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10 – 22 February

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

Sunday 22 February, 10:00

Join a playful session with game designer and author Matthias Vanoni, who brings interactive demonstrations and book signings of his educational board games. Children and adults can try eco-designed titles such as 7 & Mat, inspired by chess, and Set & Match, inspired by tennis. These thoughtful games train focus, strategy and cooperative thinking through colourful play and short, hands-on challenges. Suitable for young players and families looking for learning through play.

In French.

10 – 22 February

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.
Sunday 22 February, 19:00

Tamino brings a haunting, intimate voice to a set that blends folk and alternative rock with echoes of the Middle East. His performance centers on introspective, poetic songs about love, solitude and identity, delivered with discreet charm, elegance and a magnetic presence. Drawing lines from Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Radiohead, he shapes spacious arrangements that leave room for fragile melodies and resonant textures. Presented as part of Festival Antigel, the concert favours atmosphere and emotional clarity.

11 – 22 February

Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.

Saturday 21 February, 23:59

Pablo Bozzi and Narciss deliver a groove vortex that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. Bozzi blends 90s house warmth, acid flashes and trance‑tinged textures while Narciss layers genre collisions, playful rhythms and an expansive, euphoric energy. Support sets by Mulah and Santo traverse Afrobeats, Dabke‑infused electronics, Baile Funk detonations and hybrid percussive grooves, creating a continuous cross‑cultural exchange. Pina Banging, Rylca and Peter Stoffer add raw rave and rhythmic contrast.

10 – 22 February

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

Sunday 22 February, 10:00

Join a playful session with game designer and author Matthias Vanoni, who brings interactive demonstrations and book signings of his educational board games. Children and adults can try eco-designed titles such as 7 & Mat, inspired by chess, and Set & Match, inspired by tennis. These thoughtful games train focus, strategy and cooperative thinking through colourful play and short, hands-on challenges. Suitable for young players and families looking for learning through play.

In French.

10 – 22 February

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.
Sunday 22 February, 19:00

Tamino brings a haunting, intimate voice to a set that blends folk and alternative rock with echoes of the Middle East. His performance centers on introspective, poetic songs about love, solitude and identity, delivered with discreet charm, elegance and a magnetic presence. Drawing lines from Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Radiohead, he shapes spacious arrangements that leave room for fragile melodies and resonant textures. Presented as part of Festival Antigel, the concert favours atmosphere and emotional clarity.

11 – 22 February

Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.

Saturday 21 February, 23:59

Pablo Bozzi and Narciss deliver a groove vortex that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. Bozzi blends 90s house warmth, acid flashes and trance‑tinged textures while Narciss layers genre collisions, playful rhythms and an expansive, euphoric energy. Support sets by Mulah and Santo traverse Afrobeats, Dabke‑infused electronics, Baile Funk detonations and hybrid percussive grooves, creating a continuous cross‑cultural exchange. Pina Banging, Rylca and Peter Stoffer add raw rave and rhythmic contrast.

10 – 22 February

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

Sunday 22 February, 10:00

Join a playful session with game designer and author Matthias Vanoni, who brings interactive demonstrations and book signings of his educational board games. Children and adults can try eco-designed titles such as 7 & Mat, inspired by chess, and Set & Match, inspired by tennis. These thoughtful games train focus, strategy and cooperative thinking through colourful play and short, hands-on challenges. Suitable for young players and families looking for learning through play.

In French.

10 – 22 February

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.
Sunday 22 February, 19:00

Tamino brings a haunting, intimate voice to a set that blends folk and alternative rock with echoes of the Middle East. His performance centers on introspective, poetic songs about love, solitude and identity, delivered with discreet charm, elegance and a magnetic presence. Drawing lines from Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Radiohead, he shapes spacious arrangements that leave room for fragile melodies and resonant textures. Presented as part of Festival Antigel, the concert favours atmosphere and emotional clarity.

11 – 22 February

Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.

Saturday 21 February, 23:59

Pablo Bozzi and Narciss deliver a groove vortex that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. Bozzi blends 90s house warmth, acid flashes and trance‑tinged textures while Narciss layers genre collisions, playful rhythms and an expansive, euphoric energy. Support sets by Mulah and Santo traverse Afrobeats, Dabke‑infused electronics, Baile Funk detonations and hybrid percussive grooves, creating a continuous cross‑cultural exchange. Pina Banging, Rylca and Peter Stoffer add raw rave and rhythmic contrast.

