Heirassa Festival
Switzerland's biggest folk music festival offers a very high standard of traditional Swiss music
Come to the Heirassa Festival in Weggis and enjoy four glorious days in the presence of the most popular Swiss folk musicians. See more than 40 high-calibre ensembles playing over 100 hours of folk music across 16 venues.
The Swiss musicians Carlo Brunner and Willi Valotti are responsible for the programme.
The 19th Heirassa Festival will take place from Thursday, June 6, 2024 to Sunday, June 9, 2024 in Weggis. The focus is on Alois Schilliger (1924 to 2004), who would have been 100 years old this year. The Weggis native was one of the greatest Swiss folk musicians. In 1954, he composed his famous "Heirassa-Polka", a Rhineland polka. In 1959, together with Walter Grob (accordion) and Kaspar Muther (clarinet and saxophone), he founded the folk band Heirassa, which thus had a house title.
Day tickets and festival passes for all the concerts.
Tickets for the next festival will be available here from the start of advance sales at the beginning of 2025. Check back later.
Prices 2024: Festival pass CHF 120.- (presale until May 28 CHF 95.-) Day ticket Thursday or Friday CHF 35.– Day ticket Saturday or Sunday CHF 40.–
Children up to 6 years free Children from 6 to 18 years; people with disabilities 50% (Price category "reduced", IDs will be checked at the entrance)
The Heirassa package
Included in the package: - 2 nights in a double room in one of the participating hotels, including breakfast and taxes - Festival Pass for the Heirassa Festival 2024 - 1 day ticket for the Rigi Railways and 1 day ticket for the Lake Lucerne Navigation Company - free ticket for the Lidobus in Weggis.
Participating hotels 4* Hotel Alexander Weggis / CHF 584.00 4* Hotel Gerbi Weggis / CHF 584.00 4* Romantik Hotel Beau Rivage Weggis / CHF 584.00 4* Hotel Rössli Gourmet & Spa Weggis / CHF 504.00 3* Kurhaus Seeblick Weggis / CHF 504.00
(price per person)