According to Vienna, the New Year's Celebration is a traditional program that consists of Strauss family waltzes, polkas and marches. Their best traditional program is scheduled to broadcast on public television (PBS) on New Year's Day to millions of people in over 80 countries.

Julie Andrews is declared the host of the program, which will be featured by number of performances by members of the Vienna State Ballet. It has been reported that other well-known Viennese arts-related sites will also be featured along with the esteemed music hall.

The Vienna Austria's concert famed music hall, the Musikverein, is the setting for the annual New Year's celebration. Musikverein is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic and basically means Viennese Music Association.

The owner of this new concert hall is the Society of Music Lovers, which is also called as the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in German. It has been reported that building looks similar to that of an ancient Greek temple from outside.

The first New Year's concert was held on 31 December 1939 and the first broadcast of the New Year's Celebration from Vienna, Austria, was done in 1959. According to sources, Salute to Vienna has returned to Lincoln Center and it is celebrating 19 years of New Year's tradition.