Midsummer festival at the Simmen Falls
The Swiss open-air festival landscape has been enriched by one more event: from June 23 to 25, the Midsummer Festival will take place for the first time in the Bernese Oberland at the Simmen Falls at the very back of Lenk.
The idea for the festival came from Reto Zürcher, co-owner of the Hotel Restaurant Simmenfälle. Together with Bernese musicians Nik Rechsteiner and Urs Widmer, he is organizing the music event for the first time from 23 to 25 June.
On Friday, local hero Rumble Jim opens the festival with rockabilly and music from the 1950s on an outdoor stage. The headliner of the evening is Bernese multi-instrumentalist Mich Gerber, who builds musical bridges between the Orient and the Occident, between urban, classical and jazz, between old and new music.
On Saturday, Thun rock band The Souls, Bernese rap group Churchhill and Troubas Kater will be among those performing. There will be international acts in the hall of the Simmenfälle restaurant, with Mani Orrason from Iceland and Fenne Lily from the UK.
