Tickets are now on sale for The Morges Book Festival (Le livre sur les quais) which will take place from the 6th - 8th September 2019. Literary stars and debut writers, poets and translators, authors of crime fiction, travel writing, non-fiction and books for children and teenagers will give talks (in French and English) and join panel discussions in various locations around the beautiful old town of Morges and during cruises on the lake. Authors listed on the English programme this year include: Anne Griffin, author of the bestselling novel When all is Said. She will be in discussion on Saturday 7th at 11:00 - 12:00 with Michelle Bailat-Jones (moderated by Clare O'Dea, author of the "Naked Swiss"). David Mitchell, author of  ,  and   has been shortlisted twice for the Booker Prize and in 2003, he was selected as one of  's Best of Young British Novelist. He will be in discussion on Saturday 7th at 15:00 and Sunday 8th at 14:00 To see the full line-up over the weekend of all the authors, click on English Programme  Facebook page here

Lots of fun activities will be taking place on both the water and the land at the SUP (Stand-Up Paddle Race) at the Grande Jetée in Nyon this Saturday 31st August 2019. Events start at 10:00 There will also be a fun race at 16:00, where members of the public can take part in either a 2, 4 or 10 kilometre race and at 13:30, a chance for  children to race. There will be a brocante/second hand sale of SUP boards and a chance to try new paddle boards provided by the sponsors of the event. Food/restauration on sale throughout the day. More info on the SUP website and Facebook page.

There will be *lots of interesting planes and helicopters in the sky above Prangins on Saturday 24th August 2019. The Swissair Aeronautic Club is organising a Fly-In at the aerodrome on that day with flights starting at 09:00 and demonstrations at 11:00. There will even be some wing-walking at 13:45! The Fly-In ends at 18:00 and is open to the public. There will also be food available on site - note, cash only on the day, no bank cards accepted. Photos below from a previous Fly-In, back in 2010! *depending on the weather, so far it's looking good for this coming weekend. Website link here

It's got groove, it's got meaning, Grease is the time, is the place, is the motion... in Nyon Ideal family event to end the summer. The summer nights are nearly coming to an end, but not over at the Théâtre de Marens (Rue de Stand 5) in Nyon where they will carry on for a bit longer, in the lyrics, music and acting of "Grease" performed by the Really Youthful Group of the Geneva Amateur Operatic Society. Performances are on the 23rd, 24th and 25th August with both matinée and evening performances on the Saturday and Sunday. This production is an annual, end of summer season tradition in Nyon. The cast of the Really Youthful Group is made up of young people. The musical is in English and is entirely produced by them including the lighting, sound, stage management, make-up, costumes etc under the eye of experienced GAOS adult mentors/members. There are still some tickets left for all performances , particularly for the Saturday matinee at 14:00. Should be good. I got chills... they're multiplying....

The last, local open air music festival of 2019 is the Jval festival. This will take place over four nights from the 28th - 31st August in the heart of the vineyards near the village of Begnins just above Nyon. See video below of the festival in its glorious setting. There are free shuttle buses from both Gland and Nyon to the festival. Parking is possible but you will have to park pretty and parallel in specific places along the vineyards! Times of shuttle buses here. Note - tickets are a little cheaper if you buy them before the 23rd August Jval is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and has an interesting line up of bands over the four nights including the band  !!! (Chk, Chk, Chk ) coming all the way from Sacramento, California (see video below). Tendinista coming from Nyon! and Throes and the Shine - Guerreros (feat La. Yegros) from Portugal/Angola See full programme here

The Tannay Musical Variations starts today the 16th August and continues until the 29th. Tannay is a small village on the lake road near Nyon and once a year, it hosts a big classical music festival in the grounds of the château of Tannay. It's a glorious setting to listen to music. There's a family concert on Saturday 24th August (free admission) with a performance of Peer Gynt, there will also be performances by soloists, chamber orchestras, there's even a Cuban night on Sunday 25th August!  If you fancy venturing further afield this weekend, why not head over to Sion in the Valais? It's just an hour and 40 minutes on the train from Nyon (take the 44 minutes past the hour if you don't want to change trains) or it's approximately an hour and 20 minutes drive. Sion also has a big classical music festival (The Sion Festival) which starts today and continues until the 1st September 2019. Check out our article on our sister site Living in Sion Surrounded by the Alps the old town of Sion is situated in a glorious setting and as the weather forecast is looking great for the Valais this weekend, it would be a great opportunity to discover the capital of the Valais and dip into some music as the same time!

