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French jazz artist Manu Katche - Photo ©Visual
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Every summer Geneva boasts its own version of the popular Summer Stage in Central Park. The 9-year-old event is called Musiques en été festival, and it features loads of free World Beat music concerts in a park setting.
The free concerts take place at the Ella Fitzgerald stage at La Grange Park, near Geneve Plage, every Wednesday and Friday. The summer series begins tomorrow 7 July and runs until Friday 20 August.
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Picnic and bikes at the botanical gardens
Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland – Rain is threatening to break a streak of sunny days and wide open blue skies, but don’t let a few drops keep you in as there’s plenty to do this weekend, and for free! Here are my selections.
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The Rumine Palace on the Riponne Plaza in Lausanne
Geneva, Switzerland – The perennial question, “what’s there to do on Sundays in Geneva or Lausanne?” lingers on and stays floating in the air as if waiting for a magical answer to materialize. Well the simple answer is, don’t wait, plan ahead for those lazy Sundays in the Lake Geneva area.
Planning, not improvising, seems to be in the Swiss-top-10 list of values. With that in mind, here are two tips for the first weekend of each month:
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The Geneva art and history museum - Photo Laila Rodriguez
Geneva, Switzerland – The 2010 Expopass is here and this time it is only CHF10 instead of CHF20. Recap: the pass allows you free entry to any of the temporary exhibits taking place at any of the seven art and history museums in Geneva.
The special price is part of a larger celebration. The building, featured on the left, designed by Swiss architect Marc Camoletti was inaugurated in 1910, and 100 years later the inauguration party is on!
The Geneva museum spokesperson, Catherine Terzaghi, tells us a series of events will be taking place one Sunday a month throughout the year: concerts, discovering hidden places and treasures in the building, and readings.
Festivities begin tomorrow 16 February with the opening of the “exhibit of the century” and the party will last until 22:00. A treasure hunt will take place on the premises of this fabulous building. Entry is free and lots of activities for children and adults are planned for the day.
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See you at the museum!
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Thinking of where to find events?
I have heard many expats complain that there isn’t much going on in Geneva but I beg to differ.
While it is hard to spot what is going on during the “cold” months, during the summer months there are more events going on than you may care (or even be physically able) to attend. The difficult part is finding which one to choose.
GenevaLunch offers an interactive Events page , updated regularly with local activities that may be of particular interest to English speakers. However, there are hundreds of other Geneva-based events that do not make it to our site. Then, how to find them all? Easy. The City publishes an official guide to Summer events available for free in print and on-line versions.
There are so many events, so little time! Enjoy.
Laila Rodriguez
Living in Geneva magazine cover
Geneva, Switzerland – A good resource for those living or arriving in Geneva is the “Living in Geneva” magazine.
The glossy includes a calendar of events, resources, guides and interviews with City government offices on relevant topics.