Still going strong in its 36th year, the Winterthurer Musikfestwochen is the one of the last of the summer festivals, a final opportunity to celebrate the warm juiciness of summer before autumn and winter take hold… a feeling that was palpable on Saturday night when I joined a capacity crowd for the triple bill of … Continue reading »
I’ve landed back in Switzerland in the middle of a heatwave, and have hit the ground running to catch up on all the stuff I’ve missed out on while I’ve been away – so many good things have been and gone, but luckily there’s still lots of greatness to come in the next few months. … Continue reading »
I arrived prepared for battle with the elements, with heavy-duty wet weather gear, gumboots and 4 layers of clothes. The skies stretched cold, grey and dreary overhead as I picked my way carefully through the mud and flotation devices masquerading as walkways scattered around the festival site. Continue reading »
Now that I have fully recovered from the last weekend’s mudfest, I can now view it through the rose-coloured lenses of nostalgia – ‘Awww, remember that time we stood in the pouring rain and mud for 10 hours without proper rain gear and almost got trampled to death by hordes of teenage boys and I … Continue reading »
The heavens opened up with full force yesterday for the the first day of Zurich Openair. Gumboots and rain ponchos were de rigeur amidst the squelching puddles of mud and torrential rain. A staunch crowd braved the elements to see The Shout Out Louds, a crushing (literally) show from The Hives, Hole, the awesome Vive … Continue reading »
