Lugano LongLake Festival: summer lights up with culture and entertainment

Post on: 01.07.2025

The Lugano LongLake Festival è much moreù of a music festival: è a large cultural and urban container that transforms the city in an open-air stage. From 11 to 28 July 2024, Lugano comes alive with over 200 free and paid events, designed to involve every age group ageà and artistic taste.

With a program that ranges from music, theater, dance, visual arts, cinema, literature and activities; for families, LongLake is today one of the most important major and important open-air festivals in Switzerland, as well as a flower at the eyelet of the estate ticinese.

One festival, many festivals

LongLake is not è a single event, but a modular format which encompasses several thematic subfestivals, such as:

• Buskers Festival: international street art with musicians, jugglers and performers who animate the squares and streets of the center.
• Classica Festival: classical music concerts in prestigious or evocative locations.

Urban Art Festival: installations, murals, live painting and performances that transform the city; in a gallery of art in the open air.Family Festival: activities dedicated to children and families, from creative workshops to theatrical performances.Words Festival: literary meetings, talks, readings and debates with national and international guests.

This structure makes the LongLake a multidisciplinary festival capable of offering very different experiences, but united by a unique vision: to bring culture to the streets and make it live in a participatory and convivial way.

Concerts and shows: from the big stage to the street

The heart of the festival beats in the live concerts, ranging from international names to the best local bands. The Piazza della Riforma becomes a A musical arena where world-famous artists perform, but music also invades parks, lakefronts and neighborhoods.

Just as central è The street art, with the Buskers Festival that brings jugglers, mimes, clowns and itinerant musicians to evocative corners of the historic center. A unique way to rediscover the city under a new light, transforming every corner into an improvised stage.

Unique locations throughout the city;

The LongLake Festival does not have just one place, but lives throughout Lugano. The main locations include:

• Piazza della Riforma
• Parco Ciani
• Lungolago
• Piazzas and streets of the historic center
• LAC – Lugano Art & Culture
• Peripheral districts with widespread events

This urban diffusion creates a festive atmosphere that can be felt everywhere, encouraging the participation of both tourists and residents.

Food & Relax

The festival is not è only culture but also pleasure and conviviality; . Different food & beverage areas Drinks offer specialties local and international, craft beers and cocktails. Relaxation areas with seating and light installations allow you to take a break between a concert and a show.

Experience for everyone

The LongLake è Designed for all ages; : creative workshops for children, family shows, concerts of all kinds, film screenings at the open, talks and cultural meetings. Even the Accessibility è carefully curated, with free or affordable events and easily accessible locations.

Tourism and culture

Thanks to its fame, the festival is a tourist flywheel for Lugano. Every year it attracts tens of thousands of visitors from Switzerland and the abroad, enhancing the city; not only as a lakeside holiday destination but as a leading cultural destination.

Whyé participate

Participating in the LongLake Festival means experiencing Lugano in a different way: walking along the lake listening to jazz, stopping to see a fire show in the square, enjoying street food under the stars, listening to a classical music concert at sunset or dancing in front of the main stage with thousands of other people.

Every evening A discovery, every corner a surprise.

More information

The complete program, updated daily, can be found on the official website of the festival, where it is It is possible to consult dates, times, locations and book tickets for paid events. Learn moreù on the Lugano LongLake Festival