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7 – 17 April

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

7 – 12 April

Directed by Richard Gauteron and written by Hervé Devolder, Succès Reprise is a delightfully cunning vaudeville that folds theatre into life. Three actors rehearse a hit play in which a woman leaves her husband for his lover, while offstage romantic entanglements mirror and complicate those roles. The piece balances sharp comedy, backstage intrigue and thorny financial stakes, staging mise en abyme with precision and warmth. Produced by Théâtre Marathon, it arrives as a celebrated Off d’Avignon success.

In French.

Tuesday 7 April, 20:00

Celebrating over fifty years of socially conscious roots reggae, Steel Pulse channels political urgency and soulful rhythms into a commanding live presence. The band’s sound fuses reggae with punk, R&B and rock, carrying messages of social justice and resistance that resonate across generations. Live performances are built on deep grooves, impassioned vocals and anthemic choruses that engage audiences physically and emotionally, creating a communal space of reflection and uplift.

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

7 – 9 April

Create, print and animate insect friends. Start by imagining and modeling your own fantastic insect in 3D, inspired by real rainforest species. Then print it, paint bright colors, add textures and recycled materials to decorate its body. Place your creature into a shared vivarium that fills with color and tiny movements. Finish with a stop-motion workshop to make your insect walk and buzz on screen, learning about shape, texture and storytelling through hands-on play.

In French. Kids ages 8 and up.

12 March – 11 April

Terre de Crète presents a photographic exploration of portraiture and its limits. The series transplants specimens of Cretan flora onto small mounds of earth, arranged and lit in a studio-register that evokes Irving Penn’s restrained still life. Through meticulous composition and tactile detail, the works probe the border between botanical study and human portrait, inviting reflection on staging, scale and the politics of representation.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

7 – 17 April

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

7 – 12 April

Directed by Richard Gauteron and written by Hervé Devolder, Succès Reprise is a delightfully cunning vaudeville that folds theatre into life. Three actors rehearse a hit play in which a woman leaves her husband for his lover, while offstage romantic entanglements mirror and complicate those roles. The piece balances sharp comedy, backstage intrigue and thorny financial stakes, staging mise en abyme with precision and warmth. Produced by Théâtre Marathon, it arrives as a celebrated Off d’Avignon success.

In French.

Tuesday 7 April, 20:00

Celebrating over fifty years of socially conscious roots reggae, Steel Pulse channels political urgency and soulful rhythms into a commanding live presence. The band’s sound fuses reggae with punk, R&B and rock, carrying messages of social justice and resistance that resonate across generations. Live performances are built on deep grooves, impassioned vocals and anthemic choruses that engage audiences physically and emotionally, creating a communal space of reflection and uplift.

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

7 – 9 April

Create, print and animate insect friends. Start by imagining and modeling your own fantastic insect in 3D, inspired by real rainforest species. Then print it, paint bright colors, add textures and recycled materials to decorate its body. Place your creature into a shared vivarium that fills with color and tiny movements. Finish with a stop-motion workshop to make your insect walk and buzz on screen, learning about shape, texture and storytelling through hands-on play.

In French. Kids ages 8 and up.

12 March – 11 April

Terre de Crète presents a photographic exploration of portraiture and its limits. The series transplants specimens of Cretan flora onto small mounds of earth, arranged and lit in a studio-register that evokes Irving Penn’s restrained still life. Through meticulous composition and tactile detail, the works probe the border between botanical study and human portrait, inviting reflection on staging, scale and the politics of representation.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

7 – 17 April

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

7 – 12 April

Directed by Richard Gauteron and written by Hervé Devolder, Succès Reprise is a delightfully cunning vaudeville that folds theatre into life. Three actors rehearse a hit play in which a woman leaves her husband for his lover, while offstage romantic entanglements mirror and complicate those roles. The piece balances sharp comedy, backstage intrigue and thorny financial stakes, staging mise en abyme with precision and warmth. Produced by Théâtre Marathon, it arrives as a celebrated Off d’Avignon success.

In French.

Tuesday 7 April, 20:00

Celebrating over fifty years of socially conscious roots reggae, Steel Pulse channels political urgency and soulful rhythms into a commanding live presence. The band’s sound fuses reggae with punk, R&B and rock, carrying messages of social justice and resistance that resonate across generations. Live performances are built on deep grooves, impassioned vocals and anthemic choruses that engage audiences physically and emotionally, creating a communal space of reflection and uplift.

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

7 – 9 April

Create, print and animate insect friends. Start by imagining and modeling your own fantastic insect in 3D, inspired by real rainforest species. Then print it, paint bright colors, add textures and recycled materials to decorate its body. Place your creature into a shared vivarium that fills with color and tiny movements. Finish with a stop-motion workshop to make your insect walk and buzz on screen, learning about shape, texture and storytelling through hands-on play.

