Lange Nacht der Musik

This past Saturday was the Long Night of Musik in Vienna. It's a night where you pay 12 Euros and you gain entrance into over 100 concerts in the city between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. We ventured out around 7 and first we saw some jazz. We then went on to hear a really loud rock band, and on the way we watched a man playing 27 water glasses with a guitar accompaniment. It was pretty amazing! We then saw four elementary age boys playing stomp-like music on trash cans, ladders, and xylophones. Again...amazing. After that we went to the Wiener Musikverein and heard a concert called "Strings Meet Blues." Aside from the really cool concert hall it was held in, the music was great. We heard Eric Clapton, Jimmy Hendrix, Deep Purple, and other cover music played by professional Viennese musicians. After that, we grabbed some ice cream and heard little more jazz before calling it a night. Whew!