaker bios and much […]

You are playing in a band? You produced some songs? And you want a professional feedback on your music? Then […]

From now on with a Waves Festival Conference Registration you are able to apply for the Speed Meetings on Thursday […]

6 more acts to join the Line-Up for Waves Festival 2020 and with these the Line-Up is now complete. Please […]

Waves Music Hackday – 5th Anniversary Edition Whether you are a creative person, musician, artist, technologically interested person, hacker, developer, thinker or hobbyist – join […]

We’re super happy to announce our new hotel partnership with Wombat’s! With its unique atmosphere and approach it’s a perfect […]

Even the current circumstances do not keep us from presenting up-and-coming artists for the 7th time at the Label Showcase […]

We are pleased to present this year’s Amadeus Austrian Music Awards at our Public Viewing on Thursday, September 10, 2020 […]

We’re happy to announce 31 more acts for this year’s edition of Waves Festival. [LEAK] (DE)9Bach (UK)ÄTNA INES#talent (DE)Annie Taylor (CH)Apey (HU)Crimer […]

The schedule for the Waves Festival Conference 2020 is complete and available here. We will continuously add the bios of […]

In our festival headquarters, the beautiful courtyard of the WUK, we will be setting up a public viewing area during […]

Alle Nominees 2020 werden jeweils ein 30 Minuten Set auf einem der Waves Streaming Channels spielen. Mehr Infos zum Line-Up […]

All 2020 nominees will play a 30 min Showcase on our streaming channels. More information about this year’s line-up can […]

We are more than happy to welcome Wojnar’s as this year’s mainsponsor of Waves Vienna – they are the winners of our […]

Unfortunately, due to Corona, we cannot hold the Waves Festival Conference this year in our Festival Home, the WUK. But […]

In the course of the Waves Festival 2020 Conference we’re setting up a speed meeting for participants from on of […]

Wir haben in den letzten Monaten eine Vielzahl an Möglichkeiten und Konzeptvarianten ausgearbeitet und durchgespielt – bis hin zu einer […]

In the last few months we have worked out and played through a multitude of possibilities and concept variations – […]

The Waves Festival Conference is part of the Music Festival and offers lectures, panels and workshops. The subject-specific program is […]

Due to the Corona crisis, the Waves Festival 2020 will take place in a strongly changed form. More details here. […]

Planning a festival in 2020: Which topics will concern us? What will be true and vital this autumn? What rules, […]

We are super happy to present you the first 28 acts we gonna see on site or on screen of […]

“East meets West” is also the motto of the festival’s focus countries in 2020:  On the one hand, we are […]

The conference program addresses the challenges for the music industry triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in a variety of ways. […]

After ships, fishing lures and forest animals, we sat down with the great guys of the Vienna based agency 101 […]

Dear lovely people, these are crazy times we live in and some of you may have asked themself if WAVES […]

The application for Delegates for Waves Vienna is open from now on. Just click here fill out the form and […]

Early Bird Music Conference tickets are available from now on. The Music Conference ticket covers all events of the Conference […]

The application for the 10th anniversary edition of Waves Vienna is open from now on. Just register for free on […]

The pre sale for the 10th edition of Waves Vienna starts on November 28th at 1pm. Waves Vienna 2020 takes […]

We’re super proud to present our official After Movie for Waves Vienna 2019. Thanks a million to the lovely people […]

The XA – Music Export Award was presented for the third time at the Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference 2019. […]

Last weekend Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference invited music lovers to discover 100 new acts and to take part […]

Famous record store Schallter usually resides in Westbahnstrasse 13 in Vienna’s 7th district. For Waves Vienna it pops up with […]

With your Waves Vienna Festival wristband you get lots of specials and discounts at shops and restaurants around the Festival […]

For the ones who don’t like our digital approach with a mobile app we created the timetables for each day […]

In 2016, Waves selected Israel (and Germany) as its focus country, showcasing many of Israel’s newest and edgiest musicians in […]

Nominees include Keke, Elis Noa and Sketches on Duality. Jury evaluation and award ceremony at the Waves Vienna Music Festival. […]

Some good and some not so good news two weeks before the official festival start: Unfortunately we have to announce […]

Besides our new Mobile App from woov we’ve put our timetable for all the festival shows online. You can browse […]

We’re super happy to present you our brand new woov mobile app. The app features all the venues and shows […]

The schedule for the Waves Vienna Conference, which is co-hosted by Music Austria and Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, is now online and […]

This years’ HOTS reception on Saturday from 11:30-12:30 as part of the Delegates Tour will be an event-to-remember after the […]

It’s a wrap – we are more than happy to present our final line up: With these 21 new acts […]

