The Paléo Is Back
At last – after its two-year exile in the virtual world, the Glastonbury of Switzerland is back. Blessed with an idyllic location in the beautiful green fields near Lake Geneva, anyone who has ever been to the Paléo Festival will want to return again and again. An adventurous programming policy that takes in anything from […]
The Swiss at Le Printemps – 19 – 24 April 2022, Bourges France
At last, the Printemps de Bourges – one of Swiss Music Export’s very favourite boutique festivals – returns to real life! First staged in 1977, the Printemps is here to support all forms of Francophone music. This year, the French part of Switzerland is represented by four acts: Psycho Weazel, Flèche Love, Vendredi Sur Mer, […]
SME at Printemps de Bourges – 16 – 21 April 2019
There can’t be many more picturesque places to celebrate spring than Printemps de Bourges, the ace festival in the middle of France designed to support all forms of Francophone music. Swiss Music Export has enjoyed Bourges’s legendary hospitality for fifteen years now. Of course, we’re back for the latest edition. AND we’re super pleased to […]
Flèche Love discovers her freedom
After several years as a member of Geneva’s post-Queen/Balkan/synth outfit Kadebostany, Flèche Love regards her first solo album as a “rebirth” and “a big let go”. “Naga Part 1” is released on 1 March via Le Label/PIAS & Musique Sauvage. Sporting an impressive armoury of Berber tattoos on the album cover, the press blurb describes Amina […]
Swiss Artists at Eurosonic Groningen Netherlands – 16 – 19 January 2019
It’s the beginning of a new year which means: it’s Eurosonic-time. What better way to celebrate the survival of the feeding frenzy that is the “festive period” than taking a trip to Groningen! Last year, more than 4’000 representatives from all corners of the music industry in 42 countries attended the conference. 37 EBU radio […]
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 […]
Swiss Music Export special guest at Printemps de Bourges! 24 – 29 April 2018, Bourges France
This year, Switzerland is a special guest at the bijou Printemps de Bourges festival in the heart of France! On Friday, 27 April, SME will present three acts on the Swiss Stage on the Grande Scène Séraucourt. Xtrm Tour – 18:45 Orchestre Tout Puissant Marchel Duchamp XXL – 20:00 Kadebostany – 21:15 Already official is the appearance of Flèche […]
Discover the (Swiss) future at Bars en Trans, 7 – 9 December 2017, Rennes France
The „big“ Transmusicales is not the only festival taking place in Rennes during this early December week. There is also the „Bars en Trans„. A much more intimate affair, this „off-Transmusicales“ series of events is transforming a number of city centre bars into music venues ideally suited to create an audience for up-and-coming voices who […]
Swiss Music Export goes to MaMA 18 – 20 October 2017, Pigalle & Montmartre, Paris, France
Swiss Music Export wants a rendez-vous with you in Paris! It is said that Paris in the autumn is one of the most romantic places on earth. Be that as it may – it is certainly one of the musically most exciting! The autumnal MaMA Festival & Conference is one of the most glamorous events in […]
