An ode to the Fête des Vignerons 2019

20 August 2019

The Fête des Vignerons (Unesco World Heritage) is a tradition organised from generation to generation since the 18th century in the canton of Vaud, in a region stretching from Pully to Lavey near Valais.

Press conference the day after, l’abbé and Daniele Finzi Pasca (right) 

The twelfth edition took place from 18 July till 11 August 2019.

This collage gives an impression of this great festival with more than one million visitors, a temporary stadium with around 20 000 seating places, five thousand volunteers, hundred professionals and ten years of preparation.

Chapeau Vevey, the organisation, the visitors and Switzerland.

Model of the stadion. Collection: Musée de la Confrérie des Vignerons