Culture
While traditions and folklore are carefully guarded, our love of culture means we are also innovators, looking ever
forward to a future filled with multicultural exchange, events, exhibits, art, literature, music and shows.
History & Traditions
From tall tales to unbelievable-but-true local legends, the Val d’Illiez is a history buff’s dream! Our past is ever-present, thanks to various heritage associations who work tirelessly to preserve the architectural, geographic and cultural heritage left by our ancestors. Take a lesson in patois, our ancient local dialect, find out about the larger-than-life ‘Gros Bellet’ who inspired a revolution in 1790 or follow in the footsteps of the daring smugglers who criss-crossed our alpine valleys in the dead of night…
Know-how
The Val d’Illiez has a long history of alpine craftsmanship and these ancestral techniques have been carefully preserved and transmitted from generation to generation. Despite the inroads of tourism, local artisans, shops and restaurants still welcome visitors to the region with the same hearty simplicity as in days gone by. Revisit the past at an old grain mill, a communal bread oven, a traditional bell foundry…
Alpine Pastures
These uncultivated, high-altitude grasslands were hard-won from the thick forests which covered the untainsides hundreds of years ago. Generations of farming families ave brought their herds of hardy sheep, goats, and cattle to spend the summer grazing in the sunshine, helping to keep the forests at bay and, in the process, creating unique ecosystems of plants, wild animals and traditions which vary from one hillside to another.
Agenda
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The hunt for golden eggs
The Easter Bunny has scattered his golden eggs throughout the Champéry-Champoussin-Les Crosets- Morgins area. Your mission is to find them… -
Jazz & Wine
Discover the springtime version of an essential summer rendezvous between music and gastronomy! -
“CHÔ” Rock Festival
CHÔ Rock Music Festival is on again ! -
Vernissage | Lumière & Forêt de Philippe Rudaz
A collection of forest corners where the sun shines… -
Easter Egg Hunt
A gourmet hunt for all the family. -
Chocolate workshop
Here is a gourmet experience…we are already enjoying it! -
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Nine evenings of discussions on taboo or little-known topics -
Vernissage “En haut” by Pierre Payn
Pierre Payn’s latest works in Indian ink… -
Video conference | My way – an extraordinary destiny
Didier Bovard is both artist and adventurer, and shares with you his incredible, long journey from Paris to New York! -
Annual concert | l’Écho de la Montagne
The musicians of Champéry’s l’Écho de la Montagne are delighted to present the fruits of their musical labor, under the baton of their young and talented new director: Victor Mariétan. -
Concerts | Sidilarsen – Jacuzzi Jaguar -Jane Barnell
For the first time in the region, a visit from the emblematic industrial metal band Sidilarsen! -
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Nine evenings of discussions on taboo or little-known topics