Summer Festivals

Open Air Music Festivals during the Summer Season are a tradition here in Switzerland. Everyone will find a Festival that suits their taste in Music. For the lovers of Classical music, the beautiful Alpine ski resort town of Verbier hosts the world renowned Verbier Festival (18 July - 03 August). For the more Jazz and Blues fans amongst you, the infamous Montreux Jazz Festival (04-19 July), which takes place in the Geneva Lake side town of Montreux, made famous in the Deep Purple song, 'Smoke on the water', you will find such legends as Herbie Hancock or Quincy Jones. For you Rockers out there and for those who can still envisage spending a week camping, the Paleo Festival (22-27 July) in Nyon, is the place to be. R.E.M., Ben Harper or Massive Attack are amongst the headliners who will rock this year's festival. With Geneva having now banned smoking in public places, these Festivals are a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a selection of cigars, whilst still being sociable. In fact, I bet there are not many places in the world where you will find more cigars being smoked at a cultural event (perhaps Havana being the exception), than here in Switzerland. I thank the smoking Gods above for having the wisdom to provide a little smoking paradise on earth. Enjoy!