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20 – 25 April

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

23 – 25 April

Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.

In French.
Ages 12 and up.

Saturday 25 April, 14:30

This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.

In French.

23 – 26 April

Un petit meurtre sans conséquence examines the corrosive dynamics of a partnership through savage wit and dark comic timing. This staging sharpens the play’s satire, exposing the small betrayals and escalating cowardice that undercut intimacy. Sparse sets and stark lighting heighten the moral claustrophobia, while conversational dialogue pivots between warmth and menace. The result is a tense, mordant portrait of complicity and self-preservation, balancing laughter with a chill of recognition.

In French.

24 – 26 April

Photobooks Switzerland brings together Swiss and European photographers, independent publishers and designers to examine the photobook as a creative and material practice. The programme includes exhibitions of artist books and printed projects, talks, and workshops that focus on bookbinding, sequencing and editorial design. Works range from documentary series to conceptual projects, emphasising narrative, tactile materiality and democratic distribution of photographic projects. The festival highlights the photobook’s role in shaping photographic authorship and sustaining independent publishing.

Saturday 25 April, 14:00

Step into the backstage world of Feu au lac! Meet artists Lou Golaz and Noé Forissier and discover how the show is made. See rod puppets, hear live music and listen to short archive extracts that bring local history to life. Try moving a puppet with your hands, feel the rhythms and experiment with gestures. Join simple activities that mix storytelling, sound and movement and explore how history can be told through objects and performance.

In French. Kids ages 10 and up.

20 – 25 April

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

23 – 25 April

Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.

In French.
Ages 12 and up.

Saturday 25 April, 14:30

This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.

In French.

23 – 26 April

Un petit meurtre sans conséquence examines the corrosive dynamics of a partnership through savage wit and dark comic timing. This staging sharpens the play’s satire, exposing the small betrayals and escalating cowardice that undercut intimacy. Sparse sets and stark lighting heighten the moral claustrophobia, while conversational dialogue pivots between warmth and menace. The result is a tense, mordant portrait of complicity and self-preservation, balancing laughter with a chill of recognition.

In French.

24 – 26 April

Photobooks Switzerland brings together Swiss and European photographers, independent publishers and designers to examine the photobook as a creative and material practice. The programme includes exhibitions of artist books and printed projects, talks, and workshops that focus on bookbinding, sequencing and editorial design. Works range from documentary series to conceptual projects, emphasising narrative, tactile materiality and democratic distribution of photographic projects. The festival highlights the photobook’s role in shaping photographic authorship and sustaining independent publishing.

Saturday 25 April, 14:00

Step into the backstage world of Feu au lac! Meet artists Lou Golaz and Noé Forissier and discover how the show is made. See rod puppets, hear live music and listen to short archive extracts that bring local history to life. Try moving a puppet with your hands, feel the rhythms and experiment with gestures. Join simple activities that mix storytelling, sound and movement and explore how history can be told through objects and performance.

In French. Kids ages 10 and up.

20 – 25 April

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

23 – 25 April

Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.

In French.
Ages 12 and up.

Saturday 25 April, 14:30

This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.

In French.

23 – 26 April

Un petit meurtre sans conséquence examines the corrosive dynamics of a partnership through savage wit and dark comic timing. This staging sharpens the play’s satire, exposing the small betrayals and escalating cowardice that undercut intimacy. Sparse sets and stark lighting heighten the moral claustrophobia, while conversational dialogue pivots between warmth and menace. The result is a tense, mordant portrait of complicity and self-preservation, balancing laughter with a chill of recognition.

In French.

24 – 26 April

Photobooks Switzerland brings together Swiss and European photographers, independent publishers and designers to examine the photobook as a creative and material practice. The programme includes exhibitions of artist books and printed projects, talks, and workshops that focus on bookbinding, sequencing and editorial design. Works range from documentary series to conceptual projects, emphasising narrative, tactile materiality and democratic distribution of photographic projects. The festival highlights the photobook’s role in shaping photographic authorship and sustaining independent publishing.

Saturday 25 April, 14:00

Step into the backstage world of Feu au lac! Meet artists Lou Golaz and Noé Forissier and discover how the show is made. See rod puppets, hear live music and listen to short archive extracts that bring local history to life. Try moving a puppet with your hands, feel the rhythms and experiment with gestures. Join simple activities that mix storytelling, sound and movement and explore how history can be told through objects and performance.

