of Bregenz Festival
Legal form of company
non-profit-making organisation with limited liability (GmbH)
Shareholder
Bregenz Festival private foundation
Board
Hans-Peter Metzler – president
Verena Brunner-Loss – vice-chair of the board
Wilhelm Muzyczyn – vice-chair of the board
Michael Grahammer, Sabine Haag – members of the board
Chief executives
Elisabeth Sobotka (artistic director)
Michael Diem (commercial director)
Total personnel
1,600 people
Annual budget
22 million euros
of which public subsidies: 6,94 million euros
of which funds from sponsors and donors: 1.3 million euros
Subsidies from
40 % Republic of Austria, 35 % federal state of Vorarlberg, 25 % municipality of Bregenz
Visitors to the Lake Stage show (basis: visitor survey 2019, n=14.000)
63 % Germany
23 % Austria
11 % Switzerland/Liechtenstein
3 % other
Seating capacity - Maximum no. of seats (actual no. may differ)
Lake Stage: 6.980
Festspielhaus, Great Hall: 1.656
Workshop Theatre: 1.563
Lake Foyer: 168
Lake Studio: 330
Park Studio: 220
Vorarlberger Landestheater: 502
Kunsthaus Bregenz: 150
Theater Kosmos: 166
total: 11.735
The Bregenz Festival would like to thank its sponsors
BMW Group
Casinos Austria
Hypo Vorarlberg
illwerke vkw AG
GrECo International AG
Hilti Foundation
LIEBHERR-Turmdrehkrane
Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG
AGM
Coca Cola
Dallmayr Kaffee
Hendrick’s Gin
Kryolan
Leica Camera
Mohrenbrauerei Dornbirn
Paul Mitchell
Pfanner & Gutmann
Rauch Fruchtsäfte
Red Bull
Ricola
Römerquelle
Schlumberger (Wein- und Sektkellerei)
