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Venoge Festival: “The essential is that the overall balance has worked well”
For its 30th anniversary, the Venoge Festival inaugurated a scene in a natural amphitheater, called to return next year. Two evenings were played on closed counters.
Highlights
For the launch party on Wednesday, the most anticipated artist was undoubtedly SCH. After a discreet start, the Marseille rapper quickly won the public thanks to his flagship titles and his charisma. Then arrived Gauzeand there … We came close to the apocalypse: electric atmosphere and wild pogos rivaled with the gusts of wind that seemed to want to take the scene.
Gazo – Wednesday 14.08.2025
François Melillo / 20minutesTotal atmosphere change on Thursday. Sean Paulheadlining, offered a hot show, with twerk on stage … and in the audience! But the surprise came from Sheila who, in overwhelming heat, proved that we can still set fire at the dawn of her 80th anniversary.
Sean Paul – Thursday 15.08.2025
Luc Maillard / 20 minutesThe star of the Friday evening was undoubtedly Jason Derulowith an American millimeter show. But Bigflo and Oli also conquered the public, just like the legendary rappers of Unik meaning. Favorite for the Geneva Friday on sea, radiant on the riversing.
Jason Derulo – Friday 16.08.2025
François Melillo / 20minutesSaturday was a single one for Ibiza and its biggest clubs thanks to Mosimann. The Swiss DJ mixed on a scene specially created for him, unprecedented in Venoge. Installed in the middle of the crowd, he transformed the space into a real dancefloor. The evening had already been sold out for several weeks, probably by the arrival of Mika or Eddy de Pretto.
Mosimann – Saturday 17.08.2025
François Melillo / 20minutesA positive assessment with more than 50,000 festival-goers on the site during the weekend. “We do not have a crystal ball, the essential is that the global balance worked well,” says the director of the festival, Julien Finkbeiner, fully satisfied with this edition. The return for 2026 is already fixed, from August 12 to 15, 2026.