THIS WEEKEND

Blue balls festival in Lucerne July 20-28

The Biel Chess Festival, July 21—August 3

Zurich Art and the City, now—September 22

Rock Oz’Arènes, July 31—August 5 

Morgins folk market, July 28, August 4, 11

ONGOING

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

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

Zurich Live At Sunset Festival, July 11-21

Titanic the musical, July 10—August 30

COMING UP

Château-d’Oex antiques market and music, July 27-29

Swiss National Day, August 1

Locarno film festival, August 1-11

La Plage des Six Pompes, August 5-11

Rive Jazzy Nyon, now until August 19

Zurich Street Parade, August 11

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

Swiss food festival in Zermatt, August 10-12

Geneva Slow Up Festival, August 5

Verbier Festival, July 20—August 5

Hugh Laurie, July 21

Fêtes de Genève, August 12-17

Madonna, Letzigrund, August 18

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