Festivals of Switzerland
Running parallel to the natural beauty and cultural diversity, Switzerland Festivals run throughout the year. Listing them all or naming them all is a difficult thing to do for a person.
Festivals in Switzerland are distinguished according to region, city and month.
Most of the international events are often themed on sport, music and art. Swiss peoples with great enthusiasm also celebrate many local events.
One of the famous local events among Swiss peoples is honoring local saint. In each region or town, a day of year is kept to honor local saint. Many local festivals celebrating, wine and food are also memorable experience to enjoy.
Montreux Jazz Festival, the biggest music show held in the month of July is world famous. Rock,
dance,
Jazz and many other forms of music are the high point of this music festival.
Top artists from all over the Europe show their skills every year in Orthodox Jazz festival of Berne. Similar is the attraction of Zurich's Street Parade that attracts large number of techno revelers from all over Europe.
Luzern International Festival held in the month of August is the classical music event Locarno International Film Festival is among one of the best film festival of the world.
Among traditional festivals, carnival in mid-February is highly popular. it features huge street parties in Luzern, Bern and Basel mainly, along with Lugano and Zurich.
Of the more traditional festivals, carnival, in mid-February, features huge street parties in Luzern, Basel and Bern in particular, with Zürich, Lugano and smaller towns also mounting parades.
Spring festivals in Zürich and Lausanne, and autumn harvest festivals all round the country, keep alive traditions of costume and cuisine stretching back to the Middle Ages. Some of the moveable events worth looking out for include Schwingen, traditional .
Swiss wrestling that’s hugely popular in rural areas and is generally accompanied by traditional markets, beer-quaffing and hearty sausage-feasting (see also sport and activities).
Weekends devoted to Schwingen championships take place all over the centre and east of the country at various dates between April and September – either ask at tourist offices or keep your eyes peeled for posters and flyers.
There are also many yodelling events through the springtime, culminating in the annual Swiss Alpine Yodelling Championships, held in early July in a different town each year.
Traditional Swiss wrestling is a very popular event in rural areas. Spring festivals of Zurich and Lausanne and harvest festival in autumn are other events, which help in keeping the traditional flavor of Festivals in Switzerland alive.
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