Montreux Jazz Festival 2024 neu im Herzen der Stadt verankert
Published: Thursday, Nov 23rd 2023, 12:30
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Das Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) muss sich für seine Ausgabe 2024 neu erfinden. Da das Kongresszentrum renoviert wird, wird es bei der 58. Ausgabe eine Bühne auf dem See geben. Das Festival kehrt auch ins Casino zurück und erweitert den Bereich entlang der Seepromenade.
"It's a big change and a big challenge to have to reinvent the festival due to the construction work at the Congress Center," said Festival Director Mathieu Jaton to the press in Montreux on Thursday. In recent years, for example, experience has been gained with the Elton John concert in the La Saussaz stadium (2019 ) and with the lake stage in 2021, "which has proven to be valuable" in order to be able to overcome the challenges now.
The heart of the 58th MJF will be the main stage on Lake Geneva. Below the Place du Marché, those responsible are planning a stage 36 meters wide that will seat 5,000 people. Of these, 600 seats will be offered in sheltered grandstands. Due to the natural slope of the stage, the MJF promises a "breathtaking view of the lake and the region as well as an exceptional concert experience".
Jaton also described the fact that the casino will be open again next summer as a "return to the roots". "We will return to this historic venue that we left almost 30 years ago." Numerous legendary concerts have taken place there since 1967.
Zusätzlich zu diesen beiden kostenpflichtigen Bühnen wird das Festival sieben Bühnen haben, die kostenlos zugänglich sind. Und: Die Länge der Uferpromenade wird im Vergleich zu 2023 verdoppelt.
Für 250.000 Jazz-Fans
With these measures, those responsible for the MJF want to ensure that 250,000 people can be accommodated as usual during the 16 days of the festival from July 5 to 20. And because the Auditorium Stravinski will be closed, they want to offer an "exceptional main stage" as a replacement.
For the upcoming "special edition" of the MJF, those responsible have worked closely with the municipal authorities, hoteliers, business people and the residents of Montreux. According to Jaton, the project was "warmly" received. However, the 58th edition will "inevitably incur costs", he conceded. "We are trying to stay within a similar budget to previous years", i.e. between 28 and 30 million francs.
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