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A ball for everyone

Classical ball and LGBTIQ - a fusion of two themes that will be a special experience for everyone. In any case, the Vienna Rainbow Ball is more colourful than other balls, creating an inclusive environment where people of all sexual orientations and gender identities can celebrate together.

By combining entertainment and activism, the Rainbow Ball helps to break down prejudices and strengthen the rights of the LGBTIQ community. Together, we thus create a platform for solidarity and a symbol for diversity in our society.

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Fotobox

Guests of the Rainbow Ball can capture their good mood photographically. A photo box powered by L'Oréal Groupe will be available free of charge.

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Videobox

A new highlight for all visitors is our videobox, which can be used to capture the atmosphere of the ball up close. Perfect for reels and social media!

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RAINBOW BALL CASINO FROM CASINOS AUSTRIA

Unlimited entertainment? It's all for your luck! Casinos Austria's mobile Rainbow Ball Casino will once again provide exciting entertainment with American Roulette this year. In return for a voluntary donation, you will receive promotional jetons and have the chance to win great prizes. All proceeds from donations will go to HOSI Vienna.

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Styling Corner

At the L'Oréal Groupe Styling Corner, visitors have the opportunity to have their make-up refreshed for the evening by professional make-up artists.

Styling Corner
Parkhotel Schönbrunn

Austria Trend Parkhotel Schönbrunn

Hietzinger Hauptstr. 10-14
1130 Vienna, Austria

+43 (1) 87 804-0

parkhotel.schoenbrunn@austria-trend.at

Public Transport

  • Metro: U4
  • Tram: 10, 60
  • Busses: 51A, 56B, 58B, 156B
  • Stop: Hietzing – Schönbrunner Tiergarten / Kennedybrücke

The following applies to all to all guests of the ball:

  • Floor-length or knee-length evening dress, ball gown, elegant
  • elegant trouser suit, gilet etc.
  • Tailcoat, dinner jacket or dark suit with bowtie, tie or neckerchief
  • No gender stereotypes! Your gender, your choice!

The Rainbow Ball is neither a clubbing nor a costume ball. We ask for your understanding that, in keeping with the festive nature of this event, persons in inappropriate clothing (jeans, T-shirts, etc.) will be refused entry (without reimbursement of costs).


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Rainbow Ball Award

Thanks to the kind support of Out@L’Oréal/L’Oréal, the Rainbow Ball Award was given to an outstanding association or project at the 26th Vienna Rainbow Ball.

In this way, we support associations as well as projects that make a contribution to the LGBTIQ community. The important work of the selected winning project will be supported with prize money of 2,500 euros.

The third Rainbow Ball Award went to BroHomo Collective. You can find more information about BroHomo here:



Regenbogenball Award 2024

These were the Programme Highlights 2024

  • Maya Hakvoort Musical actress

    Born in Holland, she studied classical singing at the Maastricht Conservatory and musical and acting in Amsterdam. She began her theatre work in 1989 with CHICAGO in Belgium/Netherlands. This was immediately followed by numerous roles in international productions.

    In 1994 she had her breakthrough as "Elisabeth" in Austria, where she is still celebrated by audiences today. She has performed this role of the Empress of Hearts more than 1,000 times, including in Japan and Trieste.

    She has also played numerous leading roles in CHICAGO, LES MISÉRABLES, ASPECTS OF LOVE, DIE DREI MUSKETIERE, JEKYLL & HYDE, EVITA, HIGH SOCIETY, KISS ME, KATE, VICTOR/VICTORIA, REBECCA, LOVE NEVER DIES, SUNSET BOULEVARD, CATS, NEXT TO NORMAL, DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE.

    Maya Hakvoort also produces her solo programmes as well as VOICES OF MUSICAL and THE MUSIC OF BOND with her company MH Music Productions.

    Maya Hakvoort was awarded the Golden Decoration of Merit of the Republic of Austria in 2011 and the Golden Town Hall Man of the City of Vienna as well as the Great Decoration of Honour for Services to the State of Lower Austria in 2016.

    From December 2023 she will be back on stage at the Tiroler Landestheater in SUNSET BOULEVARD as the diva Norma Desmond, who dreams of a comeback. Maya Hakvoort already embodied this vocally and dramatically demanding role in 2022 at the Stadttheater Baden, for which she received standing ovations every evening and was awarded the Austrian Musical Theatre Prize for "Best Musical Performance".

    A new solo programme is on the schedule for 2024 - premiere on 19 April in Vienna - SAVE THE DATE!