In French. Kids ages 8 and up.

12 March – 11 April

Terre de Crète presents a photographic exploration of portraiture and its limits. The series transplants specimens of Cretan flora onto small mounds of earth, arranged and lit in a studio-register that evokes Irving Penn’s restrained still life. Through meticulous composition and tactile detail, the works probe the border between botanical study and human portrait, inviting reflection on staging, scale and the politics of representation.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

Saturday 11 April, 11:00

Join a convivial gathering of Swiss winemakers for tastings, bottle sales and the discovery of recent primeur cuvées. The event brings together producers from several cantons for shared tasting sessions, free introductory tasting workshops, live concerts and communal food stalls serving fondue, boards, burgers and tapas. It’s aimed at adults (18+) while organisers also announce children’s activities on site. The atmosphere emphasises community, conversation and convivial discovery.

7 – 12 April

Directed by Richard Gauteron and written by Hervé Devolder, Succès Reprise is a delightfully cunning vaudeville that folds theatre into life. Three actors rehearse a hit play in which a woman leaves her husband for his lover, while offstage romantic entanglements mirror and complicate those roles. The piece balances sharp comedy, backstage intrigue and thorny financial stakes, staging mise en abyme with precision and warmth. Produced by Théâtre Marathon, it arrives as a celebrated Off d’Avignon success.

In French.

7 – 17 April

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

9 – 12 April

Produced by the Madre de la Culebra company, this music, circus and dance performance imagines a world emptied of sound after music has been stolen. Two courageous performers, dancers and acrobats, embark on a quest to reclaim melody, encountering unexpected figures along the way. They fuse contemporary dance, acrobatics, floorwork and folk steps around the Chinese pole, creating gravity-defying tableaux. On-stage musicians supply original compositions, while the staging probes identity, power and the fragile interplay of sound and movement.

12 March – 7 May

Ernest Pignon-Ernest, born in 1942 in Nice, is considered one of the pioneers of street art. Through life-sized charcoal drawings pasted directly onto city walls, he creates powerful encounters between his human figures and the urban spaces they inhabit. Deeply engaged with social and political issues, his work reflects historical and contemporary struggles while maintaining a strong poetic and human presence.

Opening during the Nuit de Bains on Thursday 12 March at 18:00.

12 March – 8 May

Out of the Blue brings together Norwegian ceramicist Heidi Bjørgan and textile artist Kari Dyrdal in a sustained dialogue between ceramics and woven textiles. Bjørgan reworks familiar jug and vessel archetypes until they appear melted or imploded, using multiple firings and distinctive glazes to expose cracks, shifts and unpredictable reactions. Dyrdal examines memory, pattern and structure through handwoven, hand‑dyed pieces that marry traditional craft with digital processes, yielding tactile and conceptual depth.

Opening during Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

7 – 17 April

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

7 – 12 April

Directed by Richard Gauteron and written by Hervé Devolder, Succès Reprise is a delightfully cunning vaudeville that folds theatre into life. Three actors rehearse a hit play in which a woman leaves her husband for his lover, while offstage romantic entanglements mirror and complicate those roles. The piece balances sharp comedy, backstage intrigue and thorny financial stakes, staging mise en abyme with precision and warmth. Produced by Théâtre Marathon, it arrives as a celebrated Off d’Avignon success.

In French.

Tuesday 7 April, 20:00

Celebrating over fifty years of socially conscious roots reggae, Steel Pulse channels political urgency and soulful rhythms into a commanding live presence. The band’s sound fuses reggae with punk, R&B and rock, carrying messages of social justice and resistance that resonate across generations. Live performances are built on deep grooves, impassioned vocals and anthemic choruses that engage audiences physically and emotionally, creating a communal space of reflection and uplift.

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

7 – 9 April

Create, print and animate insect friends. Start by imagining and modeling your own fantastic insect in 3D, inspired by real rainforest species. Then print it, paint bright colors, add textures and recycled materials to decorate its body. Place your creature into a shared vivarium that fills with color and tiny movements. Finish with a stop-motion workshop to make your insect walk and buzz on screen, learning about shape, texture and storytelling through hands-on play.

In French. Kids ages 8 and up.

12 March – 11 April

Terre de Crète presents a photographic exploration of portraiture and its limits. The series transplants specimens of Cretan flora onto small mounds of earth, arranged and lit in a studio-register that evokes Irving Penn’s restrained still life. Through meticulous composition and tactile detail, the works probe the border between botanical study and human portrait, inviting reflection on staging, scale and the politics of representation.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

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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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