18 April and 16 May

Borges Tango Club

Booking Required

This workshop honours the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges through tango practice, combining cultural reflection with embodied learning. Participants explore tango as an improvised dance that develops concentration, body awareness, listening, and spatial perception. The session includes a beginners’ technique class followed by open practice, emphasizing connection, nonverbal communication, and improvisational decision-making. It examines how movement-based practice can foster creativity, attention and personal growth while engaging with Borges’s literary legacy.

Grand-Rue 40,
1204 Genève

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Photo Credit: Maison Rousseau et Littérature

7 – 17 April

Self-Publishing Workshop — Creating a Children’s Almanac

Community Kids

Association 60×60

Make a pocket almanac full of stories, drawings, crosswords, recipes and collectible postcards. In a series of workshops, participants experiment with printmaking techniques, play creative writing games and learn simple bookmaking methods to shape their own small journal. Sessions encourage playful collaboration, colourful illustrations and hands‑on discovery as children turn ideas into a printed object to share with family.

Kids ages 6–12.

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Saturday 11 April, 11:00

Swiss Wine Market — 8th Edition

Community Cool Stuff

Village du Soir

Join a convivial gathering of Swiss winemakers for tastings, bottle sales and the discovery of recent primeur cuvées. The event brings together producers from several cantons for shared tasting sessions, free introductory tasting workshops, live concerts and communal food stalls serving fondue, boards, burgers and tapas. It’s aimed at adults (18+) while organisers also announce children’s activities on site. The atmosphere emphasises community, conversation and convivial discovery.

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1 September – 29 June, every Monday

Le Marché de la Comédie

Community Cool Stuff

La Comédie de Genève

Discover a lively community market offering stalls of wine, cheese, bread, craft beer, honey, fine groceries, fresh vegetables, seasonal fruit and pastries. Local producers share their specialties in a friendly setting that encourages conversation and connection. Families, neighbours and visitors are invited to explore produce, chat with makers and enjoy weekly animations suited to all ages. The market celebrates local food traditions and fosters a welcoming space where everyone can meet, taste and support the community.

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14 – 18 April

CHRONOPOLIS

Art & Exhibits Cool Stuff

CHRONOPOLIS gathers twenty independent watchmakers presenting wristwatches that combine mechanical ingenuity and contemporary design. The fair foregrounds artisanal techniques—manual finishing, small-scale production and micro-mechanical innovation—across objects, prototypes and limited editions.
Themes of independence, authenticity and dialogue recur as makers prioritise accessibility and exchange over commercial spectacle. The presentation reveals how craft, material choice and design language shape personal timekeeping, inviting close encounters with the processes and values that sustain independent watchmaking.

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Friday 17 April, 18:30

Romand Eloquence Competition

Cool Stuff Performances

Conservatoire de Musique de Genève

The Romand Eloquence Competition brings together talented speakers from across French-speaking Switzerland for a dynamic contest of public speaking and rhetoric. Participants showcase their ability to persuade, inspire, and captivate an audience through carefully crafted speeches on a variety of themes. Blending creativity, critical thinking, and performance, the event highlights the art of eloquence while offering a platform for emerging voices to express their ideas with confidence and authenticity.

In French.

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Tuesday 21 April, 19:00

In the Loop!

Cool Stuff

Société de lecture

In the Loop! is a futuristic, participatory music performance presented in collaboration with Geneva Camerata. Using loopers — devices that sample and layer melodic and rhythmic fragments in real time — the ensemble’s soloists guide the audience to compose and assemble a collective piece. The experience blends live musicianship with improvisation and sound design, inviting attendees to shape evolving textures, motifs and rhythms in an intimate, immersive setting.

The event will be preceded by an apéritif at 18:30, offering a convivial start to the evening.

In French.

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