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    Experience Lucerne Festival

    Summer Festival 2024 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival
    Summer Festival 2024 © Priska Ketterer/Lucerne Festival

    Would you like to round out your concert visit with additional experiences? From discounts on museum admission to a selfie station and food selections following the concert: here you can find information on everything that might be of interest to you throughout your concert visit.

    • Hotel Offers and Festival Packages

      In collaboration with Lucerne Festival, the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne is offering an exclusive package. For stays of three nights or more at The Heritage or the Waldhotel by Bürgenstock, one ticket of your choice for Lucerne Festival is included per person per stay. The concerts in Lucerne can be easily reached via the Bürgenstock Railway and the MS Bürgenstock catamaran across Lake Lucerne. The resort’s spa area is open to guests during their stay.

      Dinner after the concert? The Mandarin Oriental Palace, Lucerne offers a menu specially crafted for our festival and featuring a refreshing Festival drink - orders are taken until 9.45pm: Discover here.

      A number of restaurants offer late-night dining. You can order food at the following places until the times indicated:

      • Art Deco Hotel Montana | bar menu until 23.00 | 041 419 00 00
      • Bacio della Mamma | Mon-Sun until 22.00 | 041 227 67 79
      • Brasserie Bodu | Mon-Sun until 22.00 | 041 410 01 77
      • CAAA by Pietro Catalano | Mon/Thu/Fri/Sat order in advance | 076 767 99 83
      • Grand Hotel National | Mon-Sun until 23.00 | 041 419 09 09
      • Grillrestaurant Ampersand | Tue-Sat until 23.00 | 041 210 10 07
      • Hotel Continental Park | Mon-Sun until 23.00 | 041 228 90 50
      • Hotel Schweizerhof | Mon-Sun warm meals served until 21.30, bar menu until 00.00 | 041 410 04 10
      • KKL Seebar | Mon-Sun until 23.30 | 041 226 73 08
      • La cucina | Sun-Thu until 22.00, Fri/Sat until 22.30 | 041 226 88 88
      • LUZ Seebistro | Mon-Wed until 23.00, Thu-Sat until 00.30, Sun until 22.00 | 079 840 94 28
      • Mandarin Oriental Palace | Mon-Sun until 21.45 | 041 588 18 88
      • Mekong | Sun-Thu until 22.00, Fri/Sat until 22.30 | 041 226 88 88
      • Negishi Sushi Bar | Mon-Sat until 22.00, Sun until 21.30 | 041 555 10 05
      • Rathaus Brauerei | Mon-Sat until 22.30, Sun until 21.30 | 041 410 61 11
      • Restaurant Ammos | Mon-Thu until 22.00, Fri/Sat until 22.30 | 041 240 00 88
      • Restaurant Mövenpick | Sun-Thu until 21.15, Fri/Sat until 22.15 | 041 210 62 50
      • Restaurant Olivo | Tue-Sat until 22.30 | 041 418 56 61
      • Restaurant Opus | Mon-Sun until 22.30 | 041 226 41 41
      • Restaurant Pizzeria Einhorn | Mon-Sat until 22.30 | 041 410 11 06
      • Restaurant Schiff | Mon-Sun until 22.30 | 041 220 22 02
      • Restaurant Schlüssel | Tue-Sat until 21.30 (longer with reservation) | 041 410 05 33
      • Restaurant tibits | Sun-Wed until 22.00, Thu-Sat until 22.30 | 041 226 18 88
      • Ristorante Barbatti | Mon-Sat until 22.00, Sun until 21.00 | 041 410 13 41
      • Ristorante il Cortile | Tue-Sat until 23.00 | 041 240 88 00
      • Ristorante Mamma Leone | Mon-Fri until 22.00 (pizza until 22.30), Sat-Sun until 22.30 | 041 410 17 91
      • Ristorante Pizzeria Weisses Kreuz | Mon-Sun until 23.00 | 041 418 82 20
      • Romantik Hotel Wilden Mann | Mon-Sat until 22.30 | 041 210 16 66
      • Thai Garden | Sun-Thu until 22.00, Fri-Sat until 22.30 | 041 226 88 88
      • Zunfthaus zur Pfistern | Mon-Sat until 23.00, Sun until 22.00 | 041 410 36 50

      The list is not exhaustive. To make sure that the restaurant of your choice is actually open, we recommend calling in advance.

    • Culinary delights & music | KKL Lucerne

      The KKL Luzern offers a range of culinary options to enhance your concert visit. Whether you’re looking for a seasonal menu, an aperitif, dessert, or intermission service, the gastronomic offerings are tailored to the timing of the concerts so as to allow you to enjoy your meal before, during, or after the performance. Various arrangements are available to accompany your concert evening, from a reserved intermezzo during intermission to a multi-course menu with accompanying beverages.

    • Concert Introductions

      with Susanne Stähr (in German) | KKL Luzern, Auditorium:

      Further concert introductions:

    • Post-Concert Talks & Live Critics’ Round Table Discussions

      Post-Concert Talk: In the KKL Luzern’s Concert Hall lounge, following the evening concert (in German)

      • 16. August | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 2 | with Isabelle Faust
      • 19. August | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 3 | with Beatrice Rana
      • 23. August | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 4 | with musicians of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra
      • 26. August | Lucerne Festival Orchestra 6 | with Seong-Jin Cho
      • 29. August | Orchestre de Paris 1 | with Augustin Hadelich
      • 2. September | Berliner Philharmoniker 1 | with musicians of the Berliner Philharmoniker

      the Critics’ Round Table of Radio SRF 2 Kultur: In the KKL Luzern lounge, following the evening concert

      • 30. August | Orchestre de Paris 2

       

    • Ark Nova

      Music is hope! Reaffirming that idea in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, Lucerne Festival’s Executive and Artistic Director Michael Haefliger, concert agent Masahide Kajimoto, star architect Arata Isozaki, and artist Sir Anish Kapoor created the world’s first-ever inflatable concert hall: the Ark Nova. The spectacular pink and aubergine design echoes a snail shell: a place of comfort and warmth. Ark Nova opened its doors in Japan in 2013, giving the victims of the tsunami hope and new perspectives. We are now continuing this tradition: from 4 to 14 September, the “New Ark” will come to Lucerne for the first and only time. It will be in operation on the Lidowiese, right next to Lake Lucerne, in front of the Swiss Museum of Transport. The colorfully varied program that will be presented there ranges from classical to folk and pop – music for everyone in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy an artistic experience that appeals to the senses and let yourself be inspired.

       

    • Organ Tour in the KKL Luzern

      Take a look behind the scenes – and inside a gigantic sound machine. To mark the 25th anniversary of the KKL Lucerne’s Goll Organ, with its 4,387 pipes, we are offering two exclusive tours Simon Hebeisen, Managing Director of the organ-building firm Orgelbau Goll. Over the 45-minute tour, you will learn fascinating details about how the instrument works as well as its history. You’ll even have an opportunity to stand on the organ loft.

      Number of participants: max. 20 people

    • Selfie Station

      Want a souvenir photo? At our selfie station in the foyer, you can capture a souvenir of your Festival day, print out a copy, and take it with you!

    • Use your concert ticket to visit a museum

      Your concert ticket entitles you to a 50% discount at the Rosengart Collection as well as free guided tours of both the Hans Erni Museum and the Richard Wagner Museum.

      Details on how to register can be found here.