ORF folk music night brings 400 guests to Linz studio
Friday 16th October 2026 on 02:30 in
Austria
About 400 people attended ORF Upper Austria’s annual folk music night at its regional studio in Linz on Thursday, with performances broadcast live on radio. The event featured traditional Alpine folk music, singing and dancing.
Groups from Upper Austria, Lower Austria and the Ausseerland performed. The line-up included Almtal Bordun, Ausseer Bradlmusi, Herrnleitn G’sang, Geschwister Stubauer, Ö-Streich, Powidl Partie, Sunnseitn Poscha, 16er-Musi and the Sandl folk dance group.
The presenters of ORF Upper Austria’s programme “G’sungen und g’spielt” hosted the evening. Among the audience were folk music figures Volker Derschmidt, Hubert Tröbinger, Harti Pilsner, Hans Rindberger, Fritz Freudenthaler and Erwin Engleitner. Christine Huber, president of the Upper Austrian Forum for Folk Culture, composer Albin Zaininger and Othmar Nagl, head of Upper Austrian Insurance, also attended.
ORF Radio Oberösterreich broadcast the event live from 7pm to 11pm, allowing listeners at home to hear the music and performances as they happened. ORF said the audience included many young people.