Waves Vienna 2019 is coming closer and we want to help you make your journey and stay as smooth as […]

We are adding another 33 (!!!) acts from 12 different countries to the festival line up – introducing special showcases […]

We are more than happy to welcome HAKUMA as this year’s mainsponsor of Waves Vienna – they are the winners […]

Book your flights to the “Waves Vienna 2019” online at www.austrian.com and save 15% on all applicable fares! To do […]

INES#talent is a programme enabling promising talents from all participating countries to advance their international careers by performing at showcase […]

We are adding another 25 acts to our line-up making it a total of 45 artists for now! We are […]

In September 2019 the Waves Vienna Music Conference, organized by Waves Vienna and Austrian Music Export, will take place for […]

We are more than happy to present to you the first 20 artists to play the 9th edition of Waves […]

True to the motto “East Meets West”, also this year there will be two focus countries, one from the east […]

It only started just over a year ago, but already Europe’s new network of showcase festivals has almost doubled in […]

You are a musician, booker oder band manager and want your act to play Waves Vienna 2019? Artist application is […]

In case you missed one of the panels at Waves Vienna Music Conference or want to rewatch them: Have a […]

As of now our Super Early Bird Festival Passes for only € 15 (limited to 111 pcs.) and our Early […]

Waves Vienna is nominated for this year’s European Festival Awards in two categories: Best Small Festival and Best Indoor Festival! […]

After four showcase festivals from Italy, Hungary, Germany and the Czech Republic joined the Innovation Network of European Showcases (INES) […]

Last weekend Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference invited music lovers to discover 100 new acts and to take part […]

The XA – Music Export Award was presented for the second time at this years Waves Vienna . The Viennese […]

Several thousand bands and musicians from the participating 12 countries (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, […]

With your Waves Vienna Festival wristband you get lots of specials and discounts at shops and restaurants around the Festival […]

We have a tiny suprise for you: With Josh. (AT) and Sage (FR) we are able to add another tow […]

At the temporary APED Showroom at WUK you have the chance to get your personal festival shirt or a stylish […]

Get your calenderies and smartphones out – the timetables for Waves Vienna 2018 are finally online. Best way for you […]

Nominees include Pressyes, Dives, Viech and Kids N Cats – jury evaluation and award ceremony at the Waves Vienna Music […]

Compatibility of Music and Family Life, Sync Rights and Importance of Music Blogs as topics of the Waves Vienna Music […]

We are more than happy to add another eight artists to the Line Up of Waves Vienna Music Festival & […]

We are more than happy to announce that another 42 artists were added to the Line Up of Waves Vienna […]

Waves Vienna 2018 is coming closer and we want to help you make your journey and stay as smooth as […]

Compatibility of Music and Family Life, Sync Rights and Importance of Music Blogs as first topics of the Waves Vienna […]

Another 29 artists were added to the Line up of Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference happening from 27th to […]

After last year’s successful crowdfunding campaign – which of course was only possible thanks to your generous help and support […]

Applications are now open for the artist exchange programme INES#talent, a programme that sends emerging musicians around Europe to play […]

We are more than happy to present to you the first 21 artists to play the 8th edition of Waves […]

The Innovation Network of European Showcases, INES, starts an initiative to make knowledge imparted at music business conferences more sustainable […]

INES#pro aims to support European music professionals to discover bands, create personal networks, be educated and craft powerful synergies by […]

Artist application for Waves Vienna from 27th to 29th of September 2018 are open now on Gigmit! Apply here and […]

We are more than happy to present this years focus countries for Waves Vienna: Portugal and Slovakia. True to the […]

Keychange is a pionieering European initiative which empowers woman to transform the future of music and encourages festivals to achieve […]

The launch of the INES platform marks the official start of the EU-funded showcase festival network, which aims to reinforce […]

With your Waves Vienna Festival wristband you get lots of specials and discounts at shops and restaurants around the Festival […]

We have to announce that the Waves Vienna 2017 Festival Pass and Day Pass Thursday are sold out. Day Pass […]

Austrian Band Crush (AT) and the French act Iam Stramgram (FR) complete the  Line-Up for 2017. Crush are going to […]

In course of WAVES VIENNA 2017 the newly founded Export Award XA will be introduced. The winner of the first […]

Our mobile app for iOS and Android is online! This fancy piece of software from Greencopper is available in German and English […]

We’re happy to announce the last addition to the Waves Vienna line up: Anger (AT) Annika (AT) Aid Kid (CZ) […]

Hier kommt der finale Schwung an neuen Acts für das Waves Vienna Festival 2017: Anger (AT) Annika (AT) Aid Kid […]

Call us old-fashioned, but we’re printing postcards! Hopefully with a picture taken by you on them! The motto of this […]

Der Waves Vienna Postkarten Wettbewerb geht in die nächste Runde. Thema des Contests ist dieses mal unser langjähriges Festivalmotto “East […]

Apply with your track to get feedback from international music professionals at WAVES VIENNA Music Conference.

