In recent years, the MQ Summer Stage in the main courtyard has established itself as a fixture of the summer in Vienna. From the end of May to beginning of October, its varied open-air evening program complements the museums' offerings and invites visitors to concerts, performances, talks, readings and film screenings free of charge after their closing times.
The popular literature festival “O-Töne” and the open-air film festival “frame[o]ut” are also part of this year’s program once again. The new concert series “MQ Tunes” brings fresh sounds to the MuseumsQuartier every Wednesday – featuring young, up-and-coming bands from Austria.
Let the weekend vibes take over: from Fridays to Sundays and on public holidays, between 14 and 22h, our garden restaurants and the summer stage come alive with weekend sounds curated by Christoph Etzlsdorfer.
Fri 01.08., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: LOU PA
Concert
LOU PA create a world of sound in which electronic beat waves crash against fuzzy guitars, while fragile vocal melodies float above powerful gang vocals. Their music sounds like a departure into a sphere between indie and edgy pop. In their Stripped Down set, the trio's intimacy merges with the sound spectrum to create an atmosphere that breaks familiar tones into unexpected colors.
Fri 01.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
THE BOOK OF SOLUTIONS
D: Michel Gondry | FR 2023 | feature film | 102min. | original version with subtitles
When director Marc unceremoniously steals the hard drives after his film is cancelled, he and his team flee to Aunt Denise's house in the countryside. There, artistic megalomania and pragmatic team spirit collide - a chaotic and comical struggle to complete a film.
Sat 02.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
REAS
D: Lola Arias | AR, DE, CH 2024 | feature film| 83min. | original version with subtitles
Between rock music, voguing and tender solidarity, a space of resistance and community is created in the women's prison in Ezeiza. When 20-year-old Yoseli arrives there, she becomes part of a ‘we’ that opposes structural violence with creativity and cohesion.
Mon 04.08., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Special Guest: Sugar B
Music
Martin Forster aka Sugar B is a musician, MC, event organiser, entertainer and radio producer. He has been shaping the Austrian music scene since the late 1980s with a variety of projects at the interface of hip-hop, dub, funk and electronic music.
Tue 05.08., 18:30h
Live Podcast
Edition Zukunft "Klimafragen"
Talk (in German language)
STANDARD editors Alicia Prager and Julia Beirer discuss biodiversity in the city with biodiversity researcher Franz Essl and MuseumsQuartier Wien director Bettina Leidl.
Wed 06.08., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: Vereter & Die Woarmen Semmeln
Concert
Finally out of the dusty corners of Viennese folk music: VERETER brings urgent change to the city with its stories from a queer-migrant perspective. The poetic songs develop a powerful pull and, despite their heaviness, create a feeling of self-empowerment. Together with his backing band Die Woarmen Semmeln, he plays catchy music that always carries a spark of hope and humor.
Thu 07.08., 20h
O-Töne
Martin Prinz l Anika Suck
Literature festival
Readings (in German language)
This summer, the popular O-Töne literature festival will once again bring current authors and literary voices to the MuseumsQuartier and invite you to readings and discussions in the open air. Martin Prinz reads from ‘Die letzten Tage’. Afterwards, Anika Suck follows with ‘Was danach kommt’.
Fri 08.08., 19h
FALTER-Sommergespräche
Wien und die Natur
"Die Stadt und die Natur"
Talk (in German language)
Katharina Kropshofer, head of the FALTER nature section, discusses why green spaces are unfairly distributed with Lilli Lička, head of the Institute of Landscape Architecture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences.
Fri 08.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
THE LIFE OF SEAN DELEAR
D: Markus Zizenbacher | AT 2024 | Documentary | 82min. | original version with subtitles
Between post-punk, power pop and DIY aesthetics, the film tells the story of Sean DeLear's search for artistic freedom and belonging - from L.A. to Vienna. Archive footage and diary fragments paint a vibrant portrait of a queer icon that is both a declaration of love and a testimony to lived rebellion.
Sat 09.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
LA MORT VIENDRA
D: Christoph Hochhäusler | DE, LU, BE 2024 | feature film | 101min. | original version with subtitles
In La Mort Viendra, a courier becomes the focus of a widely ramified international criminal network due to a hidden discovery of money. At the centre of this gripping thriller is the contract killer Tez, who, between club nights, quiet intimacy and brutal acts of violence, seeks her way to becoming the key figure responsible - cool, precise and with an electrifying presence.
Mon 11.08., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Special Guest: DJ Emodee
Music
Martin Markeli's Monday Listening Club on the MQ Summer Stage offers visitors a unique combination of vinyl listening experience, vintage flea market and live DJ sets. Special guest DJ Emodee joins Martin Markeli to create a summery atmosphere for a relaxed evening at the MuseumsQuartier.
