Bains des Pâquis

Biggy Bar
2025-08-22 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-08-23 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-09-05 19:00 - 23:00, 2025-09-06 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Four evenings of dancing by the lake.
Join us on August 22 & 23, then September 5 & 6 to celebrate the end of summer!
August 22: Lakeside Basement
Lakeside Basement return to the jetty with their electric energy. Key players in Geneva’s electronic culture, they turn every appearance at Biggy Bar into a memorable moment. Once again this year, they’re ready to rock the Bains!
August 23: Ziness; Blue Mush; Guessi | in collaboration with Planète Rouge
Ziness: A young DJ from Geneva, Ziness is on a mission to make everyone dance, without exception. Her versatile style blends catchy selections that make you want to “wayner” as much as jump.
Blue Mush: DJ of Ghanaian and Swiss origin, Blue Mush builds sets with multiple influences, ranging from amapiano to hip-hop, via batida, baile funk or R’n’B. Her eclectic approach makes her an artist capable of surprising and engaging every audience.
Guessi: Geneva-based DJ of Cuban-Colombian heritage, he moves between hip-hop, future beats, neo-soul and sounds from all over the world. Inspired by the international scene, he develops a singular, rich and energetic style.
September 5: El Carnalito
A DJ with Afro, Latino, hip-hop and dancehall influences, he delivers fiery sets driven by a festive energy that leaves no one indifferent.
September 6: Secreto Club
Danmic S: A well-known figure on the Geneva scene, Danmic S always brings an explosive energy to the dancefloor.
James de Ron: Supported by major figures such as Black Coffee and MoBlack, James de Ron has established himself with a powerful, refined style.
S2creto: Founders of Secreto Club, they represent a new generation determined to rock Geneva like never before.
Cocktails, beers, softs, dancing, music and socializing: all come together for unforgettable evenings on the Bains pier.
Opening hours: 6:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Admission: CHF 2 before 8.30pm, then free

Duo Tarantella Tropical
2025-08-28 18:00 - 19:00
An explosive duo that takes us on a sonic journey, from the tarantella tradition of southern Italy to the warm, sunny ambiences of the tropical world.
Salvatore Tropicale: Accordion, vocals, tamburo a cornice,
Concetta Tropicale: clarinet, voice, tamburo a cornice, gaita Galega, dance direction

Concert: Resident Mambo
2025-08-29 18:30 - 20:00 | On the pier
Founded in 2010, the Resident Mambo group today plays a varied repertoire of salsa and Latin jazz, and performs the hits that keep all salsa fans dancing. The band, which includes musicians from Picason, Züri West, Tony Martinez, Chica Torpedo and Pepe Lienhard, is above all united by its passion for salsa. Their repertoire is made up of endorphin-inducing tunes that raise the temperature at salsa parties!
The band’s solid rhythms, powerful brass, charismatic vocals and magnetism leave no one indifferent, not even the most reluctant to dance. Resident Mambo is a real treat for the ears.

Perfectly Mambo
2025-08-29 19:00 - 20:00
Founded in 2010, the group now plays a varied repertoire of salsa and Latin jazz, and performs danceable hits. The group’s solid rhythms, powerful brass, charismatic vocals and magnetism leave no one indifferent, not even the most reluctant to dance. Resident Mambo is a real treat for the ears…

La Traversée 2025: race cancelled
2025-09-07 08:00 - 08:45
We regret to inform you that Traversée 2025 has been definitively cancelled.
The conditions are not ripe for the event to take place one of these coming Sundays under the optimum safety conditions to which we have committed ourselves.
We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the many people who helped us once again in this adventure, most of whom got up and got ready at the crack of dawn last Sunday, August 31.
Thanks to the Sauvetage, the paddlers, kayakers, volunteer friends who helped carry the bags and supplies, the boat drivers, the AUBP employees and the Buvette des Bains – who prepared soup for all the participants.
to Genève Plage, to the OBAYA troupe, to the Lake Police who supervised and advised us as they do every year, to the faithful Samaritans, to the AUBP swimmers Pascal, Alex, Eustache, Anne-So, the two Simons, Mounir and all the other Givrés Yves, Pete, David,…, to Luz and Tisse l’Avenir, to Cédric Marendaz for his poster, to our families and loved ones.
Thanks at last! Your enthusiasm feeds us, and the dish will be served again.
Keep swimming and ……
See you next year!

