Press conference: provisional attendance figures for 2025

249,000 people visit this year’s Bregenz Festival | Der Freischütz to be followed by Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata

Bregenz, 14 Aug. 2025. The Bregenz Festival comes to a close on Sunday evening with total audience figures expected to reach approximately 249,000. In its 79th year – the first season under artistic director Lilli Paasikivi – the summer festival on Lake Constance pesented a programme of some 80 events within a five-week span. The opera on the lake stage, Der Freischütz, has played to an audience of 180,687 in its second run. Lilli Paasikivi’s first, Nordic-themed festival programme has been enthusiastically received, with many events selling out.