The nave · 20:15
Advent Candlelight: Bach & Corelli
Bach and Corelli by candlelight, nightly to Christmas Eve.
- One price, €33.00 — €0.00 booking fee
- Curtain at 20:15
- The nave: Karlsplatz 10
- A printed card from the organiser: collect it free from our office, or we deliver it free to your hotel. Never posted.
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At a glance
- What
- Bach and Corelli by candlelight in the Karlskirche, nightly through Advent to Christmas Eve: the Brandenburg movements and the Christmas Concerto under Fischer von Erlach’s dome, with the church lit by candles rather than by lamps.
- When
- 24 dates from Tuesday, 1 December 2026 to 24 December 2026; curtain at 20:15.
- Where
- The nave, Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien.
- Prices
- Nave seating €33.00. €0.00 booking fee.
- Seating
- No seat is assigned for this.
- Tickets
- A printed card from the organiser: collect it free from our office, or we deliver it free to your hotel. Never posted.
- Changes
- Free date change until 48 hours before, same event and category, up to twice. Refund dates are printed per line in your basket.
- Booking fee
- €0.00. The price you see is the price charged.
The room
The nave
Karlskirche, Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien
Fischer von Erlach’s domed church on Karlsplatz, vowed by Charles VI after the plague of 1713 and finished in 1737 — one of the great Baroque churches of Europe, and since 2008 the concert home of Orchester 1756.
24 nights · 1 December 2026 – 24 December 2026
Know before you book
- Nightly at 20:15 through Advent, to and including Christmas Eve, in the nave of the Karlskirche.
- Seating in the nave is unreserved: the ticket admits you and you choose a place when you arrive.
- These are tickets we bought when they were released. We hold a handful a night and resell them at the printed €33; our margin is zero by design.
- The church is lit by candles for these concerts, which is lovely and is also why it is darker and colder than a concert hall.
Questions guests ask
Is it really only candlelight?
The nave is lit by candles rather than by the church’s lamps. It is beautiful, and it means you will not be reading a programme — bring the coat you would wear to stand outside.
Are the seats numbered?
No. Seating in the nave is unreserved: your ticket admits you and you choose a place when you arrive.
Where do these tickets come from?
We buy them when the organiser releases them, like everybody else, and we resell them at the printed price. There is no allocation and no special relationship — just a handful of tickets bought early.
What do you add to the price?
Nothing. The number on this page is the number on the ticket, our booking fee is €0.00, and the margin on these nights is zero by design.
How do I get the ticket?
It is a physical ticket with a seat printed on it. Collect it free at our office counter on Herrengasse, or have it delivered to your hotel — you choose at checkout.
What happens when they are gone?
The night says so. We had a handful, and when the last one goes the page states it plainly rather than pretending there might be more.
Getting there
Karlskirche
Karlsplatz 10, 1040 Wien — The nave
Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4) is two minutes on foot and trams 1, 2, 71 and D stop at Oper/Karlsplatz; the Karlsplatz Garage on Mattiellistraße is about two minutes away.
About Karlskirche →Comparing evenings?
Everything we sell, day by day, is on what’s on; the other rooms of this kind are on seasonal and special.