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18.05.-06.06.2026In 2026, the Calle Libre Festival is dedicated to the theme “IN EQUALITY” — a multifaceted exploration of social, cultural, economic, gender-based, and socio-political inequalities.
The title is intentionally layered with meaning. It points to inequality as a lived global reality, while simultaneously evoking “in equality” — the fundamental equality that connects us as human beings. This duality forms the conceptual core of the festival: a tension between division and unity, injustice and dignity, exclusion and belonging.
⭐Festival Opening / Book Presentation / Panel Talk
May 21, 2026 | Schlumberger Art Floor
Heiligenstädter Str. 39, 1190 Vienna
7:00 – 10:00 PM
As part of the festival opening, we will present the new book “Masters of Street Art” together with photographer Michael Harker and curator Jakob Kattner, who wrote the book’s foreword.
In addition, Nicholas Platzer will reflect on 20 years of his street art gallery Inoperable, offering insights into two decades of exhibition-making and commitment to urban contemporary art.
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⭐Live Paintings
As part of the festival, four walls in the district will be transformed through live mural interventions by national and international artists, each engaging artistically with this year’s theme.
May 18 – May 22
Boschstraße 24, 1190 Vienna
⭐Virginia Bersabe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginia_bersabe/
⭐Tamara Alves
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamara_aalves/
May 25 – May 29
Krottenbachstraße 104, 1190 Vienna
⭐JAZ / Franco Fasoli
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/francofasolijaz/
May 27 – June 5
APA Tower / Gunoldstraße 14, 1190 Vienna
⭐Sam Lo
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skl0_/
⭐Seb Toussaint
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sebtoussaint/
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⭐Workshops
In cooperation with various street artists, the festival offers a series of hands-on workshops for young people, school classes, and local residents. Participants gain insight into the background and techniques of street art, learning directly from professional artists and working together on wall pieces using spray paint.
Each workshop encourages participants to create individual motifs that engage with the festival theme of transformation, translating personal perspectives into collective visual statements.
⭐Workshop Highlights (Sign ups will be opened end of April)
May 22, 2026 – together with Kulturlabor
Workshop in a municipal housing complex (Gemeindebau)
May 23, 2026 - IGERS Austria
June 5, 2026 | 3:00–6:00 PM – Lio Ebenstein “Green Graffiti”
APA Areal
June 5, 2026 | 6:00–9:00 PM – Come by & Try Workshop, by Lavazza & the Calle Libre team ( Lavazza stencils)
Through these workshops, the festival expands beyond exhibition formats, creating spaces for learning, exchange, and active participation in the transformation of public space.
May 26–29, 2026 – Billrothgymnasium, Week 2
Theory session at the school with artist Coins.
June 1, 2026 – Billrothgymnasium, Week 3
School at the APA Site / Workshop with Coins.
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⭐Music Program: “Block Party”
June 5, 2026 | Gleis 19
5:00 – 10:00 PM
As part of Vienna Pride, the Calle Libre Festival invites you to the Block Party at Gleis 19, opening urban space for encounters, art, and shared visions.
In collaboration with the Vienna collective “A PARTY CALLED JACK”, a music program will accompany the district’s wall artworks, providing a live soundtrack to the festival and serving as an official partner event of Vienna Pride.
On-site, visitors can participate in workshops and join guided tours through the district. Attendees will also have the unique opportunity to witness the creation of Austria’s largest street art mural on the APA Tower live.
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⭐Future Walks / Guided Tours
May 23, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Calle Libre 2025 Tour (1120 Vienna)
Meeting point: Margaretengürtel U4 (outbound exit)
May 30, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Calle Libre 2024 Tour (1020 Vienna)
Meeting point: Krieau U2 (outbound exit)
June 6, 2026 | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM – Calle Libre 2026 Tour (1190 Vienna)
Followed by Kellerwelten Schlumberger Tour 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Meeting point: in front of Dachsbau Co-Working Space – Stadtbahnbögen Spittelau
Participants of these tours have the opportunity to explore an alternative Vienna, discovering aspects of the city beyond schnitzel, the Prater, and the Spanish Riding School. The Urban Art Tours showcase murals created during the festival and provide detailed insights into the artists, their motifs, and the Muthgasse urban development area, offering a unique perspective that cannot be found in typical guidebooks.
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Döbling, Wien, Austria
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