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Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

7 – 15 March

Step through a wardrobe and embark on a magical adventure in Narnia. Four siblings discover a land of talking animals, mythical creatures and an endless winter ruled by the White Witch. Through vivid scenes and powerful storytelling, children witness courage, loyalty and sacrifice as Aslan leads the fight for hope. Performed by young actors, this stage adaptation blends striking visuals, movement and music to captivate the whole family.

In English. Kids ages 2–16.

Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

7 – 15 March

Step through a wardrobe and embark on a magical adventure in Narnia. Four siblings discover a land of talking animals, mythical creatures and an endless winter ruled by the White Witch. Through vivid scenes and powerful storytelling, children witness courage, loyalty and sacrifice as Aslan leads the fight for hope. Performed by young actors, this stage adaptation blends striking visuals, movement and music to captivate the whole family.

In English. Kids ages 2–16.

Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

7 – 15 March

Step through a wardrobe and embark on a magical adventure in Narnia. Four siblings discover a land of talking animals, mythical creatures and an endless winter ruled by the White Witch. Through vivid scenes and powerful storytelling, children witness courage, loyalty and sacrifice as Aslan leads the fight for hope. Performed by young actors, this stage adaptation blends striking visuals, movement and music to captivate the whole family.

In English. Kids ages 2–16.

Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

7 – 15 March

Step through a wardrobe and embark on a magical adventure in Narnia. Four siblings discover a land of talking animals, mythical creatures and an endless winter ruled by the White Witch. Through vivid scenes and powerful storytelling, children witness courage, loyalty and sacrifice as Aslan leads the fight for hope. Performed by young actors, this stage adaptation blends striking visuals, movement and music to captivate the whole family.

In English. Kids ages 2–16.

Saturday 7 March, 18:30

Shaped by Soraya’s mobile-phone recordings, this intimate documentary follows a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist over five years as she attempts to flee Iran to join her mother in Austria. Blending handheld video, animation, drawings and sculpture, the film maps a journey of escape, song and improvised dance. It examines courage, gendered violence and the creative impulse as survival, rendered in raw textures and lyrical fragments. The result is a porous, sensory portrait of resistance and artistic self-creation.

In Persian/Dari/Turkish (original version), with French subtitles.

Screening followed by a discussion with filmmakers Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya Akhlaghi.

3 – 15 March

Morpho is the first photographic exhibition by Lamine Jammeh (Lemz.O) that honors dancers who assert their identities beyond appearance. Through staged portraits and a sensitive visual language, Jammeh explores themes of identity, embodiment and performative selfhood. The series celebrates diversity, courage and the expressive power of movement, presenting intimate, high-contrast images that foreground presence and gesture. Scenography by Lola Delbec and portraits include Sofiane Chalal, Missy NRC, Samantha Panda Laley, Maela Bouguila and Nicolas Meyapan.

Saturday 7 March, 20:00

Led by conductor Jean-Paul Odiau, a 50‑musician cross‑border orchestra pays a large-scale tribute to Miles Davis on the centenary of his birth. Trumpeter Médéric Collignon and his quartet bring an explosive, free-spirited energy, blending composed arrangements with improvisation. The performance moves between transmission and celebration, exploring the textures and moods of Davis’s repertoire with orchestral power and jazz freedom. Presented by the Service de la culture et de la communication — Ville de Vernier in partnership with JazzContreBand, Château Rouge and Vernier Culture.

Saturday 7 March, 11:00

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

5 – 13 March

Festa Mediterranea gathers musicians, dancers and tradition-bearers from Southern Italy in a celebration of communal ritual and seasonal renewal. Rooted in popular cultures, the program threads fervor, humour and virtuosic technique through concerts, a communal bal and dance workshops. Textures of voice, percussion and folk stringed instruments conjure pastoral landscapes, proposing an ecology of sound where heritage is continuously reinvented. The experience is both exuberant and intimate, inviting shared movement and attentive listening.

7 – 15 March

Step through a wardrobe and embark on a magical adventure in Narnia. Four siblings discover a land of talking animals, mythical creatures and an endless winter ruled by the White Witch. Through vivid scenes and powerful storytelling, children witness courage, loyalty and sacrifice as Aslan leads the fight for hope. Performed by young actors, this stage adaptation blends striking visuals, movement and music to captivate the whole family.

In English. Kids ages 2–16.

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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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