An open house programme invites visitors to discover the trades and artists behind theatre production, from technical craft to artistic practice. The day explores stagecraft, costume and set making, lighting, sound and stage direction through demonstrations, short performances and conversations with practitioners. Participants gain practical insight into creative processes, professional roles and collaborative workflows that bring productions to life, and leave with a clearer understanding of careers and techniques in contemporary theatre production.
Geneva Art Week is a vibrant celebration of contemporary art that brings together galleries, museums, foundations, independent spaces, and artists through an inspiring program of exhibitions, performances, studio visits, talks, screenings, and immersive experiences. Designed as a citywide journey through creativity, the event transforms Geneva into an open platform for artistic discovery, encouraging dialogue between the public and the local and international art scenes in a dynamic, festive, and accessible atmosphere.
Apéropéra presents a short, convivial artistic proposition that reimagines operatic fragments in an informal apéritif setting. Each episode offers a distilled encounter between singers, instrumentalists and visual contributors, favouring intimate staging, inventive arrangements and moments of improvisation. The format privileges immediacy and exchange, inviting nuanced listening and playful dramaturgy. Performances alternate between lyrical excerpts and contemporary reinterpretations, offering a sensory, accessible approach to opera’s emotional and theatrical textures.
Program:
– The Tempest (Société de lecture) – Thursday 17 September, 18:30
– Company (Théâtre Les Salons) – Wednesday 30 September, 18:30
– The Marriage of Figaro (Maison Rousseau et Littérature) – Thursday 3 December, 18:30
– Theodora (Bâtiment des Forces Motrices) – Thursday 14 January, 18:30
– Journey to Reims (Musée d’Art et d’Histoire) – Thursday 28 January, 18:30
– The Girl of the Golden West (Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève) – Thursday 25 February, 18:30
– Only the Sound Remains (Les 6 Toits) – Thursday 29 April, 18:30
– The Threepenny Opera (Ecole de Musiques Actuelles) – Thursday 27 May, 18:30
Nuit des Bains presents an evening when the city’s contemporary-art circuit opens as a collective exhibition. Emerging and established local and international artists activate spaces with installations, performance, painting, photography, and video, offering a multifaceted survey of contemporary practices. The event emphasizes encounter and the public imagination, revealing tensions between intimacy and urban spectacle, and questioning how art inhabits shared environments.
SailGP 2026 presents high-speed F50 foiling catamaran racing across a global series of coastal host cities. Teams pilot carbon‑fiber machines that lift above the water, reaching intense speeds that demand split-second strategy, teamwork and physical control. Races combine tactical course navigation, gusty sea conditions and spectator-friendly shorelines, creating a dynamic outdoor spectacle. Coverage includes news, videos and full results for fans following team performance and season standings.
Astral Festival Geneva – Equinox Night brings an all-night electronic journey through house, tech house, melodic techno and techno. The programmed lineup mixes international DJs — including Carlos Pulido — with local selectors, weaving pulsing rhythms and warm melodic threads. Production favors immersive lighting and a taut sound design that shapes a charged, communal atmosphere, shifting from intimate grooves to euphoric peaks. The event reads as a choreography of sound and movement, inviting dancers to lose and find themselves in waves of rhythm.
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