Paléo Music Festival
The programme for the Paléo music festival was announced yesterday, with many big names playing throughout the 6 day music fest from Franz Ferdinand to the The Prodigy to Tracy Chapman .
The moon over one of the Paléo music tents in 2008
This festival which takes place in 84 hectares of ground above Nyon from the 21st-26th July is an important one in the Swiss music calendar when hundreds of thousands of music fans come here to listen to a week of rock, pop, folk, rap, reggae, hip hop and world music. Such is its popularity that tickets sell out fast, so mark next Wednesday the 22nd down in your calendar. Tickets go on sale from midday onwards and those in the know stand in line that day, sometimes up to an hour before, at outlets around the country. You can also buy tickets on line too. The Paléo website has all the details and the full line up, and the site has an English translation.
Book Sale
Next week on Friday 24th (10.00- 19:00) and Saturday 25th April (10:00-17:00) the Geneva English Library holds its twice yearly annual book sale, it’s a great opportunity to pick up second hand books, CDs, DVDs and audio books and collectors items. There’s always delicious homebaked goods in the tea room too.
Documentary Film Festival
The signs have now gone up around the town for the Visions du Réel festival, the documentary festival that takes place in Nyon from the 23rd of April to the 29th. There will be a lot more information on this next week with movie reviews and updates.
