Switzerland will light up on December 31 to celebrate the arrival of the new year. The opportunity to party with friends, admire the fireworks or dance. Here is a selection of events organized in French-speaking Switzerland to celebrate the New Year.
In Geneva, the traditional fireworks display will be held like every year on the Quai Gustave-Ador. Concerts, DJs, entertainment, bars and food trucks will be there.
In a musical register, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is organizing a concert in an atmosphere reminiscent of Vienna. The music of Johann Strauss Jr., which will resonate in the room, will be performed by the Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund and the Biel-Solothurn Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yannis Pouspourikas.
The Geneva Christmas Circus, located on the Plainpalais plain, offers a dinner show where the antics of the artists will accompany a festive meal. Guests will then be invited to a dance party on the dance floor.
I learn to be proud and silent
In the canton of Vaud, time for the usual New Year's Eve midnight concert inside Lausanne Cathedral, where organist Jean-Christophe Geiser will have concocted a secret program. Accompanied by mulled wine, Lausanne residents will be able to witness the burning of the Cathedral at midnight.
For its part, the Bô Noël market in Lausanne is organizing a giant “silent disco” at Plateforme 10. The public will be able to dance to the sound of their choice thanks to the headphones that everyone will have received.
The Compagnie Générale de Navigation sur le Lac Léman (CGN) invites you to celebrate the New Year with a cruise departing from Ouchy. It is also possible to spend New Year's Eve on a train. Departing from Vallorbe and Lausanne, a wagon from the Roaring Twenties pulled by an electric locomotive will crisscross the mountains while guests enjoy a festive menu.
Torchlight descent
In Valais, the Crans-Montana resort organizes a light show and a festive atmosphere hosted by artists and DJs. In Anzère, the village square will be transformed into a giant dance floor. For its part, Veysonnaz is organizing a torchlight descent, with a mulled wine at the end of the Mayens slope.
At the Cité universitaire in Neuchâtel, a festive meal followed by a large “blindtest” with a giant screen and host will await the public. After midnight, the evening will continue with music.
In a theatrical register, the Revue neuchâteloise offers a show in Colombier. Neuchâtel comedians Cuche and Barbezat will be on stage alongside David Charles, Jenny Lorant, Natalie Grant and Jessie Kobel.
Near Chaux-de-Fonds, the Abeilles company offers the show “L'Emmerdeur” by Francis Veber, a film in which Lino Ventura starred opposite Jacques Brel.
Cruise, ice rink and DJ
In Fribourg, the Fri-Son club promises a festive and friendly atmosphere in a 100% Friborg evening, to end the year on a high note.
In Bienne, the Société de navigation du lac de Bienne takes its guests on a New Year's Eve cruise. The population is also invited to skate until the end of the night thanks to the Silvester Night Paradice, organized on the open-air skating rink on the city's Esplanade.
In the Jura, the Delémont Exhibition Hall will host its usual “mega New Year’s Eve party”. Two rooms will be open to the public to offer two different atmospheres, both hosted by numerous DJs.
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