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Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Set out on a playful, family-friendly exploration of Lake Geneva’s shore to discover local biodiversity. Children and parents hunt for natural treasures, follow clues left by plants and animals, and make simple land art using found materials. The session mixes observation, hands-on creativity and storytelling to spark curiosity, sensory awareness and teamwork in an outdoor setting.
In French. Kids ages 8 and up.
Explore the playful world of Édouard Manceau through lively storytime and a hands-on craft session. Children will listen to colourful picture books, enjoy animated readings led by librarians, and build a painted cardboard puppet to take home. The workshop encourages imagination, fine motor skills and creative play with bright shapes and textures. Sessions combine listening, drawing and simple cutting and assembly in a calm, friendly setting.
In French. Kids ages 4 and up.
HENGE deliver a space-rock spectacle that blends rave energy and progressive-rock textures. Since arriving seven years ago the band has earned acclaim — two albums, extensive touring and a Best Live Act award — and their performances feel at once exuberant and slightly uncanny. Propulsive rhythms, swirling textures and playful theatricality create an immersive, joyous atmosphere that oscillates between subversion and warmth, broadcasting a message of hope that leaves audiences amused and exhilarated.
Les Estivales is the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève’s summer academy, offering children and teenagers an inspiring week where intensive musical learning meets the joy of the holiday season. Through individual lessons, chamber music, orchestra, ensemble playing, and creative workshops led by the Conservatoire’s experienced faculty, young musicians develop their skills in a stimulating and supportive environment. Complemented by outdoor activities and a final public concert, Les Estivales combines artistic excellence, collaboration, and fun, creating an unforgettable experience that nurtures both musical growth and lasting friendships. Info and booking: estivales@cmg.ch
For kids and teenagers.
Explore the pond to discover who lives beneath the surface. Search for dragonflies, frogs and newts, and learn about curious water creatures like backswimmers, hydrophilids and diving beetles. Listen to short readings, make careful observations with magnifiers, and play gentle games that reveal how the watery world works. Feel cool breezes, spot ripples and bright wings as David and Chloé guide curious kids through this lively, splashy ecosystem.
In French. Kids ages 4–10.
Directed by Louis Bonard, Les Voüéces follows two reclusive women, Rodogonde and Frénéjus, who live atop a high tower. Louis Bonard and Michèle Gurtner wrote and perform a piece in an enchanted pseudo‑medieval tongue where voice, embroidery and play weave a poetic fable. The performance probes silence, the passage of time, guilt and the unsettling presence of other voices — ghostly, culpable or absurd — with a blend of darkness and dark humour.
In French.
Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Set out on a playful, family-friendly exploration of Lake Geneva’s shore to discover local biodiversity. Children and parents hunt for natural treasures, follow clues left by plants and animals, and make simple land art using found materials. The session mixes observation, hands-on creativity and storytelling to spark curiosity, sensory awareness and teamwork in an outdoor setting.
In French. Kids ages 8 and up.
Explore the playful world of Édouard Manceau through lively storytime and a hands-on craft session. Children will listen to colourful picture books, enjoy animated readings led by librarians, and build a painted cardboard puppet to take home. The workshop encourages imagination, fine motor skills and creative play with bright shapes and textures. Sessions combine listening, drawing and simple cutting and assembly in a calm, friendly setting.
In French. Kids ages 4 and up.
HENGE deliver a space-rock spectacle that blends rave energy and progressive-rock textures. Since arriving seven years ago the band has earned acclaim — two albums, extensive touring and a Best Live Act award — and their performances feel at once exuberant and slightly uncanny. Propulsive rhythms, swirling textures and playful theatricality create an immersive, joyous atmosphere that oscillates between subversion and warmth, broadcasting a message of hope that leaves audiences amused and exhilarated.
Les Estivales is the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève’s summer academy, offering children and teenagers an inspiring week where intensive musical learning meets the joy of the holiday season. Through individual lessons, chamber music, orchestra, ensemble playing, and creative workshops led by the Conservatoire’s experienced faculty, young musicians develop their skills in a stimulating and supportive environment. Complemented by outdoor activities and a final public concert, Les Estivales combines artistic excellence, collaboration, and fun, creating an unforgettable experience that nurtures both musical growth and lasting friendships. Info and booking: estivales@cmg.ch
For kids and teenagers.