Tue 12.08., 18h
MQ Artist-in-Residence Thamsanqa Majela: ENCOUNTER/KOPANO
with Sarai Vangelli de Cresci & Eva Lucia Schmölzeral
Performance
Kopano is a contemporary work which looks into the marriage of African dance and classical music. The performer come to a space where they communicate in different mediums of traditional dance and classic music to encounter something different in interpretation to finally reach a point of harmony in traditional music and dance through time signature.
Tue 12.08., 19h
Reading: „Vierundsiebzig"
MQ Writer-in-Residence Ronya Othmann
in German language
The author Ronya Othmann, who is living and working in the MuseumsQuartier Wien as part of the MQ Writer-in-Residence program in July and August 2025, talks to the independent literary critic Tino Schlench about her novel “Vierundsiebzig”.
Wed 13.08., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: Kobrakasino
Concert
Founded in Graz in 2018, the band Kobrakasino manipulates our reality with multi-layered pop arrangements and compressed German lyrics: solar punk utopias, surreal lovesickness and dancing rhythms can be found in their musical world. Their first album “Sonne, Mond & Dynamit” was released in 2023 on Problembär Records. The next single from the second studio album has been announced for September 2025.
Thu 14.08., 20h
O-Töne
Raphaela Edelbauer l Fiona Sironic
Literature festival
Readings (in German language)
This summer, the popular O-Töne literature festival will once again bring current authors and literary voices to the MuseumsQuartier and invite you to readings and discussions in the open air. First, Raphaela Edelbauer will read from her novel “Die echtere Wirklichkeit”; then Fiona Sironic will read from her work “Am Samstag gehen die Mädchen in den Wald und jagen Sachen in die Luft”.
Fri 15.08., 20h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
Int. Short film program – Western
2003 - 2024 | 75min. | orginal version
The short film programme is dedicated to the western genre by creatively taking up, deconstructing and reassembling its iconic elements - from saloons to shoot-outs. With playful seriousness, the films question the logic of violence, stereotypes and myths of the classic western - and show how much more there can be in dust, boots and revolvers.
Sat 16.08., 20:30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
SCHAU KURZ HER / TAKE A QUICK LOOK
Int. Short film program | 2022 - 2023 | 75min.| original version
This short film programme brings together four works that oppose the invisibilisation of people, their struggles and desires. Through diverse forms of mutual visualisation, they open up new perspectives on solidarity and call for a radically different, communal way of seeing.
Mon 18.08., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Special Guest: MJANE
Music
Martin Markeli's Monday Listening Club on the MQ Summer Stage offers visitors a unique combination of vinyl listening experience, vintage flea market and live DJ sets. With MJANE as special guest, the evening unfolds in a smooth blend of music, ambiance and summer flair.
Wed 20.08., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: Ava Fina
Concert
Ava Fina combines alt-pop, soul and electronic elements to create an emotional sound somewhere between lightness and world-weariness. Her songs tell of inner worlds, everyday chaos and tender hope - carried by a special voice and poetic depth.
Thu 21.08., 20h
O-Töne
Eva Schmidt l Ana Drezga
Literature festival
Readings (in German language)
This summer, the popular O-Töne literature festival will once again bring current authors and literary voices to the MuseumsQuartier and invite you to readings and discussions in the open air. Eva Schmidt reads from “Neben Fremden”, Ana Drezga from her novel “Top Girls”.
Fri 22.08., 19h
FALTER-Sommergespräche
Wien und die Natur
"Die Stadt und das Klima" (in German language)
Eva Konzett, deputy editor-in-chief of FALTER, discusses how climate change will affect life in cities and how populations can adapt with environmental historian Verena Winiwarter.
Fri 22.08., 20:30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
FROM THE FABRICS OF UTOPIA: a cinematic foray through the IntAkt archive
Short film program | 1977 - 1988 | 72min.
This short film programme pays tribute to the artistic and political legacy of the IntAkt artists who rebelled against patriarchal structures in the cultural sector in the 1970s and created their own spaces. With films about and by IntAkt members, a polyphonic homage to their resistance, their creativity and the lasting influence on the visibility of women artists to this day is created.
Sat 23.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
UNSICHTBARE GEGNER
D: VALIE EXPORT | AT 1977 | feature film | 110min. | original version
In VALIE EXPORT's experimental science fiction debut film, Vienna in the 1970s becomes the backdrop for a hallucinatory state of emergency in which an extraterrestrial force manipulates human consciousness. The photographer Anna fights against invisible enemies and social constraints - a radical departure into naked, unadorned existence.
Mon 25.08., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Special Guest: DJ Cut Ex
Music
As part of the Viennese duo Urbs & Cutex, Cut Ex is the expert on sounds, samples, scratches and arrangements. He effortlessly mixes his way through different genres, whether it's funk, disco, hip hop, reggae or house.
Di 26.08., 19h
Live-Podcast
Die Wurzeln der Regionalität
Talk (in German language)
What makes the Austrian potato so special? In this edition of the Land schafft Leben live podcast, the focus lies entirely on the potato and we celebrate 70 years of Kelly's with exciting insights into cultivation, regionality and genuine sustainable value creation. Joining in: young farmer Georg Rath in conversation with Hannes Royer about agriculture, responsibility and local quality.
