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The Weekender: Hot weekend happenings
It’s hot, hot, hot this weekend and so outdoor fun is a must…and probably a dip in a lake or pool too. For festival lovers, there are two Swiss music festivals coming up. Plus, horse competitions in Gstaad and Lausanne. And much, much more! WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have the details:
THIS WEEKEND
Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, August 18
Reel to Reel, August 17
Madonna, Letzigrund, August 18
FAR Festival, August 8-18
Filmpodium in Zurich July 1—August 19
Gstaad Polo Gold Cup, August 16-19
Grand Concours Hippique, August 17-26
Zurich Theater Spektakel, August 16—September 2
ONGOING
Bach Week in Thun, August 11—September 16
International Sand Sculpture Festival, August 10—September 9
Lucerne summer festival, August 8—September 15
Art camps at L’Atelier d’Aventures Créatives on Rue des Savoises, Monday to Friday over the summer holidays
Marchés folkloriques de Vevey, now until September 1
Lausanne Estivale, June 15—September 15
Diamond Jubilee events, starting June 2—through September
Seebad Enge Unplugged Festival, June 3 and throughout the summer
The Rimini bathing area in Zurich’s open air market, every Monday until September
The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Geneva with free English guided tours, June 6 and every first Wednesday
Inline skating or roller skating from May 7 and every Monday from now until September
Titanic the musical, July 10—August 30
Rive Jazzy Nyon, now until August 19
Basel Theatre Festival, August 29—September 8
COMING UP
For Noise Festival, August 23-25
GAOS Really Youthful Group performs Oklahoma, August 31—September 2
Freddie Mercury’s Memorial Day in Montreux, August 31—September 2
Sierre blues festival, August 23-26
Lausanne Triathlon, August 25-26
Eddie Izzard at the Geneva Arena, April 25-26
Justin Bieber in Zurich on March 22, 2012
Kraftwerk, August 25
Chur International Alpine Beard Meeting, August 19
Zurich Open Air Festival, August 23-26
Lausanne Triatholon, August 25-26
Lausanne autumn fair, September 14-23
Montreux vineyards tour, September 9
Summer Days Festival in Arbon, August 24-26
Zurich Open Air, August 23-26
Alvin Ailey, Théâtre du Léman in Geneva, September 4
JLo, Hallenstadium, October 10
Andre Rieu, October 13
Ultravox concert in Zurich, November 1
Kris Kristoffersen, November 19
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