Practicals

Find your way

Location

The Festival takes place by the lake of Geronde in Sierre (Switzerland). It is in the Swiss heart of the Alps.

By car

Google map

By train

Bern – Sierre : 60 min
Lausanne – Sierre : 60 min
Zurich Airport – Sierre : 150 min
Geneva Airport – Sierre : 120 min

Online schedule and tickets

CAMPING

Camping Swiss Plage 15 min walk
Route de la Gemmi
3960 Sierre

Camping & Festival / 3 nights – 1 person
The 3-night packages include accommodation from Friday 1 July (check in 12:00) to Monday 2 July (check out 12:00). The services are provided on presentation of the printed ticket, directly at the Camping**** Swiss Plage.
Book now (limited offer)

Free shuttle bus to all campsites and villages (Friday / Saturday night) **

02:00 Camping Swissplage – Salgesch – Leuk – Camping Leuk
02:30 Chalais – Granges – St Léonard – Sion Gare & Camping des îles TCS & Camping Sedunum
03:15 Camping Swissplage – Salgesch – Camping Leuk
03:45 Chalais – Granges – St Léonard – Sion Railway station & Camping des îles TCS & Camping Sedunum

Public transport available during the day on www.cff.ch


HOTEL

Thursday night – Hotel Ibis Style
Friday night – Hotel Ibis Style
Saturday night – Hotel Ibis Style
Sunday night – Hotel Ibis Style Sierre

Each booking includes 1 day ticket + 1 night in a double room with single or double occupancy for the day indicated (without breakfast and tourist taxes). Ticket is non-refundable.


BED & BREAKFAST

These two platforms offer alternative solutions for cheaper accommodation during the Festival. The opportunity to meet and share good times with locals.
Couchsurfing
airbnb.ch
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These two online platforms offers two alternative way to find your accomodation in Sierre.
Couchsurfing
airbnb.ch

Other accommations

Sierre Tourism Office
Place de la Gare 10
3960  Sierre
+41 27 455 85 35
Sierre Tourism

The age limit to enter at the Festival is 18 years old. The minor people have access free of charge to the Festival, on the condition of being accompanied and framed under the responsibility of an adult of more than 25 years. A discharge must be signed at the entrance.

The presence of dogs or quite different animal is not authorized in the whole Festival area. This, for reasons of hygiene, safety and well-being of animals.

An official free Festival car park parking is available 5 min walk from the Festival (Follow the official signs).

The Festival uses cashless technology inside the enclosure. Each entrance bracelet has a chip to load it in cash, with the Maestro, Postcard, Mastercard/Visa, V-Pay and Twint credit cards. The balance of the chip is refunded up to 2 months after the Festival online.

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Alongside local craft beers, wine and cocktails, the Festival offers a great selection of food stalls.

The craft beer proposed is brewed in Sierre. A choice of 5 different beer is served over the Festival (IPA, Pale Ale, Belgian Strong Ale, White).

Plain water are free in the the bars.

The Festival proposes several food stalls around the world cuisine and the traditionnal plate from Valais responding to criteria of quality, local traceability and hygiene.

Train to Martigny – Lausanne

22h50 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● Sion ● Lausanne
00h07 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● St-Léonard ● Sion ● Martigny
04h47 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● Sion ● Lausanne ● Berne / Genève

Train to Visp – Berne

00h25 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● Salgesch ● Leuk ● Steg ● Visp ● Brig
00h41 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● Visp ● Brig
05h23 Train CFF Départ Gare de Sierre ● Salgesch ● Leuk ● Steg ● Visp ● Brig

Free Shuttle Bus (Night of Friday / Saturday)

02h00 Camping Swissplage – Salgesch – Leuk
02h30 Chalais – Granges – St Léonard – Sion Gare & Camping des îles TCS
03h15 Camping Swissplage – Salgesch – Leuk
03h45 Chalais – Granges – St Léonard – Sion Gare & Camping des îles TCS

Taxi Festival
1 pax – 13.- CHF
2 pax – 18.- CHF
3 pax- 21.- CHF
4 pax – 25.- CHF
5 pax – 30.- CHF

Ville de Sierre – Gare CFF- Lac de Géronde – Camping Swiss Plage
Taxi Hamid – +41 78 656 39 38
Payement by Cash or Twint

The Festival has a flat entrance which facilitates the coming of the people in wheelchair. An adapted toilet with an eurokey system is available on request at the first aid tent. The entrance is offered to the accompanying person. A facilitated access for parking spaces and a zone inside the Festival allows to see all the concerts.

Thursday :  16h00 – 00h00
Friday :        14h00 – 03h00
Saturday :  12h00 – 03h00
Sunday :     12h00 – 23h00

Point of sales
Buy online

 

All teams are completed in the 3 days of the Festival.
The Festival still recruits few volunteers for setting up the Festival. You can write us throught the contact form by mentioning your avabilities.

Real time weather forecast over the Festival.

6 days weather forecast at Geronde lake…