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Montreux Jazz Festival - Free Programm
| 2026-06-03 |     |
Over 700 free events at the 60th Montreux Jazz Festival
The Montreux Jazz Festival unveils its expansive free programme, set along the lakeside promenades and within a brand-new Convention Centre, from 3 to 18 July 2026. Among this year’s highlights: the Duplex introduces an unprecedented electronic club experience across two floors of the 2m2c; the Paloma transforms Parc Vernex into a true beach club; and an exhibition celebrates the Festival’s 60th anniversary through a curated selection of objects, archives and artworks—most of them never before shown to the public.
Concerts and DJ sets
A6EL • ARMANA KHAN • ARON! • AVALON EMERSON • BAMBY • BÉESAU • BLEU SOLEIL • CARRTOONS • CHEZILE • CHLÄR • CLIFFORDS • DBN GOGO • DJ NOBU • EBONY • ERIS DREW • FAUSTE • GINI BROWN • HELENA HAUFF B2B L.F.T. • JEUNE MORTY • KNATS • L'ANTIDOTE • LIL LOUIS • LISA PARIENTE • LUKE ALESSI • MADRA SALACH • MEI SEMONES • MIDNIGHT GENERATION • MILUNE • RIKAS • RÜFÜS DU SOL • SALIN • SALOMÉ LE CHAT • SAMORA • SÉLÈNE SAINT-AIMÉ • STEVE RAY LADSON • TOMOKI SANDERS • TONINA • TSHA • YILIAN CAÑIZARES • ZÉLIE • ZEYNE
And a wide range of activities
CONCERTS • DJ SETS • JAM SESSIONS • WORKSHOPS • POOL PARTIES • SILENT DISCOS & KARAOKE • PERFORMANCES DRAG • PROJECTIONS DE CONCERTS ET DE FILMS • SESSIONS D’ÉCOUTE DE VINYLES • COURS DE DANSE • BOURSE AUX DISQUES
Concerts, DJ sets, jam sessions, workshops, screenings: with 700 events spread across 12 stages over 16 days, the Montreux Jazz Festival offers one of the most significant free programmes in the Swiss cultural landscape. Curated with the same level of artistic rigour as the ticketed stages, the free programme reflects the Festival’s commitment to making a high-quality musical, cultural and festive experience accessible to all. Showcasing a wide diversity of styles and atmospheres, the free stages spotlight emerging talent from Switzerland and around the world.
The last two editions held outside the Convention Centre have provided valuable insights. The Festival is now consolidating its extended site along the lakeside promenades, from Parc Vernex to the Débarcadère in the east, in order to improve audience flow and offer more relaxation areas. Meanwhile, the 2m2c benefits from new possibilities thanks to redesigned access points, outdoor staircases and spacious terraces, making the building more open to the waterfront.
The Festival site is being reimagined through three major new features. The Duplex offers electronic music a wholly new playground within a large immersive space spread across two floors of the 2m2c. The Paloma brings a seaside atmosphere to Parc Vernex, with a sun-drenched restaurant and a pop-up beach area set on a terrace with direct access to the lake. At the Montreux Palace, the exhibition “Putting Montreux on the Map” celebrates the Festival’s 60th edition by retracing the musical history of the city through a curated selection of objects, archives and artworks—most of them never previously shown to the public.
Activities & concerts presented by the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation
The jam sessions and workshops at the Memphis are curated by the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation (MJAF), a public-interest foundation established in 2007. In addition to these activities, the MJAF continues its mission of talent development by presenting a series of concerts featuring L’Antidote, a trio with Iranian, Lebanese and Albanian roots; Sélène Saint-Aimé, French vocalist and double bassist; Poppy Daniels, a London-based trumpeter performing with a 100% female sextet in partnership with Women in Jazz; keyboardist Sean Haefeli and bassist Tonina, who embody the renewal of the contemporary American jazz scene; and French flautist Ludivine Issambourg, joined by legendary musician Brian Jackson, whose flute and Fender Rhodes sound helped shape Gil Scott-Heron’s music in the 1970s.
Finally, on the occasion of the MJF’s 60th edition, the Foundation invites the winners of its competitions by showcasing artists it supports over the long term: Cuban-Swiss singer and violinist Yilian Cañizares, guitar-and-vocal duo Elina Duni & Rob Luft, and Franco-Malagasy pianist Mathis Picard.
60TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION - PUTTING MONTREUX ON THE MAP
How did a small town on the shores of Lake Geneva become a global capital of music? Presented at the Montreux Palace on the occasion of the Festival’s 60th edition, the exhibition Putating Montreux on the Map traces this remarkable journey through objects, audiovisual archives, photographs and original artworks – the majority of which have never previously been shown to the public.
The exhibition explores the emergence of a unique musical ecosystem: a summer festival that has become an international benchmark, a prestigious recording studio, a bold pop-oriented programme, and a network of leading artists drawn to Montreux to create, record, and sometimes settle there. At the heart of this dynamic lies a founding figure: Claude Nobs.
Visitors can also discover the creative process behind iconic Festival posters by artists such as Keith Haring and Jean Tinguely, through original works, sketches and previously unseen maquettes. The journey continues with the immersive virtual reality experience Listening to Photographs, created by the University of Lausanne and the EPFL, offering an exploration of the Festival’s history through photographs and sound excerpts. Finally, visitors can delve into a curated selection of concerts filmed between 2014 and 2025 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, accessed via a cutting-edge digital platform inspired by the jukebox and developed by Millennium, the Festival’s global partner.
LAKE HOUSE - THE MEMPHIS (supported by Julius Baer) - LE CINÉMA ET LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE - LA COUPOLE - SPOTLIGHT STAGE (supported by Julius Baer) - SUPER BOCK STAGE - NESTLÉ SUNSET STAGE - DUPLEX - PALOMA (Restaurant & Beach Club) - LILO, EL MUNDO & POOL PARTY - AUDEMARS PIGUET PARALLEL EXPERIENCE
THE FREE PROGRAMM IN FIGURES
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More than 700 free events, representing over 90% of the Festival’s total offer
- 140 concerts
- 320 dj sets
- 240 activities - 12 free stages and 9 activity areas
- 55% Swiss artists and more than 48 nationalities represented
- 63 food and beverage stands and bars
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