Editing Murau City (dj: Wonkane Region) (section)

== Events ==
[[file:Shakespeare in Styria 0005 Peralta.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' by William Shakespeare performed in Murau, 2014]]
The ''Murtalbahn'' steam train is a historic part of the town, as well as one of its tourist attractions. Murau is also known for its annual [[Cultural references to Samson|Samson]] parades on August 15.

Since 2002, the annual festival [[Shakespeare in Styria]] presents productions of Shakespeare plays in the town's Festival Hall, in the Courtyard of the Murau Castle as well as at the Domenig Pavillon in the park of the town. The festival was founded in 2002 by British born theatre manager [[Nicholas Allen (theatre director)|Nicholas Allen]] and Austrian writer [[Rudolph J. Wojta]]. Each year it presents another play performed by young actors and actresses from all over Europe directed by experienced British directors. In the early years of the festivals performances were in English. Since 2013 productions are performed in German and directed by Nicholas Allen and US-American sword-master [[Roberta Brown (swordmaster)|Roberta Brown]]. Since the summer of 2016, the festival has been based at [[St. Lambrecht's Abbey|St. Lambrecht Abbey]], some 14 kilometres from Murau and no performance have taken place in Murau.