Created in 1999 on the model of the famous Edinburgh Tattoo, this international music festival is the only one of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland and is held in the majestic courtyard of the Swiss National Studfarm, located in Avenches and not far from Lake Morat.
Avenches Tattoo is now taking place in the magnificent setting of the Swiss National Stud, an important part of Switzerland's cultural heritage, which will host the festival throughout the renovation of the Roman arena.
Military Tattoos are commonplace in the north of Europe and becoming increasingly popular in Switzerland. The only event of its type in French-speaking Switzerland, the Avenches Tattoo brings together nearly 500 musicians – military and civil – from all over Europe.
The invited high quality musical and choreographic marching bands put on spectacular shows that make the arenas pulsate with incredible sound and arouse the audience’s enthusiasm. Whether it is popular or modern melodies, the musicians, who are truly virtuosos of their art, are gifted in producing an exceptionally colourful show full of phenomenal, precise movements and figures.
