Fanny Leeb and the Yellow Fellows will be performing "It's all about Jazz" on Friday 9th February at 20:30 at the Conservatoire de L'Ouest Vaudois in Nyon. Details here Fanny has performed at various festivals in Switzerland including the Montreux Jazz festival and the Caprices festival in Crans-Montana.

There will be a full moon fondue party by the lakeside in Nyon on Saturday 3rd February at 19:00. Children welcome. The outdoor sauna will be open from 14:00 -18:00. Registration required - click here. This event is organised by the Bains des 3 Jetées association.

On the 14th February, you can "Kiss and Ski" on the slopes in St Cergue in the glow of torchlight! At 18:00 the ski slopes will open at 19:00 torches will be distributed to skiers and at 19:30 there will be a grand public torchlight descent - kissing optional! Just CHF 10 per adult CHF 5 for children There will be music, mulled wine and local food on offer and the ice rink will be free on that evening. No reservation needed, just pay on site (at the St Cergue ski slope) on the evening Note: If you take public transport up to the event you will also be given a free mystery gift!

Here is a selection of events coming up in the next few days in the Nyon area. Friday 26th January -Jacob Salem - Afro-Blues music at the Usine a Gaz in Nyon 21:30 (see music clip below) Details hereRaclette Party in Nyon - 18:00 - 22:00 in the cave of the château of Nyon Details hereFlea market in Nyon - Sunday 28th January Monthly flea market by the lakeside in Nyon - 08:00 -18:30 Also on Sunday 28th - Build an Igloo and eat Fondue in La Givrine! From 10:00 -15:00 Details here Nyon town tour in English - Wednesday 31st January 2018 New to Nyon and want to know more about the town? Nyon tourism is running a two-hour tour of the town (includes a coffee break) on Wednesday 31st January from 15:00 -17:00. Register at info@nrt.ch or call 022 365 66 00. Meeting point - in front of the château of Nyon. Music clip - Jacob Salem (playing at the Usine a Gaz on the 26th January)

The next Career Women's Forum WAVE (Women's added value in the economy) conference will take place on Tuesday, January 30th in Geneva from 17:30 - 21:30. More details here The Increasing Impermanence of work requires you to change. Are you ready? Today more than ever before, working life is impermanent. Change is imposed upon us – unemployment, mergers, acquisitions, physical rupture, artificial intelligence – other times we embrace radically new career shifts, following our hearts and taking control of our work lives. Why? Which are the main drivers of career changes? Which are the challenges and opportunities? Are you ready to plan your career differently, or, a variety of careers? Attend the next CWF WAVE conference, listen to panellists that have experienced major career changes and join the panel discussion.Eva von Rohr, Founder, President, Von Rohr & Associates Sofia de Meyer, Managing Director, Opaline Silke Pan, Hand bike Athlete & co-director Canniballoon Dr. Cary Adams, CEO, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Sylvie Moreau, President, Coty Professional Beauty, Coty

A new visual identity has been unveiled for the next Visions du Reél film festival, due to take place in Nyon from 13th - 21st April 2018. The festival has a new artistic director (Emilie Bujès) and now, a new look. This new logo retains the key elements of identity that the Festival is recognised for - the name, Visions du Réel, and the colour red that has been on the Festival’s posters from the beginning. For the 2018 poster, the Festival has used a photograph by a local Vaudois photographer Delphine Schacher. Her work has already won many awards: winner of the Artistic Prize of the Municipality of Nyon in 2014 and finalist in the Swiss Photo Awards 2016. This year, the festival has used her photograph (taken at the festival in 2015) and not an image from a film. There will be more information coming up in the next few months on Nyon's documentary film festival. Many films are screened in English or are subtitled in English at this prestigious festival.

Friday 26th January - "In Cold Blood" - Theatre production (in English for one night only at 20:00) in Carouge near Geneva. This production is a mixture of film, dance music and theatre. More details here. Reservations here.

Check out this video below of a choir from Minneapolis called Vocal Essence, singing "Nyon, Nyon". This musical piece was composed by Jake Runestad, an award-winning composer from Rockford, Illinois, U.S.A. The piece, however, has nothing to do with the town of Nyon, it is an experimental composition using "original" words and music. Living in Nyon, has written to the composer pointing out that Nyon is actually a living town here in French-speaking Switzerland! Read today's (Monday 22nd January) Living in Nyon column in section 2 of La Côte newspaper (the column is in English) to find out his reply!

The next Nyon Business Forum event is a talk (including lunch) which will take place at l'Espace Galerie Murandaz,Chemin du Midi 8, Nyon on Friday, January 26 at 12:00. The gallery is located next to La Combe shopping centre. Gallery owner Grace Boica, will share her experience and insights into running a successful art gallery and will give an introduction to the gallery’s new exhibition. To attend please register by SMS to 079 202 50 14 or email info@nyonbusinessforum.ch by January 24. The fee for non-members, including lunch, is CHF 40, payable at the door. The Nyon Business Forum is a non-profit, non-political, non-denominational association linking entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals of all ages in and around Nyon for the purpose of networking and professional/personal development. English and French are the official languages of NBF. One specific objective of NBF is to facilitate contacts between “expats” and “locals” and contribute to developing a thriving business community in Nyon.

Sunday afternoon concerts begin at the Conservatoire of L'Ouest Vaudois in Nyon On 21st January the first of the COV Sunday afternoon's concerts begin with "Cabaret Songs" with Lamia Beuque (vocals) and Claire Schwob on piano. The concert starts at 17:00. Tickets can be reserved by email in advance info.nyon@cov-vd.ch or at the door on the day from 16:00 onwards.

From the 1st January this year (2018) the libraries in Nyon, Rolle and Gland are now free for residents! There is no charge to borrow books (both printed and electronic), music CDs and other items. In Nyon, there is both an adult and a children's library in the town. Nyon's adult library is in Avenue Viollier 10 (opposite the Place Perdtemps car park) and the children's library is at Chemin de Crève-Coeur 3. The adult library has a small but varied collection of books in English (on the top floor) which is refreshed on a regular basis. There is a quiet reading room on the ground floor of the library, with a coffee machine, and where you can read newspapers and journals and magazines on the premises. On other floors, there are desks to work, Wi-Fi, there's even a photocopying machine (note, you do not need to register to use the library's facilities, just to borrow the books etc). Nyon council displays works of art on each floor of the library and there is a community notice board at the entrance which lists useful information on events happening in the town. All three libraries hold regular events for readers, from workshops for children, to storytelling and lectures by published writers. All you need to do to become a member of the library is to register for a Renouvaud card at the library of your choice. This card then entitles readers to borrow books from all three libraries in Nyon, Rolle and Gland.

Nyon railway station will be a completely non-smoking railway station beginning the 1st February 2018. Smoking will be banned on the platform, in station buildings, and in the underpass below the station. This non-smoking ban is part of a new initiative by CFF, however, it is a trial only at this stage to last for several months (unspecified length at the moment). The other stations are Basel CFF, Bellinzona, Coire, Neuchâtel and Zurich Stadelhofen. This initiative by CFF is to improve the cleanliness of the station, for the benefit of passengers and to improve the overall quality of travel.