Caribana announce Keziah Jones for 2012 line up. Mama Rosin play Nyon tonight

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  Caribana (the summer music festival down by the lake in Crans sur Celigny) have announced that Keziah Jones will play as part of the line up on Saturday 9th June 2012.   Caribana will also be opening a permanent festival office in Nyon on the 2oth December and they invites music lovers to visit the office that evening during the late shopping [...]

“Living along Lac Léman” book is now for sale! – The perfect gift for everyone.

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Tuesday evening in Nyon saw the official launch of  the book “Living along Lac Léman”. Thankyou so much to all those who came to the Villa Thomas at the COV for the vernissage/launch. Photos above. Happy book fans!   The venue in the stunning lake side setting made it the perfect place to launch the book. It also gave readers of [...]

From sassy Solange la Frange to sultry Skye of Morcheeba – Images of Caribana Night 3

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  Photo above (cnp).  Backing singers Plan B  It was another good night at Caribana on Friday, the weather stayed mostly dry and the crowd were in an “end of the working” week party mood. There was an eclectic mix of music on offer from Plan B, to Morcheeba, OMD, to Swiss Solange la Frange (from Vevey).  Morcheeba [...]

Caribana and other local events over the next few days.

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Caribana the music festival continues over in Crans sur Nyon (report of last night – see end of this post) . Tonight’s line up include Plan B (winner of  the 2011  Brit Awards best male artist award), Morcheeba, Solange le Frange, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the dark and more, see full programme here. A reminder that [...]

Chill in the air and wellies needed but a warm welcome from crowd at Caribana

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Even though there was a bit of a chill in the air and mud on the ground, it didn’t stop music lovers from heading off to Caribana last night. Boots and wellies were very much in evidence as were rainjackets (free rain ponchos were made available at the Caribana stand. Photo above  cnp – The [...]

Caribana starts today! Tickets still available -Texas, Justin Nozuka, Marc Sway tonight.

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Caribana, the first of the summer music festivals in the Nyon area begins tonight down on the lakeside in Crans sur Nyon. At the moment of going to press there were still tickets for sale for all five nights. The weather forecast is set to improve just a little this afternoon, but best take rain gear and [...]

Caribana – Music for all ages from Kool and the Gang to OMD to Misty Miller

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Photo above:  The “biotiful” range of Caribana T shirts 2011. The full line up for the 21st edition of Caribana music festival is now out and reveals a programme of music and styles to suit all ages. For those that want to reminisce, ”Get Down On It” and boogie, Kool and the Gang  will be performing on the Grande [...]

Music festival dates for your diary 2011:Paléo line up soon to be revealed. Caribana:Texas,Justin Nozuka,Morcheeba and more

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Photo above: the famous sunflower field at Paléo – an annual tradition In just over three weeks time (on April 5th), the line up for the Paléo music festival will be revealed. For those of you new to the Nyon area, Paléo is Europe’s second biggest outdoor music festival. It takes place just above Nyon and attracts [...]

Mama Rosin spotted by Living in Nyon, perform on “Later with” Jools Holland on BBC 2 this Friday

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Whether it is at Paléo, Caribana,  the Usine a Gaz, Javal or Longirock, Nyon residents are very lucky to have a rich seam of music festivals and venues on their doorstep.  Two years ago, Living in Nyon spotted a Geneva based band called Mama Rosin perform at the small 1306 club in the old town [...]

Stickers needed for Déchèterie in Nyon – Madness close Caribana – Multicultural Nyon

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If you are a Nyon resident and you want to take your recycling to the Nyon déchèterie (recycling centre- dump), from now on you will need to show this this sticker/label in the photo below to enter the grounds. These labels have recently been produced by the council for Nyon residents only. At the moment, people from other communes have also [...]