Major Swiss festivals cancel 2021 editions

Paléo Festival Nyon, Greenfield Festival and Rock the Ring have cancelled their summer events, citing a lack of security for large events

Paléo Festival Nyon, Switzerland
Paléo Festival Nyon, Switzerland © Wikimedia Commons/Dake

A number of Swiss festivals have called off 2021 editions, citing uncertainty about whether major events will be permitted to take place this summer.

The 45th instalment of the annual rock festival Paléo Festival Nyon, scheduled to take place between 19–25 July, has been cancelled as “the situation is still too uncertain to consider organising the festival in its usual form”.

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However, the organisers revealed that they are working on a ‘Covid-compatible event’ with a reduced capacity and size, and an extended duration. Health conditions permitting, it will take place from 8 July to 8 August 2021.

Greenfield Festival 2021, due to take place in Interlaken, Bern, between 3–5 June with headliners Volbeat, Korn and Billy Talent, has also been called off.

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