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Music and literature in Basel

When the sun sets behind the Basel Cathedral, the city’s stages come to life with atmospheric live music and superlative classical concerts.

Musical highlights

Sinfonieorchester Basel - Streaming_MirgaGražinytė-Tyla — The Sinfonieorchester and Kammerorchester Basel deliver outstanding renditions of pieces from a wide range of composers.

Seven Baloise Session 2016 Basel — The Baloise Session is a unique music festival where international stars perform in an intimate setting to an audience sitting around candlelit bistro tables.

Der Club von der Bühne her by Beat Mattmüller — The bird’s eye jazz club is one of Europe’s most famous small jazz clubs.

Concerts and music festivals

22–23.4.2022

BScene

6.5.2022

Basel Film Music Festival

Die Summerstage Basel im Park im Grünen, Münchenstein, BL.

23-25.6.2022

Summerstage Basel

24.6–24.7.2022

Stimmen Festival

1.7.2022

Summerblues

Das Open Air Festival «Im Fluss» begeistert mit seiner schwimmenden Bühne neben der Mittleren Brücke während dreier Wochen im Hochsommer das Publikum am Kleinbasler Rheinufer.
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For three weeks in summer the «Im Fluss» Festival, with its floating stage next to the Mittlere Brücke, entertains the public on the Kleinbasel riverbank.

10–27.8.2022

Floss Festival

11–13.8.2022

Polyfon Festival

Das Basler Jazz Festival Em Bebbi sy Jazz 2010.

19.8.2022

Em Bebbi sy Jazz

Literature

Sound on: “Sounds of Basel” by Arthur Henry