In 1602, the Duke of Savoy's troops met with resistance from the people of Geneva. More than 400 years later, the city continues to celebrate this event for an entire weekend. From Friday 9 to Sunday 11 December 2022, Fête de l'Escalade gives the city a new look with parades, concerts, traditions and bonfires. You are very welcome to celebrate one of the oldest traditions in Geneva!

Dancers invent an attitude and an outfit each day. In a continuous spiral movement reminiscent of the planets, the performers exchange clothes, give life to objects and create from the present moment and its accidents. The transformation is permanent, constant and unstoppable. La Riot, Switzerland-based Spanish choreographer, was awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Dance Biennale.

On 12 December 1602 the Savoyards tried to take over the Old Town of Geneva. Come and "climb" the towers of its Cathedral with HappyTogether to admire the streets and alleys from the highest point in the city. Breathtaking view guaranteed!

Jean-Quentin Haefliger, guide and cultural mediator, will take us into the secret corners and tell us many anecdotes. This guided tour will be inclusive and supportive: by paying for your visit you will allow children living in extreme poverty and other neuro-atypicals to enjoy this unique experience.

On the occasion of the winter solstice, MEG welcomes you for an evening of celebration on the longest night of the year.Come and listen to a selection of music chosen from the International Folk Music Archive (AIMP). This evening is an invitation to dream, inspired by a wide variety of musical traditions, in a comfortable setting and atmosphere.

It is with not one, but two exceptional concerts that we will celebrate the year end: the OSR invites us at St Peter Cathedral and Salle Metropole for a moving and harmonic duo of musical experiences: György Ligeti and Mozart. Come enjoy one of the most luminous melodies to have emerged from these geniuses.

Although Switzerland has never had countries under its domination, it has nevertheless collaborated with colonial powers in the appropriation of foreign lands and in the practice of slavery.

At the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Countess Tatiana Zoubov (1923-1957), the Tatiana Zoubov Museum, in collaboration with the Ethnography Museum of Geneva, welcomes us around a sound and olfactory installation created by the Geneva-based composer, narrator and multi-disciplinary ambience artist André Tramoni. He sublimates new perceptions, transforming our experience of the event.