Did you know that Nyon Rugby Club has a female rugby team? The Nyon Rugby Mermaids  are now recruiting and welcomes new members. For more info, or if you simply want to try out the sport - contact mathilde@nyonrugbyclub.com Checkout their Facebook page here Training takes place at the Colovray Sports Centre in Nyon on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 19:00 -21:00 The Women's Rugby Fixture Line-Up 2019/2020

The 26th Rive Jazzy Festival ends its season in Nyon this weekend, the 10th and 11th August 2019. There will be free live music concerts playing from 11:30 until 23:30 on Saturday 10th, and from 13:30 until 21:00 on Sunday 11th down by the lakeside. See programme here. No sooner has one festival finished in Nyon, another one, (the Far festival) will be starting on the 14th August and will continue until the 24th. This is a festival of living arts with performances in various venues around the town. See full programme here.

Know-it-all passport® has opened its third pop-up shop and it will stay open until the 31st August. Know-it-all Marketplace  is located in the Pâquis neighborhood in Geneva, just behind the hotels Kempinski and Beau Rivage, a stone's throw from the lake, and near the Place des Alpes and the Brunswick Monument. The front of the shop is quite misleading as behind these doors is nearly 200m of shop space. It is also one block from the  Library in English  in case you need a good read! Over 50 local creators Each of the 52 creators has had to go through a selection process to avoid imported products with no local creative input. There are creators from many local regions including Nyon. Check out Nyon based, Pilani's natural products. Pilani means"Good Health to all" in the South African native language of Xhosa. See website here . "No Whey Granola" from Founex (number 91 on the link here) sells granola which is a blend of oats, various grains, seeds and nuts: with no added sugar, perfect for breakfast, or a healthy treat during the day. Petit-Printemps from Bellevue designs little dresses for girls and specialises in embroidery and smocking details. Other creators include: Thierry who creates lamps out of logs,  Christian who became a chocolatier last year, to name just a few. There are some vendors from previous pop-ups including Oh La Vache with Swiss cow ceramics and dish cloths, Spice Angel with chilli jams, Sue with a summer selection of scrapbooked greeting cards, and Lanxel with locally-named soy candles. . Demos and workshops Workshops and demonstrations are also organised during the month at the shop On the 7th August, you can learn the art of Scherrenschnitte (the art of paper cutting) workshop at 13:30, on the 9th August you can watch a soap making demo from 13:30 -14:00. Click to see all workshops here or on the Facebook page here The shop is situated at 10, rue Alfred Vincent 1201 Genève 30 July through 31 August 2019 Open Tuesday to Friday 11:45-19:30 Thursday late opening till 20:30 Saturday 10:00-18:00 Closed Thursday 1st of August, Sundays, and Mondays

