Paléo VP: ‘The pressure is tremendous’
Dany Hassenstein speaks to IQ about the Swiss event's banner year, despite rising challenges, as its 50th edition looms on the horizon
News By Hanna Ellington | 28 July 2025
Off the back of another successful edition of Switzerland’s Paléo Festival, artistic coordinator and vice president Dany Hassenstein has divulged how the pressure is on for the independent event.
The 48th edition of the Nyon-based event concluded yesterday, 27 July, after over 200 shows across six days, with fans snapping up 210,000 tickets in a record 13 minutes earlier this year.
“It’s a huge pressure now, because we have sold out for over 20 years, so it would be like the beginning…
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