In French. Kids ages 10 and up.

20 – 25 April

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

23 – 25 April

Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.

In French.
Ages 12 and up.

Saturday 25 April, 14:30

This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.

In French.

23 – 26 April

Un petit meurtre sans conséquence examines the corrosive dynamics of a partnership through savage wit and dark comic timing. This staging sharpens the play’s satire, exposing the small betrayals and escalating cowardice that undercut intimacy. Sparse sets and stark lighting heighten the moral claustrophobia, while conversational dialogue pivots between warmth and menace. The result is a tense, mordant portrait of complicity and self-preservation, balancing laughter with a chill of recognition.

In French.

24 – 26 April

Photobooks Switzerland brings together Swiss and European photographers, independent publishers and designers to examine the photobook as a creative and material practice. The programme includes exhibitions of artist books and printed projects, talks, and workshops that focus on bookbinding, sequencing and editorial design. Works range from documentary series to conceptual projects, emphasising narrative, tactile materiality and democratic distribution of photographic projects. The festival highlights the photobook’s role in shaping photographic authorship and sustaining independent publishing.

Saturday 25 April, 14:00

Step into the backstage world of Feu au lac! Meet artists Lou Golaz and Noé Forissier and discover how the show is made. See rod puppets, hear live music and listen to short archive extracts that bring local history to life. Try moving a puppet with your hands, feel the rhythms and experiment with gestures. Join simple activities that mix storytelling, sound and movement and explore how history can be told through objects and performance.

In French. Kids ages 10 and up.

20 – 25 April

ClassiCosy presents the renowned Quatuor Strada in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets, spread across seven concerts at Théâtre des Salons. This musical marathon celebrates the composer’s masterpieces, from early quartets influenced by Mozart and Haydn to the mature and transcendent works of his later opus. The performances offer a profound exploration of the human soul and a distinctive spiritual experience for music lovers in Geneva.

23 – 25 April

Directed by Nicolas Chapoulier, Passages secrets stages an in-situ, hybrid performance where adolescents rework the voices of older generations through movement, video and live sound. Scenography by Johanna Rocard frames metamorphoses and fragile carnivalesque scenes, while composer Franck Serpinet and Chapoulier’s sound writing sculpt the aural landscape. An external sociology collaborator, Jocelyn Lachance, informs the piece’s social layering. The atmosphere oscillates between ritual, humour and unsettling intimacy, letting adolescence unfold as a luminous, unruly passage.

In French.
Ages 12 and up.

Saturday 25 April, 14:30

This audio exploration navigates the history and urban imaginaries of the Servette quarter, tracing how Geneva and its natural environment have shaped one another. Drawing on archival stories and vivid images — from ubiquitous seagulls to imagined mammoths and an era before the Salève existed — the series examines changing perceptions of landscape, memory, and urban identity, and investigates how myths and material change inform contemporary relationships with place.

In French.

23 – 26 April

Un petit meurtre sans conséquence examines the corrosive dynamics of a partnership through savage wit and dark comic timing. This staging sharpens the play’s satire, exposing the small betrayals and escalating cowardice that undercut intimacy. Sparse sets and stark lighting heighten the moral claustrophobia, while conversational dialogue pivots between warmth and menace. The result is a tense, mordant portrait of complicity and self-preservation, balancing laughter with a chill of recognition.

In French.

24 – 26 April

Photobooks Switzerland brings together Swiss and European photographers, independent publishers and designers to examine the photobook as a creative and material practice. The programme includes exhibitions of artist books and printed projects, talks, and workshops that focus on bookbinding, sequencing and editorial design. Works range from documentary series to conceptual projects, emphasising narrative, tactile materiality and democratic distribution of photographic projects. The festival highlights the photobook’s role in shaping photographic authorship and sustaining independent publishing.

Saturday 25 April, 14:00

Step into the backstage world of Feu au lac! Meet artists Lou Golaz and Noé Forissier and discover how the show is made. See rod puppets, hear live music and listen to short archive extracts that bring local history to life. Try moving a puppet with your hands, feel the rhythms and experiment with gestures. Join simple activities that mix storytelling, sound and movement and explore how history can be told through objects and performance.

In French. Kids ages 10 and up.

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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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