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Friday 5 June, 19:30

La Cité Bleue warmly welcomes Jakub Józef Orliński and pianist Michał Biel for a special concert dedicated to generosity and beauty. This recital supports the organization Innocence en Danger Suisse, which protects children from violence, with all ticket proceeds donated to the cause.

Renowned for their artistic excellence and human engagement, Orliński and Biel offer a rich program blending Baroque masterpieces, intimate pieces, and virtuosic passages. The concert is both a moving musical experience and a call for solidarity, making music a powerful act of commitment for those whose voices often go unheard.

Friday 5 June, 19:00

Seilen leads an electro‑inflected set blending hip-hop and soul, joined by collaborator Djagacida. The artist’s avant‑garde approach channels a rich cultural heritage through complex rhythms, reflective and socially engaged lyrics, and evolving sonic textures. Recent singles “Nightmares”, “Spiraling”, “Do You” and “Genesis I” map an expanding discography. The performance balances propulsive beats and intimate passages, inviting listeners into a vivid, connective sound world.

In French.

3 – 5 June

Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray present “It’s got legs!!!!!!” at Maison Saint-Gervais. Their performance delves into economic, social, and intimate precarity by engaging with femininity, masculinity, liminal identities, and queer existentialism. Embracing a DIY aesthetic, recycled objects, and theatrical machinery, they craft a raw microcosm for a bold, subversive revue that explores the dizzying complexity of existence.

In French.

28 May – 7 June

Alexandre Baumgartner presents a body of paintings, sculptures and drawings that straddle contemporary practice and art brut. His work evokes hybrid, often ambiguous creatures, balancing an apparent innocence with acute perceptual intensity.
Using gestural drawing, tactile paint surfaces and sculptural forms, the pieces probe the boundary between presence and disappearance. The exhibition questions how simple contours and raw mark-making reactivate buried affects, revealing fragile emotional registers and the paradox of clarity within naiveté.

5 – 7 June

Éclats! gathers leading francophone writers in short, staged confrontations that examine contemporary issues. Each evening pairs two authors — Giuliano Da Empoli and Hugo Micheron; Asma Mhalla and Hervé Le Tellier; Esther Teillard and Frédéric Beigbeder; Kamel Daoud and François‑Henri Désérable — in moderated discussions investigating global disorder, the ethics of AI, gender and style, and migration and storytelling. Artistic direction is by François‑Henri Désérable. Capacity is limited to 80 spectators per evening.

In French.

5 June – 28 August

Lie back with your baby and listen. In a soft gallery of Swiss landscapes, gentle sounds and quiet stories invite tiny ears to notice wind, water, and birds. Touch fabrics, follow slow movements, and watch colors shift as a cultural mediator and musician play simple tunes. This calm sensory journey lets babies discover new textures, rhythms, and voices while sharing close moments with an adult.

Dates :
Friday 5 June, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15
Friday 28 August, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15

In French. Kids ages 3 months–2 years.

Friday 5 June, 19:30

La Cité Bleue warmly welcomes Jakub Józef Orliński and pianist Michał Biel for a special concert dedicated to generosity and beauty. This recital supports the organization Innocence en Danger Suisse, which protects children from violence, with all ticket proceeds donated to the cause.

Renowned for their artistic excellence and human engagement, Orliński and Biel offer a rich program blending Baroque masterpieces, intimate pieces, and virtuosic passages. The concert is both a moving musical experience and a call for solidarity, making music a powerful act of commitment for those whose voices often go unheard.

Friday 5 June, 19:00

Seilen leads an electro‑inflected set blending hip-hop and soul, joined by collaborator Djagacida. The artist’s avant‑garde approach channels a rich cultural heritage through complex rhythms, reflective and socially engaged lyrics, and evolving sonic textures. Recent singles “Nightmares”, “Spiraling”, “Do You” and “Genesis I” map an expanding discography. The performance balances propulsive beats and intimate passages, inviting listeners into a vivid, connective sound world.

In French.

3 – 5 June

Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray present “It’s got legs!!!!!!” at Maison Saint-Gervais. Their performance delves into economic, social, and intimate precarity by engaging with femininity, masculinity, liminal identities, and queer existentialism. Embracing a DIY aesthetic, recycled objects, and theatrical machinery, they craft a raw microcosm for a bold, subversive revue that explores the dizzying complexity of existence.

In French.

28 May – 7 June

Alexandre Baumgartner presents a body of paintings, sculptures and drawings that straddle contemporary practice and art brut. His work evokes hybrid, often ambiguous creatures, balancing an apparent innocence with acute perceptual intensity.
Using gestural drawing, tactile paint surfaces and sculptural forms, the pieces probe the boundary between presence and disappearance. The exhibition questions how simple contours and raw mark-making reactivate buried affects, revealing fragile emotional registers and the paradox of clarity within naiveté.