Retro bathing
2025-09-07 10:00 - 16:00
Let’s get together for a swim dressed up in Retro style:
Get out your striped swimsuits, beach dresses, cloche hats, vintage bonnets, lace, marinières, moustaches, vintage glasses…
Let’s celebrate the end of summer in good spirits!

Petanque Tournament
2025-09-14 09:00 - 17:00
Mixed triples
Sunday, September 14, 10 a.m.
Registration from 9 a.m., 10.00 per person

Come and sit down, I'm listening
2025-09-14 14:00 - 18:30, 2025-09-28 14:00 - 18:30 | On the pier
Viens t’asseoir je t’écoute is the flagship project of RACONTE-MOI, a non-profit association made up of volunteers who offer a free, confidential and caring listening space in the public space to all passers-by who wish to participate. The project is apolitical and non-confessional.
Context
The starting point is a simple observation: our society is more connected every day (transport, information, social networks, etc.), yet the social fabric is increasingly fragile. The individual sphere is growing at the expense of the public and social sphere, people are exchanging less and less easily with their fellow citizens, and our lives are increasingly individual, independent of collective dynamics.
A number of issues arise from this: isolation, particularly among the elderly, the weakening of community life and social cohesion, and mental health issues rooted in this lack of collective support.
This project is part of a general approach that does not target one of these issues specifically, but by virtue of its flexibility and “broad spectrum”, it seeks to give fellow citizens the tools to solve these issues through listening. That’s what this project is all about: developing the concept of benevolent listening within society as a solution to the issues raised. In fact, this project attracts both the socially excluded and people intrigued by this format, to be able to exchange ideas with strangers.
On the one hand, Viens t’assis, je t’écoute volunteers have been trained in active and benevolent listening: learning to offer attention to others, developing patience and tolerance, suspending judgments, developing benevolence. On the other hand, they offer passers-by the chance to be listened to and thus have the opportunity to chat with someone (fighting isolation), meet people from backgrounds different from our own (pursuing the objective of social mixing and cohesion), break down the ego/other barrier (confronting living-together), reinforce our confidence in our fellow citizens and in their benevolence (developing social cohesion), obtain emotional support by the simple fact of being heard, and ask for professional help.
On this last point, volunteers are explicitly asked not to give advice to those they listen to. Volunteers are not mental health professionals, nor are they intended to be, since the aim is to be “open to all”. There are times, however, when people ask for or need professional help. At this point, the association’s volunteer hands over to the session coordinator, who takes the time with the person being listened to to find the local institution that can best meet his or her needs.
In such cases, Viens t’assis, je t’écoute can act as a reorientation platform, linking beneficiaries with aid structures.
Operational & technical details
The organization is very simple: a dozen volunteers per session, each seated on a chair, with an empty chair in front of them. To make things easier for passers-by, the chairs are placed in a line. The association’s sign, bearing its name (“Viens t’asseoir je t’écoute”) and the key points of the approach (free of charge, confidentiality, benevolence, etc.) is then put up.
A key element is location: volunteers need to be visible, and there needs to be plenty of foot traffic. Unless the aim is to target a specific population (e.g. a retirement home, a student library, etc.).
Chairs are spaced about 1m50 apart: enough privacy, and enough proximity to make the project visible from the outside. In addition to the 10 volunteers, there is a coordinator. This person will coordinate the three phases of a listening session:
> Briefing (approx. 30 min): introductory tour, review of the key points of the association’s Code of Ethics (sent to volunteers in advance), what to do in certain situations, sharing of experience, questions and answers.
> The listening session (2h30-3h00): the volunteers sit on the chairs, and the coordinator goes out to meet passers-by to answer their questions, invite them to participate, and keep an eye on the volunteers and provide support if needed.
> Debriefing: feedback on everyone’s experience (without sharing the content of the stories, which remain confidential), points for improvement.
Link to the Code of Ethics and the practical guide for volunteers: https: //www.jetecoute.org/instructions
For volunteer management, a WhatsApp group is used for volunteer announcements, and a group for coordinators. Registration is handled via the website. Important point: for each session, an equitable distribution between old and new volunteers is organized, to help motivated volunteers gain experience and skills, and thus enable the project to mature more rapidly. Motivated volunteers can then become coordinators to run their own listening sessions.
Deployment & Impact
To date, the association has carried out a total of 19 listening sessions, involving around 70 volunteers and over 600 people listened to. The project is of great interest to many people and is growing all the time.
Locally: demand from volunteers is very high. In less than 30 minutes, 48 places spread over 4 listening sessions were filled, from a pool of 140 volunteers. The association’s founders receive many requests for contact, sometimes from abroad, via their Instagram account. As a result, requests for replication in other European cities are pouring in and multiplying. For the moment, Paris, Brussels and Lausanne are being developed.
Feedback from participants and volunteers: very positive! Volunteers are delighted with this simple yet powerful experience. So were the participants, some of whom even came specifically to take part. Some participants have been put in touch with professional services to ensure they receive appropriate medical follow-up. Even if the impact is difficult to quantify, the listening sessions have had real and powerful consequences for the participants.
Given last year’s weather conditions, many sessions were cancelled, which is why we are requesting the Rue de la Monnaie space to alternate with the Bains des Paquis for the 2025 season, so that we can be sheltered during listening sessions. What’s more, offering these spaces in the center of town and in a high-traffic area makes sense and makes listening accessible to people strolling through the center on Saturday afternoons.
Ideally, sessions will alternate on Saturdays every 15 days at Passage de la Monnaie (subject to approval by the Canton), and here are the dates on which we’d like to continue at Bains des Paquis on Sundays between May and October.

