About Us
Funkhaus Wien is a place for those who seek something beyond the obvious. A space carved out of radio history and reimagined as a playground for experimentation — where art, music, technology, and subculture collide without apology.
We champion the unpolished, the daring, the beautifully unfinished. Our halls host audiovisual rituals, sonic explorations, site-specific performances, and conversations that refuse to fit into categories. Nothing here is static. Everything is in flux.
This isn’t just an event space — it’s a frequency. Tune in, and you’ll find a community of artists, thinkers, and wanderers rewriting what a cultural institution can be. No velvet ropes. No gatekeeping. Just the raw electricity of creation.
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Radio Hall
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Funkhaus Wien is not just a venue, it’s a living archive of sound, memory, and transformation. Founded in 1936 as a pioneering broadcasting house, it played a crucial role in shaping how ideas, stories, and music reached the world. Within its walls, orchestras performed live for radio waves, political shifts echoed through broadcasts, and new voices carved their place in cultural history. Today, that legacy remains alive and active not as nostalgia, but as a powerful foundation for creating the future of art, technology, and communication.
This historic space has evolved into a dynamic cultural laboratory where tradition and innovation meet. Here, past and future collide in unexpected ways: analog frequencies merge with digital experimentation, and classical architecture becomes a stage for new forms of expression. Artists, thinkers, technologists, and communities come together to explore what culture can become transforming concerts into conversations, exhibitions into dialogues, and performances into platforms for change.
At Funkhaus Wien, creativity thrives on friction. We believe that cultural progress happens not in silence but in collaboration between disciplines, generations, ideas, and technologies. A classical quartet might share the building with an AI-driven installation. A design symposium might unfold alongside a political performance. Nothing exists in isolation; everything is part of an evolving ecosystem that embraces risk, rewards curiosity, and celebrates the unfinished as a vital step toward the future.
More than anything, Funkhaus Wien remains true to its original purpose: connection. Built to broadcast sound, it now broadcasts possibilities inviting people from across the world to co-create, challenge, and redefine what a cultural institution can be. This is not a space for passive spectatorship but for active participation. It’s a meeting point where art, ideas, and community intersect a continuously evolving pulse linking Vienna’s rich cultural heritage with the bold visions of tomorrow.
Since 1936
Funkhaus Wien
Food & Drink
Forget the predictable. Our bar and kitchen are laboratories for taste — mixing raw local ingredients with bold ideas. It’s where post-concert conversations stretch into the night over natural wine and slow-fermented dishes, and where the spirit of experimentation spills beyond the stage.
Parking
The journey matters as much as the destination. Step out of the ordinary and into the unknown — with easy parking nearby so nothing interrupts the descent into Funkhaus’ undercurrent. From there, the night unfolds on its own terms.
Funkhaus Events
We don’t host events — we host revolutions in miniature. Product launches that feel like performances, exhibitions that feel like rituals, and private gatherings that dissolve the line between guest and participant. At Funkhaus, your vision can live dangerously — and beautifully — outside the mainstream.