5 – 7 June

Éclats! gathers leading francophone writers in short, staged confrontations that examine contemporary issues. Each evening pairs two authors — Giuliano Da Empoli and Hugo Micheron; Asma Mhalla and Hervé Le Tellier; Esther Teillard and Frédéric Beigbeder; Kamel Daoud and François‑Henri Désérable — in moderated discussions investigating global disorder, the ethics of AI, gender and style, and migration and storytelling. Artistic direction is by François‑Henri Désérable. Capacity is limited to 80 spectators per evening.

In French.

5 June – 28 August

Lie back with your baby and listen. In a soft gallery of Swiss landscapes, gentle sounds and quiet stories invite tiny ears to notice wind, water, and birds. Touch fabrics, follow slow movements, and watch colors shift as a cultural mediator and musician play simple tunes. This calm sensory journey lets babies discover new textures, rhythms, and voices while sharing close moments with an adult.

Dates :
Friday 5 June, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15
Friday 28 August, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15

In French. Kids ages 3 months–2 years.

Friday 5 June, 19:30

La Cité Bleue warmly welcomes Jakub Józef Orliński and pianist Michał Biel for a special concert dedicated to generosity and beauty. This recital supports the organization Innocence en Danger Suisse, which protects children from violence, with all ticket proceeds donated to the cause.

Renowned for their artistic excellence and human engagement, Orliński and Biel offer a rich program blending Baroque masterpieces, intimate pieces, and virtuosic passages. The concert is both a moving musical experience and a call for solidarity, making music a powerful act of commitment for those whose voices often go unheard.

Friday 5 June, 19:00

Seilen leads an electro‑inflected set blending hip-hop and soul, joined by collaborator Djagacida. The artist’s avant‑garde approach channels a rich cultural heritage through complex rhythms, reflective and socially engaged lyrics, and evolving sonic textures. Recent singles “Nightmares”, “Spiraling”, “Do You” and “Genesis I” map an expanding discography. The performance balances propulsive beats and intimate passages, inviting listeners into a vivid, connective sound world.

In French.

3 – 5 June

Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray present “It’s got legs!!!!!!” at Maison Saint-Gervais. Their performance delves into economic, social, and intimate precarity by engaging with femininity, masculinity, liminal identities, and queer existentialism. Embracing a DIY aesthetic, recycled objects, and theatrical machinery, they craft a raw microcosm for a bold, subversive revue that explores the dizzying complexity of existence.

In French.

28 May – 7 June

Alexandre Baumgartner presents a body of paintings, sculptures and drawings that straddle contemporary practice and art brut. His work evokes hybrid, often ambiguous creatures, balancing an apparent innocence with acute perceptual intensity.
Using gestural drawing, tactile paint surfaces and sculptural forms, the pieces probe the boundary between presence and disappearance. The exhibition questions how simple contours and raw mark-making reactivate buried affects, revealing fragile emotional registers and the paradox of clarity within naiveté.

5 – 7 June

Éclats! gathers leading francophone writers in short, staged confrontations that examine contemporary issues. Each evening pairs two authors — Giuliano Da Empoli and Hugo Micheron; Asma Mhalla and Hervé Le Tellier; Esther Teillard and Frédéric Beigbeder; Kamel Daoud and François‑Henri Désérable — in moderated discussions investigating global disorder, the ethics of AI, gender and style, and migration and storytelling. Artistic direction is by François‑Henri Désérable. Capacity is limited to 80 spectators per evening.

In French.

5 June – 28 August

Lie back with your baby and listen. In a soft gallery of Swiss landscapes, gentle sounds and quiet stories invite tiny ears to notice wind, water, and birds. Touch fabrics, follow slow movements, and watch colors shift as a cultural mediator and musician play simple tunes. This calm sensory journey lets babies discover new textures, rhythms, and voices while sharing close moments with an adult.

Dates :
Friday 5 June, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15
Friday 28 August, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15

In French. Kids ages 3 months–2 years.

5 – 7 June

Cross the open lake on a long 123 km course that tests endurance, seamanship and tactical skill. Expect variable winds, open-water stretches and close-quarters sailing at the start as a large international fleet races together. The experience mixes sustained physical effort with bursts of adrenaline during maneuvers, offering dramatic vistas and the rhythm of wind and waves. Suited to experienced racers and ambitious amateurs, it’s a legendary competition that rewards teamwork, stamina and a love of sailing.

6 – 7 June

Dance to lively music and explore colorful stalls filled with crafts and local creations. Join hands-on workshops about nature and agroecology, try an alpine horn discovery, and take part in playful activities designed for children. Hear brass and beats, smell fresh food, and feel the warm summer breeze as you move between concerts and workshops. Create, play, and discover together in a friendly outdoor setting that mixes music, making, and nature.