Cold water swimming lessons
2025-09-15 12:30 - 13:30 | On the pier
Would you like to start cold water swimming and join a movement of several hundred people who swim all winter at the Bains? Would you like to enjoy the many benefits of cold water swimming (immune defenses, mental well-being, etc.)?
From September 1, Les Bains will be offering classes every Monday between 12:30 and 1:30 pm in groups of up to 8, to give you all the keys you need to get started.
This course is designed for intermediate and advanced swimmers (we don’t teach you how to swim during the course).
Registration at the Rotonde des Bains, CHF 10 per course.

Chimera
2025-09-17 19:00 - 19:30
” Chimère” is Compagnie Sud’s new play, designed to be presented in the idyllic setting of the Bains des Pâquis. It is an ode to the world of dreams.
Performed by 6 dancers from diverse backgrounds, Chimère calls for a happy irrationality in which ecstasy and fantasy intermingle, and where peaceful insouciance is promised to the happy dreamer.”
Dancers: Sheba Wangeci, Angie Sabbé, Mariana Morales Tomaz, Maéna Iafare Edeline, Jean-Christy Olembe, Isabelle Brambilla
Choreography: Isabelle Brambilla on behalf of Compagnie Sud

Dansehabile workshop
2025-09-20 11:00 - 12:30
Saturday, September 20, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This workshop offers an approach directly linked to the universe of the show Le Chant des Récifs.
Guided by Simon Ramseier, the workshop offers a poetic and collective immersion, encouraging the imagination, the link to the group and an inclusive experience of movement.
Workshop open to all bodies and all ages.

Performance Dansehabile
2025-09-20 17:00 - 17:30
Saturday, September 20, 5 p.m.

Choreographer: Simon Ramseier
Dancers: Magda Filipowski, Maud Leidbundgut, Benoît Dumont, Luca Formica, Camilla Stanga, Maroussia Ehrnrooth
This poetic and committed creation brings together professional artists and dancers with disabilities. Inspired by coral reefs, symbols of diversity and fragility, it brings together art, inclusion and ecology. Presented in an emblematic venue accessible to the general public, this revival aims to make culture accessible to all, and to showcase the richness of human diversity on stage.

