Baloise Session reveals 2017 line-up

Alicia Keys rubbing shoulders with Chris Rea, Clean Bandit, Madness, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Goldfrapp? It must be Baloise Session

News By IQ | 24 August 2017

The club-like Messeplatz, set up for Baloise Session 2016

Swiss festival mainstay Baloise Session has unveiled its 2017 line-up, with Alicia Keys, Madness, Chris Rea, Goldfrapp, Kool & the Gang and Clean Bandit among the big names appearing on this year’s characteristically genre-bending bill.

The indoor festival, which takes place in an “intimate club-like setting by candlelight” at Messeplatz in Basel, this year runs from 21 October to 9 November, and, as is tradition, features a series of themed shows, including ‘Electronic Cosmos, ‘Pop Superstars’, German- and Icelandic-themed nights and two…

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