Kulturbühne

What Kulturbühne does

Kulturbühne Schruns is a small, municipally-affiliated cultural venue located at Batloggstraße 24, 6780 Schruns, in the Montafon region of Vorarlberg, Austria. It is operated by a same-named non-profit supporting association (Trägerverein), the legal form typical for community cultural institutions under Austrian law. The venue serves the local Schruns community and surrounding Alpine region, hosting a multi-format programming slate that spans cabaret, theater, lectures, seminars, and concerts, explicitly aimed at audiences spanning all age groups ('Alt und Jung'). Its marketing and audience development operate exclusively through organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram) and the municipal Gemeinde Schruns website; no paid acquisition, email CRM, or streaming layer is documented.

The venue's core 'product' is a single physical performance space housed in a 1950s building originally constructed as the 'Casablanca Kino' (cinema). The association has deliberately preserved distinctive heritage features — original velvet folding balcony chairs and frescoes on the stage portal and foyer — and uses the 'Klein aber fein' (small but fine) positioning to differentiate on intimacy and atmosphere rather than scale. There is no underlying software platform; no proprietary technology stack, app, API, or integrations are documented. Headcount is reported at five employees, with contact routed through a single general inbox ([email protected]) and phone line.

Revenue is generated through event ticket sales at the on-site box office (transaction-fee model); pricing is not publicly disclosed and would vary by event. As a Trägerverein, the organization likely also relies on membership dues, donations, and implicit municipal support evidenced by its co-location on the official Gemeinde Schruns web domain, but no financial disclosures, funding rounds, or audited figures are available. There is no evidence of online ticketing, digital distribution, or content licensing. The organization is private and non-listed, with no parent company, subsidiaries, investors, or M&A activity in its history.

Name

Kulturbühne

Legal name

Kulturbühne Schruns

Website

https://kulturbuehne-schruns.at

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kulturbühne Schruns is a small non-profit cultural venue in Schruns, Austria, operating from a repurposed 1950s cinema and hosting cabaret, theater, lectures, seminars, and concerts for the local Montafon community.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment Venue

NAICS

Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Concert Halls & Music Venue Operations (Symphony Halls, Recital Venues) (MPAGALAC)

Keywords

• Cultural venue operations
• Live event programming
• Performing arts venue
• Theater and cabaret hosting
• Community concert venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Schruns

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Event Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from ticket sales for cultural events including cabaret, theater, lectures, seminars, and concerts held at the venue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kulturbühne Schruns is a local cultural venue in Schruns, Austria that hosts a diverse program of live events including cabaret, theater, lectures, seminars, and concerts for audiences of all ages. The venue is operated by a same-named supporting association (Trägerverein) and is housed in a historic building originally built as the 'Casablanca Kino' cinema in the 1950s, preserving original velvet folding balcony chairs and stage frescoes as part of the experience.

Product overview

Kulturbühne Schruns operates as a single, unified cultural venue product rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. The venue provides a program of live events spanning cabaret, theater, lectures, seminars, and concerts, housed in a historically preserved building from the 1950s. The 'product' consists of the physical venue and its event programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kulturbühne Schruns Veranstaltungsprogramm

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Bregenzer Festspiele: Major annual opera and music festival on Lake Constance in Bregenz. Operates much larger scale and budget, hosting world-class opera and orchestral performances; overlaps as a regional cultural venue competitor for high-quality programming and audience attention.
• Salzburger Festspiele: Premier Austrian performing arts festival in Salzburg. Operates at vastly larger scale across opera, drama, and orchestral concerts, but represents the broader Austrian performing arts venue ecosystem in which Kulturbühne Schruns operates.
• Theater in der Josefstadt: Historic Viennese theater (founded 1788) with intimate venue atmosphere similar to Kulturbühne Schruns' positioning. Comparable in heritage venue character and theatrical programming, though at substantially larger scale and longer history.
• Volkstheater Wien: Established Viennese theater offering diverse productions including cabaret and contemporary drama. While much larger and operating in a different city, it represents the broader established performing arts venue category with overlapping programming types.

Direct peers

• Theater am Spittelberg: Small independent theater venue in Vienna offering cabaret, comedy, and small theatrical productions. Comparable in operating model (small venue, diverse performing arts programming, non-profit/independent governance) though located in a different geography.
• Theater Kosmos Bregenz: Small independent theater in Bregenz, Vorarlberg. Operates an intimate venue hosting cabaret, theater, and small-format productions, directly comparable in scale, programming type, and Austrian non-profit cultural venue model.
• Werkstatt Bregenz: Cultural and performing arts venue in Bregenz hosting concerts, theater, and events in a smaller-scale setting. Comparable in venue type and regional audience orientation within Vorarlberg.
• Theater Drachengasse: Small independent theater in Vienna producing intimate-scale theater productions. Comparable in size, programming diversity, and small-venue business model, though operating in a larger urban market.

Regional players

• Landestheater Vorarlberg: Regional state theater for Vorarlberg. Operates a larger multi-stage venue in Bregenz/Bregenz serving the same Vorarlberg audience pool; competes for the same programming partnerships and audience share within the same state.

Others

• Montafon Tourismus: Regional tourism organization for the Montafon valley where Schruns is located. Not a direct competitor but an adjacent ecosystem participant whose marketing reach and visitor flows directly affect Kulturbühne Schruns' audience development potential.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kulturbuehneschruns
• Instagraminstagram.com/kulturbuehneschruns
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kulturb%C3%BChne

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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