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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 [...]
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 [...]
In front and behind each stage at the start of every Paléo concert, there are always a handful of photographers taking shots of the bands, the singers and the action. Many of these official photographers work with the big photo agencies such as Keystone and Reuters etc. However, Paléo also employs three photographers to record the events of the 6 day festival. One of these is [...]
Paléo finished last night here in Nyon with a big firework display to end the 2011 edition. This year, the festival hit the 5 million spectator mark since the festival began in 1976. Photo above – Joaquin Diaz in concert in the Dome tent . Audio report summing up festival You can hear a summing up of the six days [...]
Friday night’s Paléo is reviewed by Jérémy Binz who went to see bands performing on the smaller stages at the festival. Check out out his review of Wednesday night at Paléo here. The weather brightened up a lot more on Friday afternoon that it soon became actually quite sunny at Paléo and even wearing jeans seemed a little too much. The sun helped [...]
There was a significant Cuban influence to the music at some of Thursday night’s concerts at Paléo. Firstly, the group “Afrocubism“ blended traditional Cuban sound with music from Mali to an audience in the Chapiteau tent. Later on, over in the “Dome”, the very talented Raul Paz from Cuba played to a packed audience and to much applause. “One of the best concerts so far this [...]
Photo above: The crowd watching Portishead. Each year Living in Nyon, features reviews from other writers who give their impression of Paléo. Last year Jonas Parson, the “barefoot writer”, reviewed each evening’s concerts. This year its the turn of Jérémy Binz, a 20 year old student at the University of Geneva (studying for a degree in International Relations). Jeremy is Swiss/British and lives in [...]
Here are a few images of the second night of Paléo. Full report on the evening, Angus and Julia Stone, Portishead, etc coming up soon. Above - Los de Abajo performing in the Dome tent last night All photos - Catherine Nelson-Pollard
The ground was wet underfoot, and there were lots of wellington boots and rain gear in evidence last night at Paléo, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of the crowds, and fortunately the rain held off for most of the evening. The bands still continued to play in tents, on stages and across the festival grounds. “Patrice and the Superpowers” got the crowd warmed [...]
Update 11:00 Tuesday There is a now a rain contingency plan in place for those intending to go to Paléo by car -see end of this post. The weather maybe a little unsettled right now (and it’s set to stay that way for the next few days), but hopefully Paléo will be injecting a little bit of a [...]
Musical tuition for adults and children. Classical and Jazz concerts.
Lake Leman International School
A new IB-school in Morges.
Local Nyon Hairdressers.
Claire speaks English.
Real estate for the international, English speaking community
International school in the centre of Lausanne
for 11-18 year olds
A centre of excellence for students with learning differences
British Cheese for sale in Switzerland
Your Ideal College
Guidance for entry to US+UK universities.
Some great workshops at the Geneva Writers' Conference today. # Follow @lifeinnyon