For all our super fit Living in Nyon readers, there's still a chance to register and enter for the Nyon Triathlon on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August. Registration closes on Saturday 10th at 12:00. There are all sorts of categories and courses available from the short distance to discovery triathlon, youth category, family category and more (see below). The Triathlon website is in English.  See programme here. Note for car drivers, due to the Triathlon, the road between Crans and Nyon will be closed on Sunday 11th between 07:00 -17:00. Diversions will be in place. See map below, Tri Kids & Team Famille / 10 August For the future champions and their families. A real triathlon for kids aged 5 to 9 years old, écoliers category (10-13 years old) and the Team Family category. Distances vary depending on category Aquathlon / 10 August : new in 2019 2x loops / sequence : 250m of swimming and 2.5km of running Short distance / 11 August Possibility to choose between 5 starting blocks. All categories of age and gender will be mixed. It will therefore be possible to race at the same time as friends, family members, colleagues, or best opponents 500m/21.3km/5.1km Discovery Triathlon / 11 August The perfect race for those that wish to complete a triathlon for the first time – Mixed categories and no ranking 200m/10.5km/2.5km Youth league 14-15 / 11 August The 14-15 years old category of the Swiss Triathlon licensed Youth League  500m/10.5km/2.5km National League / 11 August Swiss Championship, sprint distance (license is mandatory) 750m/21.3km/5.1km Olympic distance / 11 August License is mandatory for individual participants (not necessary for relay)  1.5km/42.5km/10.2km

Happy Swiss National Day to all readers! If you are you new to the town, you might like to know there will be an official ceremony in Nyon today, the 1st August, followed by celebrations later on in the evening. The official ceremony takes place at the Esplanade des Marroniers (by the Roman columns) At 19:45 there will be music by the municipale Fanfare band 20:20  Ringing of bells 20:25 The ceremony with the reading of the Pact of 1291 by Julia Butorina, followed by the patriotic prayer. A speech by Natascha Villar (Miss Fitness Swiss 2019), a message by pasteure Madame Sarah-Isaline Golay, followed by the singing of the Cantique suisse. Words for patriotic prayer and Cantique Suisse below. at 21:00 there will be a parade into town. Children and families carry lit lamps to the lake side. at 22:15 firework display above the lake

So that's it from Paléo 2019 folks! We will leave you with a resumé of the festival from today's press conference and a couple of videos from Sunday afternoon. If you are on the festival grounds, enjoy the fireworks! Photo above - behind the scenes At the final Paléo press conference on Sunday afternoon, Daniel Rossellat, president of Paléo, announced that the week's festival had seen all kinds of weather and all kinds of weather forecasts. From a heatwave, to wind and storms they had seen and managed to cope with it all. Improvised concert  Saturday night had been particularly difficult as not only was there a deluge of rain, but Shaka Ponk (one of the headline acts) had to cancel their concert due to illness and this wasn't confirmed until 16:30. Thankfully an improvised concert was arranged at the very last minute by Stephan Eicher (who had played earlier on in the evening). Musicians, technicians and organisers worked hard to produce a stand-in concert. In a matter of a few hours, the Paléo Orkestar had been created and they had recruited Robert Charlebois, DJ Zebra, Melanie Oesch, Tire le Coyote and even a festival goers’ choir. Rossellat said everyone was heroic as they worked so hard to get this concert up and running. He also explained another tricky moment when the band "Live" had to land in Lyon (due to the storm) and then had to get a taxi to Nyon. They arrived 15 minutes before they were due to play. Yet, all the volunteer staff had set everything up for them in advance and even done a sound check for them, another heroic moment in the history of Paléo. There had been a new departure for Paléo this year with the introduction of a circus act in the Dome and this had been a success. When asked how Paléo could reduce its environmental impact even more than some of the measures in place - recycling and washing the drinking cups, participating in the "Food to Go" App etc, Rossellat replied that they were always looking at ways to improve things, however the best possible way would be if people came to the festival by public transport. This would help enormously. There had been lots of measures in place to encourage people to use public transport (which is free to the festival from Nyon) but many people still wanted to use their cars. Rossellat was also asked if they would ever have a mega big-named act at Paléo. He said it was unlikely, mainly for logistical reasons. A really big act means that it affects the programming as they need 3 days to set up the stage and then 2 days to take it down again! Despite the weather it had been a successful Paléo and they are already planning next year's festival (the 45th!) which will take place from the 21st to 26th July 2020. The music in the Village du Monde will be from West Africa. The line-up will be unveiled on March 24th and the ticket office will open on April 1st, 2020. Videos below - The Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne and Jane Birkin, a French icon,