Most concerts by a vegetable orchestra

The most concerts performed by a group of musicians playing instruments constructed solely from vegetables is 344, achieved by The Vegetable Orchestra (Austria) in venues worldwide from April 1998 to December 2024. The group use a wide range of vegetables to produce their unique sounds, including flutes made from carrots and percussion made from pumpkins.

The Vegetable Orchestra's most recent concert took place at Les 6 toits in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 December 2024.

The Vegetable Orchestra's tours have taken them from their native Austria to perform in countries including China, the USA, Russia, Denmark and the Netherlands. The group, sometimes referred to as The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra, was established in February 2008, and three of the founding members continue to play for the orchestra: Barbara Kaiser, Jörg Piringer and Matthias Meinharter.

The 10-piece ensemble comprises instrumentalists from a variety of musical backgrounds, playing instruments as diverse as the carrot marimba, the radish bass flute, the leek violin and the parsnip trumpet. The instruments are prepared fresh on the morning of a concert, and at the end of a gig, those pieces that are still edible are chopped into a soup that gets served to the audience; all other pieces are sent for organic composting.