The tents are in place, the bands are beginning to arrive and everything is set for three days of rocking as Longirock begins today. This one off rock festival is taking place up in the beautiful area of Longirod and has attracted some big names of rock from The Scorpions to the Young Gods, Skunk Anansie to Juliette Lewis. There are Swiss bands playing too, so if you want to hear Swiss rock, Longirock is also the place to be.
On Saturday, Gogol Bordello are due to play (this band proved extremely popular when they played at previous rock festivals in the area). See this U tube video of them here.
Some nights are for fans of heavy rock, punk and heavy metal, some nights for a slightly “softer” sound, but rock is the focus of all three nights. There are covered tents for the bands and audience so the weather shouldn’t stop the music, but it is obviously advisable to dress warmly and wear sensible shoes. Along with the music there will be stands for food, bars, merchandising etc. There has also been an art contest for this festival with big prize money for the winners. Their work will be shown in an open air exhibition on site.
The Longirock website is in English to find out more about the festival. Tickets are still available online or at the festival site. This is a one off festival when for three days, the village of Longirod and area of just 400 people will host up to 40,000 so don’t miss out!
How to get up to Longirod. Free transport has been arranged from Gland and Bassins (see below)
By car:
From Lausanne: Take the A1 motorway direction Geneva. Take exit Aubonne, direction Aubonne and Gimel. From Gimel follow signs to festival.
From Geneva: Take the A1 motorway direction Lausanne. Take exit Gland, direction Begnins / Marchairruz. Pass through Vich, Begnins, Burtigny and Marchissy. From Marchissy follow signs to festival.
Car sharing: you can organise car sharing on e-covoiturage.ch. More information in “Car sharing” section.
Public transport : A free transfer system will be put in place between the train station of Gland and the festival. The same service will be available from the train station of Bassins along the Nyon St-Cergue train line. More details and the time table can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Longirock site.
DaithíÓ says
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