“Family Affair. Israeli Portraits” is the name of an exhibition on show from 23 April to 6 Oct, featuring photographs by Reli and Avner Avrahami, who toured Israel for over 10 years, interviewing and photographing people they happened to meet. In 2012, the exhibition was on show in Tel Aviv, now it can be viewed for the first time ever in Europe.

Chamber and orchestral concerts, lieder evenings, piano recitals and matinees. From 26 April to 2 Mai, from 12 to 14 July, on 22 September and from 2 to 8 October the Schubertiade festival moves from Schwarzenberg to Hohenems.

The poolbar festival is placed at the geographical interface between Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The old swimming pool get each summer to a cross-border hot spot when the pool bar festival open its doors for 20,000 visitors, cultural discussions and party fun.

The summer exhibition (13 July to 6 Oct) is devoted to the Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, who figures among the most influential contemporary concept artists.

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), famous opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is being staged on the Bregenz Festival lake stage in the summer of 2013 and 2014. The Bregenz Festival will give the world premiere of 'The Merchant of Venice' by André Tchaikowsky in the opera house, thus continuing its series of world premiers.

This is where we celebrate tradition and play a great deal of music. Music groups from Austria and neighbouring countries play their tunes and transform the whole of Lech into a single gigantic concert venue. Music is also played in mountain huts and rustic alpine cabins, which can be reached either by a pleasant walk or also by bus and lift.

The short film festival ALPINALE, one of the most traditional summer festivals in Vorarlberg, takes place in Nenzing. Short films who are long touching, exciting, funny or just different ...

The success of the 1st Lech Classic Music Festival justifies to annually carry on the festival. Accompanied of first-class international orchestra musicians Lech offers four high-carat „Gala Concerts” with a varied and exciting music program.

Do you want to run and perform, yet also appreciate and enjoy the landscape? This is not a contradiction at the 10th Lech High-Altitude Half Marathon. Running here becomes something to be relished. The 21 kilometre long course takes you mainly along footpaths past the majestic Karhorn, Omeshorn and Mohnenfluh peaks. Participants have to negotiate approx. 1,000 metres of ascent.

"From Lake Constance to Arlberg" is the header under which this legendary event is returning in 2012.