What Festival Antigel does

Festival Antigel is an annual winter cultural festival founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vernier (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland. Each February it operates across approximately 50 venues in 26 municipalities of the Canton of Geneva (with select cross-border venues in the Grand Genève area), presenting a multidisciplinary program of music, performing arts, and sports. The 2026 edition featured 50 concerts, 13 performing arts productions, 6 original "Made in Antigel" creations, and nearly 500 artists, drawing 57,000 visitors. Core staff of 15-20 is supplemented by external technical services, and the festival is governed by a committee chaired by Françoise Mamie and co-directed by founders Eric Linder (artistic director) and Thuy-San Dinh (general coordinator).

Revenue is generated through three streams: per-event ticket sales via the Infomaniak online ticketing platform, venue box offices, and Migros physical sales points; an annual "Pass Festivalier" subscription at CHF 110 (full) or CHF 90 (reduced) that grants preferential event pricing; and institutional funding plus sponsorship from the Canton de Genève, Ville de Genève, ACG, Loterie Romande, and corporate partners including Superbock (main partner), Migros Genève, and SIG. Year-round engagement is delivered through Antigel Extra, while sub-brands OLA (events agency) and Transforme (vocational training via artistic creation) extend the brand beyond the February window.

Technology infrastructure consists of the Infomaniak Events ticketing SaaS, a custom website (developed by Daisybell), and lightweight consumer engagement features: Mon Antigel (personal event bookmarking with social sharing) and the Antigeloscope (an interactive personality quiz mapping event preferences to artistic personas). No mobile app is offered, and there is no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, data flywheels, or platform-level technology differentiation; the festival is operationally a live-events business with standard e-commerce tooling.

Name

Festival Antigel

Legal name

Antigel Festival

Website

https://antigel.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Festival Antigel is an annual winter cultural festival in Geneva, Switzerland, presenting music, performing arts, and sports across 50 venues in 26 municipalities. Founded in 2011, it attracts approximately 57,000 visitors annually and serves the general public, cultural audiences, and Swiss art patrons through ticketed events, sponsorships, and public grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts & Cultural Festival

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural & Community Festivals (Ticketed) (THAJAFAI), Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ), Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

Keywords

• Arts festival management
• Cultural event programming
• Performing arts production
• Live music festivals
• Community cultural events

Headquarters

HQ city

Vernier

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales: Individual event tickets sold through Infomaniak online platform and physical sales points (venues, Migros). Revenue per event varies by performance.
2. Festival Pass: Season passes available at 110 CHF (full) or 90 CHF (reduced) that entitle holders to preferential festival rates on all events. Does not provide free entry; pass holders still book tickets at discounted rates.
3. Sponsorship and partnerships: Support from sponsors including Superbock (main partner), Migros Genève, SIG, and media partners (Inrocks, RTS, etc.). Also receives grants from Canton de Genève, Ville de Genève, and Loterie Romande.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Festival Antigel produces an annual winter multi-disciplinary arts festival in Geneva and surrounding municipalities, featuring live music concerts, performing arts (dance, theater), sports and wellness events, and solidarity projects across 50 unconventional venues in 26 communes. The festival sells individual event tickets and an annual Festival Pass (CHF 110/90) that grants preferential rates on all events. Supplementary year-round programming is delivered through Antigel Extra, Antigel Run sports events, and related initiatives like Transforme (vocational training through art) and Ola (cultural event agency).

Product overview

Festival Antigel is a multi-commune, multi-venue arts festival that operates as a single unified product. The festival serves as the core offering, supplemented by Antigel Extra for year-round events, Mon Antigel for personal event curation, and the Antigeloscope interactive personality quiz. Additional offerings include the Pass Festivalier discount pass, the Transforme vocational training project, OLA event agency services, and Antigel Run sports events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Made in Antigel: In-house original creations produced by the festival
• Grand Central
• Antigel Run
• Antigeloscope

Products and services

• Festival Antigel (Annual Winter Festival)

Quantifiable outcome

• 57,000 visitors attended the 2026 edition
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, main, sponsor, strategic, media, satellite and venue.

