Articles: #festival

Antigel 2020 - music, zombies and much more
Mid Morning Mix
The 10th edition of Antigel is upon us! Katt finds out what's in store across the 3 week multi-disciplinary festival in Geneva, from Festival Director Eric Linder...
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Beatrice Stirnimann on Baloise session
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The Baloise Session takes place in Basel. It's a series of 10 events, each featuring 2 incredible artists. We catch up with festival CEO Beatrice Stirnimann before the first event...
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Octopode Festival is back with more metal, punk, reggae and soul
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This year will be the 8th edition of Octopode - a free festival in Meyrin, Geneva, with rock, metal, punk, soul and reggae. Across 2 days, festival goers can attend, completely fr...
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Variations Musicales de Tannay 16-29 August
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Wilson Hermanto is the conductor for Orchestra ‘Cameristi della Scala’ – performing on the 24 August at the classical music festival: Variations Musicales de Tannay.
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Montreux Jazz Festival 2019 (28 June - 13 July)
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Mathieu Jaton, Montreux Jazz Festival CEO, & Rémi Bruggmann, Artistic Director for the Montreux Jazz Lab & Lizsto Club stages talk to Katt Cullen on the Mid Morni...
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Swiss Up! - Fête des Vignerons: Lavaux
Swiss Up!
Today we spoke to Blaise Duboux about the link between the Fête des Vignerons and Lavaux, both UNESCO heritages. What advantages does this label bring and what does the Fête celebrate? ...
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Black Movie film festival celebrates the big 2-0
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(The competition mentioned in this interview is now closed and the winner has been notified.) Committed to the defense of Asian, African, Middle Eastern and South American films, the&n...
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Rachid Badouri and trending comics at Montreux
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Host for the Trending Comics show at the Montreux Comedy Festival, Rachid Badouri, talks to Katt Cullen about becoming bilingual, his very stretchy face and being called a Master... ...
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Swiss Up! Fête des Vendange - Neuchatel
Swiss Up!
Today Dario looks at one of Europe's biggest festivals - and it's on this weekend! 340,000 people are expected in Neuchatel for the Fête des Vendange, or Grape Harvest Festival. It...
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Octopode is back with more rock, ska, reggae, metal & afrobeat
Mid Morning Mix
It's the 7th edition of Octopode; a free festival in Meyrin on the 24th & 25th August! Manon is the Hospitality Manager for Octopode. She joins us in the studio to tell us more...
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Swiss Up! - Zurich Street Parade
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Every year on the second Saturday of August the biggest Techno Party in Europe happens on the streets of Zurich. The Street Parade regularly attracts over a million ravers. How did it all start ...
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Au Pays des Enfants - activities for the kids this weekend
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Morgane Rochat is on the Committee for the Au Pays des Enfants Festival in Chateau d'Oex. She explains the festival, which includes up to 15 street performances per day, a giant zipline, shows,...
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Blue Balls Festival
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Set around Lake Lucerne, Blue Balls Festival 2018 is set to host national and international stars for the next nine days. Hear all about this year's great line-up and check ...
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Sion Sous les Etoiles; a unique festival experience
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Michael Drieburg, Founder of Sion Sous les Etoiles, spoke to us about the unique vibe of the festival and the 5 year evolution of a relative newcomer to the festival scene...
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Fête de la Tomate in Carouge - eat more tomatoes!
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Delphine Choveau, from the Union Maraîchère de Geneve, joined Katt Cullen on the Mid Morning Mix to talk about this weekend's Fête de la Tomate and where ugly tomat...
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Juliette Schack talks about Le FestiVolt
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Juliette Schack joins us in the studio to talk about the very first edition of Le FestiVolt, to be held in Ferney Voltaire in neighbouring France this 9-10 June
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Comedian Paul Taylor speaks #Franglais
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Paul Taylor's sharp observations about the process of learning a new culture as an adult have become the basis of his stand-up comedy show. He talks to Katt Cullen on the Mid Morning ...
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Young Stage Circus Festival
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The 10th International Young Stage Circus Festival is happening now in Basel. Andrea Schaefer explains the format of the festival and some of the free shows to catch this weekend on th...
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Circé and her mini-festival for singer-songwriters in Geneva
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Image: Edoardo Grassi / EG Photography Circé is a Geneva-based singer-songwriter and she's organising a 2 day festival for a collective of local musicians to come toge...
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Sophie de Quay & The Waveguards album release
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Sophie de Quay & Simon from The Waveguards talk to Katt Cullen about their upcoming album launch at the Chat Noir in Lausanne...
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Discover 30+ bands at Les Hivernales in Nyon
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Jay Reuter, Festival President, explains why we should head to Nyon between the 22nd - 25th February.
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Catch The Crags live
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Philippe and Oscar from The Crags joined us in the studio...
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Ysaline Rochat on Les Urbaines festival
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Les Urbaines Co-Director Ysaline Rochat joins us on the Mid Morning Mix
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Montreux Comedy host Paul Taylor on the double-edged sword of comedy
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Was Paul Taylor just naturally funny and discovered through a set of lucky circumstances? Or did he sit down one day, google 'how to become a comedian' and follow it up with hard graft? Als...
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