3 – 14 June

In Traversée, Clothilde Gosset invites viewers into a poetic journey through movement, memory, and transformation. Through delicate installations and immersive visual compositions, the exhibition explores the idea of passage — between spaces, emotions, and states of being. Blending organic materials, light, and subtle textures, Gosset creates contemplative environments that evoke both inner landscapes and physical crossings. Her work encourages a slow and sensitive experience, where fragility, silence, and perception become central elements of the encounter.

Opening: 3 June, 18:00

Friday 5 June, 18:00–00:00; Saturday 6 June, 16:00–21:00

Les Ressources Urbaines mark ten years with two days of community celebrations in Geneva. The programme highlights a diversity of creative practices, including an exhibition beneath the building’s glass roof, plus projections, performances and concerts by local artists and cultural practitioners. The event invites everyone to come together, explore varied artistic expressions and connect with the city’s cultural life in a welcoming, collaborative atmosphere.

5 – 7 June

Cabaret en chantier is a laboratory for short puppet creations that treats making a puppet show like walking a tightrope while juggling. Balanced between text and image, between real and imaginary, between the animated and the inanimate, it demands writing, building and precise manipulation; every gesture and detail can tip the whole. This edition highlights emerging artists—students and career-changers—who receive institutional support to explore and reinvent puppet arts, presenting their first creations.

In French.

30 May – 13 June

Directed as an in situ promenade, this performance follows two protagonists, P. and B., through the city’s hidden seams. B. conspires to seed an exuberant vegetal uprising, mastering invasive plants to unsettle urban order. P. slips into the city’s blind spots, picking locks and slipping through barriers to reveal alternative ways of inhabiting public space. The show mixes physical theatre, poetic staging and ecological imagination to explore rewilding, intimacy and civic subversion.

In French.

Friday 5 June, 19:30

La Cité Bleue warmly welcomes Jakub Józef Orliński and pianist Michał Biel for a special concert dedicated to generosity and beauty. This recital supports the organization Innocence en Danger Suisse, which protects children from violence, with all ticket proceeds donated to the cause.

Renowned for their artistic excellence and human engagement, Orliński and Biel offer a rich program blending Baroque masterpieces, intimate pieces, and virtuosic passages. The concert is both a moving musical experience and a call for solidarity, making music a powerful act of commitment for those whose voices often go unheard.

Friday 5 June, 19:00

Seilen leads an electro‑inflected set blending hip-hop and soul, joined by collaborator Djagacida. The artist’s avant‑garde approach channels a rich cultural heritage through complex rhythms, reflective and socially engaged lyrics, and evolving sonic textures. Recent singles “Nightmares”, “Spiraling”, “Do You” and “Genesis I” map an expanding discography. The performance balances propulsive beats and intimate passages, inviting listeners into a vivid, connective sound world.

In French.

3 – 5 June

Samir Kennedy and Sean Murray present “It’s got legs!!!!!!” at Maison Saint-Gervais. Their performance delves into economic, social, and intimate precarity by engaging with femininity, masculinity, liminal identities, and queer existentialism. Embracing a DIY aesthetic, recycled objects, and theatrical machinery, they craft a raw microcosm for a bold, subversive revue that explores the dizzying complexity of existence.

In French.

28 May – 7 June

Alexandre Baumgartner presents a body of paintings, sculptures and drawings that straddle contemporary practice and art brut. His work evokes hybrid, often ambiguous creatures, balancing an apparent innocence with acute perceptual intensity.
Using gestural drawing, tactile paint surfaces and sculptural forms, the pieces probe the boundary between presence and disappearance. The exhibition questions how simple contours and raw mark-making reactivate buried affects, revealing fragile emotional registers and the paradox of clarity within naiveté.

5 – 7 June

Éclats! gathers leading francophone writers in short, staged confrontations that examine contemporary issues. Each evening pairs two authors — Giuliano Da Empoli and Hugo Micheron; Asma Mhalla and Hervé Le Tellier; Esther Teillard and Frédéric Beigbeder; Kamel Daoud and François‑Henri Désérable — in moderated discussions investigating global disorder, the ethics of AI, gender and style, and migration and storytelling. Artistic direction is by François‑Henri Désérable. Capacity is limited to 80 spectators per evening.

In French.

5 June – 28 August

Lie back with your baby and listen. In a soft gallery of Swiss landscapes, gentle sounds and quiet stories invite tiny ears to notice wind, water, and birds. Touch fabrics, follow slow movements, and watch colors shift as a cultural mediator and musician play simple tunes. This calm sensory journey lets babies discover new textures, rhythms, and voices while sharing close moments with an adult.

Dates :
Friday 5 June, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15
Friday 28 August, 09:00, 10:00, 11:15

In French. Kids ages 3 months–2 years.

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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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