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20 – 31 May

Svitlana Anoshkina and Sergo Verbicki present a dialogical exhibition reflecting on proximity, distance and divergent life trajectories. Anoshkina’s sensitive, luminous paintings, shaped by exile and movement between Kyiv and Warsaw, emphasize light, color and interior states.

Verbicki’s ceramic pieces are raw, material-driven explorations of tension, fracture and transformation, evoking anchoring and memory. Without unifying their languages, the works respond through contrast—fragility and density, color and matter—asking what sustains shared ways of inhabiting the world when separated.

Opening: Wednesday 20 May, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 31 May, 17:00

Friday 22 May, 19:15

Organised by a teenager born with a cleft lip and palate, this third edition of a charity concert uses music to fund surgeries for children in partnership with Operation Smile Philippines. Intimate and communal, the evening blends pop, folk, classical and jazz through performances by Tess Giordano, Trio Samar, students from HEM Geneva, Asil d’été, and James Adalla with Valentina Saldarriaga. The programme moves from delicate acoustic motifs to warm ensemble passages, creating moments of tenderness, resilience and shared hope.

12 – 24 May

Written by E.-E. Schmitt, La Tectonique des Sentiments probes how love can turn to hatred in an instant. The plot follows Diane and Richard as imagined betrayals unleash seismic emotional shifts, toppling certainties and stirring violent tenderness. The piece balances sharp comedy and quiet cruelty, dissecting contradictions of desire through intimate exchanges and sudden tremors of feeling. The staging favors psychological clarity and a charged, oscillating atmosphere that leaves the audience unsettled and moved.

In French.

18 – 26 May

Victoire Cathalan presents a series of paintings that trace the porous boundary between human presence and forested life. Through layered oils and textured surfaces, her canvases evoke arboreal forms, bodily traces and the regenerative forces of the living world. The exhibition invites sustained looking at the vegetal as subject and collaborator, exploring scale, gesture and the interdependence of bodies and trees through a subtle palette and material intensity.

Opening Wednesday 20 May.

22 – 24 May

Mai au Parc brings the community together for a lively three-day outdoor festival featuring fifteen concerts (including nine Swiss acts), family-friendly activities, and a wide selection of food stalls. Enjoy moments at the wine bar and explore a culinary world tour served on ten small plates. Activities and community-run stands invite everyone to participate; volunteers are welcome to join. The festival celebrates local music, conviviality and shared neighbourhood spirit.

Friday 22 May, 21:30

Geneva-based artist Lion Messager has become a leading voice in modern French-language reggae. Having begun as a dancer and then an MC, he embraced reggae in the early 2010s, shaping a style that merges spiritual and socially conscious concerns with roots and contemporary sounds. Joined by guests Jahnaton and Sir Samuel, his performances rely on sincere lyrics and a commanding stage presence. His forthcoming album Mon Combat, produced by Evidence Music (Little Lion Sound & Derrick Sound), underscores this mature, authentic approach.

In French.

20 – 31 May

Svitlana Anoshkina and Sergo Verbicki present a dialogical exhibition reflecting on proximity, distance and divergent life trajectories. Anoshkina’s sensitive, luminous paintings, shaped by exile and movement between Kyiv and Warsaw, emphasize light, color and interior states.

Verbicki’s ceramic pieces are raw, material-driven explorations of tension, fracture and transformation, evoking anchoring and memory. Without unifying their languages, the works respond through contrast—fragility and density, color and matter—asking what sustains shared ways of inhabiting the world when separated.

Opening: Wednesday 20 May, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 31 May, 17:00

Friday 22 May, 19:15

Organised by a teenager born with a cleft lip and palate, this third edition of a charity concert uses music to fund surgeries for children in partnership with Operation Smile Philippines. Intimate and communal, the evening blends pop, folk, classical and jazz through performances by Tess Giordano, Trio Samar, students from HEM Geneva, Asil d’été, and James Adalla with Valentina Saldarriaga. The programme moves from delicate acoustic motifs to warm ensemble passages, creating moments of tenderness, resilience and shared hope.

12 – 24 May

Written by E.-E. Schmitt, La Tectonique des Sentiments probes how love can turn to hatred in an instant. The plot follows Diane and Richard as imagined betrayals unleash seismic emotional shifts, toppling certainties and stirring violent tenderness. The piece balances sharp comedy and quiet cruelty, dissecting contradictions of desire through intimate exchanges and sudden tremors of feeling. The staging favors psychological clarity and a charged, oscillating atmosphere that leaves the audience unsettled and moved.

In French.

18 – 26 May

Victoire Cathalan presents a series of paintings that trace the porous boundary between human presence and forested life. Through layered oils and textured surfaces, her canvases evoke arboreal forms, bodily traces and the regenerative forces of the living world. The exhibition invites sustained looking at the vegetal as subject and collaborator, exploring scale, gesture and the interdependence of bodies and trees through a subtle palette and material intensity.

