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Seven Swiss music festivals you need to see this summer

Seven Swiss music festivals you need to see this summer

Switzerland is home to a growing crop of great summer music festivals. Here is our guide to the best of the best.

Feuding French rappers to settle scores in Swiss cage fight

Feuding French rappers to settle scores in Swiss cage fight

Meet the Swiss man trying to make a ’21st century Stradivarius’

Meet the Swiss man trying to make a ’21st century Stradivarius’

Cheesy music: Swiss experiment with sound to make cheese tastier

Cheesy music: Swiss experiment with sound to make cheese tastier

The ancient ‘megaphone’ of the Alps returns for its annual Swiss gala

The ancient ‘megaphone’ of the Alps returns for its annual Swiss gala

Hip hop legend Chuck D paints Swiss city of Basel

Hip hop legend Chuck D paints Swiss city of Basel

Seven great summer music festivals in Switzerland

Seven great summer music festivals in Switzerland

Foo Fighters congratulate Swiss football league winners

Foo Fighters congratulate Swiss football league winners

Nick Cave and Johnny Depp among headliners at 2018 Montreux Jazz Festival

Nick Cave and Johnny Depp among headliners at 2018 Montreux Jazz Festival

Anger as ‘anti-Semitic’ German rappers set for Swiss concert

Anger as ‘anti-Semitic’ German rappers set for Swiss concert

Close to a million attend Zurich’s biggest street party

Close to a million attend Zurich’s biggest street party

Swiss conductor appointed chief of Vienna State Opera

Swiss conductor appointed chief of Vienna State Opera

Prized violin worth millions stolen on Swiss train

Prized violin worth millions stolen on Swiss train

Zurich named one of ‘most inspiring’ cities

Zurich named one of ‘most inspiring’ cities

Outcry after ‘neo-Nazi’ music festival held on Swiss soil

Outcry after ‘neo-Nazi’ music festival held on Swiss soil

Thief returns cow bells worth thousands

Thief returns cow bells worth thousands

Nestlé’s birthday bash ruffles festival feathers

Nestlé’s birthday bash ruffles festival feathers

Berlin electronic music innovator Moebius dies

Berlin electronic music innovator Moebius dies

Hospitalized Aznavour postpones Geneva gig

Hospitalized Aznavour postpones Geneva gig

Montreux Jazz Festival debuts live streaming

Montreux Jazz Festival debuts live streaming

Expat hones twin artistic passions in Lucerne

Expat hones twin artistic passions in Lucerne

New Montreux jazzfest director announced

New Montreux jazzfest director announced

Tributes flow for founder of Montreux jazzfest

Tributes flow for founder of Montreux jazzfest

Ski fall puts Montreux jazzfest director in coma

Ski fall puts Montreux jazzfest director in coma

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Stradivarius violin handed in at Swiss station

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Pop festival offers money back for bad weather

Thousands descend on Geneva for Lake Parade street party

Thousands descend on Geneva for Lake Parade street party

Switzerland swept up in Bieber-mania

Switzerland swept up in Bieber-mania

Radio porn aims to get the Swiss grinding

Radio porn aims to get the Swiss grinding

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Police fire rubber bullets at Swiss ravers

Swiss help bring music to Japan quake zone

Swiss help bring music to Japan quake zone

Music service Spotify launches in Switzerland

Music service Spotify launches in Switzerland

Tabasco maker: Saucy DJ must change name

Tabasco maker: Saucy DJ must change name

Swiss teen is Germany’s new superstar

Swiss teen is Germany’s new superstar

UNESCO digs Montreux jazz archive

UNESCO digs Montreux jazz archive

Hip hop is ‘best music for improving taste of cheese’

Hip hop is ‘best music for improving taste of cheese’

Six super reasons to visit Bern this weekend

Six super reasons to visit Bern this weekend

Thai police arrest Dutch suspect in Swiss murder case

Thai police arrest Dutch suspect in Swiss murder case