Explore the pond to discover who lives beneath the surface. Search for dragonflies, frogs and newts, and learn about curious water creatures like backswimmers, hydrophilids and diving beetles. Listen to short readings, make careful observations with magnifiers, and play gentle games that reveal how the watery world works. Feel cool breezes, spot ripples and bright wings as David and Chloé guide curious kids through this lively, splashy ecosystem.
In French. Kids ages 4–10.
Directed by Louis Bonard, Les Voüéces follows two reclusive women, Rodogonde and Frénéjus, who live atop a high tower. Louis Bonard and Michèle Gurtner wrote and perform a piece in an enchanted pseudo‑medieval tongue where voice, embroidery and play weave a poetic fable. The performance probes silence, the passage of time, guilt and the unsettling presence of other voices — ghostly, culpable or absurd — with a blend of darkness and dark humour.
In French.
Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Set out on a playful, family-friendly exploration of Lake Geneva’s shore to discover local biodiversity. Children and parents hunt for natural treasures, follow clues left by plants and animals, and make simple land art using found materials. The session mixes observation, hands-on creativity and storytelling to spark curiosity, sensory awareness and teamwork in an outdoor setting.
In French. Kids ages 8 and up.
Explore the playful world of Édouard Manceau through lively storytime and a hands-on craft session. Children will listen to colourful picture books, enjoy animated readings led by librarians, and build a painted cardboard puppet to take home. The workshop encourages imagination, fine motor skills and creative play with bright shapes and textures. Sessions combine listening, drawing and simple cutting and assembly in a calm, friendly setting.
In French. Kids ages 4 and up.
HENGE deliver a space-rock spectacle that blends rave energy and progressive-rock textures. Since arriving seven years ago the band has earned acclaim — two albums, extensive touring and a Best Live Act award — and their performances feel at once exuberant and slightly uncanny. Propulsive rhythms, swirling textures and playful theatricality create an immersive, joyous atmosphere that oscillates between subversion and warmth, broadcasting a message of hope that leaves audiences amused and exhilarated.
Les Estivales is the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève’s summer academy, offering children and teenagers an inspiring week where intensive musical learning meets the joy of the holiday season. Through individual lessons, chamber music, orchestra, ensemble playing, and creative workshops led by the Conservatoire’s experienced faculty, young musicians develop their skills in a stimulating and supportive environment. Complemented by outdoor activities and a final public concert, Les Estivales combines artistic excellence, collaboration, and fun, creating an unforgettable experience that nurtures both musical growth and lasting friendships. Info and booking: estivales@cmg.ch
For kids and teenagers.
Explore the pond to discover who lives beneath the surface. Search for dragonflies, frogs and newts, and learn about curious water creatures like backswimmers, hydrophilids and diving beetles. Listen to short readings, make careful observations with magnifiers, and play gentle games that reveal how the watery world works. Feel cool breezes, spot ripples and bright wings as David and Chloé guide curious kids through this lively, splashy ecosystem.
In French. Kids ages 4–10.
Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Festival OSR returns for its seventh edition with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande presenting a three‑evening programme that spans classical repertoire, a live ciné‑concert of Hitchcock’s cinema, and a jazz evening paying tribute to Joséphine Baker. Outdoor on a grassy setting, the series favours intimate, atmospheric performances where orchestral colours, cinematic soundscapes and swinging rhythms meet. Artistic direction highlights collaboration between soloists and the ensemble, offering evocative, finely crafted interpretations and a vibrant communal listening experience.
Zafîf blends neo-Bedouin grooves and hypnotic Arabic vocals into a cross-cultural sound world. Formed in Geneva in 2017 by Samir Mokrani and Khalil Bensid, the ensemble combines oud, guembri, saz, keyboards, drums and diverse percussion to weave Gnawa rhythms, G‑funk grooves and Arabic-Anatolian melismas. With Dorian Selmi on drums and Alban Ribouleau on keys, and guest masters from Gnawa and Yemenite traditions, improvisation drives the arrangements. DJ and producer Ramin adds electronic textures and club sensibilities, creating a layered, trance-like journey.
Jeanne and Bianca is a local solidarity and cultural association promoting visibility and professional inclusion for women. They invite everyone in the neighborhood to three days of shared creativity and encounters, with concerts, participatory workshops, a DJ set, communal meals and an exhibition of local women artists. Activities are open to all ages and encourage participation, listening and exchange, fostering community links through art, music and collective cooking.
