Montreux Jazz in full flow and free Jazz in Nyon

The Montreux Jazz festival opened at the weekend with its big line up of bands and stars. However if you haven't got tickets or don't want to trek down to the other end of the lake for music, don't forget there are free music concerts in Nyon every weekend in July and the first week of August. These concerts alternate in different outside venues across the town. This Friday 10 July there is the Boogy Woogie Piano Jacquis Covo Trio by the Fontaine Maitre Jaques, on Saturday there's Afro Cuban music with Siga Volando by the Fontaine du Molard, and on Sunday next to the Cafe Latino, the Ochumare Quartet will be performing Latin Jazz music. This weekend there will also be the opportunity for selected young musicians (aged 16 and 17) to perform in public when the main band takes a break. All concerts start at 20:00. Check out other concerts over the summer on the Rive Jazzy website or pick up the brochure which has full details in from the Nyon tourist office.