Check out the hairstyles, fashion and music back then!
As part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Paléo, the festival, in collaboration with Radio Television Suisse, has released a montage of films highlighting the festival over the years. Check out a very young Daniel Rossellat (president of the festival and current mayor of Nyon) announcing the first Nyon “folk festival” to the press in 1976. Spot the backdrop of the château before it was renovated in the late 1990’s. Rossellat is wearing a checked shirt in the interview, an item of clothing that still remains his trademark today.
In the films (click here to see them all ) you can see clips of many bands from James Brown to Jamiroquai and even a quick glimpse of Oasis whose appearance in July 2000 made the news across the world when they stormed off stage mid-concert. Read here about the background to this incident in a 2013 Living in Nyon interview with Chris Parson, the English translator for the festival.
The very first festival was held in the Salle Communale in Nyon, it then moved down to the lakeside before moving up to the L’Asse grounds and it has now become one of the significant music festivals in Europe. Below are some Paléo statistics which make interesting reading. Don’t forget the big Paléo party in town tomorrow, the 18th July.
Paléologie – 1976 à 1982 par paleo
Since 1976
- 39 festivals
- 2,990 artists
- 4,033 shows
- 5,706,154 spectators
In 2014, Paléo Festival Nyon involved
- 230,000 spectators
- 1,469 musicians and technicians
- 257 shows on 7 stages and animations
- 4,753 volunteers
- 1 area of 84 hectares (including the camping and the parking)
- 9000 campers each day
- 222 stall-holders and 54 bars
- 69 salaried staff (46 FTE full time employees)
- 610 journalists, photographers and media representatives:
- 239 newspapers, websites, magazines, record companies, TV and radio channels
- 29 Swiss and international Television
- 53 radio stations
- 13 Record companies
- 239 newspapers, websites, magazines, record companies, TV and radio channels
- A budget of 24 million Swiss Francs
Internet
- 2,295,503 visitors between August 2013 and August 2014 (source: Google Analytics)
- 123,000 regular subscribers to the Festival’s newsletter at 1st August 2014
- 86,245 Facebook fans at 1st August 2014
Ticketing
- 75% of tickets sold via paleo.ch (print-at-home system).
Paléo respects the environment
- 1,455,000 washable cups produced by Paléo since 2009.
- 45% of those present at the Festival use public transport or soft mobility to get here in 2014.
- 51% of the waste was sorted in 2014 (15% in 2000).
- Paléo uses 100% green energy.
Spectator profile
Figures presented below are taken from a survey conducted by the Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève (face to face interviews) from a representative sample of spectators during the Paléo Festival Nyon 2013.
Origin
- Nyon district 23%
which Nyon and surroundings* 12% - State of Vaud (without Nyon district) 28%
- State of Geneva 28%
- Other French speaking States 9%
- German speaking part of CH and Ticino 3%
- Foreign countries 9%
* Duillier, Eysins, Grens, Prangins, Signy-Avenex, Trélex
Age
- Under 20 years: 16%
- Between 20 and 29 years: 33%
- Between 30 and 39 years: 21%
- Between 40 and 49 years: 14%
- Over 50 years: 16%
Average age of the spectators is 33 years.
Half the spectators are younger than 30 years of age.
Loyalty
- 13% discovers Paléo for the first time.
- 49% of the public had already taken part in more than 5 editions of the Festival.
- 99% of the public is considering as a certainty (84%) or a possibility (15%) of coming back the following year.
Satisfaction
- 98% of the public present said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the way they were received on site.
- 96% of the public present thought the offer of food and drinks was either good or excellent.
