Created in 1989 by Silvano de Gennaro, the Hardronic Festival is the opportunity for CERN Staff, Summer Students, users, their friends and families, to come to the site and enjoy all types of live music, games and animations for kids, delicious food and cool drinks.
It started as a very small event, on the terrace of Restaurant 1 in Meyrin. During the first years, the stage was the platform of a CERN truck, lent by the transport group. As it grew in subsequent years, the Festival had to be moved to a larger venue, on the fields of the CERN Prevessin site, near Restaurant 3.
Every year the festival had a different format: one or two days, one or two stages, mid-July or end of August, etc... but most of the time we've been super lucky with the weather. After a two-year absence, the Hardronic Festival is now back, with 10 local bands ready to rock the field, a bouncy castle for the kids, and more....
A real "CERN National Holiday".
This year edition will be held on the Restaurant 3 terrace
on 8th of August starting from 14:00 till 1:00am
There will be FREE ENTRY but due to the security policy, all the external vistors will have to be on the guest-list, providing a CERN employee’s name as a reference.
NO SITE ENTRY PERMISSION WILL BE GRANTED FOR NON-CERN PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ON THE GUEST LIST!
!! Update: !!
!! The guest-list is now closed !!
Guests are still welcome to the festival, however they must be accompanied by a CERN person at all times
(CERN log-in required)
PARKING FOR THE VISITORS (cars without the access to the site!)
Please use the Flagstaff Car-Park or the GLOBE Parking when you come on Saturday.
No entry to the site with the car will be granted!
Occasional visitors are, by default, entitled to a single (in-out) access to the Flagstaff Car-Park, but are not entitled to park in the P+R area. If they wish to access the Flagstaff Car-Park and the Globe car park again they must apply to Building 33, otherwise they will be refused entry.
FREE Shuttle from/to bld.33 (CERN Reception)
(To get there take tram nb 18, direction CERN, and exit at the last stop)
13h00, 13h30, 14h00, 14h30 and 15h00 from CERN Reception to Prevessin site R3
15h45, 16h30 and 17h15 from CERN Reception to R3
18h00, 18h30, 19h00 and 19h30 from CERN Reception to Prevessin site R3
21h00 to 1h30 departure every 30 minutes from the Prevessin site to CERN Reception
Charity Food stands and Drinks and sodas
A bouncy castle for kids will be set up on the site.
14:00 Reinforced Concrete
14:30 Out of Scope
15:15 The Emigrants
16:30 The Armpits
17:30 Fuzzy Dunlop
18:30 N.F.B.
19:15 Diracula
20:15 Danegeld
21:30 Miss Proper and the Moving Targets
23:00 The Canettes Blues Band
Check out the line-up details