Du interessierst dich für Musik, bist von 28. September bis 1. Oktober in Wien und möchtest auch mal hinter die […]

We are very sad to announce that Tamer Nafar and GAVLYN & DJ Hoppa have to cancel their performance at […]

Wir sind sehr traurig, die Absage der Auftritte von Tamer Nafar, Gavlyn & DJ Hoppa am Waves Vienna Festival bekannt […]

We’re proud to present you the daily line-ups for all festival days. You can browse through them here. At the same […]

  Heute dürfen wir euch die Tages-Line-Ups vorstellen. Abrufbar hier. Damit werden ab 1. August 2017 auch die Tagespässe verfügbar. […]

Book your flights to Waves Vienna 2017 online at www.austrian.com and save 15% on all applicable fares! To do so, […]

Perfectly in time for the weekend we have another 19 acts to add to our Line Up for Waves Vienna […]

Rechtzeitig zum Wochenende wird das Line Up des Waves Vienna 2017 um 19 Acts erweitert: Aliocha (CA) Almeeva (FR) April […]

1000 Dank an alle Unterstützerinnen und Unterstützer – mit ihrer Hilfe haben wird das Ziel unserer Crowdfunding-Kampagne erreicht und diese […]

  Im Rahmen des MQ Hofmusik Salons im Museumsquartier Wien wird das Waves Vienna Festival an zwei Sonntagen im August […]

We’re proud to announce that this year in collaboration with Austrian winery Szigeti from Gols we’re going to produce an […]

Wir freuen uns dass wir dieses Jahr einen offziellen Festival Sekt anbieten können. In Kooperation mit der Sektkellerei Szigeti aus […]

Am 9. Juni 2017 endete die erste Hauptsponsor-Tombola von Waves Vienna. 21 Lose zu je EUR 500 wurden verkauft, etwa […]

We are super happy to add another 25 (!) acts to our Line Up for Waves Vienna Festival on 28 […]

Ganze 25 Acts dürfen wir euch in der bereits vierten Announcement-Runde für das Waves Vienna Festival von 28. bis 30. […]

Die Vorbereitungen für das kommende Waves Vienna sind im vollen Gange. Wir durften bereits viele tolle Acts des LineUps verraten […]

In den vergangen beiden Jahren hat sich der 2015 gestartete Zertifikatslehrgang Musikwirtschaft der FH Kufstein (in Kooperation mit der Universität […]

Gute Neuigkeiten rechtzeitig zum Start ins Wochenende: Wir freuen uns riesig weitere 18 Acts zum Line Up des Waves Vienna […]

Here’s some good news before starting into the weekend: We are super excited to add another 18 acts to our […]

Preparations for this year’s edition of Waves Vienna are in full swing. We are super happy to reveal the second […]

Die Vorbereitungen für die diesjährige Ausgabe des Waves Vienna Festivals sind in vollem Gange und wir sind überglücklich euch bereits […]

We are super happy to announce the first six acts for Waves Vienna 2017 (in alphabetical order): At Pavillon (AT) […]

Wir sind überglücklich bereits die ersten sechs Acts für das diesjährige Waves Vienna 2017 verraten zu dürfen: At Pavillon (AT) […]

We are happy to announce that two of our neighbours will be the focus countries of Waves Vienna 2017: Italy […]

In diesem Jahr freuen wir uns zwei Nachbarländer als Gastländer willkommen heißen zu dürfen: Italien im Süden und die Tschechische […]

Du machst Musik und wolltest schon immer bei Wiens erstem und einzigem Showcase-Festival spielen? Dann ist jetzt deine Chance gekommen. […]

You are a musician and one of your goals is to perform at Vienna’s first and only showcase festival? Then […]

Bereits zum siebten Mal wird das Waves Vienna 2017 stattfinden und zwar vom 28. bis 30. September. Wir freuen uns […]

This year is already going to be the 7th edition of Waves Vienna. The date is set in stone: 28.-30.SEP.2017 […]

Liebe Leute, Waves Vienna 2016 ist offiziell vorbei. Wir möchten uns bei euch für eure Unterstützung und euren Besuch bedanken! […]

Dear lovely people, Waves Vienna 2016 is offically over. We want to say thank you! Thank you for being part […]

Book your flights to Waves Vienna 2019 online at www.austrian.com and save 15% on all applicable fares! To do so, […]