9 Best Performing Arts in Bern, Switzerland

Billed as Bern's oldest music club, Mahogany Hall hosts a wide range of Swiss and international artists that play a variety of musical styles. There's also a twice-monthly salsa night featuring a dance workshop. Check online for the calendar.

This popular place hosts top international jazz, blues, and gospel artists between September and May.

From approximately October to May, marionettes, stick puppets, hand puppets, shadow puppets, and masks come to life on stage at the Berner Puppentheater.

Orchestral work and chamber music are performed by this orchestra in venues all over Bern, as well as in other cities.

Bühnen Bern handles ticket sales for the Berner Symphonieorchester (Bern Symphony Orchestra), Oper Bern (Bern Opera), Bern Ballet, and Schauspiel Bern (Bern Theater).

This beautiful venue hosts a variety of concerts and other events. Check online for the concert program.

Altstadt streets empty briefly in mid-July as A-list rockers draw crowds up the hill to the four-day open-air Gurten Festival.

Each year, the Stadttheater Bern presents full-scale operas, concerts, dramas, and contemporary dance pieces.

Three levels below Spitalgasse, the Theater am Käfigturm presents pantomime, modern dance, avant-garde plays, stand-up comedy, and the occasional film or piece aimed at children.