Donations
Support Winterfest – for more openness, diversity, and circus for everyone.
Winterfest Salzburg is Austria’s largest festival for contemporary circus arts – a place for encounters, artistic innovation, and cultural participation.
To enable as many people as possible to experience this special art form, we are committed to social openness and cultural participation:
Your donation helps us to provide more free and discounted tickets for socially disadvantaged people – for example, through projects such as Circus for All, Hunger for Art and Culture, or the City of Salzburg’s Aktivkarte.
In addition, your support promotes Austrian circus projects that strengthen the local scene, raise its profile, and support its long-term growth.
Since 2022, Winterfest has been recognized as a non-profit organization by the Austrian Ministry of Finance and has been authorized to accept donations since September 2025.
Donations are tax-deductible for individuals and companies – we will of course issue a confirmation of this.
What will your donation be used for?
Winterfest is a high-profile art project that is over 87% self-financed. Public funding covers around 13% of the total budget.
Your donation will not be used to finance the festival itself, but will be used specifically for the following measures:
• Social integration and access for all:
We develop measures that enable people with disabilities or in difficult financial situations to access the festival.
In 2024, more than 500 people were able to visit Winterfest in this way—we would like to expand this offer significantly.
• Promotion of the Austrian circus scene:
Austria is rich in talent, but lacks financial support. Your donation enables us to co-produce, present, and raise the profile of Austrian circus productions.
• Securing the future of Winterfest:
External factors such as weather, economic conditions, or safety requirements can influence the festival. Donations help to make Winterfest resilient and stable in the long term so that it can continue to exist as a vibrant platform for circus arts in the future.
Every donation goes entirely to social and artistic projects that cannot be adequately covered by the festival’s existing financing model.
Every contribution counts—help us open the circus to everyone!
