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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 [...]
A wrist full of festival armbands on the “Ride to Live” tour – Greg Parmley at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Greg Parmley is a man on a mission. A mission to visit as many music festivals as he can across Europe in one month. He began his trip on June 24th at Glastonbury in the UK, went straight on to “Hard Rock Calling” and [...]
Happy Easter to all Living in Nyon readers! Here are just a selection of events coming up in the area in April and May. More events will be posted on here in the next few days. Included in this post are photos taken recently in and around the Nyon area and at last Sunday’s Easter market. 29th April [...]
A reminder that there will be another “male trailing spouse” meet up tonight the 12th April in Les Brasseurs pub in Nyon at 20:00. If you are a male accompanying spouse and you want to meet others in the same situation, then either just turn up at the pub or email Michael Shevlin who is [...]
Photo above: Jack Johnson (courtesy of Paléo festival) The line up for Paléo 2011 has now been revealed and as ever there’s an interesting mix of music on offer from around the world. This year in particular there is plenty on the programme for Anglophones with big names such as Jack Johnson, James Blunt, [...]
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 [...]
A new book on Paléo is now out! The book called “La magie de l’ephémère” has been launched to celebrate 35 years of Nyon’s famous music festival. The book is full of photos of the festival over the years: the crowd, the artists, behind the scenes, the installations, the village du monde, the volunteers. The book (in French) would [...]
. Living in Nyon was very sorry to read in this week’s La Côte newspaper that “Disque Service” the music and instrument shop in Nyon is to close. The shop which has been a mainstay in the town for thirty years (and the editor’s shop source for buying Paléo tickets!) will close its doors next week. [...]
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 [...]
Scottish country dancing in Nyon! Time to get the kilt out! # Follow @lifeinnyon
