Esca’s 2014 Paddle for Cancer Dragon Boat Festival will be held on 31 August on the shores of the Lac de Joux in l’Abbaye. This is a high energy event (most of all for the competitors) who paddle furiously around this beautiful lake. The first race starts at 09.20 and there’s one every 10 throughout […]
Rock Oz’Arènes, Avenches,
This festival takes place between 13th and 16th August in the magnificent Roman amphitheater in Avenches. The Oz’Arènes Rock Festival is sometimes called the smallest of the big festivals, although this is won’t be for much longer as it is becoming more and more successful. This year over 40 artists ranging from Motorhead and Patti […]
FAR° Festival of the Living Arts
For nearly 30 years, the city of Nyon has been pleasantly disrupted by the far° Festival of the Living Arts (theatre, dance and performance) during most of the month of August. As the only such event in the region, the far° explores new territories for the performing arts with Swiss and international artists combining both […]
The Locarno Film Festival in focus
In August of every year, over 15,000 film fans from around the world gather in the small Swiss town of Locarno to enjoy the art of cinema at one of the oldest film festivals in the world, third to Venice and Cannes. The 67th Locarno Film Festival will take place this year from 6-16 August. […]
Olympic Museum of Lausanne
ALL YEAR ROUND Following two years of renovation, the Olympic Museum of Lausanne is open again with an additional 1,000 m2 of exhibition space. The permanent exhibits have been redeveloped entirely for a new and improved visitor experience as well as innovative educational areas for younger visitors. The regular exhibits, which include ‘The Olympic World’, […]
Buskers bask in Bernese limelight
Busking is generally popular in Switzerland and talented buskers can often make a good living from it. And in the case of Bern, they are actively encouraged to entertain the city. Running from 7-9 August, The Buskers Bern Streetmusic-Festival has brought together more than 150 professional musicians and performance artists from 20 nations around the […]
Crans-Montana’s M4 Culture Festival
Crans-Montana, normally known as a beautiful and chic ski resort, has launched a summer festival with a programme to entertain people of all ages. The festival is aptly named the M4 Culture Festival – mountains, music, museums and more – it will take place between 12 and 26 July, however the main events take place […]
Paléo music festival’s line up of big names
The Paléo Festival de Nyon – Paléo – is fabulously vibrant, boasting an amazing variety of artists every year. Held in fields just above Nyon, it is the annual rock festival of the region. What started as a small and eclectic get-together by the lake in 1976, has become one of Europe’s leading open-air music […]
Martigny Exhibition: Re-embracing Renoir
French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir is the subject of a new exhibition – Revoir Renoir! – at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda in Martigny. The exhibit, which will opens from 20 June to 23 November, showcases an exceptional mix of Renoir’s paintings, with over 100 works reflecting his entire career – 60 years of creation. The exhibition […]
Montreux Jazz Festival
The 48th annual Montreux Jazz Festival is set to start in a couple of weeks, from 4 to 19 July. Although it began as a pure Jazz Festival, other styles of music were quickly integrated. As it is the second largest jazz festival in the world, it needs a killer line-up, which it has once […]