Opening Wednesday 20 May.

22 – 24 May

Mai au Parc brings the community together for a lively three-day outdoor festival featuring fifteen concerts (including nine Swiss acts), family-friendly activities, and a wide selection of food stalls. Enjoy moments at the wine bar and explore a culinary world tour served on ten small plates. Activities and community-run stands invite everyone to participate; volunteers are welcome to join. The festival celebrates local music, conviviality and shared neighbourhood spirit.

Friday 22 May, 21:30

Geneva-based artist Lion Messager has become a leading voice in modern French-language reggae. Having begun as a dancer and then an MC, he embraced reggae in the early 2010s, shaping a style that merges spiritual and socially conscious concerns with roots and contemporary sounds. Joined by guests Jahnaton and Sir Samuel, his performances rely on sincere lyrics and a commanding stage presence. His forthcoming album Mon Combat, produced by Evidence Music (Little Lion Sound & Derrick Sound), underscores this mature, authentic approach.

In French.

20 – 31 May

Svitlana Anoshkina and Sergo Verbicki present a dialogical exhibition reflecting on proximity, distance and divergent life trajectories. Anoshkina’s sensitive, luminous paintings, shaped by exile and movement between Kyiv and Warsaw, emphasize light, color and interior states.

Verbicki’s ceramic pieces are raw, material-driven explorations of tension, fracture and transformation, evoking anchoring and memory. Without unifying their languages, the works respond through contrast—fragility and density, color and matter—asking what sustains shared ways of inhabiting the world when separated.

Opening: Wednesday 20 May, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 31 May, 17:00

Friday 22 May, 19:15

Organised by a teenager born with a cleft lip and palate, this third edition of a charity concert uses music to fund surgeries for children in partnership with Operation Smile Philippines. Intimate and communal, the evening blends pop, folk, classical and jazz through performances by Tess Giordano, Trio Samar, students from HEM Geneva, Asil d’été, and James Adalla with Valentina Saldarriaga. The programme moves from delicate acoustic motifs to warm ensemble passages, creating moments of tenderness, resilience and shared hope.

12 – 24 May

Written by E.-E. Schmitt, La Tectonique des Sentiments probes how love can turn to hatred in an instant. The plot follows Diane and Richard as imagined betrayals unleash seismic emotional shifts, toppling certainties and stirring violent tenderness. The piece balances sharp comedy and quiet cruelty, dissecting contradictions of desire through intimate exchanges and sudden tremors of feeling. The staging favors psychological clarity and a charged, oscillating atmosphere that leaves the audience unsettled and moved.

In French.

18 – 26 May

Victoire Cathalan presents a series of paintings that trace the porous boundary between human presence and forested life. Through layered oils and textured surfaces, her canvases evoke arboreal forms, bodily traces and the regenerative forces of the living world. The exhibition invites sustained looking at the vegetal as subject and collaborator, exploring scale, gesture and the interdependence of bodies and trees through a subtle palette and material intensity.

Opening Wednesday 20 May.

22 – 24 May

Mai au Parc brings the community together for a lively three-day outdoor festival featuring fifteen concerts (including nine Swiss acts), family-friendly activities, and a wide selection of food stalls. Enjoy moments at the wine bar and explore a culinary world tour served on ten small plates. Activities and community-run stands invite everyone to participate; volunteers are welcome to join. The festival celebrates local music, conviviality and shared neighbourhood spirit.

Friday 22 May, 21:30

Geneva-based artist Lion Messager has become a leading voice in modern French-language reggae. Having begun as a dancer and then an MC, he embraced reggae in the early 2010s, shaping a style that merges spiritual and socially conscious concerns with roots and contemporary sounds. Joined by guests Jahnaton and Sir Samuel, his performances rely on sincere lyrics and a commanding stage presence. His forthcoming album Mon Combat, produced by Evidence Music (Little Lion Sound & Derrick Sound), underscores this mature, authentic approach.

In French.

19 – 28 May

Le retour, conceived and performed by Marion Duval and staged by the Chris Cadillac company, blends theatre, clowning and performance. Marion Duval leads a large ensemble including AzuXenia, Adina Secretan and Aram Xwindar, supported by a collaborative creative team. The piece confronts antagonism between species and the collapse of capitalist systems through participatory, physical and often humorous scenes. Sparse, visceral staging and communal moments invite reflection on coexistence and collective responsibility.

In French.

Saturday 23 May, 20:30

Thibaud Agoston offers his third and most personal stand-up show, Petite Mort, a sharp and intimate exploration of love, friendship, sexuality and loss through the prism of a breakup. With candid storytelling, self-deprecating humour and observational wit, he navigates tensions between desire and grief while keeping the audience laughing. The evening opens with Félix Ringaby, a young Swiss stand-up artist whose fresh voice complements Agoston’s darker comic reflections.

