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Choreographed by Marc-Arthur Sohna, this itinerant performance marks the close of his artistic residency and celebrates the collective’s energy. A procession unfolds as dancers and the musicians of Sambaião weave rhythm and movement through public space, blending percussive beats, layered melodies and vivid choreography. The piece favors communal participation and sensory immediacy, merging dance, live music and street theatre to create a buoyant, ritual-like atmosphere that shifts between exuberance and quiet reflection.
Conceived as a chansigne performance, this signed musical comedy stages the twelve songs of Stromae’s album Multitude through visual storytelling. Two performer-actors embody a gallery of around ten characters, shifting roles with precise physicality and expressive hands. The show blends rhythmic sign, choreographed gestures and live musical backing to explore themes of family, depression, love and everyday hopes and disillusionments. Lighting and sound sculpt intimate moments and comic beats, creating a vivid, theatrical celebration of bodies, voice and gesture.
Nuit des Bains presents an evening when the city’s contemporary art circuit opens as a collective exhibition. Emerging and established local and international artists activate spaces with installations, performances, painting, photography and video, offering a multifaceted survey of contemporary practices. The event emphasizes encounter and the public imagination, revealing tensions between intimacy and urban spectacle and questioning how art inhabits shared environments.
Join a five-day cultural adventure where kids explore music, dance, storytelling and visual arts from around the world. They will learn rhythms from Turkey, songs from Rajasthan and Andean dances, play with sound in a computer music workshop, and shape colorful crafts with hands-on art projects. Storytime sparks imagination and care for the planet, while clowns and group games bring laughter. The week ends with a lively show where every child can share their creations and performance.
Kids ages 6–12. In French.
Step into lively street scenes filled with color, music and movement. Join playful workshops, watch short street shows, try hands-on crafts and play imaginative games. Meet artists, touch materials, and discover how simple gestures become big performances. Children will sketch, dance, and experiment with rhythm while all senses pick up sounds, bright costumes and tasty treats. It’s a warm, friendly celebration of creativity where families explore, make and share joyful moments.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
Explore a lively story with Bisha, the blue goat, as you follow the Topino family’s travelling circus. Look closely at a three‑stringed fiddle, listen to musical textures, and step into a cozy music room where Bisha’s tale is told. Children will imagine colors, rhythms, and circus sounds, sing along, and discover how objects and stories travel. The visit finishes with a lively song by the band Aksak, inviting movement and laughter.
In French. Kids ages from 4 to 10.
Gather materials and weave in a shared workshop led by the artist Marie Jambers. Like birds building nests, children will move between inside and outside, collect grasses, wool, paper scraps and carded wool, and learn basic weaving techniques. They will experiment with different formats, prepare fibres, and shape small woven pieces together. Soft textures, bright threads and rhythmic movements invite creativity, observation and playful collaboration as the group builds a collective story through making.
In French. Kids ages 7–12.
Choreographed by Marc-Arthur Sohna, this itinerant performance marks the close of his artistic residency and celebrates the collective’s energy. A procession unfolds as dancers and the musicians of Sambaião weave rhythm and movement through public space, blending percussive beats, layered melodies and vivid choreography. The piece favors communal participation and sensory immediacy, merging dance, live music and street theatre to create a buoyant, ritual-like atmosphere that shifts between exuberance and quiet reflection.
Conceived as a chansigne performance, this signed musical comedy stages the twelve songs of Stromae’s album Multitude through visual storytelling. Two performer-actors embody a gallery of around ten characters, shifting roles with precise physicality and expressive hands. The show blends rhythmic sign, choreographed gestures and live musical backing to explore themes of family, depression, love and everyday hopes and disillusionments. Lighting and sound sculpt intimate moments and comic beats, creating a vivid, theatrical celebration of bodies, voice and gesture.
Nuit des Bains presents an evening when the city’s contemporary art circuit opens as a collective exhibition. Emerging and established local and international artists activate spaces with installations, performances, painting, photography and video, offering a multifaceted survey of contemporary practices. The event emphasizes encounter and the public imagination, revealing tensions between intimacy and urban spectacle and questioning how art inhabits shared environments.
Join a five-day cultural adventure where kids explore music, dance, storytelling and visual arts from around the world. They will learn rhythms from Turkey, songs from Rajasthan and Andean dances, play with sound in a computer music workshop, and shape colorful crafts with hands-on art projects. Storytime sparks imagination and care for the planet, while clowns and group games bring laughter. The week ends with a lively show where every child can share their creations and performance.
Kids ages 6–12. In French.