Opening of the winter area and pre-sale of winter season tickets
2025-09-21 09:00 - 21:30 | Sauna
The Les Bains winter wellness area (saunas, steam rooms and Turkish bath) opens its doors on Sunday September 21 at 9:00 am.
Until then, the Les Bains will be undergoing its seasonal makeover, with three weeks of sauna installation work starting on Monday September 1, which means, among other things, the end of the season for the women’s area.
Meanwhile, those who want to avoid the queue to buy a wristband giving access to the winter swimming facilities can do so at the rotunda…

Job offer
2025-09-26 08:00 - 2025-10-15 17:00
Position to be filled
We are looking for an employee 60% year-round on a permanent contract, with opportunities for advancement.
Start date: December1, 2025.
Prerequisite: to know Les Bains, understand its spirit and perpetuate it, in accordance with our charter of values. Altruism and team spirit.
Reception position: 60%. Irregular hours, evenings, mornings, weekends, according to schedule. Tuesdays reserved exclusively for women during the autumn/winter/spring period.
Specifications: customer reception, sales, rentals, cashiering, cleaning, etc.
Knowledge of one or more foreign languages welcome. A pool plus lifesaving certificate would also be an advantage (possibility of holding a partial lifesaving station in summer). Possibility of obtaining certification on the job.
Send your job offers to: info@aubp.ch
Application deadline: October 15.

Apéro poétique: Véronique Emmenegger
2025-09-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Yurt
Véronique Emmenegger, born in Paris in 1963, is a Franco-Swiss writer living in Lausanne.
After a rebellious education at Collège de Morges and Gymnasium in Lausanne, she was one of the “young reporters” selected in a competition launched by l’Hebdo which offered each winner the chance to write a report. Véronique left for London and produced her first double-page spread on punks. It was on British soil that she wrote her first novel, “Mademoiselle Faust”, a city of many departures.

Poetic aperitifs
2025-09-27 11:00 - 2025-10-01 12:00
Season 2025-2026
Discover the program

Philo aux Bains: How technofascists took power
2025-09-28 10:30 - 12:00
What if real power was no longer wielded in ballot boxes or parliaments, but in lines of code, digital infrastructures and the messianic dreams of Silicon Valley? In their hard-hitting essay, Apocalypse Nerds, journalists Nastasia Hadjadji and Olivier Tesquet analyze the emergence of a new regime of authority they call technofascism: a distributed, opaque form of power, where the state reprograms itself like a start-up and visionary billionaires – Musk, Thiel, Vance, Yarvin – sketch out the contours of an anti-democratic future.
Combining journalistic investigation and philosophical reflection, the authors map this shift from the political to the technological, and highlight a disturbing recomposition of the imaginary of power. Far from a science-fiction dystopia, Apocalypse Nerds reveals a present already in progress, where the old tension between Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment, democracy and authoritarianism, emancipation and selection, is replayed.
We invite you to come and talk to Nastasia Hadjadji and Olivier Tesquet about this captivating investigation, which questions our relationship with technology, democracy and the future.
The meeting will take place under the Bains yurt, free admission.

Show: La carpe d'or ou les caprices de maman (The golden carp or Mom's whims)
2025-09-28 17:00 - 18:00 | Yurt
The story takes place above, around and under Lake Geneva. There are airs, humans, currents and fish. Magic too, of course.
Joëlle draws, Yveline plays the violin and Deirdre narrates in a gentle dance of words, notes and lines.
Let us carry you away in this tale that dispels greed and restores the joy of simple pleasures, like gazing at a lake at dusk.
Running time: 40 minutes
Narration: Deirdre Foster
Illustrations: Joëlle Gagliardini
Music: Yveline Schwab
Design: Compagnie du Chat de Bla 2025

Huma exhibition
2025-10-02 17:00 - 2025-11-09 17:00
And what would you pack in your suitcase?
Opening October 2 at 5pm
The exhibition takes the form of a memory game inspired by the classic “In my suitcase, there are…”: “Look at each panel once, reading the word lists. At the end of your turn, can you remember all the objects? Can you recite the whole list?” A journey for young and old, to immerse, reflect, and perhaps… recognize yourself.
An exhibition by the Païdos association

Full Moon Sauna
2025-10-07 20:30 - 23:30
On full moon nights, the saunas are open until 11:30 pm.
Enjoy the magic of the Night Baths with AufGuss ceremonies, a brazier, clay to coat your body, ice cubes and orange pieces.

