Huggy Bears

Huggy Bears Days 2024

We are thrilled to announce the Huggy Bears Days 2024! On November 14th and 15th at WUK performing arts, and from November 21st to 23rd at Studio Brut, our supporting program artists will take center stage for their opening nights. This year, we’ve had the privilege of accompanying three incredibly diverse and captivating artistic projects […]

Sägezahn

Sägezahn x Bears in the Park – 19. October

SÄGEZAHN is a Vienna-based event series that brings together unusual music with performance and visual art. After the last SÄGEZAHN Festival in 2023, they are back – with the same spirit, but new locations and collaborations! And we are one of them! On October 19, we are excited to welcome SÄGEZAHN to our venue, along […]

Open Call 2025

Open Call – Huggy Bears Program 2025

Bears in the Park is seeking innovative Vienna-based artists and collectives to join the next round of the “Huggy Bears Supporting Program.” This program is designed for emerging artists who are either already working in performance art and/or dance or who want to expand their practice into performance art. The aim is to create a […]

Quality Street Simmering

Quality Street! – 5. September in Simmering

QUALITY STREET!… The diverse art event is coming to Simmering! Come visit this series of various art forms, ranging from dance, sound installation, films and performances among others. We have put together a delightful and diverse program for one rejoicing evening. Whether you’re an artist, an art lover, or someone who simply enjoys creative experiences, […]

Opening

Video of our Grand Opening

We  are still looking back on this special day with pride and joy. After a long search, we found this new home for the trancedisciplinary performance scene in Vienna. We put a lot of sweat and energy into preparing it for the opening. Therefore we are delighted that Francesca Centonze and Mimi Schmidl have captured […]

Grand Opening

Grand Opening – 13. May

Mark your calendars for 13th of May because we are having our grand opening! We have assembled a great line-up with performances, fashion and music acts to welcome you in our new Bears in the Park space in Wien Simmering. We are thrilled to announce the presence of Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Executive City Councilor for Cultural Affairs […]

new place

Our New Art Place in Wien Simmering

We have searched and wandered through Vienna on a hunt for the perfect new Bears in the Park location. We believe we found it. From April 1st we are located in Wien Simmering in a beautiful brick compound that gives us the possibility to reinstate our artist friendly platform by giving free studio residencies to […]

Handle with Care part 2

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Part 2

Also this year, our Huggy Bears artists are part of the imagetanz festival by brut. On two occasions (Part 1+2), the series “Handle with Care” offers each artist/collective the possibility to launch their work-in-progress publicly in Vienna. Right after their sharings, we will engage in a Q&A to spark new ideas and inspirations. This way, […]

Handle with Care Part 1

Handle with Care feat. Huggy Bears Part 1

Also this year, our Huggy Bears artists are part of the imagetanz festival by brut. On two occasions (Part 1+2), the series “Handle with Care” offers each artist/collective the possibility to launch their work-in-progress publicly in Vienna. Right after their sharings, we will engage in a Q&A to spark new ideas and inspirations. This way, […]

Take 2

Huggy Bears at KOBO Art Space Zürich

The Huggy Bears were invited to perform at TAKE II Festival at KOBO Art Space in Zurich. On Saturday, 9.12 Gudrun Schmidinger, Jannis Neumann, Ariadne Randall and The Needles showed excerpts from ther recently premiered shows. This was a wonderful opportunity for the artists to transform and rework their individual performances into one fluid piece. […]