Step into lively street scenes filled with color, music and movement. Join playful workshops, watch short street shows, try hands-on crafts and play imaginative games. Meet artists, touch materials, and discover how simple gestures become big performances. Children will sketch, dance, and experiment with rhythm while all senses pick up sounds, bright costumes and tasty treats. It’s a warm, friendly celebration of creativity where families explore, make and share joyful moments.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
Explore a lively story with Bisha, the blue goat, as you follow the Topino family’s travelling circus. Look closely at a three‑stringed fiddle, listen to musical textures, and step into a cozy music room where Bisha’s tale is told. Children will imagine colors, rhythms, and circus sounds, sing along, and discover how objects and stories travel. The visit finishes with a lively song by the band Aksak, inviting movement and laughter.
In French. Kids ages from 4 to 10.
Gather materials and weave in a shared workshop led by the artist Marie Jambers. Like birds building nests, children will move between inside and outside, collect grasses, wool, paper scraps and carded wool, and learn basic weaving techniques. They will experiment with different formats, prepare fibres, and shape small woven pieces together. Soft textures, bright threads and rhythmic movements invite creativity, observation and playful collaboration as the group builds a collective story through making.
In French. Kids ages 7–12.
Choreographed by Marc-Arthur Sohna, this itinerant performance marks the close of his artistic residency and celebrates the collective’s energy. A procession unfolds as dancers and the musicians of Sambaião weave rhythm and movement through public space, blending percussive beats, layered melodies and vivid choreography. The piece favors communal participation and sensory immediacy, merging dance, live music and street theatre to create a buoyant, ritual-like atmosphere that shifts between exuberance and quiet reflection.
Conceived as a chansigne performance, this signed musical comedy stages the twelve songs of Stromae’s album Multitude through visual storytelling. Two performer-actors embody a gallery of around ten characters, shifting roles with precise physicality and expressive hands. The show blends rhythmic sign, choreographed gestures and live musical backing to explore themes of family, depression, love and everyday hopes and disillusionments. Lighting and sound sculpt intimate moments and comic beats, creating a vivid, theatrical celebration of bodies, voice and gesture.
Nuit des Bains presents an evening when the city’s contemporary art circuit opens as a collective exhibition. Emerging and established local and international artists activate spaces with installations, performances, painting, photography and video, offering a multifaceted survey of contemporary practices. The event emphasizes encounter and the public imagination, revealing tensions between intimacy and urban spectacle and questioning how art inhabits shared environments.
Join a five-day cultural adventure where kids explore music, dance, storytelling and visual arts from around the world. They will learn rhythms from Turkey, songs from Rajasthan and Andean dances, play with sound in a computer music workshop, and shape colorful crafts with hands-on art projects. Storytime sparks imagination and care for the planet, while clowns and group games bring laughter. The week ends with a lively show where every child can share their creations and performance.
Kids ages 6–12. In French.
Step into lively street scenes filled with color, music and movement. Join playful workshops, watch short street shows, try hands-on crafts and play imaginative games. Meet artists, touch materials, and discover how simple gestures become big performances. Children will sketch, dance, and experiment with rhythm while all senses pick up sounds, bright costumes and tasty treats. It’s a warm, friendly celebration of creativity where families explore, make and share joyful moments.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
Explore a lively story with Bisha, the blue goat, as you follow the Topino family’s travelling circus. Look closely at a three‑stringed fiddle, listen to musical textures, and step into a cozy music room where Bisha’s tale is told. Children will imagine colors, rhythms, and circus sounds, sing along, and discover how objects and stories travel. The visit finishes with a lively song by the band Aksak, inviting movement and laughter.
In French. Kids ages from 4 to 10.
Three open-air cinema evenings featuring films filled with emotion, humanity, and courage.
Program:
Friday 3 July, 20:00 – À Bicyclette !, Mathias Mlekuz, 2024.
Saturday 4 July, 20:00 – Hola Frida, Karine Vézina and André Kadi, 2025.
Sunday 5 July, 20:00 – À bras le corps, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, 2025.
In French.
Compagnie Esperluette presents an intimate summer concert highlighting delicate chamber music and close ensemble interplay. The programme focuses on subtle dynamics and resonant harmonies that take full advantage of the venue’s exceptional acoustics, offering a luminous, contemplative experience. Performers explore repertoire that blends classical textures with contemporary gestures, privileging clarity of tone and expressive nuance. The staging remains spare to let the music’s timbres and phrasing speak directly to the audience.
Le Chant des Trognes is a unique festival dedicated to popular singing traditions, polyphonic music, and cultural transmission, bringing together artists, audiences, and communities around a shared celebration of voice, heritage, and collective creativity. Blending concerts, workshops, and participatory experiences, the festival explores the richness of traditional and contemporary vocal expressions while fostering meaningful connections between generations and cultures. Rooted in values of conviviality, accessibility, and artistic exchange, it offers an immersive experience where music, storytelling, and community come together in a warm and inspiring atmosphere.
