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Photo above outside Angelika Chollet, the stylish gift and home accessory shop on Nyon’s Rive. The posters and signs are now up around Nyon for Visions du Réel. This is an international documentary film festival which opens on the 20th April and runs through until the 27th, and is a major event in the Nyon calendar. Not only does the festival bring representatives from TV stations [...]
Photo above: Caribana 2012 logo reflected in the merchandising. Caribana Festival revealed its full 2012 music programme today March 28 with, (according to Pascal Vuistiner, press officer for the festival) “an explosive cocktail of music”. This cocktail includes a mix for all music lovers, from the calm acoustic sound of Lucy Rose from the UK playing on the beach stage on the [...]
Photo above: Courtesy ©Les Hivernales 2012 / Niall Macpherson) of The Bianca Story, performing at the club. The barefoot writer is back! Regular readers of Living in Nyon may remember the great reviews of both the atmosphere and the music from Paléo 2010 written by Jonas Parson (a.k.a “the barefoot writer“). Last year Jonas went travelling to Australia and to India and for [...]
Photo above: taken at Geneva Car Show 2012. C. Nelson-Pollard Flat to rent in Crans-Céligny available from 1st May 2012 Ground floor flat, 2 double bedrooms Large bathroom with bath, shower, WC. Separate guest WC Separate laundry & tumble drier. Lounge & beautifully equipped kitchen Garden, patio and large sunny terrace. Double garage. Cave with [...]
Photo above: courtesy Caribana – copyright Robert Leslie Lou Reed, Kasabian and Pony Pony Run Run are the latest names to be added to the line up for this year’s Caribana festival which will take place down by the lakeside in Crans sur Nyon from the 6-10 June. Legendary Lou Reed *returns to Nyon and will [...]
The appropriately named “Les Hivernales” begins today 9th February and continues until Sunday 12th. This winter rock and music festival takes place in various venues across Nyon with live music bands coming from all over Switzerland and further afield. Tonight Nadeah from Australia will be playing at the Parenthese at 20:30. Portobello from Lucerne will playing at [...]
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 [...]
There are three interesting events coming up in the Nyon area this week, from a film set in Finland showing tonight, to a Jazz and Carol concert on Saturday to the Nyon Christmas Market on Sunday. Firstly tonight, Monday night 5th at the Capitole Cinema in Nyon there will be a screening at 20.15 of the film “Steam [...]
The 2012 poster for the Paléo music festival was revealed yesterday. Designed by Aurélien Farina from the University of Applied Science -Art and Design in Geneva (HEAD, HES – SO), the design won the annual competition organised by the school and Paléo. This winning design which will set the overall look of the 37th Paléo edition and will be featured in various forms [...]
Photo above: Commuters at Nyon railway station. Here’s a round up of some of the local news taken from La Côte newspaper, plus a selection of local events coming up in the region. Don’t forget there is a Living in Nyon English column published in La Côte newspaper every Friday. It is a light [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
