The Fêtes de Genève started during the first half of the twentieth century. Having suffered financial losses in 2016 and 2017, the festival was abandoned as of 2018.[1] However, the grand fireworks still takes place; it was held on 11 August in 2018[2] and on 10 August in 2019.
Grand firework display
Fireworks at the Fêtes de Genève, 2012
Every year, on a Saturday evening of mid-August, the Geneva Festival presented a grand fireworks display (French: grand feu d'artifice pyromélodique) over Lake Geneva. The event was free although it had a budget of 500,000 to 700,000 Swiss francs.[3] The fireworks involved about forty firing stations on the lake and about 30,000 rockets; they were about one-hour long and accompanied by music.
In 2013, according to the Radio télévision suisse, hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fêtes de Genève.[4] The Swiss Federal Railways organize special trains to bring the spectators home after the fireworks.[5]
fêtes, genève, geneva, festival, annual, summer, event, geneva, switzerland, included, grand, fireworks, display, geneva, festivalgenremusic, concerts, fairground, attractions, fireworksfrequencyannuallocation, geneva, switzerlandyears, active1947, 2017grand, . The Fetes de Geneve Geneva Festival was an annual summer event in Geneva Switzerland It included a grand fireworks display Geneva FestivalFetes de GeneveGenreMusic concerts fairground attractions fireworksFrequencyAnnualLocation s Geneva SwitzerlandYears active1947 2017Grand Fireworks continue to presentOrganised byFondation Geneve tourisme et congresWebsitewww fetesdegeneve ch Contents 1 History 2 Grand firework display 3 See also 4 Notes and references 5 External linksHistory Edit Female parade participants 1968 The Fetes de Geneve started during the first half of the twentieth century Having suffered financial losses in 2016 and 2017 the festival was abandoned as of 2018 1 However the grand fireworks still takes place it was held on 11 August in 2018 2 and on 10 August in 2019 Grand firework display Edit Fireworks at the Fetes de Geneve 2012 Every year on a Saturday evening of mid August the Geneva Festival presented a grand fireworks display French grand feu d artifice pyromelodique over Lake Geneva The event was free although it had a budget of 500 000 to 700 000 Swiss francs 3 The fireworks involved about forty firing stations on the lake and about 30 000 rockets they were about one hour long and accompanied by music In 2013 according to the Radio television suisse hundreds of thousands of people came to Geneva to see the grand fireworks display of the Fetes de Geneve 4 The Swiss Federal Railways organize special trains to bring the spectators home after the fireworks 5 See also EditJardin anglais Geneva International Film Festival Tous EcransNotes and references Edit Party over Geneva ditches summer festival plans The Local 15 February 2018 page visited on 15 July 2018 The grand fireworks official website of the city of Geneva 2018 page visited on 15 July 2018 Les traditionnels feux d artifice des Fetes de Geneve ont attire la foule Radio television suisse 10 August 2014 page visited on 10 August 2014 Une heure de feux genevois sur le theme des conquetes www rts ch Fetes de Geneve fireworks display www sbb ch External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fetes de Geneve Official website Official page of the grand fireworksPortal Switzerland This festival related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fetes de Geneve amp oldid 1104123514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
