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POSTCITY
Linz
Ars Electronica Festival // 2025
Ars Electronica Festival // 2025
From September 3 to 7, 2025, Linz will once again become a hotspot for the international media art scene. Exhibitions, performances, concerts and conferences will be held at festival locations throughout the city, most of them at POSTCITY, the festival’s central venue.
Art // Technology // Society
PANIC – yes/no
PANIC – yes/no
Panic, yes or no? Shouldn’t we be in absolute panic mode by now? Why aren’t we? The reasons for panic seem countless. Or is it all just a scare tactic? How long will hope hold out, and what comes after that?
The festival is getting closer!
April 2025
We announce the festival theme.
Mai 2025
First details on the Cultural Heritage focus and the Ars Electronica Opening.
Juni/Juli 2025
The winners of the Prix Ars Electronica, the S+T+ARTS Prize, the European Union Prize for Citizen Science and the Media Literacy Award (MLA) will be presented. Online ticket sales start.
August 2025
From April to mid-August, we will gradually publish all the details of this year’s program. The press conference on the highlights of the Ars Electronica Festival will take place at the end of August.
September 3-7, 2025
Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria. The festival takes place at various locations in the city, with POSTCITY at the main railway station as the central venue.
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Since 1979, the Ars Electronica Festival has been all about art, technology and society. From exhibitions, concerts and performances to talks and workshops – here’s what you can expect.
The Ars Electronica Festival 2025 will take place WED 3.9. until SUN 7.9. at several locations in the city center of Linz, Austria. Numerous exhibitions, concerts, talks, conferences, workshops and guided tours will be part of the program.
POSTCITY Linz will serve again as the central venue and hotspot. Other venues include the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), Anton Bruckner Private University, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Stadtwerkstatt (STWST), St. Mary’s Cathedral Linz and University of Arts Linz.
The detailed festival program will be successively published here on our website in the coming weeks. You can find an initial overview of the program here.
In the meantime, follow us on social media (Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook, Flickr) and subscribe to our newsletter – here we will keep you up to date on the latest news about Ars Electronica Festival 2025.
As every year, create your world is an essential part of the Ars Electronica Festival. The program is explicitly tailored to the young audience and as usual, will invite children and young people to participate.
An overview of accommodations in Linz can be found on the platform of LINZ TOURISMUS. Weekend packages for city travelers are available here. We recommend international guests to book their accommodation early and check the entry requirements to Austria in advance.
Our Code of Conduct, our house rules and the POSTCITY house rules apply for the duration of the entire festival.
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2025 // Partners
The Ars Electronica Festival is supported by the City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport as well as numerous sponsors and partner institutions. Historically closely linked, the festival will also be held in cooperation with ORF Upper Austria in 2025.