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antigel festival
Every winter since 2011, Antigel Festival is transforming Geneva and its surrounding area into a stage for extraordinary cultural and artistic explorations.
A true laboratory of cultural innovation, it holds a mirror to our times by showcasing established and emerging artists, by revealing unusual locations temporarily transformed for an evening or a day, and by highlighting the diversity and the key issues of the Canton of Geneva in all their facets.
Antigel is far more than just a festival: it is several weeks of artistic, sporting and community-driven experiences. It is a societal project, breaking down cultural and geographical barriers, and a unifier of audiences from all walks of life, ages, and backgrounds.
True to its creative mission, Antigel sets itself apart through its originality, its innovation, and its commitment to forging new paths within the local cultural landscape.
Unique in its kind, the Antigel Festival embodies a spirit that both inspires and unites. For Antigel, culture is, at its heart, a lever for societal change.
VALUES
Explore Geneva
Decentralise, for a new geography of cultural policy
Create new artistic forms
Bring fields and audiences together
Support Swiss artists
Generate social benefit
Raise awareness of global issues
LA GALAXIE
TRANSFORME
Transforme is a unique cultural, educational, and social project. Its mission is to champion vocational training through artistic projects, realised with the participation of apprentices from various professional fields in the Canton of Geneva, and in close collaboration with their teachers and training companies.
The flagship initiative is the Transforme Festival, a hip-hop festival organised during term time at one of Geneva’s principal vocational training sites: the Centre de formation professionnelle (CFP) in Ternier, Lancy.
OLA
Younger sister of the Antigel Festival, Ola is an events agency specialising in cultural innovation.
Drawing on a broad and prestigious network of Swiss and international artists from diverse disciplines—music, dance, contemporary art, literature, science, fashion, and more—as well as numerous regional partners, OLA creates surprises and delivers exceptional, tailor-made events.
KEY FIGURES from 2026 edition
40 concerts
13 shows
6 in-house original creations “made in antigel”
500+ artists
50 venues
26 towns & cities
55 000 expected visitors <3
OUR VENUES
Since its creation, Antigel has made it its mission to celebrate the unique and contrasting values of the area’s diversity. This is achieved through new artistic proposals that invite audiences to venture ever further, off the beaten track, into new realms of the imagination.
Geneva is a collection of identities, where each piece contributes a strength that gives the Festival its meaning and its raison d’être. This energy serves to reinforce and celebrate the diversity of its locales.
Between city and countryside, between the historic centre and the periphery, in this ever-changing city, Antigel seeks to create a dynamic of artistic migration. It encourages audiences to venture often far from the main central thoroughfares, ready to leave the beaten path to discover new artistic proposals.
2025 venues
Alhambra
L’Épicentre
Parc La Grange
Théâtre Le douze dix-huit
Maison de quartier Villa Tacchini
Maison Saint-Gervais
Usine à Gaz Nyon
Comédie de Genève
Théâtre Am Stram Gram
Salle communale de Veyrier
Salle communale de Confignon
Temple de Carouge
Théâtre du Forum Meyrin
Chapelle D’Anières
Salle des fêtes de Carouge
Le Groove
Victoria Hall
Piscine du Lignon
Le Bordeau
Les Caves
Institut Florimont
Eglise de Bernex
Salle des Assemblées ONU
Centre Sportif de Sous-Moulin
M-Parc
Espace Vélodrome
Fondation Aigues-Vertes
Temple de Vandœuvres
Pavillon ADC
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
Salle du Faubourg
Espace Culturel de Genthod
Bain-Bleu
HiFlow
Eglise d’Aire-la-Ville
Centre Sportif Henriette D’Angeville
Portail de la Science – CERN
Salle communale de Meinier
Le Cube
Le Terreau
