Festival Belluard Bollwerk International

Info

Belluard Bollwerk International is a contemporary arts festival that takes place every year at the beginning of summer in Fribourg (CH).

Geschichte

Since 1983 it has been creating open and creative spaces during 10 days at the beginning of summer for artists and audiences, for newcomers and established ones, for people from Fribourg and guests from all over the world.

The two main venues are the medieval bulwark, which gave the festival its name, and the Ancienne Gare. Here, as well as in other various places all over town, artistic projects of all genres and disciplines are presented. The basic rule is: the more it’s interdisciplinary, the Belluard!

The festival is producer and host alike. New creations from Fribourg are just as important as the presentation of selected guest productions.

The Belluard Festival is multilingual. Calling the bilingual city of Fribourg at the interface of the German and the French speaking part of Switzerland its home, the festival connects the local and the global.

The intimate scale of the event and the welcoming festival center lead to encounters and an experience of community.

"The Belluard Bollwerk is a festival for contemporary performing arts in Fribourg CH. Every summer since 1983, it offers a space for creation, reflection and exchange over 10 days. It showcases established artists as well as emerging ones and allows the public to interact with Swiss and international creators in an open-minded and friendly setting. The unique architecture of the main stage in a medieval fortress! provides fertile ground for fantasies and inventions of all kinds."