Geneva to host Genève Genève, a new annual lakeside festival promoting local expertise, this August

This August, Geneva Tourism is about to host the inaugural version of Genève Genève, an annual lakeside festival geared toward promoting local expertise and creativity with the long-lasting Lake Geneva as its backdrop.

Taking place from Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 August, Genève Genève will see the lakeside reworked into 5 distinct areas of wellness, music, meals, arts, and tradition, as well as to a kids’s space to make sure that the entire household is entertained. Featuring all the things from musical performances to drone reveals and pyrotechnics, the festival will showcase 380 totally different artists throughout 5 days, celebrating Geneva’s range and creativity within the final summer season metropolis celebration.

Access to Genève Genève is complimentary, and whether or not it’s unwinding with yoga or dancing the evening away at a dwell DJ set within the lovely Jardin Anglais because the solar goes down, this thrilling new festival has one thing for everybody to get pleasure from. Centring across the metropolis’s world-renowned lake, Genève Genève places the highlight on the perfect expertise that Geneva has to provide, permitting guests to uncover the extra sudden aspect of the town.

As nicely as showcasing Geneva’s creative expertise, the festival will convey collectively among the metropolis’s finest restaurateurs and producers to permit guests to uncover local produce at inexpensive costs. Fifty meals institutions from throughout the canton will make an look on the festival, working virtually solely with regional produce and highlighting the culinary range of Geneva – the third most culinarily various metropolis on the planet. The meals stalls can be joined by winegrowers and drinks manufacturers from throughout the area, with winemakers working with Geneva-based Bibarium to provide wine by the glass immediately from a barrel, avoiding pointless waste from glass bottles.

Guests trying to delve deeper into Geneva’s providing also can benefit from the Geneva City Pass, which will be bought for both 24, 48 or 72 hours, and grants entry to over 60 of the town’s actions on a free-of-charge or discounted foundation. The move additionally permits free entry to the town’s public transport community, guaranteeing simple transfers to and from the festival this August.