Paleo Festival will be held 17 to 23 Jul 2023 in Nyon, Switzerland. Paleo Festival is one of Europe’s most important musical events. Since 1976 – and the «First Folk Festival» that drew an audience of some 1,800 people in the town assembly rooms in Nyon. Since its creation, the Festival has been growing in a regular and managed way, gaining steadily in professionalism during this period of development. Each year, more than 250 concerts and shows are on offer to the 230,000 members of the public who fill the Festival’s 84-hectare Asse site (car parks included), situated above the town of Nyon. To this day, near 6 million people have contributed to this unwavering popular success. For more than twelve years, the Festival has been sold out before it even started and enjoys an ever-growing reputation. In last editions over 600 media professionals covered an edition that was noted for some unforgettable shows and a variety of architectural and artistic structures inviting dreamlike contemplation. Paleo Festival is an event and I like events...
The Paléo Festival sets out to create a marriage of concert and carnival, to create a kaleidoscopic event that will stimulate public curiosity for new artists and less well-known musical styles. Paléo is both a launching pad for new talents and a platform for established stars. Over the years it has widened its range of musical styles and come to include circus and street performance as well. Seven specially constructed stages play host to acts from all over the world.
Paléo is also an extraordinary global village for the people who go there. For this reason, particular attention is given each year to reception, décor and the choice of food and arts and crafts stalls.
The particular nature of Paléo is also due to the fact that the Festival is organized and run by 5,000 volunteers whose presence on site contributes massively to the event's character. One essential notion that guides the work of the organisers: everything must be done in a spirit of respect for the artists, the spectators and the Festival staff present.