• Canton de GenèvecoreOthersMajor public funding partner providing essential subsidies that enable festival operations. The canton plays a key role in supporting culture by allocating grants to artistic and heritage projects.
• Ville de GenèvecoreOthersCity of Geneva provides grants to support cultural outreach and mediation projects that promote access to culture, public participation, and cultural content transmission.
• ACG - Association des communes genevoisescoreOthersAssociation of Geneva municipalities has supported Antigel since its 2011 creation, as well as numerous inter-municipal cultural projects. Facilitates festival's multi-commune approach.
• Loterie RomandecoreOthersSwiss lottery organization that subsidizes culture in French-speaking Switzerland through game revenues. Supports artistic, heritage, and educational projects.
• SuperbockmainGTM or Marketing PartnerPortuguese beer brand (Super Bock) is a main partner and Grand Central venue sponsor. Provides significant sponsorship support for the festival.
• Migros GenèvesponsorGTM or Marketing PartnerSwiss retail giant sponsors the festival and provides physical ticket sales points through their stores.
• SIG (Services Industriels de Genève)sponsorGTM or Marketing PartnerGeneva industrial services company sponsors the festival.
• InfomaniakstrategicTechnology or IntegrationSwiss technology company provides online ticketing platform for the festival. Also provides web hosting infrastructure referenced in cancellation insurance documentation.
• RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)mediaGTM or Marketing PartnerSwiss public broadcaster is a media partner providing press coverage and promotional support.
• 26 Partner MunicipalitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneva area municipalities including Air-la-Ville, Anières, Bellevue, Bernex, Carouge, Chancy, Chêne-Bougeries, Chêne-Bourg, Collonge-Bellerive, Confignon, Genève, Genthod, Grand-Saconnex, Lancy, Meinier, Meyrin, Onex, Plan-les-Ouates, Thônex, Vandoeuvres, Vernier, Versoix, Veyrier, plus Grand Genève area (Nyon, Ferney-Voltaire, Saint-Genis-Pouilly). Provide venues and local support for festival events.
• TransformesatelliteStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural, educational, and social project championing vocational training through artistic projects with Geneva apprentices. Operates Transforme Festival hip-hop event at CFP Ternier, Lancy.
• Ola (Event Agency)satelliteStrategic or Co-development PartnerYounger sister of Antigel Festival - events agency specializing in cultural innovation. Creates surprise, tailor-made events using broad artist network.
• Grand Théâtre GenèvevenueOthersMajor Geneva theater venue hosts festival performing arts events.
• CERNvenueOthersEuropean nuclear research organization hosts events at Portail de la Science location.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Montreux Jazz Festival: Swiss music festival with global recognition, also located in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. While it focuses primarily on jazz and has a much larger scale, it shares Antigel's multilingual Swiss positioning, multi-venue Lake Geneva presence, and dependence on public-private partnership funding.
• Paléo Festival Nyon: Largest open-air music festival in Switzerland, also based in the French-speaking region (Nyon, Vaud). It is a much larger multi-day summer festival with similar programming focus on music and contemporary live entertainment, comparable to Antigel as a major Swiss cultural event celebrating emerging and established artists.
• Les Eurockéennes de Belfort: French music festival near the Swiss border with comparable multi-genre programming. It scales larger than Antigel but operates with a similar cultural nonprofit model and draws audiences from across the French-speaking Swiss/European region, making it a relevant regional benchmark.

Direct peers

• Les Nuits de Fourvière: Performing arts and music festival in Lyon, France, presented in a historic venue setting. It shares Antigel's multidisciplinary approach (music, dance, theater, circus) and similar gravitas as a regional cultural anchor, with comparable artistic programming and ticketing model.
• Festi'Neuch: Swiss open-air music festival in Neuchâtel featuring multi-genre programming. Similar approach of presenting emerging and established artists in a regional setting, with comparable nonprofit funding structure and audience demographics to Antigel.
• La Bâtie - Festival de Genève: Performing arts festival in Geneva, directly overlapping with Antigel in both geography and mixed music/dance/theater programming. It is the closest geographic and programmatic peer, sometimes competing for the same Geneva audiences and public funding pools.
• Cully Jazz Festival: Swiss jazz and contemporary music festival in Lavaux (Vaud), with a similar multi-venue, multi-commune programming model and comparable scale. It operates as a nonprofit organization with public funding support, directly comparable to Antigel in operational structure and audience positioning.
• M4Music Festival (Demotape Clinic): Zurich-based Swiss music festival by Migros Kulturprozent, supporting emerging Swiss artists. Shares Antigel's focus on emerging and Swiss musicians, and Migros is a direct sponsor of Antigel, making it a relevant peer for programmatic comparisons.

Regional players

• Les Nuits Botanique: Belgian music festival focused on emerging artists, with a similar curatorial approach to Antigel's music programming. Comparable in scale and in its positioning as a discovery platform for upcoming talent, though operating in a different linguistic market.
• Le Commun (BAC Genève): Geneva-based contemporary music venue and concert promoter. It is a smaller-scale direct competitor in the live music space in Geneva, with similar audience demographics and overlapping Swiss/French emerging artist programming.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/antigelfestival
• Facebookfacebook.com/festantigel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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