Klagenfurt opens the autumn fair: a festival full of highlights!
Experience the autumn fair in Klagenfurt from September 10, 2025: exciting rides, culinary highlights and creative themed worlds.

Klagenfurt opens the autumn fair: a festival full of highlights!
On September 10, 2025, the Klagenfurt Autumn Fair opens its doors with a colorful supporting program. The Gaudepark opened on September 5th and offers more than 50 rides for visitors of all ages. A special highlight of this year's trade fair is the new “Nightfly” looping carousel, which has already captivated many visitors.
Various theme worlds can be found on the exhibition grounds, including a construction fair with a focus on eco-construction, living and design ideas as well as Alpine-Adriatic cuisine, which is enriched by live cooking shows by Marco Krainer. The variety of regional specialties is complemented by an adventure farm offering and a marketplace.
Diverse attractions and events
Another highlight is the new lifestyle stage “Fall in Love”, which impresses with daily fashion shows and live acts. Those interested in sports can look forward to an XXL adventure track and a BMX show, while ORF Radio Kärnten provides the right atmosphere with live music.
Nowadays, choosing a career is a crucial phase for many young people, especially given the changes that have occurred in recent years. The largest apprentice fair in Austria took place again in 2022 to show students virtual training paths and prepare them for future challenges. Education is seen as the key to the future and an important raw material.
Dual training is considered a model of success that, in combination with the fields of work, offers new perspectives. The Carinthian Apprenticeship Fair aims to support young people in their decision-making and to provide them with targeted information about various training careers and opportunities kaerntnermessen.at.
In addition, the ornithological park in the Camargue offers a fascinating opportunity to experience nature. Open daily, it houses hundreds of pink flamingos in their natural habitat. Covering an area of 60 hectares, visitors can discover the rich flora and fauna and enjoy the idyllic landscapes of ponds, swamps and meadows. Hiking trails allow guests to observe birdlife up close and integrate people into the birds' surroundings parcornithologique.com.