Grape Harvest Festival
Overview
Intro
The vineyards of Neuchâtel in honor! Marching bands and parades, a festival you should not miss!
Each year, the start of the grape harvests in the Neuchâtel Country is celebrated on the last weekend in September. For three days, traffic is banished from the city centre so that revellers can make merry in the accustomed style amid an ambience of light, music and laughter. The grand night-time procession with "Guggenmusik" (or "Happy Music") takes place on the Friday night, but groups in costume are out and about all through the festival. The children's fancy-dress parade, a joyful and colourful event, is traditionally held on the Saturday afternoon. The Sunday afternoon floral procession also attracts a vast crown of onlookers. Punctuated by fanfares and peppered with humorous touches by some of the groups in costume, this parade carries on the tradition of the procession of the grape-harvest carts, decorated with flowers and loaded with the wine-growers' tools, which takes place at the end of the grape harvest.
* Payments at the stalls at the Grape Harvest Festival (FDV) will only be possible with the FDV bracelet, payment with cash and cards is not allowed (except for carousels)
* FDV bracelets can be purchased before the festival ("green") at the TransN ticket offices or during the festival ("orange") at numerous stands
* The FDV "Support" bracelets offer the following advantages: free transport (zones 10/11/14/15/30) and a standing place at the Sunday flower parade
| Contact address |
Fête des Vendanges
Cente-ville 2000 Neuchâtel +41 32 724 07 87 info@fete-des-vendanges.ch |
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| Location |
Fête des Vendanges Cente-ville 2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland |
| Event Homepage | http://www.fete-des-vendanges.ch |
| Price |
Single price :
* FDV bracelet - Support : CHF ¤10.00
* FDV bracelet : CHF ¤2.00
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Event dates
- 26 September 2025
- 27 September 2025
- 28 September 2025