Wed 27.08., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: Luca Malina
Concert
The Viennese artist Luca Malina has long established herself as a unique voice in the music scene –raw, versatile, and always with her own distinctive vibe. She doesn’t pay attention to genre boundaries. Somewhere between alternative pop, R&B, and electronic sounds, Luca Malina has found her own unique mix –sometimes delicate, sometimes punchy, but always bold.
Thu 28.08., 20h
O-Töne
Nava Ebrahimi l Anna Maschik
Literature festival
Readings (in German language)
This summer, the popular O-Töne literature festival will once again bring current authors and literary voices to the MuseumsQuartier and invite you to readings and discussions in the open air. For the finale, Nava Ebrahimi will read from "Und Federn überall" and Anna Maschik from "Wenn du es heimlich machen willst, musst du die Schafe töten".
Fri 29.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
ORLANDO, MY POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY
D: Paul B. Preciado | FR 2023 | documentary | 98min. | original version with subtitles
In Orlando, My Political Biography, Paul B. Preciado responds to Virginia Woolf's classic with a powerful cinematic essay - and declares Orlando to be the reality of today's diverse trans and non-binary generation. Over twenty protagonists lend their voices and bodies to the character and together create a moving manifesto for self-determination, visibility and queer life.
Sat 30.08., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
BUSHMAN
US 1971 | D: David Schickele | documentary | 73min. | original version with subtitles
BUSHMAN follows the Nigerian migrant Gabriel in 1968 in a San Francisco shaken by political upheaval - and in doing so reveals the racist projections he encounters from all sides. When the reality of the civil rights protests overtakes the script, the film turns into a documentary chronicle of resistance against repression, violence and exclusion.
Mon 01.09., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Special Guest: Andaka
Music
Andaka has been on the turntables since 2002 and has explored numerous genres over the years. She started out with drum'n'bass and jungle, but soon switched to hip hop and turntablism and its roots in soul, funk, disco and boogie.
Her experience as a back-up DJ for rap acts and at breakdance battles finally opened the door to an even larger musical universe - the world of experimental electronic sounds.
Wed 03.09., 19.30h
MQ Tunes: Multitudes
Concert
MULTITUDES present their rocking songs on stage, underlined by a versatile stage show - the regular change of instruments not only contributes to the dynamic live performance of the Multitudes, but also testifies to their musical versatility.
Thu 04.09., 19h
FALTER book presentation: Thomas Roth – 50 Wiener Bäume
in conversation with Katharina Kropshofer
Talk
Thomas Roth, together with Katharina Kropshofer, guides us through the surprisingly diverse world of urban trees – from exotic curiosities to native veterans. The FALTER book presentation invites you to an evening full of botanical eye-opening moments and new perspectives on the seemingly mundane.
Fri 05.09., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
SAMBIZANGA
D: Sarah Maldoror | FR, AO, CD 1972 | feature film | 102min. | original version with subtitles
Sambizanga tells the story of the beginning of the Angolan struggle for independence in 1961 and follows Maria as she sets off in search of her arrested husband - and increasingly sees through the colonial violence. Sarah Maldoror's impressive debut film, shot in exile, powerfully focuses on the often overlooked role of women in the anti-colonial resistance.
Sat 06.09., 20.30h
frame[o]ut open-air film festival
BAD GIRL
D: Varsha Bharath | IN 2025 | feature film | 115min. | original version with subtitles
Bad Girl follows 16-year-old Ramya on her chaotic, lustful and rebellious journey through growing up in South India - between chats, college and the constant resistance to social expectations. With wit, pace and formal freedom, Varsha Bharath creates a queer, energetic coming-of-age comedy that celebrates the imperfect and non-conformist.
Mon 08.09., 18h
Monday Listening Club hosted by Martin Markeli
Music
Every Monday, the Monday Listening Club by Martin Markeli offers visitors a unique combination of vinyl listening experience, vintage flea market and live DJ sets from 18 – 22h on the MQ Summer Stage. It invites you to enjoy the beauty and fascination of vinyl records in a relaxed and inspiring environment. Music lovers can come together to share memories, discover treasures, and celebrate the timeless magic of music.
Wed 10.09., 19h
Reading: „Nochmal von vorne"
MQ Writer-in-Residence Dana von Suffrin
MQ Writer-in-Residence Dana von Suffrin, who will be a guest at the MuseumsQuartier in September and October 2025, will read from her virtuoso novel “Nochmal von vorne”, which is about modern Jewish life between Munich and Tel Aviv.
Powerfully and with great black humor, von Suffrin tells of a German-Jewish family in which an entire century of violence and expulsion continues to have an effect - and of two sisters who are divided and reconciled because there is something that only they understand about each other.