Step close to a sculpture by Alexandre Joly and listen as storytellers Joëlle Flumet and Camille Lacroix bring “The Guardian” to life. Hear short tales that ask who watches whom and what it means to protect or possess. Children will touch ideas of weight and wind, imagine stone blocks and soaring color, and answer playful questions about lifeguards and borders. Then everyone builds a bright kite, feeling fabric and string and watching it dance in the breeze.
Kids ages 5 and up.
An open-air film series presenting six evening screenings that travel from silent-era comedy to contemporary French cinema. The programme spans Charlie Chaplin’s iconic comedy through recent work by Nakache and Toledano, offering films suited to a range of ages and tastes. Screenings privilege communal, sensory viewing: luminous images, live laughter, and intimate stories on a summer night. The selection moves between humour and emotion, inviting light-hearted delight and quiet reflection.
Directed by Louis Bonard, Les Voüéces follows two reclusive women, Rodogonde and Frénéjus, who live atop a high tower. Louis Bonard and Michèle Gurtner wrote and perform a piece in an enchanted pseudo‑medieval tongue where voice, embroidery and play weave a poetic fable. The performance probes silence, the passage of time, guilt and the unsettling presence of other voices — ghostly, culpable or absurd — with a blend of darkness and dark humour.
In French.
Directed by Louis Bonard, Les Voüéces follows two reclusive women, Rodogonde and Frénéjus, who live atop a high tower. Louis Bonard and Michèle Gurtner wrote and perform a piece in an enchanted pseudo‑medieval tongue where voice, embroidery and play weave a poetic fable. The performance probes silence, the passage of time, guilt and the unsettling presence of other voices — ghostly, culpable or absurd — with a blend of darkness and dark humour.
In French.
Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Set out on a playful, family-friendly exploration of Lake Geneva’s shore to discover local biodiversity. Children and parents hunt for natural treasures, follow clues left by plants and animals, and make simple land art using found materials. The session mixes observation, hands-on creativity and storytelling to spark curiosity, sensory awareness and teamwork in an outdoor setting.
In French. Kids ages 8 and up.
Explore the playful world of Édouard Manceau through lively storytime and a hands-on craft session. Children will listen to colourful picture books, enjoy animated readings led by librarians, and build a painted cardboard puppet to take home. The workshop encourages imagination, fine motor skills and creative play with bright shapes and textures. Sessions combine listening, drawing and simple cutting and assembly in a calm, friendly setting.
In French. Kids ages 4 and up.
HENGE deliver a space-rock spectacle that blends rave energy and progressive-rock textures. Since arriving seven years ago the band has earned acclaim — two albums, extensive touring and a Best Live Act award — and their performances feel at once exuberant and slightly uncanny. Propulsive rhythms, swirling textures and playful theatricality create an immersive, joyous atmosphere that oscillates between subversion and warmth, broadcasting a message of hope that leaves audiences amused and exhilarated.
Les Estivales is the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève’s summer academy, offering children and teenagers an inspiring week where intensive musical learning meets the joy of the holiday season. Through individual lessons, chamber music, orchestra, ensemble playing, and creative workshops led by the Conservatoire’s experienced faculty, young musicians develop their skills in a stimulating and supportive environment. Complemented by outdoor activities and a final public concert, Les Estivales combines artistic excellence, collaboration, and fun, creating an unforgettable experience that nurtures both musical growth and lasting friendships. Info and booking: estivales@cmg.ch
For kids and teenagers.
Explore the pond to discover who lives beneath the surface. Search for dragonflies, frogs and newts, and learn about curious water creatures like backswimmers, hydrophilids and diving beetles. Listen to short readings, make careful observations with magnifiers, and play gentle games that reveal how the watery world works. Feel cool breezes, spot ripples and bright wings as David and Chloé guide curious kids through this lively, splashy ecosystem.
In French. Kids ages 4–10.
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Located in the heart of Geneva’s international district, the Portail des Nations is a space dedicated to dialogue, cooperation, and global issues. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural events, it offers visitors an entry point into the major challenges shaping our world and Geneva’s role as a hub for international governance.
Nestled in the Geneva countryside, the Collection du Crest showcases a remarkable selection of modern and contemporary art. Through temporary exhibitions and its private collection, this unique venue offers an intimate encounter with artistic creation, in dialogue with the history and landscape of the estate.
Discover one of the world’s most remarkable libraries and museums, home to an exceptional collection of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents spanning over 5,000 years of human history. Located in Cologny overlooking Lake Geneva, the Fondation Martin Bodmer offers a unique journey through literature, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts, bringing together some of humanity’s most significant written treasures.
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