Ville de Genève

A wide choice of music events is offered to English-speaking residents and visitors for their listening pleasure: 

Traverses musicales - www.traverses-musicales.ch - February
Music festival bringing together international stars and talented local groups in a joyful medley of sound.

Voix de fêtes - www.voixdefete.com - March
A Ten-days festival with over 120 pop rock bands, some already well-known, some about to be.

Archipel - www.archipel.org - March
Concerts, events, sound installations celebrating the music of today.

Electron - www.electronfestival.ch - March
From the beginning, the Electron festival positioned itself outside of the commercial movements, preferring quality over popularity, visionary postulates over dictates that are drawn beforehand, byways over straight and uneventful highways. Although the vicissitudes have changed over the years, the initial intention has remained the same: planning a pluridisciplinary festival, entirely focused on the celebration of electronic cultures, at the forefront of creativity.

AMR Jazz Festival - www.amr-geneve.ch - March
Founded in 1973 by musicians, the Association for the promotion of improvised music (AMR) aims at encouraging, assisting and promoting the development and practice of jazz and improvised music, mostly coming from Afro-American music in Geneva and its region. It is structured around three main aspects: training, support and live programming.

Mai en fanfare - www.ville-ge.ch/culture/fanfares/lieux.html - May
Brass band extravaganza pumping out golden oldies and jazz, interspersed with classical pieces.

Mai au Parc - www.maiauparc.ch - May
Fun weekend in the leafy grounds of the Villa Bernasconi park. Attractive, admission-free programme of music and activities for the whole family.

Vernier sur Rock, VSR - www.verniersurrock.ch/ - May
Multi-sound music festival with environment-friendly work experience programme for young people.

Celtic et rock festival – www.celtic-festival.ch - May
Festival of Celtic music and Rock to usher in the reawakening of Spring.

Fête de la musique - www.fetedelamusique.ch  - June
Festival providing venues where various music groups can set up and perform. 

AMR at the Cropettes - www.amr-geneve.ch - June
Music programme in the Cropettes Park with local groups bringing us the sounds of the Association for the Promotion of Improvised Music (AMR)—jazz, and improvised music mostly in the Afro-American tradition.

Gena Festival in the Open Air - www.genafestival.ch - July
Music festival in the Geneva countryside. Varied admission-free programme.

Musiques en été Festival - www.musiquesenete.ch - July and August
Summer music festival providing a vast programme of classical, jazz, and contemporary music at the Courtyard of the City Chambers and the Ella Fitzgerald Stand in the park of La Grange.

Concerts d’été de Saint-Germain – www.concerts-st-germain.ch - July and August
Summer concerts for lovers of Chamber Music in the beautiful church of Saint-Germain.

Les Concerts de la Cathédrale – www.concerts-cathedrale.ch - July to September
Bell ringing and organ music at Saint-Pierre Cathedral.

Festiverbant – www.festiverbant.ch - August
Admission-free, out-door festival concentrating on rock music and related genres.

Jazz sur la plage – www.jazzsurlaplage.ch - August
Admission-free jazz sessions at lakeside Hermance.

Grouna Festival – www.grouna.com - August
Music from groovy Geneva groups playing at Pregny-Chambésy. Admission free.

Concerts d’automne – www.carouge.ch - November
Admisssion-free concerts of classical music in the historic Temple Church of Carouge.

Concerts de carillons - www.carouge.ch - All year
In Carouge, whether strolling through the streets, visiting the market, relaxing on a café terrace, or more directly standing on the fore-court of Sainte-Croix, you will be thrilled by the joyful chimes. 

Victoria Hall - www.ville-ge.ch/vh - All year
The acoustic qualities of Victoria Hall’s auditorium are renowned throughout the world. Swiss and international guest orchestras provide a varied programme of classical music and song.

Les jeudis du piano - www.athenee.ch - All year
Thursday Piano Recitals provide public performance opportunities for young soloists beginning their careers. Talented new-comers playing world-standard music at the Palais de l’Athénée.

Discothèques municipales – www.ville-ge.ch/bm - All year
The Municipal Media-libraries contain over 70,000 music CDs in all styles—classical, pop rock, jazz, ethnic, together with film music sound-tracks.