In French.

22 – 24 May

The Game Jam +1 brings together creative and technical participants to collaboratively design video and tabletop games, combining skills in music, software, visual design, writing, photography and animation. Teams must register in pairs with someone outside the games industry, fostering fresh perspectives and interdisciplinary collaboration. The session culminates in a public sharing of projects rather than competition, emphasizing collective creation, knowledge exchange and the potential for new partnerships and continued projects.

Saturday 23 May, 21:00

Founded in 2018 by Louis Schild, Le Recueil des Miracles unfolds as a communal music journey inspired by the tarantella. Vocalist Antoine Läng, violinist Clara Levy, flautist Anne Gillot, clarinetists Laurent Bruttin and others weave between festive Thracian rhythms and introspective Asia Minor melodies. Gaspar Pahud shapes the electronic soundscape while David Meier anchors the pulse on drums. The ensemble blurs boundaries between performers and listeners, creating echoing, embodied soundscapes that shift between trance-like release and reflective intimacy.

Saturday 23 May, 21:00

An official tournament evening that brings together players, guests and fans for a refined night of socialising and music. The atmosphere blends chic VIP glamour with lively energy: atmospheric lighting, a curated soundtrack and attentive service set the scene for dancing, conversations and celebration. Designed as an elegant after-party, it offers a stylish setting for meeting others and enjoying a vibrant night out.

20 – 24 May

Geneva-based artist of Turkish origin Ibo Art offers a sensitive exploration of waste transformed into living, symbolic forms. Blending painting, sculpture and installation, he reclaims construction debris, plastic flowers refreshed with acrylic, and found materials to fashion islands, micro‑houses and human figures. The post‑industrial installations deploy vivid colour and vegetal motifs to question consumption, value and belonging. The work reveals how discarded matter can assert presence, evoke resilience, and be reimagined as contemporary relics.

20 – 31 May

Svitlana Anoshkina and Sergo Verbicki present a dialogical exhibition reflecting on proximity, distance and divergent life trajectories. Anoshkina’s sensitive, luminous paintings, shaped by exile and movement between Kyiv and Warsaw, emphasize light, color and interior states.

Verbicki’s ceramic pieces are raw, material-driven explorations of tension, fracture and transformation, evoking anchoring and memory. Without unifying their languages, the works respond through contrast—fragility and density, color and matter—asking what sustains shared ways of inhabiting the world when separated.

Opening: Wednesday 20 May, 18:00
Closing event: Sunday 31 May, 17:00

Friday 22 May, 19:15

Organised by a teenager born with a cleft lip and palate, this third edition of a charity concert uses music to fund surgeries for children in partnership with Operation Smile Philippines. Intimate and communal, the evening blends pop, folk, classical and jazz through performances by Tess Giordano, Trio Samar, students from HEM Geneva, Asil d’été, and James Adalla with Valentina Saldarriaga. The programme moves from delicate acoustic motifs to warm ensemble passages, creating moments of tenderness, resilience and shared hope.

12 – 24 May

Written by E.-E. Schmitt, La Tectonique des Sentiments probes how love can turn to hatred in an instant. The plot follows Diane and Richard as imagined betrayals unleash seismic emotional shifts, toppling certainties and stirring violent tenderness. The piece balances sharp comedy and quiet cruelty, dissecting contradictions of desire through intimate exchanges and sudden tremors of feeling. The staging favors psychological clarity and a charged, oscillating atmosphere that leaves the audience unsettled and moved.

In French.

18 – 26 May

Victoire Cathalan presents a series of paintings that trace the porous boundary between human presence and forested life. Through layered oils and textured surfaces, her canvases evoke arboreal forms, bodily traces and the regenerative forces of the living world. The exhibition invites sustained looking at the vegetal as subject and collaborator, exploring scale, gesture and the interdependence of bodies and trees through a subtle palette and material intensity.

Opening Wednesday 20 May.

22 – 24 May

Mai au Parc brings the community together for a lively three-day outdoor festival featuring fifteen concerts (including nine Swiss acts), family-friendly activities, and a wide selection of food stalls. Enjoy moments at the wine bar and explore a culinary world tour served on ten small plates. Activities and community-run stands invite everyone to participate; volunteers are welcome to join. The festival celebrates local music, conviviality and shared neighbourhood spirit.

Friday 22 May, 21:30

Geneva-based artist Lion Messager has become a leading voice in modern French-language reggae. Having begun as a dancer and then an MC, he embraced reggae in the early 2010s, shaping a style that merges spiritual and socially conscious concerns with roots and contemporary sounds. Joined by guests Jahnaton and Sir Samuel, his performances rely on sincere lyrics and a commanding stage presence. His forthcoming album Mon Combat, produced by Evidence Music (Little Lion Sound & Derrick Sound), underscores this mature, authentic approach.

In French.

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Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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