Venoge Festival 2026
The friendly festival of the Vaud region: four days of concerts in Penthalaz with Swiss and international artists.
Location : Penthalaz (Vaud) · Usual period : late August
The festival
The Venoge Festival is an open-air music event held in Penthalaz, in the canton of Vaud. It presents itself as the largest open-air festival in the Lausanne region and covers a range of musical styles: urban, electro, pop, chanson, revival, rock and family programming. The 2026 edition ran over five days and featured more than 40 concerts, with three evenings described as full. Artists named in the organisers' own recap of that edition include David Guetta, PLK, Suzane, Marie Jay, Damso, Rilès, Marguerite and Mosimann, among others.
The 2026 edition was the festival's 30th, and the organisers report that 75,000 festival-goers attended it. The event relies on a large volunteer base, with more than 1,500 volunteers mentioned for that edition. The next edition is announced for 18 to 21 August 2027 in Penthalaz.
The festival's communication around the 2026 edition also refers to an eclipse that occurred during the event, and to a heatwave warning issued in the run-up to it. These details come from the organisers' own news posts rather than from an independent description of the programme.
Getting there, on site
The 2027 edition is scheduled for 18 to 21 August in Penthalaz. For the 2026 edition, the organisers published a practical briefing covering mobility, the cashless payment system, heatwave conditions, permitted items, scams to watch out for, and timetables. Tickets for that edition were still available shortly before it began. The festival operates a cashless system, and attendees were asked to claim any refund before 14 September 2026. The source does not provide details on camping, accommodation or on-site catering.
