Fêtes de Genève
| Geneva Festival Fêtes de Genève | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music concerts, fairground attractions, fireworks |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Years active | 1947–2017 Grand Fireworks continue to present |
| Organised by | Fondation Genève tourisme et congrès |
| Website | www.fetesdegeneve.ch |
The Fêtes de Genève (Geneva Festival) was an annual summer event in Geneva, Switzerland. It included a grand fireworks display.
History
The Fêtes de Genève started during the first half of the twentieth century. Having suffered financial losses in 2016 and 2017, the festival was abandoned as of 2018.[1] However, the grand fireworks still takes place; it was held on 11 August in 2018[2] and on 10 August in 2019.
Grand firework display
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Every year, on a Saturday evening of mid-August, the Geneva Festival presented a grand fireworks display (French: grand feu d'artifice pyromélodique) over Lake Geneva. The event was free although it had a budget of 500,000 to 700,000 Swiss francs.[3] The fireworks involved about forty firing stations on the lake and about 30,000 rockets; they were about one-hour long and accompanied by music.
In 2013, according to the Radio télévision suisse, hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fêtes de Genève.[4] The Swiss Federal Railways organize special trains to bring the spectators home after the fireworks.[5]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Party over: Geneva ditches summer festival plans", The Local, 15 February 2018 (page visited on 15 July 2018).
- ^ The grand fireworks, official website of the city of Geneva, 2018 (page visited on 15 July 2018).
- ^ Les traditionnels feux d'artifice des Fêtes de Genève ont attiré la foule, Radio télévision suisse, 10 August 2014 (page visited on 10 August 2014).
- ^ "Une heure de feux genevois sur le thème des conquêtes", www.rts.ch.
- ^ Fêtes de Genève – fireworks display, www.sbb.ch.
External links
- Official website
- Official page of the grand fireworks
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