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Friday, 10 August, 2012

The Weekender: Zurich Street Parade, musical fireworks and a food festival

This weekend is filled with events to tantalize your eyes, ears and taste buds. Zurich hosts the Street Parade. Geneva will see a musical fireworks display. And up in Zermatt, a food festival calls to the hungry. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill fill us in on what to do and where to go:

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THIS WEEKEND


Morgins folk market, July 28, August 4, 11

Buskers Bern, August 9-11

Olympic Museum exhibit on Britain, now until August 12

Flea market in Estavayer-le-Lac, August 10-12

La Plage des Six Pompes, August 5-11

Zurich Street Parade, August 11

Swiss Food Festival in Zermatt, August 10-12

Fêtes de Genève, featuring aerobatics August 10 and fireworks August 11

Le Bouveret international seaplane meeting , August 10-12

Bach Week in Thun, August 11—September 16

International Sand Sculpture Festival, August 10—September 9 

ONGOING

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

FAR Festival, August 8-18

Filmpodium in Zurich July 1—August 19

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

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

COMING UP

Basel Theatre Festival, August 29—September 8

Lausanne Triathlon, August 25-26.

Eddie Izzard at the Geneva Arena, April 25-26

Justin Bieber in Zurich on March 22, 2012

Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, August 18

Freddie Mercury’s Memorial Day in Montreux, August 31—September 2

Sierre blues festival, August 23-26

Reel to Reel, August 17

Madonna, Letzigrund, August 18

Kraftwerk, August 25

Italy vs England playing at the Stade de Suisse  in Bern, August 15

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

Ultimate Guide to Swiss Summer Festivals 2012

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