The Vienna Philharmonic's annual New Year's Concert is held in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein.
The concert is famous for waltzes, polkas, and marches by the Strauss family and other composers connected with Vienna. Although the event is broadcast internationally, the performance takes place in the Musikverein's richly decorated Großer Musikvereinssaal, commonly called the Golden Hall.
The first concert in the series was held on December 31, 1939. After the Second World War, the concert moved to New Year's Day, and the modern format became an important annual musical tradition. It typically includes an encore of the “Blue Danube” and the “Radetzky March,” though the exact program changes.
The Golden Hall is sometimes confused with Vienna's opera house or imperial palaces. Those buildings are important Viennese landmarks, but they do not serve as the regular venue for this concert.