Swiss Music at the Reeperbahn Festival 18 – 21 September 2019
Heatwave – what heatwave? The Reeperbahn Festival will be hotter, and that’s guaranteed. Launched in 2006, the Reeperbahn has established itself in double quick time as the largest club festivals in Europe and also one of the most important music industry platforms in the world. The music programme with its mixture of fresh talent and […]
Paléo-Festival Nyon – 23 – 28 July 2019
The Paléo is one of our favourite festivals, and not just because it takes place on the front porch of our French Swiss office in Nyon. Beautifully situated in the green fields alongside Lake Geneva, what the Paléo offers goes way beyond mere music. Loved for its adventurous programming policy that has always ranged from […]
Electron Genève – 25 April – 5 May 2019
The electronic music scene is thriving in the French part of Switzerland, and with Electron Genève it has created one of the most important gatherings of the European electronica world. Headlined this year by the likes of Laurent Garnier, Adam X and Maya Jane Coles, the festival brings together dozens of established artists as well […]
Celebrating French song at Voix de Fête Geneva – 19 – 24 March 2019
The Voix de Fête conference/festival was launched in 1999 to celebrate music-making in the whole of the Francophone world. Having grown considerably in size and importance since the early days, this year no fewer than 230 music business professionals from France, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland will come together to enjoy live performances by more than […]
Changes at SME and FCMA
Everybody knows Marc Ridet, right? Well, with the turning of the year, our, and our partner organisation FCMA’s, esteemed director has become our much-admired ex-director. Retiring after twenty years at the helm of FCMA, and 16 years with Swiss Music Export, Marc will continue to work in the music world as an independent consultant and […]
Swiss Music Export at MaMA Paris – 17 – 19 October 2018
Paris in the autumn is pretty nice by itself. Add MaMA Festival & Convention to the mix, and the lure becomes irresistible. Staged in various locations around Montmartre and Pigalle, two of the most colourful areas of Paris, the MaMA is easily the most glamorous event in the yearly cycle of music business get-togethers. Attracting more than […]
Label Suisse Festival, 14 – 16 September 2018, Lausanne Switzerland
Label Suisse is a free festival organised in corporation with Swiss Music Export, Fondation CMA and a number of other funding organisation with the aim to represent Swiss music in all its abundant stylistic and linguistic variety. Promising a 360 degree programme, the festival reflects all types of music, from rock, pop, folk and electro […]
SME @ Paléo Festival, Nyon – 17 – 22 July 2018
Incredibly, it’s the Paléo Festival’s 43rd edition this year! Such longevity wouldn’t have been possible if this wasn’t such a special event indeed. It begins with the location, the gorgeous green fields near the North banks of Lake Geneva. And it continues with a music programme that is amongst the most diverse, colourful and thus […]
Printemps de Bourges, France – 24 – 29 April 2018 – this time with added Swissness
Spring’s in the air, and so is Printemps de Bourges, the bijou festival in the centre of France designed to celebrate and support all forms of Francophone song writing. And this time round, the event is even more special to us at Swiss Music Export than usual. This is because Switzerland is the festival’s featured […]
Exploring the Francophone music scene with Voix de Fète Genève 20 – 26 March 2017, Geneva
Now in its 19th year, the Voix de Fête conference/festival is a celebration of music-making in the Francophone world. With its policy that 40% of the live acts should be up-and-coming artists from Switzerland, it is also designed to create a platform for home-grown talents to present their work to a large number of visiting […]
