Tickets still available for Neil Young, Alt J, Dizzee Rascal etc at Paléo. Vote on 1st May for teenage DJs to play at Caribana

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Photo above – Alt J – courtesy Paléo There are are still some tickets  available for Paléo for Tuesday 23 July and Friday 26th July. On the programme for Tuesday are: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Phoenix (Indie Pop),  Sophie Hunger, Alt J, Palma Violets, Mama Rosin and more. See full line up here Friday’s [...]

From Santana, Blur and Nick Cave to Palma Violets, The Skints and Alt-J: Established Rock Stars and Rising Talents for Paleo Festival’s 38th Edition

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  Paleo festival revealed the line-up for its 38th edition this morning in Nyon, at the Uni Global headquarters in the centre of town. Daniel Rosselat introduced the press conference by expressing the hope that the sun shining outside would prove a good omen for the weather during the Festival itself, which will take place [...]

1260+ News from Nyon and Beyond – From School Holiday dates to Swiss Wines to the new Paléo stage

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We have been scouring other Swiss websites for a selection of news and articles that will interest Living in Nyon readers in our section called 1260+ (Nyon and beyond). Nyon News is at the end of this post Know it All Passport  School holidays –  Ûseful Dates – It’s the school holidays in Geneva this [...]

Neil Young And Crazy Horse To Play At Paleo Festival !

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Neil Young And Crazy Horse To Play At Paleo Festival ! Earlier this month, Paleo confirmed that this year’s edition will start with what promises to be an amazing concert by rock’n’roll legend Neil Young.  20 years after his last concert on the plain of l’Asse, he will be performing his latest album, Psychedelic Pill, with [...]

Interview with Daniel Rossellat, Mayor of Nyon and President of Paléo Festival

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Photo above – Daniel Rossellat at Paléo 2102 Living in Nyon has begun a new series of interviews entitled “Afternoon Tea with…”  in which we interview local personalities from the Nyon and la Côte region. We find out a little bit more about the professional and personal lives of each individual over afternoon tea. Photo [...]

Paléo and Caribana Festivals 2013 – week long passes on sale in December

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The Poster for the 2013 Paléo Festival Nyon was launched last week, you can read all about its design and about Marion Erard, the student who designed the poster here. Paléo will take place next year from 23rd to 28th July.  The line-up will be revealed on Tuesday 16 April and tickets go on sale  on Wednesday [...]

Cooke, Caravan Palace and Kravitz – Charisma at Paléo, plus Nyon’s outdoor cinema

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Nyon is a little quieter now that the majority of the fans who came to the town for Paléo have gone home.  The signs for the festival are being taken down around the town, so that’s it for another year. 2013′s Paléo will take place from the 23rd to the 28th July, and the music [...]

The Facts and Figures on Paléo – From the attendance, to the budget

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Photo - C. Nelson-Pollard

Paléo 2012 came to an end last night having attracted over 230,000 festival-goers over the six day period. There will be more reviews and photos of some of this year’s concerts coming up on this site, in the interim, here are a few facts and figures about the festival itself. Since 1976 there have been [...]

R for rain, R for Rodrigo y Gabriela

Dancing in the rain  at Paléo - Photo C. Nelson-Pollard

Yesterday the weather seemed to abandon festival-goers, as the sky was grey and it started raining in the evening. People looked slightly less high spirited – you can see a week of wild merry-making starting to exact its toll on some and the rain, falling quite heavily by now, seemed to dampen everybody’s spirits. A [...]

Performing with the Circus at Paléo and Honey-flavoured Beer.

Jonas performing in the L'Elastique Citrique
Photo Copyright Paléo / Elena Hasse - ETAP

Jonas Parson reviews Thursday night at Paléo. As I have mentioned in earlier articles, this week is quite a special one for me at Paléo as I’m working as a circus performer with the L’Elastique Citrique on top of writing for Living In Nyon and enjoying the festival. L’Elastique Citrique is Nyon’s local circus school, [...]