Geneva events in mid-to-late September: Art Week, sailing race and grape harvest festival

🎉 Event overview
If you want to plan a Geneva weekend in mid-to-late September, you can look out for the contemporary art exhibition, the sailing race on the lake and the Russin village harvest festival. All dates below are in 2026; please check each organiser's arrangements for the day before setting off.

📍 Time and place
Geneva Art Week: September 16 to 20, held at multiple venues in the city and canton of Geneva; the locations of the exhibitions, open studios and performances vary.
Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix: September 19 to 20, Lake Geneva; for official spectator ticket types and admission arrangements see the event's official website.
Russin Grape Harvest Festival: September 19 to 20, Russin village. The event includes a parade, music and a local market; for exact times see the organiser's programme.

💰 Cost information
The tourism office page lists Art Week as free; some events require booking. The sailing race requires buying tickets according to the spectator option chosen. For the charges for each part of the harvest festival and food and drink prices, please check the organiser's information; do not take the whole event to be entirely free.

🔗 Event source
Images and leads come from the original Xiaohongshu post by “日内瓦旅游局”: https://www.xiaohongshu.com/explore/6a9676fa000000000b00e024
Art Week: https://genevaartweek.com/
Sailing race: https://tickets.sailgp.com/geneve/en/
Grape Harvest Festival: https://www.fetedesvendangesrussin.ch/pratique
The event promotional images and logos from the original post are retained; this does not mean the 2026 events have already taken place. Image credits in the original post include genevaartweek, sailgp and fetedesvendangesrussin.