10 – 22 February

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

Sunday 22 February, 10:00

Join a playful session with game designer and author Matthias Vanoni, who brings interactive demonstrations and book signings of his educational board games. Children and adults can try eco-designed titles such as 7 & Mat, inspired by chess, and Set & Match, inspired by tennis. These thoughtful games train focus, strategy and cooperative thinking through colourful play and short, hands-on challenges. Suitable for young players and families looking for learning through play.

In French.

10 – 22 February

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.
Sunday 22 February, 19:00

Tamino brings a haunting, intimate voice to a set that blends folk and alternative rock with echoes of the Middle East. His performance centers on introspective, poetic songs about love, solitude and identity, delivered with discreet charm, elegance and a magnetic presence. Drawing lines from Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Radiohead, he shapes spacious arrangements that leave room for fragile melodies and resonant textures. Presented as part of Festival Antigel, the concert favours atmosphere and emotional clarity.

11 – 22 February

Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.

Saturday 21 February, 23:59

Pablo Bozzi and Narciss deliver a groove vortex that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. Bozzi blends 90s house warmth, acid flashes and trance‑tinged textures while Narciss layers genre collisions, playful rhythms and an expansive, euphoric energy. Support sets by Mulah and Santo traverse Afrobeats, Dabke‑infused electronics, Baile Funk detonations and hybrid percussive grooves, creating a continuous cross‑cultural exchange. Pina Banging, Rylca and Peter Stoffer add raw rave and rhythmic contrast.

10 – 22 February

Adapted and performed by Felipe Castro, this solo staging probes the absurdity of war, murderous nationalism and the raw misery at the heart of Céline’s writing. Coach José Lillo supports a performance of muscular, visceral language while Natacha Jaquerod’s set, Rinaldo Del Boca’s lighting and Jean Faravel’s sound sculpt stark, claustrophobic atmospheres. The production balances brutal imagery with moments of surprising humanity, revealing the author’s vocation as a doctor through an intimate, relentless theatrical journey.

In French.

Sunday 22 February, 10:00

Join a playful session with game designer and author Matthias Vanoni, who brings interactive demonstrations and book signings of his educational board games. Children and adults can try eco-designed titles such as 7 & Mat, inspired by chess, and Set & Match, inspired by tennis. These thoughtful games train focus, strategy and cooperative thinking through colourful play and short, hands-on challenges. Suitable for young players and families looking for learning through play.

In French.

10 – 22 February

In early January 2022, two construction vehicles belonging to a Swiss multinational were set on fire at a gravel pit in the Geneva countryside. Over a year later, a young man — referred to as Jérémy — was arrested and suspected of involvement in the arson. Held in pre-trial detention, he was released after more than three months, following strong public support and mobilization.

In French.
Sunday 22 February, 19:00

Tamino brings a haunting, intimate voice to a set that blends folk and alternative rock with echoes of the Middle East. His performance centers on introspective, poetic songs about love, solitude and identity, delivered with discreet charm, elegance and a magnetic presence. Drawing lines from Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Radiohead, he shapes spacious arrangements that leave room for fragile melodies and resonant textures. Presented as part of Festival Antigel, the concert favours atmosphere and emotional clarity.

11 – 22 February

Véronique Déthiollaz and Guy Schibler present a dialogue between drawing and photography that confronts mortality through laughter, desire and celebration. Déthiollaz’s graphite, occasional pastel and ink drawings deploy ironic, grotesque figuration—mocking skeletons and humbled reapers—while Schibler’s photographic series documents funerary sculpture and cemetery vistas that reveal provocative sensuality. Together the works probe how humour, eroticism and festivity resist oblivion, refusing pain through visual excess and theatricality, and interrogate cultural attitudes toward death, embodiment and memory.

Saturday 21 February, 23:59

Pablo Bozzi and Narciss deliver a groove vortex that blurs the line between nostalgia and futurism. Bozzi blends 90s house warmth, acid flashes and trance‑tinged textures while Narciss layers genre collisions, playful rhythms and an expansive, euphoric energy. Support sets by Mulah and Santo traverse Afrobeats, Dabke‑infused electronics, Baile Funk detonations and hybrid percussive grooves, creating a continuous cross‑cultural exchange. Pina Banging, Rylca and Peter Stoffer add raw rave and rhythmic contrast.

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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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