Which Swiss festival in Vevey celebrates the region’s winegrowers and harvest?

Fête des Vignerons is the Swiss festival in Vevey that celebrates the region’s winegrowers and harvest.

The Fête des Vignerons is held in Vevey, in the Lavaux wine region on Lake Geneva. It honors winegrowing traditions and the work of vineyard cultivators. The festival is organized by the Confrérie des Vignerons, a brotherhood whose origins date to the 17th century.

Unlike annual harvest fairs, the Fête des Vignerons is held only about once in a generation. Its editions have taken place at irregular intervals, with the 2019 celebration following the previous edition in 1999. Large-scale performances, costumes, music, pageantry, and agricultural symbolism are central features.

UNESCO added the Fête des Vignerons to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016. The French title means Festival of the Winegrowers.