Events - Festivals and musicals

A summer festival offering a series of evenings dedicated to music and the performing arts.

This year, Ceresio Estate celebrates its 50th anniversary.

This little big open air festival presents a series of blues music concerts featuring both national and international bands in the most suggestive squares of Vallemaggia.

Music lovers from all over the world gather in the Swiss Alps.

Nine days of pop and rock music on the Piazza Grande in Locarno, one of the most spectacular squares in Europe.

Nearly 250,000 spectators come to the Festival each year, enjoying a breathtaking setting, concerts with renowned acoustics and numerous free stages.

Experience a week filled with music, inspiration, and cultural encounters at the Andermatt Concert Hall.

From July 8 to August 22, 2026, the Thunerseespiele will present GREASE, one of the most successful musicals of all time, for the first time as an open-air musical in Switzerland.

Menuhin Festival Gstaad brings international classical music to the Saanenland every summer. Over 60 concerts combine top-class artists, up-and-coming talent and special venues.

53rd Concert Season | Flow

For over six weeks, Bellinzona's Urban Park will be enlivened by a new summer arena designed as a gathering space, with concerts, entertainment, and activities for everyone.

From June 30 to July 18, you can once again experience world stars and new discoveries, regional heroes and culinary delights in the most beautiful courtyard in the city of St.Gallen.

The Festival da Jazz St. Moritz is taking place this summer for the 19th time.

Every year, the Borromeo Music Festival transforms Altdorf into an international hub for chamber music.

Sobrio - The Music Village (Leventina Valley)

More than 20 unique events from April to September throughout the Valais.

Now in its sixteenth edition, the Lugano LongLake Festival is one of Switzerland's largest urban open-air festivals.

From July 16 to 25, 2026, LUZERN LIVE will return to Lucerne’s Seebecken for the fourth time.

The music festival in the heart of the Valais.

Enjoy the open-air program in a historical scenery in the moat of Murten.

Every summer, nearly 80,000 music lovers make the pilgrimage to the legendary Gurtenfestival.

In the meantime, the Reeds Festival has grown into the largest reggae and world music festival in Switzerland.

Blues to Bop, part of the Lugano LongLake Festival, is the event that has been celebrating the blues in Lugano since 1989: every summer, it brings free concerts featuring local and international

Das 30. Postplatz Festival wird am 17. & 18. Juli 2026 in Appenzell durchgeführt. Für das leibliche Wohl sorgen verschiedene Bar- & Foodstände.

Wanton mood und great music in front of a breathtaking scenery! The 5th edition of the SaasFeestival in summer 2026 is not to be missed. From 6:30 p.m. - The Two Romans From 8:30 p.m. - Joya Marleen

The best and most spectacular music and performance groups from around the world will be performing in Basel.

Opera – Symphony orchestra – Chamber music – Solo recitals with famous artists and promising young talents.

Boasting 40 years of experience, this international meeting of young musicians- known today as TICINO MUSICA- long ago became a genuine, fully-fledged festival with more than 80 events in two weeks,

International Chamber Music Festival at Bellinzona Fortress.

The international jazz festival in the Emmental.

The annual chamber music festival BlenioMusica – previously known as Blenio Festival – was born in the summer of 2021 thanks to the initiative of the young pianist and artistic director Susanna

All styles of music and the most famous international artists are present every summer at Asse during the Paléo Festival. For 6 days in July, 230,000 people attend more than 280 concerts.

StradivariFEST Gersau (July 22-26, 2026): Mozart by the lake - touching sounds, magical places and unforgettable moments full of closeness, warmth and musical passion.

«Musicalvaneu» the new festival in Alvaneu The music festival from July 22 - 26, 2026 in Alvaneu village and spa brings people together. It appeals to both young and old as well as all the senses.

Das charmante Festival gehört zu den jährlichen Sommer-Highlights. Internationale und nationale Acts sorgen inmitten der wunderschönen Lumnezia mit ihrer Musik für «plai a mi»-Momente.

Das familienfreundliche Open Air findet in Fahrwangen statt.