  • Club Couleur Drag queens

    Club Couleur combines comedy, dance, song, lipsync & burlesque under the sign of the rainbow. New every month, queer performers get a stage in the city's most colourful revue.

    Colourful, like its hosts - Grazia Patricia & Metamorkid.

    The two queens could not be more different: Metamorkid, an outstanding performance & fashion queen and the comedy queen Grazia Patricia, the cabaret princess complement each other and invite various artists as guests to build a bridge between black and white.

    A revue that professes diverse colours. A revue for everyone.

    Everybody is welcome!

    Photo: © Doris Himmelbauer

  • Opera Studio of Volksoper Vienna Artists

    The Vienna Volksoper has made it its heart's project to keep music theater in all its facets alive, current, young and of the highest quality. In this project, the promotion of young artists must be an elementary component, because: The future begins today! Thanks to the generous support of the Christian Zeller Private Foundation, the establishment of an opera studio at the Volksoper was made possible for the 2022/2023 season. Six international singers and one pianist will be accompanied in this program for two years on their way between studies and professional life. They receive regular coaching, master classes, acting, dance and language lessons, workshops to prepare them for the special mental and physical challenges of everyday life as an artist, auditions, tools for their career management and, of course, the opportunity to take their first steps in their own Opera Studio productions, but also on the stage of the Volksoper.

    But the creative power of the young studio members should also have the opportunity to unfold beyond this. The Opera Studio is a place where a lively and collective exploration of musical theater takes place. The individuality of each member thus flows directly into the results of the work, into the search for new forms of performance, venues and perspectives on music theater.

    This wide-ranging offer of the opera studio is intended to give the participating artists the opportunity to grow personally. Vocally, professionally, musically, as actors, but also in terms of content and as human beings.

    The Vienna Volksoper wants to make its contribution to the further development of a professional image and the genre of music theater with independent personalities.

  • Maya Hakvoort Musical actress

    Born in Holland, she studied classical singing at the Maastricht Conservatory and musical and acting in Amsterdam. She began her theatre work in 1989 with CHICAGO in Belgium/Netherlands. This was immediately followed by numerous roles in international productions.

    In 1994 she had her breakthrough as "Elisabeth" in Austria, where she is still celebrated by audiences today. She has performed this role of the Empress of Hearts more than 1,000 times, including in Japan and Trieste.

    She has also played numerous leading roles in CHICAGO, LES MISÉRABLES, ASPECTS OF LOVE, DIE DREI MUSKETIERE, JEKYLL & HYDE, EVITA, HIGH SOCIETY, KISS ME, KATE, VICTOR/VICTORIA, REBECCA, LOVE NEVER DIES, SUNSET BOULEVARD, CATS, NEXT TO NORMAL, DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE.

    Maya Hakvoort also produces her solo programmes as well as VOICES OF MUSICAL and THE MUSIC OF BOND with her company MH Music Productions.

    Maya Hakvoort was awarded the Golden Decoration of Merit of the Republic of Austria in 2011 and the Golden Town Hall Man of the City of Vienna as well as the Great Decoration of Honour for Services to the State of Lower Austria in 2016.

    From December 2023 she will be back on stage at the Tiroler Landestheater in SUNSET BOULEVARD as the diva Norma Desmond, who dreams of a comeback. Maya Hakvoort already embodied this vocally and dramatically demanding role in 2022 at the Stadttheater Baden, for which she received standing ovations every evening and was awarded the Austrian Musical Theatre Prize for "Best Musical Performance".

    A new solo programme is on the schedule for 2024 - premiere on 19 April in Vienna - SAVE THE DATE!

  • Club Couleur Drag queens

    Club Couleur combines comedy, dance, song, lipsync & burlesque under the sign of the rainbow. New every month, queer performers get a stage in the city's most colourful revue.

    Colourful, like its hosts - Grazia Patricia & Metamorkid.

    The two queens could not be more different: Metamorkid, an outstanding performance & fashion queen and the comedy queen Grazia Patricia, the cabaret princess complement each other and invite various artists as guests to build a bridge between black and white.

    A revue that professes diverse colours. A revue for everyone.

    Everybody is welcome!

    Photo: © Doris Himmelbauer

  • Opera Studio of Volksoper Vienna Artists

    The Vienna Volksoper has made it its heart's project to keep music theater in all its facets alive, current, young and of the highest quality. In this project, the promotion of young artists must be an elementary component, because: The future begins today! Thanks to the generous support of the Christian Zeller Private Foundation, the establishment of an opera studio at the Volksoper was made possible for the 2022/2023 season. Six international singers and one pianist will be accompanied in this program for two years on their way between studies and professional life. They receive regular coaching, master classes, acting, dance and language lessons, workshops to prepare them for the special mental and physical challenges of everyday life as an artist, auditions, tools for their career management and, of course, the opportunity to take their first steps in their own Opera Studio productions, but also on the stage of the Volksoper.

