Globale Locale unites 12 emblematic nightlife venues across Geneva for three days of concerts, DJ sets, and cultural happenings that spotlight the city’s independent scene. Celebrating local talent and alternative culture while standing against the precarity of the arts, the festival offers everything from live bands to club nights, offbeat activities, and solidarity events—an energizing mix where partying becomes a collective, political act of support.
The Chœur Diakoff presents an All Saints’ Day Concert, featuring Hymns of the Cherubim, Hymns to the Virgin, and prayers for the departed, under the direction of Alexandre Diakoff. Showcasing the richness of Slavic Orthodox choral tradition, the concert offers a reflective and moving musical experience.
The Gurtner/Bovay/Gremaud collective showcases “La Magnificité” at Maison Saint-Gervais. This trio, consisting of Michèle Gurtner, Tiphanie Bovay-Klameth, and François Gremaud, performs a series of lively and absurd sketches that highlight a playful and purposeless blend of gestures and dialogue. Combining elements of automatic writing, surrealist games, and improvisation, their performance is naive, poetic, tender, and most importantly, hilariously engaging.
In French.
Enjoy a unique experience with Laëtycia Vumuka during a dance-guided tour of the “Afrosonica – Soundscapes” exhibition. This artist invites you to embark on a sensory journey that blends African and Afro-diasporic music with expressive movement. It’s an original way to discover the exhibition, led by the rhythm of dance.
Afrosonica – Soundscapes is an immersive exhibition exploring the deep cultural significance of sound and music in African societies and their diasporas. Through historical and contemporary perspectives, it highlights the power of sound as a bridge between memory, identity, and transformation. Featuring a diverse collection of instruments, archival recordings, and contemporary installations, the exhibition invites visitors on a multisensory journey where music connects the past and present, the human and the spiritual.
Eugène Ionesco’s “The Bald Soprano” is a quintessential work of absurdist theater, depicting the nonsensical and tedious interactions between two couples, the Smiths and the Martins. The arrival of the Fire Chief and the maid Marie sparks surreal situations and unexpected outbursts, before the Smiths dismiss the unlikely visitors and return to their original monotony. This production, directed by Cyril Kaiser, features puppets by Christophe Kiss alongside actors Vincent Babel, Nicole Bachmann, Blaise Granget, and Vanessa Battistini.
This performance is part of the Scène Vagabonde Festival.
In French.
In “L’Aquarium,” Calaferte delves into the monotony and routine of a couple after many years together. Set during a fall evening, this comedy highlights how former passionate partners become unable to surprise each other, trapped in their daily lives much like fish swimming in circles in an aquarium. The humor emerges from everyday situations, skillfully captured by the author.
In French.
Le Grand Brunch takes place in the foyer of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, where guests can enjoy a generous buffet in the theatre’s ballroom setting. Each brunch is accompanied by a musical interlude that echoes the current opera or ballet production, creating a link between the stage and the table. With limited seating in the Main Foyer, advance reservations are required.
Sundays 14 September, 19 October, 16 November and 7 December, at 11:00.
Reservations are required, as places are limited.
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