Special Events
World of Golf, Golf Exhibition, Jan, Palexpo International Motor Show, Mar, Palexpo International Exhibition of Inventions, new techniques and products exhibition, early Apr, Palexpo Geneva International Fair for Books, press and multimedia fair, late Apr, Palexpo Europ’Art, international art fair, late Apr, Palexpo Music Festival, mid-Jun, many venues Bol d’Or Regatta, mid-Jun (weekend), Port Noir, Lake Geneva to Le Bouveret and back Paléo Festival, music festival, last full week of Jul, Nyon Fourth of July Celebrations, the largest outside the USA, 4 Jul, throughout the city Montreux Jazz Festival, Jul, Montreux Cinélac, open-air film festival, Jul-Aug, Port Noir, Lake Geneva Eté Musicale (Musical Summer), live concerts and recitals, Jul-Sep, various venues National Day, fireworks, bonfire and dancing, 1 Aug, Reformation Wall and Parc des Bastions Fêtes de Genève, street parades, street theatre and fireworks (website: www.fetes-de-geneve.ch), early Aug, throughout the city Le Bâtie Festival, music and theatre (website: www.batie.ch), late Aug-mid-Sep, Batie Woods Cinéma Tout Ecran, annual international film festival, Oct, various venues International Fair of Minerals, Fossils and Gems, early Oct, Palexpo Geneva Fair, Ideal Home Exhibition, early-mid-Nov, Palexpo Antiques Fair, late Nov, Palexpo Fête de l’Escalade, independence celebrations and parade, 11 Dec (and weekend nearest to the 11th), throughout the city Course de l’Escalade (the Escalade Run), 11 Dec, throughout the city
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