Geneva adopted the French Fête de la Musique in 1992 and changed one thing that matters: where France fixes it on 21 June whatever the weekday, Geneva programmes the nearest weekend, with several hundred acts on stages across the old town, the parks and the quays, all free.
No attendance figure is collected in this pass.
The difference is worth recording precisely because the two events share a name. A reader who knows the French rule — 21 June, always — and applies it to Geneva will be wrong in most years.
Everything is free and outdoors, the city closes the centre to traffic, and the programme runs from early afternoon into the night across three days.
PlanningAnchored to the weekend nearest 21 June, which differs from the French original's fixed single date.