Poetic aperitif
2025-10-11 11:00 - 12:00
Michèle Makki
Michèle Makki is a history buff. She holds a master’s degree in philosophy and French literature, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Italian, and has taught Latin and French during her professional career. A journalist for some time with the Swiss daily L’Impartial, she has given lectures on historical figures, published poems and critical articles in Écriture, Nova and Vetera (magazines published in French-speaking Switzerland), and co-authored a book with Oleg Stépanovitch Kochtchouk (Michel Barde. Un homme, une cité, Éditions Slatkine, Geneva, 2008).
The author will read poems from her collection ” Tes Fleuves sont la mer “, Éditions des Sables, May 2022, and previously unpublished poems from ” L’humus inaccompli des steppes “, forthcoming from Éditions des Sables.

Theater Festival
2025-10-11 17:00 - 18:00
Les Triplettes de Grenette, in collaboration with La Fête du Théâtre
Human-scale puppet show at the Bains de Pâquis.
Three grandmothers on the go, with whom you won’t want to miss the party.
Welcome to the Triplettes de Grenette with Huguette, Mirette and Violette.
Good-natured, they love to sing and chat.
Their specialty: celebrating the joy of being alive. To do so, anything goes. Humor and surprises are in their suitcases.
Popular and authentic characters, they have the art of bringing people together. With their playfulness, they offer an offbeat take on the 3rd age.
With : Cie SSloane Kersusan, Edwige Latrille and Maxime Goncalves
Photo credit: Nicephore Tsimbidaros

PâqueBO - a fantastic and unusual lakeside installation.
2025-10-16 - 2026-02-15
Opening : Thursday, October 16, 5 to 9 p.m.
PâqueBO is a cultural, social and inclusive project run by the Fondation Cap Loisirs, in partnership with the Bains des Pâquis and the Bâto collective.
This poetic installation was imagined by people with intellectual disabilities taking part in Cap Loisirs activities, and by scenographers and visual artists.
To be discovered in the pool in front of the Buvette from October 16.
With the support of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, Champ libre – Culture en tous lieux (culture.ge.ch) and Fonds Mécénat SIG.

Poetic aperitif
2025-10-25 11:00 - 12:00
Philippe Gindre, born in May 1973. He lives in Geneva and elsewhere.

Refusing honors
Set off into the background
Landing on a wire.

Relié, Délié is the title of a collection of poems published by Editions des Sauvages in June 2025. Around these facetiously anti-establishment, offensively positivist and confusingly religious poems, the author proposes a reading-performance exploring various interactions between poetry and music, accompanying himself with guitar loops created live with a looper, as well as interspersing a few musical parts according to the inspiration of the moment.

Philippe Gindre was angry with school from an early age, for all sorts of good reasons, and did everything he could to turn out badly. But books and music, walks in the forest and river baths prevented him from doing so. He has published three novels, an album and, recently, a collection of poetry published by Editions des Sauvages.

Improclowns
2025-10-30 19:30 - 20:30
4 unpredictable clowns, a charismatic Mistress of Ceremonies and a shower of inspirations: this is the explosive alchemy that will set this season’s first improv performance at La Yourte des Bains des Pâquis alight! Get ready for an avalanche of bright silliness and laughter, punctuated by poetic sparks.
With : Clara Urio, Éléonore Gür, Eva Marlinge, Julie Serrano and Lauriane Naulet

Full Moon Sauna
2025-11-05 08:00 - 23:30 | Sauna
Once a month, when the moon is full, our winter facilities stay open until 11:30 p.m. so you can relax in the baths under the moon’s watchful eye. Braziers, ice cubes, clay and orange wedges add to this moment like no other…
Aufguss ceremonies take place during the evening. This practice of Northern European origin, associated with Finnish and Germanic saunas, consists of an “infusion” of steam flavored with essential oils to increase the humidity level. This purifying collective ritual is designed to intensify the benefits of the sauna through an immersive multisensory experience: intense heat, aromatic scents, sometimes music, for a deep sense of letting go and complete rejuvenation.
