Fêtes de Genève

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Geneva Festival
Fêtes de Genève
Genre Music concerts, fairground attractions, fireworks
Frequency Annual
Location(s) Geneva, Switzerland
Organised by Fondation Genève tourisme et congrès
Website
www.fetesdegeneve.ch
Women walk hand in hand.
Maintenance workers and their float
Participants in the 1968 parade
Photos by George Garrigues

The Fêtes de Genève (Geneva Festival) is an annual summer event in Geneva, Switzerland.

History

Concerts

Grand firework display

Every year, on a Saturday evening of mid-August, the Geneva Festival presents a grand fireworks display (French: grand feu d'artifice pyromélodique) over Lake Geneva. The event is free. It is about one-hour long and is accompanied by music.

The Swiss Federal Railways organise special trains to bring the spectators home after the fireworks.[1]

According to Radio télévision suisse, in 2013, hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fêtes de Genève.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fêtes de Genève – fireworks display, www.sbb.ch
  2. ↑ "Une heure de feux genevois sur le thème des conquêtes", www.rts.ch

See also

External links

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