The Montreux Jazz Festival will run from July 5-20. Big acts at the festival include Dionne Warwick, The Smashing Pumpkins, Air, Kraftwerk, PJ Harvey, The National, Andre 3000, Paloma Faith, and Loreen.
Since the first edition in 1967, the festival has retained its jazz label while considerably expanding its repertoire. The French duo Air will play their entire debut album, with Massive Attack, with Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Editors by the Smashing Pumpkins, Diana Krall, and Jamie Cullum on Saturday. Soft Cell and Duran Duran will close the festival on Saturday at the halfway point, while Soft Cell will perform on Sunday at the half-way point. Around 250,000 people are expected at the event, which occupies a large part of the waterfront of this picturesque town on the shores of Lake Geneva in western Switzerland. The festival is open to the public, and tickets are available for purchase at www.montreuxjazz.com.