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Top music events
From multi-day festivals with world-class acts to classical and jazz events: much to the locals’ and visitors’ delight, music of every genre booms in Bern.
Classical music festivals
Discover a wide range of classical music festivals throughout the Region of Bern. A varied programme of music awaits, featuring artists from Switzerland and abroad.
Jazz festivals
The choice of jazz, blues and soul concerts in the Region of Bern is immensely varied, ranging from intimate settings to big stages, castle courtyards to basement grooves.
12 – 14 June 2025
Greenfield Festival
Since 2005, the Greenfield Festival in Interlaken has established itself as a musical highlight. Every year, around 40 bands send the crowds into raptures.
27 – 29 June 2025
Internationales Trucker & Country-Festival
Giant trucks, motorbikes parked in precision lines, country music and line dancing: the International Trucker & Country Festival in Interlaken will quicken the pulses of modern-day cowboys and cowgirls.
16 – 19 July 2025
Gurten Festival
The Gurten Festival has come a long way from its first event, when the stage lighting was missing, to being now one of the most important music festivals in Switzerland.
18 July – 6 September 2025
Gstaad Menuhin Festival
What began with two concerts in the church in Saanen in 1957 with Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist of the century, has become one of the largest music festivals in Switzerland: the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
31 July – 9 August 2025
Lakelive Festival Biel
The Lakelive Festival Biel is all about the joys of summer: trying out new water sports, listening to top-quality live music, and sampling a glass of fine regional wine.
7 – 9 August 2025
Buskers Street Music Festival Bern
Creative, uplifting and energetic: Every August, around 150 artistes from all over the world transform the streets of Bern into a delightful summer open-air festival.
7 – 8 August 2025
Niesen Sessions
Bring friends and family and enjoy three nights of great music set against a spectacular panoramic backdrop – at the Niesen Sessions on the Swiss pyramid on Lake Thun.
29– 30 August 2024
Seaside Festival in Spiez
From rock legends to chart toppers and Switzerland’s very own: the Seaside Festival in the bay of Spiez on Lake Thun features an excitingly varied programme set in a unique atmosphere.
5 – 7 September 2025
Simmental Beer Festival at Lenk
Surrounded by a stunning mountain backdrop, the Simmental Beer Festival offers a fabulous atmosphere, the pleasure of listening to a wide range of live music from chill-out sounds to rock, great food with comfortable seating and a hip beer-garden feeling. And thanks to a broad array of entertainment, the festival is ideal for families too.
12 & 13 September 2025
Country Night Gstaad
Each year Europe’s premier country event draws the big stars of the country scene to Gstaad. Over three whole days the prestigious holiday resort in the Bernese Oberland is entirely given over to cowboys and cowgirls.
