Annual highlights in Basel
Carnival (Fasnacht) in spring, the Basel Tattoo, swimming in the Rhine and open-air concerts in summer, the Basel Autumn Fair and the Swiss Indoors Basel in fall, the Christmas markets and the Longines CHI Classics Basel show jumping tournament in winter. You can find the recurring annual highlights in Basel on this page.
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Art Basel – the world's leading art fair

Discover now the program of Art Basel and numerous parallel fairs and cultural events during the Art Week.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Art Basel – the world's leading art fairBScene

The Basel festival season kicks off with the music festival BScene in the grounds of the Kaserne Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: BSceneBaloise Session

At the music festival in the Event Hall of Messe Basel you are incredibly close to the stars.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Baloise SessionBasel Carnival: UNESCO cultural heritage

Basel Carnival is an unforgettable experience and is included in UNESCO’s cultural heritage list.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Basel Carnival: UNESCO cultural heritageBasel Tattoo

The Basel Tattoo music festival offers a sensational show with pipe bands and brass bands to bring you out in goose bumps.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Basel TattooBasler Figurentheater Festival BAFF

The International Basel Figure Theatre Festival impresses with its spatial productions.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Basler Figurentheater Festival BAFFBasler Frauenlauf

You will witness female strength and endurance along the race course through the streets of Basel, the City of Sport.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Basler FrauenlaufBasler Herbstmesse

The oldest and biggest funfair in Switzerland forms part of the cultural heritage of the city, thrilling old and young alike.
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All running enthusiasts can look forward to the city run through the Christmas-lit city centre.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Basler StadtlaufBiker Days

A must for all bikers: spectacular bike shows, a bike market and the legendary bike parade spread over three days.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Biker DaysBildrausch Festival

With its astounding scripts and poetic imagery, the International Film Festival will bring you right up to date with contemporary cinematography.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Bildrausch FestivalBlickfang Basel

Visit the international design exhibition so you can take inspiration as well as some favourite pieces home with you.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Blickfang BaselBlues Festival Basel

Basel is a blues Mecca: stars and legends wow you at concerts and the presentation of the Swiss Blues Award.
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Come to Basel to experience the magic of Christmas – enjoy the atmosphere of the city’s Christmas markets and many other Christmas events.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Christmas in BaselCulturescapes

This festival is held every two years with concerts, panel discussions, readings and theatre productions. It has offered the public an in-depth look at the current cultural and creative activities of a selected country, city or region since 2002.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: CulturescapesDreiländerlauf

The 3 Countries Run takes runners along a unique route through three different countries.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: DreiländerlaufEm Bebbi sy Jazz

Enjoy a Friday evening full of live music in alleys of Basel's city centre.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Em Bebbi sy JazzEuropäisches Jugendchor Festival Basel

Every two years, children's and youth choirs from all over Europe perform at unforgettable concerts in Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Europäisches Jugendchor Festival BaselFLOSS Festival Basel

Basel’s cult festival offers three weeks of diverse concerts performed on a floating stage on the Rhine.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: FLOSS Festival BaselFantasy Basel – The Swiss Comic Con

The biggest Comic Con in Europe attracts pop culture fans to Basel from all galaxies and universes.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Fantasy Basel – The Swiss Comic ConFederal celebration on the Rhine

The city’s inhabitants celebrate the eve of Switzerland’s National Day with a city festival.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Federal celebration on the RhineFootball season

From July to December, the top clubs in the Swiss Super League meet for the first half of the season. The second half begins in January and ends in May. Since the FCB, Basel’s football club, is one of the best in the country, the home games are always important local events. The atmosphere in the “Joggeli”, the St. Jakob Park stadium, is unique. Even international clubs are always impressed when they play against the FCB.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Football seasonGässli Film Festival

Be prepared for original stories in a wide range of genres and techniques at the Basel Short Film Festival.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Gässli Film FestivalImagine Festival

The festival is all about diversity and youth participation as well as opposition to racism and discrimination.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Imagine FestivalInternationales Literaturfestival BuchBasel

The international literature festival centred around the presentation of the Swiss Book Prize is the largest literary event in the Basel region.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Internationales Literaturfestival BuchBaselJazzfestival Basel

The jazz Festival brings LIVE jazz from the very best performers to the city.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Jazzfestival BaselJugendkulturfestival Basel

At the biennial JKF, young artists and cultural practitioners from all disciplines take to the stages in Basel's city centre.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Jugendkulturfestival BaselKlosterbergfest

The multi-cultural street festival on the Klosterberg invites you to relax and dance.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: KlosterbergfestKunsttage Basel

Experience contemporary and modern works of art during 3 days at the Kunsttage Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Kunsttage BaselListe – the young art fair

Discover numerous parallel fairs and cultural events during the Art Week.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Liste – the young art fairLongines CHI Classics: World-class Show jumping

The St. Jakobshalle in Basel is the scene of one of the major equestrian events when it hosts the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Longines CHI Classics: World-class Show jumpingMirabaud BaselHead Regatta

At the international rowing regatta Mirabaud BaselHead, 100 eight-man teams from 10 nations compete in a race on the Rhine in the centre of Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Mirabaud BaselHead RegattaMuseumnight

Visit the Museum Night where museums and cultural institutions open their doors from 6 pm to 2 am.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: MuseumnightOpen House Basel

Join the architectural tours of the Open House for some unique insights into a range of very different buildings in Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Open House BaselOpen-Air-Kinos

The open air cinema on the Münsterplatz attracts a wide audience with its blockbusters, classics and exclusive pre-premieres.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Open-Air-KinosOsterTango

Join in the dancing at the International Tango Festival at Volkshaus Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: OsterTangoQuer durch Basel

Runners of all ages prove just how fit they are during the relay race through the heart of Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Quer durch BaselSilvester auf dem Münsterplatz

People gather on Münsterplatz to the sound of festive music on the Rhine to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new one.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Silvester auf dem MünsterplatzSummerblues-Festival

The Blues Festival in Kleinbasel’s Old Town presents a concentrated dose of live blues on open-air stages.
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Relaxed, rock, romantic, blues, pop and melancholy: that’s the openair in the «Park im Grünen”.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: SummerstageSwimming in the Rhine

Taking a dip in the Rhine is a very popular and refreshing opportunity for cooling yourself down right in the middle of Basel.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Swimming in the RhineTanzfest Basel

All of Switzerland will be dancing during the Dance Festival Weekend, and Basel will be playing its part with multiple dance-related events.
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In September, the multi-award-winning Theater Basel, Switzerland’s largest theatre offering drama, ballet and opera, and numerous smaller theatres open their new season. New productions are staged weekly and there are regular guest performances. The theatre season lasts until June.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Theater and concert seasonTheatre Festival Basel

Every two years the Basel Theatre Festival brings the international theatre world to Basel. Discover the diversity of dance and theatre productions from around the world!
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Theatre Festival BaselVogel Gryff

The three honorary societies of Kleinbasel celebrate the local custom Vogel Gryff with a parade and traditional dancing.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Vogel GryffWildwuchs

Wildwuchs experiments with new forms of dance, performance and theater and has been organizing a biennial cultural festival since 2001 that ensures opportunities for artistic creation for all and enables cultural belonging despite diversity.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: WildwuchsYonex Swiss Open

The world’s best badminton players compete in Basel’s St. Jakobshalle as part of the BWF World Tour.
Details zu diesem Inhalt: Yonex Swiss OpenslowUp Basel-Dreiland

One of Switzerland’s slowUp-bicycle tours takes riders through three different countries in and around Basel.
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