Free space for creativity: Vienna's new club culture on the Danube Island!

Free space for creativity: Vienna's new club culture on the Danube Island!

Wien, Österreich - In Vienna on March 31, 2025, a new project to promote club culture will start in public space. Under the title Free Spaces 2025 , initiated by the Vienna Club Commission (VCC) , aims at it, a consumption-free To establish club culture on the Danube Island. This project is followed by successful pilot phases in 2023 and 2024 and promises improved framework conditions for organizers: inside.

importance of club culture

Club culture is viewed as an important social meeting room, creative laboratory and platform for artistic experiments. The Free Spaces 2025 project project addresses the need to realize events away from Kommerseller structures and offers a structured, secure solution compared to informal venues. Positive experiences from the previous pilot phases show that successful events were carried out without noise problems or usage conflicts.

The adjustments within the scope of the project should serve to reduce financial and organizational hurdles, so that more events can take place in public space. For all those who are interested in the implementation of such formats, the VCC regularly offers information events.

informative events for actors: inside

On March 11, 2025, an information event was already under the title VCC practical tip: Free Spaces 2025 . Knowledge of self-organized club events in public spaces was conveyed here, including open-air concerts and Raves. The aim of the event was to impart practical information on the inside of the event scene that you need to implement your projects.

speakers from the scene, including David Prieth, Navneet Sidhu and Valerie Lust, shared their experiences and gave insights into the organizational aspects of Free Spaces events. Topics such as registration, space use and necessary requirements were dealt with.

comparison with outdoor town

The platform Outside city , which offers a wide range of open-air culture events under the motto "City for all". This initiative, which was launched in 2021, collected over 18,000 events of more than 1,500 cultural workers in their event calendar by the end of 2024. Such initiatives strengthen urban urban culture and offer space for a wide range of cultural forms of expression.

The success of projects such as Free Spaces 2025 and outside of the city shows the importance of public spaces for the cultural participation and the promotion of creative exchange in the city society. It remains to be seen how the new freedom in Vienna will enrich the city's cultural life.