Festivals near Basel

In Basel, music belongs to the Rhine. As soon as the heat arrives, the city swims in the river and the local scene drifts toward its banks, where the Riverside Festival unfurls its techno basslines right beside the water. A cultural capital tucked into the Dreiländereck, where Switzerland meets France and Germany, the town also pulses to the street jazz that floods its cobbled old town each summer, between the rose-sandstone minster and medieval lanes.

That crossroads location gives Basel a muscular, cross-border line-up: the high-octane punk of the Donots, the metal fury of Baden In Blut, or the open-air buzz of Summerside Festival, all just a few kilometres either side of the border. So you miss nothing, FestT computes the FestiScore, the match between each festival's line-up and your favourite artists, and keeps dates and ticketing always up to date.