Number of employees

The Steering Committee (management) employs a permanent staff of 8 all year round. The Organisation Committee employs 30 more in the 4 or 5 months preceding the festival, and an additional 550 join us when we start mounting the festival facilities until their final dismounting after the festival.

Year of establishment

1990

Size of the events (audience capacity)

Approx. 6'500 visitors / day

Stylistic focus

pop, rock, soul, jazz, r&b, reggae, hip-hop, dance, chanson française, musique électronique, world music, etc.

Festival organisation

Caribana Festival, Crans-sur-Nyon

Selection of booked/organised acts in recent years

Alabina, Alpha Blondy, Angélique Kidjo, Anouk, Astonvilla, Aswad, Bjorn Again, Blankass, BluesBrothers Band, Bryan Ferry, Calvin Russel, Carole Fredericks, Clawfinger, Corneille, Diana King, Dolly, Eagle Eye Cherry, Earth Wind & Fire, Emilie Simon, Evanescence, Faithless, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Cliff, K’s Choice, Khaled, Lee Perry, Liquido, Luka Bloom, Lunik, Macy Gray, Magic System, Marianne Faithfull, Mattafix, Moby, Mory Kante, Nickelback, Nelly Furtado, Patti Smith, Paul Personne, Paul Young, Popa Chubby, Saïan Supa Crew, Sarah Bettens, Saybia, Sergent Garcia, Shane McGowan, Silmarils, Simple Minds, Sinclair, Skin, Sky, Steel Pulse, Brand New Heavies, The Peter Tosh Celebration, The Servents, The Silencers, Starsailor, Touré Kunda, Yuri Buenaventura, Zebda etc.

Number of shows/events per year

1 -> Caribana Festival, mid-June, 2 stages, 18 concerts, 3 nights + 1 day for families and children: the Caribakids.

Geographical orientation

Idyllic lakeside location near the port of Crans-sur-Nyon on Lake Geneva.

Ratio of national to international acts

35% national / 65% international acts

Main activities and core competencies

Organisation of the whole festival (construction, programming, production, sponsoring, communication, promotion, security, merchandising, cleaning, environment, transport, ticket office, information, etc.)