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Friday, 22 June, 2012

The Weekender: Music takes over the city of Geneva

The Fête de la Musique takes over Geneva with over a hundred acts to be found at roughly 50 stages set up throughout the city. Plus, Zurich boasts its first ever food festival, which will include Switzerland’s longest dining table set up at the Swiss National Museum. WRS’s Pete Forster and Celeste Neill run through their list:

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THIS WEEKEND

Geneva Fête de la Musique, June 22-24

Howard Production’s MacBeth at Château de Prangins, June 21-23

Cully Classique music festival, June 22—July 1

AOM Yoga workshop in Geneva, June 23-24

Mountain Spring Festival at Männlichen, June 24

ONGOING

Martigny Open Air Cinemas, June 25—July 18

Lausanne Estivale, June 15—September 15

Zurich summer festival, June 15—July 8

International Steam Festival, June 15-24

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

COMING UP

Zurich Il Tavolo Food Festival, June 27—July 1

International truck and country festival in Interlaken, June 29—July 1

Titanic the musical, July 10—August 30

il TAVOLO Food Festival, June 27—July 1

Ironman Zurich, July 15

Paleo festival, July 17-22

Montreux Jazz Festival, June 29—July 14

Swiss Swimming Championships in Nyon, June 29—July 1

Red Hot Chili Peppers, July 3

Live At Sunset festival in Zurich, July 11-22

Hugh Laurie, July 21

Madonna, Letzigrund, August 18

Zurich Open Air, August 23-26

JLo, Hallenstadium, October 10

Alvin Ailey, Théâtre du Léman in Geneva, September 4

Ultravox concert in Zurich, November 1

Ultimate Guide to Swiss Summer Festivals 2012

People dancing on stage at the Wall in the Bastions face statues, g. has d., Guillaume (William) Farel, Jean (John) Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, at the 18th edition of the Fete de la Musique, this Saturday, June 20, 2009 in Geneva. More than 200,000 visitors have participated in the Fete de la Musique between Friday and Sunday in Geneva. Forty scenes have hosted over 500 concerts throughout the weekend. With shows like novelties combine sounds and images or a vibrant stage for the hearing impaired. (KEYSTONE / Salvatore Di Nolfi)

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