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Friday, 13 July, 2012

Music festival heaven!

School’s out and summer’s here so get out your dancing shoes, hiking boots and sunscreen. This weekend you can take in music all over Switzerland, including Geneva’s Lake Parade, the Gurten Festival and the Montreux Jazz Festival. Coming up July 20, classical and world music come together in Verbier. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill tell us all about it:

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THIS WEEKEND

Gurten Festival, July 12-15

Lake Parade, July 14

Ironman Zurich, July 15

ONGOING

Filmpodium in Zurich July 1—August 19

The Happy, Healthy Wealthy Life Changing Congress, July 20-22

Paleo festival, July 17-22

Live At Sunset festival in Zurich, July 11-22

Yverdon-les-Bains Fest’Yv’Etés, July 5—August 16

Festival de la Cité Lausaane, July 10-15

Montreux Jazz Festival, June 29—July 14

Martigny Open Air Cinemas, June 25—July 18

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

Zurich Live At Sunset Festival, July 11-21

Titanic the musical, July 10—August 30

COMING UP

Verbier Festival, July 20—August 5

Fêtes de Genève, August 12-17

Andre Rieu, October 13

Kris Kristoffersen, November 19

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

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