Events

The cultural centre LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura offers a rich program that blends traditional and contemporary theatre, featuring renowned performers alongside emerging talents.

Positioned at the intersection of performance, installation, and club culture, FOG challenges conventional genre boundaries and redefines how we experience sound and electronic music.

La musique de Chopin tendre et passionnée, vous pourrez la savourer du 2 au 12 octobre dans les belles salles de concerts de Genève.

La 28e édition du Festival Chopin à Genève (2-12 octobre 2025) réunira des artistes de talent pour interpréter les chefs-d'œuvre passionnés et nobles de Chopin.

Chitarre dal Mondo returns in Lugano from September 27 to October 4, 2025.

Goat show in Grindelwald, on the Baerplatz at 13:00

The Foire du Valais returns for another promising edition from September 26 to October 5, 2025.

Oktoberfest is coming to Geneva for the first time!

On 2 October 2025 the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, LAC's resident orchestra, opens the season OSI al LAC 2025/26.

In its new exhibition, the Musée du Vin showcases the richness of the Valais vineyards and compares them with other wine-growing regions around the world.

Next autumn a colourful edition will light up Ticino for a great Brazilian adventure. Brazil is a boundless land of different ethnic influences and climates, with a wide range of ingredients.

In autumn, when the farmers return from the alp with their cows, the cattle shows take place in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. The most beautiful and best performing cows are awarded prizes.

Experience piano music at its finest or baroque works off the beaten track.

Broadway's biggest hit, “Phantom of the Opera”, comes to Lausanne for 16 exceptional performances at the Théâtre de Beaulieu!

For 80 years, the Ascona Music Weeks have been the most prestigious classical music festival in Italian Switzerland, with a program composed of large symphonic concerts, chamber music evenings, and

<strong>26th culinary autumn weeks of Lago Maggiore e Valli</strong> The Lago Maggiore region, with its surrounding valleys, welcomes Autumn with many delicious culinary proposals.

LET'S PLAY! Endlich wieder Kürbisausstellung auf dem Juckerhof in Seegräben. Vom 20. September bis 26. Oktober 2025.

Explore the nature around Walenstadt with a backpack full of delights. Inside: three regional wines to taste at selected locations.

For over 60 years it has been a traditional autumn event for the Restaurants of the far south of Italian Switzerland! A tradition that is renewed every year!

Every first Friday of the month, the shops, theatres, galleries, restaurants and bars in Biel's old town come alive.

A gathering event in the heart of the wine village of Cortaillod to celebrate the end of the grape harvest.

During the second weekend in October, the wine-making village of Cheyres will be transformed into one large open-air party venue.

Adelboden's traditional autumn market along the village street

The largest wine festival in German-speaking Switzerland

In the fall, when the farmers return from the Alps with their cows, the cattle shows take place in Appenzell Ausserrhoden. Prizes are awarded for the most beautiful and best performing cows.

The festival for the whole family. Night procession, parade, concerts, children's street...

HeroFest 2025 is the festival for gaming and nerd culture in Switzerland and offers an unforgettable weekend full of adventure, creativity and community.

The Valais dulcimer is experiencing a renaissance

From October 3 to 11, 2025, Electron Festival combines electronic music, performances, immersive spaces and reflection, in a festive and creative spirit.

In Saint-Imier, the first Friday in October traditionally coincides with the Autumn Fair. Around fifty street vendors will be taking part.

Selection of good music chosen and curated by the Foce.

About a dozen groups and wagons are involved in the unique and only cattle drive in the canton of Jura.

Various local and regional products are offered at the traditional Feldis market.

"In the changing times"

The craft market takes place every first Saturday from April to December.

The alpine cattle descent is the best-known of all traditional mountain festivities. After more than four months of grazing in alpine pastures, cows make their way down to the plain.