
Located on the edge of Geneva’s old town, the Alhambra has been part of the city’s cultural landscape since its establishment in 1920. It primarily serves as a venue for contemporary music events, organized by private entities and non-profit associations. The venue also hosts concerts and events during Geneva’s many festivals, offering a diverse range of musical performances.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this evening brings a rare tribute to Parabellum alongside performances by Ring of Cash and Vikie. Former members of Parabellum reunite with guests and local scene stalwarts to revisit cult anthems with raw intensity and communal fervour. Ring of Cash blends power-folk-rock energy with Juliette Canouet’s captivating voice, supported by Mika Garcia, Jean-Philippe Soler and Xa Mesa. Vikie opens with a punk-tinged, politically charged chanson, creating an exhilarating, sweat-soaked atmosphere.
Part of Recluses Fest #10, this high-energy bill brings together Tagada Jones, Darcy and Bob’s Not Dead for an intense evening of punk and rock. Each band offers raw riffs, driving rhythms and urgent vocals, moving between anthemic choruses and fast, uncompromising grooves. Expect a compact, visceral set-up where community spirit and DIY ethos meet seasoned stagecraft, showcasing both local vitality and headline force.
Recluses Fest #10 presents a raw, high-energy punk evening featuring The Exploited, Les Clébards and Bad Nasty. The Exploited bring their aggressive classic punk roar, Les Clébards mark their 20-year tour with a distinctive Swiss date, and Bad Nasty deliver street punk rooted in 1990s US scenes. The bill mixes celebrated headliners and local voices within an inclusive, volunteer-run festival atmosphere that prioritizes community, loud performance and sonic immediacy.
Amistat is the twin-brother duo Josef and Jan Prasil, whose uncanny vocal unison and layered harmonies draw from a multicultural heritage spanning Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy and Australia. Their songs blend intimate acoustic textures with propulsive melodic crescendos, tracing themes of belonging, memory and home. Following a breakthrough 2025—more than 30,000 tickets sold across Europe, the UK and North America—their new repertoire reveals a maturing songwriting voice and a heightened emotional immediacy on stage.
British‑Portuguese singer-songwriter Nessi Gomes and Barcelona‑based Mike Rauss present an evening of intimate, genre-blending song. Gomes weaves traditional Portuguese fado’s emotional depth with a contemporary British sensibility, producing haunting, lushly textured soundscapes and medicine‑singer mysticism; her acclaimed album Diamonds & Demons foregrounds this quiet intensity. Mike Rauss offers playful yet profound troubadour songs where funk, folk, oriental motifs and flamenco guitar meet a warm, grooving voice. Together they create an atmosphere of ritual, longing and raw presence.
Malte Marten, handpan virtuoso, returns with Bummela and percussionist Conrado Molina for an intimate, atmospheric set. Marten’s decade-long devotion to the handpan shapes meditative compositions that slow time and invite deep listening. Conrado Molina adds virtuoso rhythms and world-music vocal colours, while multi-instrumentalist and producer Bummela layers rich textures and subtle electronic touches. Together they weave a warm, contemplative soundscape where melody and rhythm dissolve boundaries between players and listeners, fostering moments of quiet connection and shared wonder.
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