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 over 230,000 music lovers.
You can read more about Paléo here, its history here and its philosophy and values here . Check the video out at the end of this post to give you a flavour of the festival. You can also read more about the festival through Living in Nyon’s previous coverage of the event. Just click on “Music and Film Festivals – Paléo in the sidebar above, scroll down to “older posts” from the past three years with music reviews and interviews.
The dates for Paléo this year are from the 19th to the 24th July. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday 13th April at 12:00. If you want to go to Paléo, put this date down in your diary as tickets sell out very fast on the day!
Caribana tickets are now on sale!
The other “not to be missed” music event in the area is Caribana which is set along the lake side at Crans sur Nyon. This year it takes place from 8- 12 June 2011. See previous coverage of Caribana under “Music and Film Festivals” in sidebar above.
The line up and tickets are already on sale for some of the nights, these include:
8th June – Justin Nozuka, Texas, Marc Sway
9th June – The Hurts from the UK, Interpol from New York
10th June – Morcheeba
Volunteering at Caribana
Fancy being a volunteer at Caribana? The festival is now recruiting volunteers, young and old to help with a variety of jobs over the five day event. Volunteering is a good way to meet lots of local people and other nationalities and it is also an opportunity to hear some great music too! See the site “Wanted – Nous Recherchons des Bénévoles“.