Swiss festival of glass arts
8th edition of Vitrofestival
10 and 11 May 2025
Schedule:
Saturday: 11 am – 6 pm
Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm
The program includes demonstrations, workshops and activities for children, a glass market and an exhibition of contemporary artists! Something for all ages!
Thanks to our generous sponsors !
Activities for families
- 2 creative workshops: Customised decoration of a candle jar by contrasting matt and transparent surfaces (sandblasting) and gluing coloured glass fragments onto a support (small stained glass window).
- Monsieur Papillon en déambulation: moments of strolling reverie, punctuated by giant bubbles, enhanced by elegant juggling, set to a musical background of the ‘thirties’.
- A special Vitrofestival quiz for the whole family to discover along the Vitroparcours, a lovely stroll along the city walls.
- Tales in the gardens of the Préfecture on Saturday at 11.30 am and 1.30 pm and on Sunday at 11 am and 2 pm (at the Hôtel de Ville in case of bad weather).
Demonstrations
- Throughout the weekend, glassmakers Barbara Frei, Bastien Thomas and Thomas Blank, all members of the “Open Glass Studio” collective, will be giving glass-blowing demonstrations under a tent in the courtyard of the château.
- More than twenty exhibitors from Switzerland, France and Poland will be showcasing their high-quality handicrafts: jewellery, decorative objects, glass beads, tableware, recycled glass, stained glass, Tiffany glass and more. Some of the glass market exhibitors will be offering demonstrations on their stands.