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 at the Usine a Gaz in Nyon
The ADAC association will be presenting an evening of student’s work. ADAC (academie of arts créatifs) is a non profit association and runs a series of workshops for students of all ages from 8 to 80! Workshops include design, digital photography, modern dance, ceramic workshops, painting, drum, percussion and electrical guitar and courses are held at various venues right in the centre of Nyon. There will be more on ADAC later on Living in Nyon, in the meantime why not go along to the evening to find out more or see their website. Many of the teachers on these workshops speak English. See the Adac website here or watch the video at the end of this post see examples of the student’s work.
Tulip festival in Morges
The Tulip festival in Morges is well under way now in the Parc de L’independance and with over 150,000 bulbs planted over and area of 30,000 m2 it’s a sight worth seeing! See the Morges website for more details.
Photo above: Courtesy Jardins en Fête
Jardins en Fête in Coppet
Just a few miles in the other direction in Coppet on the 6th, 7th and 8th May the annual Jardins en Fête will take place in the ground of the lovely Château de Coppet (photo above). This Fête is open to all garden lovers, both amateur and professional. For the third year running, gardeners can show off their skills by creating temporary gardens in the grounds in the Laurent Perrier competition. This year the theme for the competition will be “Jardins à croquer” (roughly translated “a garden that you want to bite into and and want to eat!”) There is also a competition for flower arrangers which is open to amateur arrangers.
The theme to this year’s show is “Potagers” and the potager of the Chateau of Prangins will be guest of honour at this fête as it has its own potager modelled on an 18th century design.
The gardens will be open on Friday 6th May 10:00-19:00 Saturday 7th 10:00- 18:00 Sunday 10:00- 18:00
Entry 12 CHF ( 9 CHF students, A.V.S etc ) See site for more details
There will be over 100 exhibitors at this event and set in such a stunning setting makes for a lovely day out!
Paléo tickets – Did you miss out on obtaining tickets for Paléo this year?
Here is the latest press release from Paléo on two opportunities to obtain tickets
To fight against the black market for Paléo tickets, the Festival organises the traditional «bourse aux billets» on the Paleo website and this will be launched on 4 May at 12:00. This will make it possible for anybody to sell and or buy tickets safely and at a fair price. Also, 1,500 tickets will be on sale each morning of the festival at 9:00 for the same night, on the Paléo website and through Ticketcorner outlets (no phone orders). No tickets will be sold on site
Mobile clinic for bone density checks in Nyon.
There will be a mobile clinic present in Nyon on the 2nd and 3rd May in Rue Juste Oliver 9, organised by the Osteoporosis Foundation (based in Nyon). The clinic will offer information and free bone density checks amongst other things. See the website for more info .
Music Festival – “Giron des Musiques” in Coppet May 13-15 th
Big music festival from comedy shows to band music to traditional jazz to grand parade throughout the town of Coppet see full programme here
British Swiss Chamber of Commerce (Geneva chapter) events coming up in May
Monday 9th May 2011 A Great British Breakfast with Christa Markwalder, Conseillère Nationale (Berne)
“Politics Meets Business” under the auspices of the BSCC’s Public Affairs Commission “What are Switzerland’s options in the politics of the EU?” Registration & Buffet from 07.45 – 08.45, Hotel Bristol
Wednesday 11th May 2011: Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt.
Business Ambassador at UK Trade & Investment; Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry (2000–06); Minister of State for U.K. Trade & Investment (2007–08).
“The World is moving fast ….. where does that leave Europe?”
11.45 Apéritifs, 12.15 Lunch, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Monday 16th May 2011: Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-General
“Future Directions of the Commonwealth”
11.45 Aperitifs, 12.15 Lunch, Le Richemond
Thursday 19th May 2011: UK Permanent Mission Special Business Briefing
The briefing will be hosted by Phil Tissot, UK Deputy Permanent Representative and will have two themes:
An update on key WTO negotiations and how this might affect UK business and he Middle-East and Maghreb:Impact on the UK Mission’s activities in Geneva. This event is free for BSCC Members and their guests.
Tuesday 24th May 2011: Great British Breakfast with Ingrid Deltenre
Director-General, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Registration & Buffet from 07.45 – 08.45 – Hotel Bristol
For all BSCC events see their website
Adac video (see first event on this page)