    But the creative power of the young studio members should also have the opportunity to unfold beyond this. The Opera Studio is a place where a lively and collective exploration of musical theater takes place. The individuality of each member thus flows directly into the results of the work, into the search for new forms of performance, venues and perspectives on music theater.

    This wide-ranging offer of the opera studio is intended to give the participating artists the opportunity to grow personally. Vocally, professionally, musically, as actors, but also in terms of content and as human beings.

    The Vienna Volksoper wants to make its contribution to the further development of a professional image and the genre of music theater with independent personalities.

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Maya Hakvoort Musical actress

Born in Holland, she studied classical singing at the Maastricht Conservatory and musical and acting in Amsterdam. She began her theatre work in 1989 with CHICAGO in Belgium/Netherlands. This was immediately followed by numerous roles in international productions.

In 1994 she had her breakthrough as "Elisabeth" in Austria, where she is still celebrated by audiences today. She has performed this role of the Empress of Hearts more than 1,000 times, including in Japan and Trieste.

She has also played numerous leading roles in CHICAGO, LES MISÉRABLES, ASPECTS OF LOVE, DIE DREI MUSKETIERE, JEKYLL & HYDE, EVITA, HIGH SOCIETY, KISS ME, KATE, VICTOR/VICTORIA, REBECCA, LOVE NEVER DIES, SUNSET BOULEVARD, CATS, NEXT TO NORMAL, DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE.

Maya Hakvoort also produces her solo programmes as well as VOICES OF MUSICAL and THE MUSIC OF BOND with her company MH Music Productions.

Maya Hakvoort was awarded the Golden Decoration of Merit of the Republic of Austria in 2011 and the Golden Town Hall Man of the City of Vienna as well as the Great Decoration of Honour for Services to the State of Lower Austria in 2016.

From December 2023 she will be back on stage at the Tiroler Landestheater in SUNSET BOULEVARD as the diva Norma Desmond, who dreams of a comeback. Maya Hakvoort already embodied this vocally and dramatically demanding role in 2022 at the Stadttheater Baden, for which she received standing ovations every evening and was awarded the Austrian Musical Theatre Prize for "Best Musical Performance".

A new solo programme is on the schedule for 2024 - premiere on 19 April in Vienna - SAVE THE DATE!

Maya Hakvoort
Club Couleur Drag queens

Club Couleur combines comedy, dance, song, lipsync & burlesque under the sign of the rainbow. New every month, queer performers get a stage in the city's most colourful revue.

Colourful, like its hosts - Grazia Patricia & Metamorkid.

The two queens could not be more different: Metamorkid, an outstanding performance & fashion queen and the comedy queen Grazia Patricia, the cabaret princess complement each other and invite various artists as guests to build a bridge between black and white.

A revue that professes diverse colours. A revue for everyone.

Everybody is welcome!

Photo: © Doris Himmelbauer

Club Couleur Links https://www.instagram.com/club_couleur
Opera Studio of Volksoper Vienna Artists

The Vienna Volksoper has made it its heart's project to keep music theater in all its facets alive, current, young and of the highest quality. In this project, the promotion of young artists must be an elementary component, because: The future begins today! Thanks to the generous support of the Christian Zeller Private Foundation, the establishment of an opera studio at the Volksoper was made possible for the 2022/2023 season. Six international singers and one pianist will be accompanied in this program for two years on their way between studies and professional life. They receive regular coaching, master classes, acting, dance and language lessons, workshops to prepare them for the special mental and physical challenges of everyday life as an artist, auditions, tools for their career management and, of course, the opportunity to take their first steps in their own Opera Studio productions, but also on the stage of the Volksoper.

But the creative power of the young studio members should also have the opportunity to unfold beyond this. The Opera Studio is a place where a lively and collective exploration of musical theater takes place. The individuality of each member thus flows directly into the results of the work, into the search for new forms of performance, venues and perspectives on music theater.

This wide-ranging offer of the opera studio is intended to give the participating artists the opportunity to grow personally. Vocally, professionally, musically, as actors, but also in terms of content and as human beings.

The Vienna Volksoper wants to make its contribution to the further development of a professional image and the genre of music theater with independent personalities.

Opera Studio of Volksoper Vienna
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