Music events Switzerland

Various concerts organized and offered by the AMR (Association for the encouragement of improvised music). The association, made up of musicians from Geneva, was founded in 1973 with the aim of working collectively on improvised music, promoting it and teaching it: these are the Ateliers de l'AMR, which were officially founded in 1975. During several periods of the year, music is joyfully enjoyed in the open air at the Parc des Cropettes located just behind the Cornavin train station or at the Orangerie in the Parc de la Grange. The AMR takes place in the Parc des Cropettes at the end of June. On the program: jazz and Afro-American music.

Voix de Fête is, in two words, the celebration of the musical francophonie. A breeding ground of artists from the world of music takes over the city for a week and performs in some fifteen venues. The Association de soutien à la musique vivante (ASMV) organises the concerts and events. A musical diversity that highlights the trends and innovations of Francophone artists. A very extensive programme of concerts of all styles, which appeals to all audiences, with approximately 15,000 spectators each year. It is a popular event.

A chamber music festival organised in June, in both churches and the various vaults of Cully. Each concert is preceded by a presentation of one hour on the music program or the composer whose songs will be played. Concerts also open on wine tastings!

This contemporary music festival, created in 2004 by a group of friends, gets the whole resort buzzing at the end of each season, in April, and welcomes more and more celebrities. At an altitude of 2,200 m, the sound goes beyond the peaks! Every year, more than 18,000 people enjoy the exceptional panorama and sway to the international DJs who set the resort alight. It's a short-lived whim that can be savored with intensity in the Valais Alps. Let's not forget that a caprice, in musical terms, is a free interpretation. So long live freedom!

The Archipel Festival offers contemporary music programmed in various venues dedicated to music: Conservatory, radio, theater, Victoria Hall... Since 1989 and every year, Archipel follows the evolution of contemporary music. This festival is interested in all forms of musical creation: scenic and multimedia works, improvisation, electro-acoustic music and sound installations. Archipel attracts a growing international and intergenerational audience.

History of popular music (250 instruments) and customs from all over Switzerland, exhibition of musical devices (phonograph, jukeboxes, etc.).

Festival of contemporary music in the open air, every year on the first weekend of July in an idyllic location. One of the most important in this part of Switzerland, known beyond the borders.

The Floss Festival is a stage on the Rhine with an eclectic programme of excellent music. For more than twenty years, Basel has been alive with concerts for three weeks at the end of July. The floating stage is in motion, while the audience sits on the riverbank. On stage, the bands play to hundreds of spectators who stroll and stop along the banks of the Rhine. The Floss Festival is free of charge: all you have to do to contribute is throw a few coins into the sailors' nets at the collection.

In early September, Elisabethenstrasse becomes the vibrant heart of the Flâneur Festival. Explore Basel's diversity in three days of exchange, creativity and warm encounters. New brands, innovative and creative workshops, culinary delights and an exceptional musical program on six stages with thirty-five local bands and musicians. Meet one hundred and forty local businesses, from restaurants to boutiques, museums, clubs and theaters. It's a colorful, lively and incredibly beautiful festival. Come and discover Basel in a different way!

Geneva's music festival goes beyond boundaries. It is the event of Grand-Geneva for which makes every one travels as the programme is rich! The Music Festival is a real institution and an event which makes Geneva move. Organised by the town and the Culture department, this great popular festival gathers all the generations who have come to share a moment around world music. Hundreds of concert of every style and for every one are organised in the streets of Geneva, near the harbour in various places, from the simplest to the most prestigious ones during 3 days full of emotions on the two banks with numerous events and musical animations. The atmosphere is unparalleled. You can eat everywhere at stands of the Village of associations (profits going to cultural, social, educational and humanitarian works), with specialities from across the world. This event forms part of sustainable development and actions are set including waste management with drink pumps and eco-friendly flasks; cups are prohibited.

Popular, convivial, cheerful and familial, the fanfares remind us of beautiful ceremonies, large gatherings, processions and parades. Organized by several entities, during the second half of the month, Mai en Fanfares offers a multiple programme of concerts in different places in the city and wandering onto the streets. It is possible for walkers, lovers of popular or scholarly music, to listen to two or even three concerts held by different musical groups in the evening, the same day, at the same place.

The outdoor scenes, spread over the right bank, invite you to get out and mix with the crowd, on the shores of blues of local and international interpreters. It's Summerblues time!

The Jazz Festival Suzanne Bebbi Sy Jazz marks the end of school holidays in Basel every year. On several scenes in the city centre, dozens of musicians make tens of thousands of jazz fans vibrate.