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Salzburg Festival

Late July-August· Salzburg, Austria

Society Private jet

Why the circuit stops here

Six weeks of the world’s most serious opera and the alpine society season around it: the European establishment’s cultural high mass, sponsorships negotiated between acts.

The money signal

Premium premiere tickets approach €500, the cheap part of an evening that includes the dinner after.

Who's there

German-speaking industrial dynasties, arts-patron billionaires, the boards of everything.

How they arrive

  • Private aviation is the default: expect FBO slots and hotel helipads to be the real constraint, not tickets.

On the calendar

Also in July: Henley Royal Regatta · Côte d’Azur high season · Hamptons season · Paris Haute Couture Week · Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference · Goodwood Festival of Speed