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 Palo 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 Cinlac, open-air film festival, Jul-Aug, Port Noir, Lake Geneva Et 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 Ftes de Genve, street parades, street theatre and fireworks (website: www.fetes-de-geneve.ch), early Aug, throughout the city Le Btie Festival, music and theatre (website: www.batie.ch), late Aug-mid-Sep, Batie Woods Cinma 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 Fte 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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