Fêtes de Genève
| Geneva Festival Fêtes de Genève | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music concerts, fairground attractions, fireworks |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Next event | 31 July to 10 August 2014 |
| Organised by | Fondation Genève tourisme et congrès |
| Website | |
| www.fetesdegeneve.ch | |
The Fêtes de Genève (Geneva Festival) is an annual summer event in Geneva, Switzerland. It includes a grand fireworks display.
History
The Fêtes de Genève started during the first half of the twentieth century.
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 Léman. The event is free although it has a budget of 500,000 to 700,000 Swiss francs.[1] The fireworks involves about forty firing stations on the lake and about 30,000 rockets; they are about one-hour long and are accompanied by music.
In 2013, according to the Radio télévision suisse, hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fêtes de Genève.[2] The Swiss Federal Railways organise special trains to bring the spectators home after the fireworks.[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ Les traditionnels feux d'artifice des Fêtes de Genève ont attiré la foule, Radio télévision suisse, 10 August 2014 (page visited on 10 August 2014).
- ↑ "Une heure de feux genevois sur le thème des conquêtes", www.rts.ch.
- ↑ Fêtes de Genève – fireworks display, www.sbb.ch.
See also
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