Harvest Festival
End-of-Summer Holidays during the Harvest Festival in the Province of Salzburg
Farmer’s Harvest Festival: at the End of Summer in Austria
When the leaves start changing their colour and the light becomes a little more golden: it’s time for nature to fill the tables “Salzburg Style”. End of summer in the Province of Salzburg means: Harvest Festival in Grossarl!
Farmers harvest festival in the Salzburger Land 
Tradition in Großarl
Many farmers from the region will offer their delicious produce for sale and invite you to taste a slice of Salzburg and Austria during the Harvest Festival in Grossarl. All those interested in the culture and customs of the Grossarl Valley and Salzburg will enjoy the Harvest Festival at the end of summer in the Province of Salzburg. Regional delicacies such as bacon, cheese, butter and fresh farmer’s bread as well as the Austrian version of doughnuts will be delicious to taste. And a shot of home-distilled schnapps cannot go amiss of course.
End of Summer in the Province of Salzburg: Time for the Harvest Festival in Grossarl
With the annual cattle drive down from the Alpine pastures the summer comes to an end in Austria and the Harvest Festival can start. At this time the locals’ motto is: enjoy life to the fullest. The Harvest Festival is one of the most beautiful seasons within the Grossarl Valley and worth the journey for an end of summer holiday in the Province of Salzburg.
‘Enjoying life’: that’s the leading motto for the Austrian Harvest Festival. Enter the world of traditional customs and folklore and get to know the produce of the Province of Salzburg at first hand: freshly baked farmer’s bread, cheese, dairy products and meat products, as well as herbal oils, self-distilled schnapps and of course typical Salzburg specialities such as “Kasnocken” (dumplings with melted cheese served in a pan), “Fleischkrapfen with Sauerkraut” (fried dumplings stuffed with meat) or “Pofesen” (a sweet kind of dumpling). More than 150 farmers and producers ensure the culinary wellbeing of guests during the Harvest Festival in the Province of Salzburg.
Highlights of the Harvest Festival in Grossarl
The highlight during the Harvest Festival in Grossarl is the large opening party, the wind brass music event at the Breitenebenalm Chalet, the dairy makers fete and the many local evenings with traditional wind brass music.
Local products 
Traditions in the Großarltal Valley
Further events during the Harvest Festival in Grossarl include: social evenings in alpine pastures and chalets with singers and musicians, the big celebration in the honour of Saint Rupert, the patron of the Salzburg Province. As well as the traditional sheep shearing event and the sheep drive down from the alpine pastures during the Harvest Festival in Grossarl. Celebrate the Harvest Festival with your hosts and the Grossarl locals during your end of summer holidays in the Province of Salzburg.
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