Festivals: apply now
See which festivals are taking applications right now and which open soon. Most windows for the summer run from October to February.
Open now · 6
- m4music
Contest · Demotape Clinic · 2027 edition · Zürich und Lausanne
Open until 20 December 2026
Emerging stage - Europäisches Jugendchor Festival Basel
Form · Schwizer Büni · 2027 edition · Basel
Open until 31 December 2026
Emerging stage - Verbier Festival
Academy · Junior Orchestra · 2027 edition · Verbier
Open until 11 January 2027
Live audition on 14.12.2026 or video by 11.1.2027.
Emerging stage - Verbier Festival
Academy · Verbier Festival Academy · 2027 edition · Verbier
Open until 11 January 2027
Emerging stage
Opening soon · 2
- Lucerne Festival
Academy · Lucerne Festival Academy · 2027 edition · Luzern
Opens on 1 December 2026, deadline 14 February 2027
Emerging stage - Gurtenfestival
Contest · Waldbühne · 2027 edition · Köniz (Gurten)
Opens on 6 January 2027, deadline 24 January 2027
Registration from 6.1.2027 via mx3, public voting until 24.1., live final on 13.2.2027 at the Mühle Hunziken.
Emerging stage
Rolling, no fixed deadline · 54
- Honky Tonk Festival St. Gallen
Form · 2027 edition · St. Gallen
Applications open for 2027, no deadline stated
- Prangins Baroque
Form · 2027 edition · Prangins
opens in spring 2027, no date announced yet
Emerging stage - Eidgenössisches Musikfest
Via the association · 2031 edition · wechselnd (2031: St. Gallen)
next festival 2031, registration through the association
- Swiss Chamber Music Festival
Contest · 2027 edition · Adelboden
Competition on 21 and 22.11.2026 in Lugano, applications are closed.
Emerging stage - Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy
Academy · Menuhin Festival Academy · Saanen (Gstaad)
Deadline not stated on the website
Emerging stage - Lavaux Classic
Contest · 2027 edition · Cully
Deadline and registration are set out in the regulations, not stated on the page
Emerging stage - Jazzwerkstatt Bern
Other route · 2027 edition · Bern
no deadline stated; the festival takes place at the end of February or the beginning of March
- Glarner Kantonal Musikfest 2027
Via the association · 2027 edition · Schwanden (Glarus Süd)
Application process and deadline not public
- Bündner Kantonalgesangfest 2027
Via the association · 2027 edition · Grüsch
no deadline stated
Emerging stage - Eidgenössisches Jodlerfest
Via the association · 2029 edition · wechselnd (2029: Burgdorf)
next festival in 2029 in Burgdorf, registration via the association
- Montreux Jazz Festival
Contest · Montreux
deadlines on mjaf.ch, not stated on the homepage
Emerging stage - Rencontres de Folklore Internationales de Fribourg
By email · 2027 edition · Fribourg
no deadline stated
- Blues Festival Basel
Contest · Promo Blues Night · Basel
Application process and deadline not stated on the website
Emerging stage - Chocolate Festival
Contest · Pyramides OFF · 2027 edition · Lausanne
Call for 2027 not yet published
Emerging stage - Looren OpenAir
Form · 2028 edition · Wernetshausen
Applications received up to and including October count for the following year; applications received from November onwards only for the year after next
Every detail comes from the festival's website and shows when we checked it. Deadlines change every year, so check the application page before you send. If something's not right, tell us on the festival's page.