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✈️How to get to Montreux Jazz Festival
Planning your trip to Montreux Jazz Festival? Here's how to get there by plane, train or car, and plan your route to the festival site.
- Nearest airport: Geneva International Airport (GVA), about 65 km from the venue.
- Allow about 91 min by car from the airport to the site.
- By train, head for Geneva or the nearest major station, then finish by bus, shuttle or taxi to the site.
- By car, plan for on-site parking and expect heavy traffic around the venue on festival days.
🛏️Montreux Jazz Festival 2027 accommodation: hotels near Shores of Lake Geneva
Montreux Jazz Festival 2027 takes place in Shores of Lake Geneva from July 2 to July 17. Arrival night: July 2. The map below is prefilled for Jul 2–5 and shows how far each hotel, apartment or rental is from the site.
Also consider staying around Geneva, the nearest large city, if the closest options to the site are sold out.
Estimated travel time to the site
| Distance | 🚗 Car / taxi | 🚴 Bike | 🚶 On foot |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~1 km | ~3 min | ~4 min | ~12 min |
| ~3 km | ~7 min | ~12 min | ~36 min |
| ~5 km | ~11 min | ~20 min | ~1 h |
| ~10 km | ~22 min | ~40 min | ~2 h |
Public transport: depends on the network around Geneva.
Each accommodation's distance to the site is shown on the map above. Rough estimates; allow extra time during festival peak hours.
🌤️Montreux Jazz Festival 2027 weather
Weather in Shores of Lake Geneva in July 2027?
Typical weather
Chance of rain: about 48% of days
| 2025 | Overcast | 25° / 16° | 7 rainy days |
| 2024 | Overcast | 26° / 17° | 8 rainy days |
| 2023 | Rain | 26° / 17° | 8 rainy days |
Based on the last 3 years over the same period.
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🗺️Things to do near Montreux Jazz Festival
Many shows happen in the evening, so use your days to explore the area around Montreux Jazz Festival. Guided tours, museums, outdoor experiences and local activities can be booked in a few clicks before you go.
Nearby, Geneva and its surroundings offer museums, walks and local gems to discover between sets.
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📋About the 2026 edition
This text was written for the 2026 edition: dates, prices and line-up of the current edition are in “Key facts” at the top of the page.
Montreux Jazz Festival 2026: the world's music gathering on Lake Geneva
Founded in 1967, Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the world's most prestigious music festivals, set on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland. For sixteen days each summer, this festival welcomes tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe for a programme blending jazz, blues, pop and rock.
The 2026 edition programmes 74 internationally renowned artists including DEEP PURPLE, STING, ZARA LARSSON and LEWIS CAPALDI.
Montreux Jazz's richness lies in its diversity: contemporary jazz, blues, folk, Latin music, reggae and world music sit alongside pop, rock and chanson. Soul, R&B, jazz fusion and world music complete this exceptional panorama.
2 to 17 July 2026 in Montreux, Switzerland. Sixteen days of music by Lake Geneva — check the full programme and book now.