Step into lively street scenes filled with color, music and movement. Join playful workshops, watch short street shows, try hands-on crafts and play imaginative games. Meet artists, touch materials, and discover how simple gestures become big performances. Children will sketch, dance, and experiment with rhythm while all senses pick up sounds, bright costumes and tasty treats. It’s a warm, friendly celebration of creativity where families explore, make and share joyful moments.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
The Geneva International String Academy presents an exceptional series of concerts celebrating the artistry of emerging musicians and internationally renowned performers through a rich programme of chamber music, recitals, and masterclasses. Bringing together talented young violinists, violists, and cellists from around the world, the Academy creates a unique environment where education and performance meet, fostering artistic exchange, excellence, and creativity. Set in some of Geneva’s most inspiring cultural venues, these concerts offer audiences an intimate and vibrant musical experience while highlighting the next generation of classical talent alongside distinguished guest artists and professors.
Célia Wa is a singer, flautist and multi-instrumentalist from Paris with deep ties to Guadeloupe. She forges a Karibfutursound where Caribbean traditional rhythms—especially gwo ka—meet electronics, soul, jazz and hip‑hop. Her flute winds luminous lines through textured percussion, machines and bass, weaving ancestral grooves into contemporary club-inflected spaces. In collaboration with Maquis Dékalé, the project balances rooted tradition and futuristic dancefloor energy.
La Cité Bleue invites you on a timeless journey with La Nuit Bleue Orientale, a 12-hour musical marathon from July 4 to 5, 2026.
Curated by Franco-Iranian percussionist Keyvan Chemirani, this enchanting night brings together artists from diverse backgrounds to explore musical traditions from Persia, the Levant, and the Mediterranean. The program alternates captivating concerts with restful pauses, blending ancient instruments with contemporary expression, improvisation with traditional repertoire.
To enrich the experience, the Café des artistes will offer teas and pastries from various Eastern cultures—deepening the immersion in this unforgettable celebration of sound and spirit.
Gather materials and weave in a shared workshop led by the artist Marie Jambers. Like birds building nests, children will move between inside and outside, collect grasses, wool, paper scraps and carded wool, and learn basic weaving techniques. They will experiment with different formats, prepare fibres, and shape small woven pieces together. Soft textures, bright threads and rhythmic movements invite creativity, observation and playful collaboration as the group builds a collective story through making.
In French. Kids ages 7–12.
Choreographed by Marc-Arthur Sohna, this itinerant performance marks the close of his artistic residency and celebrates the collective’s energy. A procession unfolds as dancers and the musicians of Sambaião weave rhythm and movement through public space, blending percussive beats, layered melodies and vivid choreography. The piece favors communal participation and sensory immediacy, merging dance, live music and street theatre to create a buoyant, ritual-like atmosphere that shifts between exuberance and quiet reflection.
Conceived as a chansigne performance, this signed musical comedy stages the twelve songs of Stromae’s album Multitude through visual storytelling. Two performer-actors embody a gallery of around ten characters, shifting roles with precise physicality and expressive hands. The show blends rhythmic sign, choreographed gestures and live musical backing to explore themes of family, depression, love and everyday hopes and disillusionments. Lighting and sound sculpt intimate moments and comic beats, creating a vivid, theatrical celebration of bodies, voice and gesture.
Nuit des Bains presents an evening when the city’s contemporary art circuit opens as a collective exhibition. Emerging and established local and international artists activate spaces with installations, performances, painting, photography and video, offering a multifaceted survey of contemporary practices. The event emphasizes encounter and the public imagination, revealing tensions between intimacy and urban spectacle and questioning how art inhabits shared environments.
Join a five-day cultural adventure where kids explore music, dance, storytelling and visual arts from around the world. They will learn rhythms from Turkey, songs from Rajasthan and Andean dances, play with sound in a computer music workshop, and shape colorful crafts with hands-on art projects. Storytime sparks imagination and care for the planet, while clowns and group games bring laughter. The week ends with a lively show where every child can share their creations and performance.
Kids ages 6–12. In French.
Step into lively street scenes filled with color, music and movement. Join playful workshops, watch short street shows, try hands-on crafts and play imaginative games. Meet artists, touch materials, and discover how simple gestures become big performances. Children will sketch, dance, and experiment with rhythm while all senses pick up sounds, bright costumes and tasty treats. It’s a warm, friendly celebration of creativity where families explore, make and share joyful moments.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
Explore a lively story with Bisha, the blue goat, as you follow the Topino family’s travelling circus. Look closely at a three‑stringed fiddle, listen to musical textures, and step into a cozy music room where Bisha’s tale is told. Children will imagine colors, rhythms, and circus sounds, sing along, and discover how objects and stories travel. The visit finishes with a lively song by the band Aksak, inviting movement and laughter.
In French. Kids ages from 4 to 10.
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