Blumenball

Wiener Rathaus, Wien

Date: January 16, 2026

Venue: Festival rooms of the Vienna City Hall, entrance via Lichtenfelsgasse 2
Click here for the overview map

Admission: from 8 pm

Start: 9 pm

End: 5 o'clock

Dress code: elegant, festive evening wear

Ladies: Ball gown, long evening dress

Gentlemen: tuxedo or dark suit, bow tie, gala uniform

Ticket prices
70 € Reduced ticket (without seat)
(for students under 26, apprentices and civil and military servants)
90 € Admission ticket (without seat)
140 € Seating ticket Grauer Salon
140 €Seating ticket Steinsaal I + II
140 € Seating ticket Nordbuffet
160 € Seating ticket Wappensaal
160 € Seating ticket Stadtsenatssitzungssaal
170 € Seating ticket Galerie
170 € Seating ticket Volkshalle
180 € Seating ticket Festsaal (stalls, boxes)

Further information at: wien.gv.at/blumenball

Ticket sales start on November 11, 2025.

Tickets, flower menus and flower etageres can also be purchased at the Wien Ticket Center Pavilion at the State Opera from November 11, 2025 - for a service fee of 2 euros:

Vienna Ticket Center Pavilion at the State Opera

Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz
1010 Vienna

Current opening hours:

Monday to Saturday from 10:00 - 19:00
Closed on Sundays and public holidays

Culinary delights

Flower menus before the ball in Vienna's Rathauskeller

The exclusive flower menus are served in the Wiener Rathauskeller, just a few minutes' walk from the ballroom.These flower menus are only available in combination with an admission ticket.
Two menus are offered before the ball, from 6 pm, in the sophisticated ambience of the Wiener Rathauskeller:

Flower menu 1

• Cream of pumpkin soup with blood orange foam
• Roast beef stewed in onion sauce with roasted onion, rosemary potatoes and pickled cucumber
• Pot soufflé with wild berry ragout

Flower menu 2

vegetarian, vegan, suitable for allergy sufferers

• Cream of pumpkin soup with blood orange foam
• Pointed peppers stuffed with millet and vegetables on a Viennese tomato sauce with boiled potatoes and sprouts
• Fruity fruit plate
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62.00 Euro per person (excl. drinks)

80.00 Euro per person (incl. aperitif, wine accompaniment and mineral water)

Delicious flower etageres with seating chart during the ball event

Floral étagères on three levels for two people can be purchased with a seating card and are served directly at the guests' table:

Flower etagere

• Vulcano ham on seeded bread with dried tomato
  Pickled salmon with mustard and dill cream on potato sponge cake
• Caramelized duck breast on celery and mint salad in a bowl
  Stone prawns in an artichoke base with lime cream and bacon crisps
• Confectionery, pralines, truffles and macaroons

Price per etagere: EUR 85.00 (incl. mixed bread basket)

Vegetarian/vegan flower etagere

• Truffled cream brie with walnut brittle on white baguette
  Beetroot with goat's cheese and honey in a glass (vegan option available )
• Mushroom cream on pumpernickel with capers and red sprouts
  Courgette rolls with wakame, smoked tofu and macadamia nut
• Chocolate mousse
  Fruit skewer filleted with chocolate

Price per étagère: EUR 85.00 (incl. mixed bread basket)

Music at the 102nd Flower Ball:

Ball opening by the Rueff Dance School

Viennese Ball Orchestra and Big Band Steubl in the ballroom

Salsa lounge in the City Senate meeting room
Salsa dancing under the professional guidance of the Chris dance school

Edelbitter live band in the Wappensaal

WannaDance? in the ballroom in the Volkshalle

Disco with Radio Wien DJ Mike Renk in the Friedrich Schmidt Halle

Musical and culinary delights

Opening music

Fächerpolonaise" - Polonaise op. 525 by Carl Michael Ziehrer
"Veilchen Polka" - Polka op. 132 by Johann Strauss (son)
"Blumenwalzer" - Waltz by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

In the ballroom, you can dance to the sounds of the ball orchestra under the direction of Wolfgang Steubl and his big band. There will be modern rhythms in the Wappensaal with "Edelbitter-Liveband", a "Salsa Lounge" under the professional guidance of the Chris dance school in the Stadtsenats-Sitzungssaal and in the Volkshalle with WannaDance? Ball guests can also dance until the early hours in the disco with DJ Mike in the Friedrich-Schmidt-Halle .

Further highlights:

• Tombola - every ticket wins

• Organic-certified cuisine between flowers
  In the restaurant area (Kleiner Salon) of the Rathauskeller between 9 pm and 2.30 am. The Wiener Rathauskeller spoils its ball guests with selected food and drinks between 9pm and 2.30am in the restaurant (Kleiner Salon), several champagne stands, snack bar, cocktail bar and a café in the Feststiegen area. The popular Cobenzl wine bar can be found in the Steinsaal II again

• Midnight quadrille

"Fledermaus-Quadrille" under the direction of the Rueff Dance School
"Fledermaus-Quadrille" da capo at 2 a.m.
Both performances take place in the Festsaal.

• Ladies' donations
  Each lady receives a floral greeting as she leaves the ball on the Feststiege II.

• Breakfast bag
  The popular Ströck breakfast bag makes it easier to leave the flower ball.

• From a floral wreath to a floral anniversary

Back in the 1920s, the "Weiße Rose" restaurant in Vienna's Prater was the venue for the city of Vienna's flower balls, which were beautifully decorated with flowers. From 1949 to 1955, this flower wreath was held annually in the former "Vargas Dreherpark" in Meidling. The ball gradually developed into a ball and was held in the Sofiensäle from 1958 to 1987. At that time, the flower ball was opened by the State Opera Ballet. Ballet master Ewald Vondrak, from the Vienna State Opera, was very keen to teach the steps and figures of a polonaise to the gardeners of the Vienna City Gardens as well as the gardeners' children and older colleagues.

The Vienna City Gardens' Flower Ball has been held at Vienna City Hall since 1988. In keeping with ESC 2026, the 102nd Flower Ball will be held under the motto "ESC - United by Flowers".

Colorful floral decorations

100,000 flowers will brighten up the ball rooms in City Hall: Whether orchids (Orchidaceae), anthuriums (Anthurium), roses (Rosa), or lilies (Lilium) or carnations (Dianthus) - - bright colors such as pink, orange, green and copper, harmoniously combined with delicate pastel shades.