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Les Estivales is the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève’s summer academy, offering children and teenagers an inspiring week where intensive musical learning meets the joy of the holiday season. Through individual lessons, chamber music, orchestra, ensemble playing, and creative workshops led by the Conservatoire’s experienced faculty, young musicians develop their skills in a stimulating and supportive environment. Complemented by outdoor activities and a final public concert, Les Estivales combines artistic excellence, collaboration, and fun, creating an unforgettable experience that nurtures both musical growth and lasting friendships. Info and booking: estivales@cmg.ch
For kids and teenagers.
Follow Fritz, a devoted municipal gardener whose orderly routine is upended when an odd little cabin appears in the park. Marguerite, a whimsical and endearing character, lives there with Toni, her pet fish. From this unlikely cohabitation springs a comic encounter of mishaps, pratfalls and absurd situations where tiny gestures trigger cascading consequences. Performed by a duo of clowns, this wordless show blends visual humour, slapstick and tender moments for the whole family.
Kids ages 3 and up.
Ta Ka Dim is an intercultural musical project that connects the spiritual depth of Hindustani classical music with the expressive intensity of flamenco guitar. Vocalist She Rose (Namrata), trained in the ancient Dhrupad tradition, shapes sound through breath, resonance and sustained tone. Sound engineer and guitarist Yann Sauvin contributes flamenco nuance and real-time sonic sculpting. The programme unfolds through improvisation and close dialogue, creating a meditative, luminous atmosphere that bridges ritual, travel and oral transmission.
Set out on a playful, family-friendly exploration of Lake Geneva’s shore to discover local biodiversity. Children and parents hunt for natural treasures, follow clues left by plants and animals, and make simple land art using found materials. The session mixes observation, hands-on creativity and storytelling to spark curiosity, sensory awareness and teamwork in an outdoor setting.
In French. Kids ages 8 and up.
Join the traveling Grand Village for five days of performances, workshops, activities and an exhibition about itinerant theatres. Designed for families and the general public, the program brings together interactive shows, hands-on workshops and playful animations that invite participation across generations. Everyone is welcome to explore creative displays, share moments together and discover the traditions of traveling theatre in a friendly, inclusive atmosphere that celebrates community and collective creativity.
Explore the pond to discover who lives beneath the surface. Search for dragonflies, frogs and newts, and learn about curious water creatures like backswimmers, hydrophilids and diving beetles. Listen to short readings, make careful observations with magnifiers, and play gentle games that reveal how the watery world works. Feel cool breezes, spot ripples and bright wings as David and Chloé guide curious kids through this lively, splashy ecosystem.
In French. Kids ages 4–10.
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Crossings brings together Swiss artist Maria Ceppi and Japanese artist Tami Ichino in a poetic dialogue exploring memory, transformation, and the hidden resonance of everyday forms. Through sculpture, painting, and assemblage, the artists reinterpret familiar materials and natural elements into evocative compositions that move between abstraction and recognition. Blending intuition, symbolism, and material experimentation, the exhibition creates immersive spaces where personal narratives intersect with broader reflections on nature, coexistence, perception, and the shifting relationship between humanity and the world around us. Hosted by GOWEN Contemporary, Crossings invites viewers into a contemplative journey where objects, landscapes, and emotions continuously evolve across forms, meanings, and states of being.
Featuring pieces by Faye Toogood, Studiopepe, Domingos Totora and Clément Thévenot, DOMUM invites you to discover their new exhibition, taking inspiration from food shapes and colors: Bread&Butter.
Opening: Thursday 21 May at 18:00
Gina Proenza explores how language shapes power and human relationships. Working across sculpture, installation, drawing, and video, she uses words, symbols, and bodily gestures to question communication and meaning. Rooted in her Colombian and French heritage and bilingual upbringing, her practice examines the intersections of language, identity, and interaction.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00 (Nocturne d’été des Bains)
CinéTransat is Geneva’s much-loved open-air cinema festival, transforming summer evenings into a joyful collective experience. Since 2009, it has offered free screenings of cult classics, discoveries, and short films in a relaxed, festive atmosphere where picnics, games, costumes and spontaneous singalongs are as much part of the event as the films themselves. Rooted in the heart of the city and open to everyone, CinéTransat celebrates cinema as a shared, accessible and environmentally mindful moment, bringing together generations, neighbourhoods and visitors around the simple pleasure of watching films under the stars.
Mi Mawai and Madzerokai present an immersive audiovisual installation born from a residency exchange between the Brazilian Amazon and Geneva. The work invites immersion in Baniwa cosmology through video, layered soundscapes, flutes, traditional singing and dance. Visitors are invited to lie in hammocks and on mats for contemplative encounters with projected landscapes and ritual sonic textures. The piece foregrounds ancestral knowledge, collective memory and multisensory modes of storytelling.
Artists Chloé Delarue, Miriam Laura Leonardi and Gaia Vincensini, curated by Manuella Denogent, present a group exhibition that interrogates systems of representation, value and desire in contemporary society. Through sculpture, installation, photography, video, object-making and light-based interventions, the works reconfigure familiar forms and visual codes to reveal hidden hierarchies and emotional economies. The exhibition emphasises material experimentation and spatial strategies, inviting reflective engagement with how images and objects shape social meanings.
Opening; Thursday 2 July, 18:00
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Geneva Classics
Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.
Located in the heart of Geneva’s international district, the Portail des Nations is a space dedicated to dialogue, cooperation, and global issues. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural events, it offers visitors an entry point into the major challenges shaping our world and Geneva’s role as a hub for international governance.
Nestled in the Geneva countryside, the Collection du Crest showcases a remarkable selection of modern and contemporary art. Through temporary exhibitions and its private collection, this unique venue offers an intimate encounter with artistic creation, in dialogue with the history and landscape of the estate.
Discover one of the world’s most remarkable libraries and museums, home to an exceptional collection of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents spanning over 5,000 years of human history. Located in Cologny overlooking Lake Geneva, the Fondation Martin Bodmer offers a unique journey through literature, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts, bringing together some of humanity’s most significant written treasures.
Culture, curated weekly.
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