Lake Parade
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Genre | Electronic music |
Dates | July |
Location(s) | Lake Geneva, Switzerland |
Years active | 1997-2015 |
Website | Lake Parade |
The Lake Parade is a large technoparade who is organised every year from 1997, on month of July, in Geneva on the quay of Lake Geneva.[1]
History[]
The Lake Parade has been one of the main Geneva events of the last eighteen years from when it was first organised. Every year thousands of people went to and followed the parade and then participated in the after parties in the evening.
After nearly two continuous decades, the Lake Parade did no longer take place in 2016.[2]
Program of the Parade[]
The Parade typically starts at parc Mon Repos, on the right side of Lake Geneva. People wishing to participate actively in the Parade, by being on one of the Lovemobiles, should be there at 2:00 PM if they want a chance to get on one of the mobiles.
The Parade starts moving at around 4:00 PM and moves slowly along the quay to the other side of the lake right up to the Quai Gustave Ador. There the Parade stops and the night continues with the .
The Love Mobiles[]
Every year there are up to 20 . Generally each one is sponsored by a different company who decorates the Mobile with its colors. Pioneer once decorated a Mobile using large plasma displays. Each Mobile will generally have several DJs but who shall often play the same kind of music, the most common ones being Techno, Trance, Electro and House. The company sponsoring the Mobile can also insist that those wishing to ride on it wear a certain color theme so as to give a uniform look to the car.
Lake Sensation[]
After the Parade, all the Lovemobiles shall come to a stop and all wishing to may climb on. Stages shall also be set up so DJs may perform alongside professional dancers and light shows.
CD/Vinyl Albums & Singles[]
- 1997 - (Hypnotic Records None)
- 1998 - ( ENE069)
- 1999 - ( 74321 68721 2)
- 1999 - ( ENE109)
- 1999 - ( 74321688332)
- 2000 - ( 74321 77020 2)
- 2001 - ( Muve 902502)
- 2001 - ( Muve 902422)
- 2001 - ([[<Lotuce Records]] None)
- 2002 - ( Muve 902812)
- 2002 - ( Muve 902802)
- 2003 - ( Muve 903112)
- 2004 - ( None)
See also[]
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- List of electronic music festivals
- List of technoparades
References[]
- ^ Lake Parade official website
- ^ "The Lake Parade is over! Grumbling about the Lake Festival" (in French). Tribune de Genève. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
External links[]
- Music festivals established in 1997
- Technoparade
- Electronic music festivals in Switzerland
- Free parties
- Summer events in Switzerland