Outlook
2023 – a year where everything returns to “normal”?
Events are taking place again, crowds are common once more and masks have mostly fallen – everything’s peachy, right?
#Live music
Label Suisse
Label Suisse: A colourful fireworks display with Swiss music
For the tenth time, the Festival Label Suisse invites you to listen to Swiss music from various genres from 16 …
Floating Notes Festival
Floating Notes Festival: outside the mainstream
The second Floating Notes Festival took place in San Bernardino, Grisons, last weekend. This year’s event once again showcased experimental …
Overcoming the pandemic
Hope and commitment
2022 gives rise to hope with regard to overcoming the pandemic and, above all, improving the working situation for our …
More efficiency and back to a degree of normality
“A crisis is a productive state, you just have to take away the taste of disaster.ˮ This quote from the …
Going through times of crisis with strong cooperational partners
At a round table discussion, Christoph Bill and Alexander Bücheli, two representatives of SUISA customers from the promoter and event …
SUISA and the Covid-19 crisis
Since the end of February 2020, it’s not just the music sector that has been confronted with an unforeseen challenge. …
The sound of the mountain
For the first time ever, the Floating Notes Festival will be held at the San Bernardino in Graubünden this year. …
Livestream licensing by SUISA
Driven by the pandemic, livestreaming of the most varied forms of events has grown in significance. Thanks to this technology, …
A worthy result despite Covid
2020 was an annus horribilis for many music creators. Concerts and other events were by and large prohibited. Most organisers, …
Music in companies: What to bear in mind
Music plays an important role in many businesses. It creates a pleasant atmosphere for customers, guests, and employees, it enhances …
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Ghost Festival - The big silence
The Ghost Festival, the biggest concert event ever to be held in Switzerland will take place over the next weekend. …
Music and culture are part of your daily needs – it’s not enough to just open the food shops!
A year ago, on 28 February 2020, the first restrictions for cultural events were adopted. Initially events were limited to …
Legal consequences of concert cancellations for Covid-19
Regrettably, owing to the coronavirus, some musical events have had to be cancelled. What are the consequences of such cancellations …
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Label Suisse and SUISA make Swiss music possible
The ninth edition of the Label Suisse Festival will take place in Lausanne from 18 to 20 September 2020. Programming …
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Night of Light: SUISA is committed to the event and culture industries
On Monday, 22 June 2020, from 10 pm to midnight, buildings throughout Switzerland were bathed in red light. The occasion …
Information on live streams for SUISA members
The corona measures led to a loss of performance and earning opportunities for music creators and to a painful loss …
SUISA extends payment deadline for its customers
From April 2020 and until further notice, SUISA will grant an extension of the payment period on invoices issued. For …
Changes in distribution for Common Tariff K and Z revenues
The CHF 20 limit for the distribution of revenues under Common Tariffs K (concerts) and Z (circuses) has been eliminated. …
Label Suisse: a showcase for Swiss music in all its diversity
The eighth edition of the Label Suisse Festival was held in Lausanne from 14 to 16 September. The biennial festival, …
Minor amendments only to noise legislation
The ordinance on the federal act governing protection against non-ionising radiation and sound hazards (V-NISSG) was sent to the consultation …