The Swiss city of Montreux is known for hosting one of the world’s great summer music festivals. With its Lake Geneva setting and facing stunning Alpine peaks, it’s a prime destination year around.

From the beginning of the Montreux Jazz Festival four decades ago, festival founder Claude Nobs sought to record every artist who appeared on its stages. By Billboard Staff From the beginning of the ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival is one of the most iconic annual events in music history, with the Switzerland fest launching back in 1967. The 2025 event will be the 59th installment, and now the lineup ...

The 1936 Montreux Convention allows Türkiye to cut off any vessel transit between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean during wartime.

Day 5 Itinerary・Last look at the Matterhorn・Stroll along the lakeside in Montreux・Travel to Grindelwald via InterlakenA final ...

Standing at the edge of the rickety pier at Chillon Castle overlooking a mirror flat Lake Geneva, whose clear surface glistens with the reflection of the snow-covered Alps beyond. I am reminded of the ...

For two weeks every summer in Switzerland, the shores of Lake Geneva metamorphosize into a stage for the Montreux Jazz Festival. Since its inception in 1967 by founder Claude Nobs, the likes of Etta ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival returns to the Hangar in Miami at the end of the month. Featuring Super Bowl National Anthem singer Jon Batiste, as well as Janelle Monae and other huge names in the ...

As the 59th edition of Montreux Jazz Festival draws to a close, with performances by music stars including Chaka Khan, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette, Pulp and Diana Ross alongside Lake Geneva, a new ...

Switzerland’s annual Montreux Jazz Festival unveiled the lineup for 2024, with Raye, Janelle Monáe, The National, Jessie Ware, and Jon Batiste among those headlining the festival. Other key acts on ...