77th Upper Valais Tambour and Piper Festival

June 15th - 17th, 2018

From June 15th - 17th, the 77th Upper Valais Tambour & Piper Festival will be taking place in Saas-Balen with more than 1'200 active participants. For three whole days, this little village in the Saas valley will be filled with the sound of drums and pipes, people in picturesque uniforms and traditional dresses, and many more musical and culinary delights. Enjoy the sights and sounds of this special event!

Program

Friday, June 15th, 2018

Festival tent
The Upper Valais wizard and cabaret artist Lionel Dellberg will lead you through the evening.
- 08.30 p.m.: TPV Rhone
- 09.00 p.m.: TPV Stalden
- 09.45 p.m.: Adamo
- 11.30 p.m.: Melissa Naschenweng

Balmerstübli
- 09.45 p.m.: Spitzbüebu

Wiistübli
- Trio CHriitergeischt

 

Saturday, June 16th, 2018

Festival tent
The Upper Valais wizard and cabaret artist Lionel Dellberg will lead you through the evening.
- 07.00 p.m.: TPV Eisten
- 07.30 p.m.: Ländlerkapelle Mischabel
- 08.05 p.m.: TPV Saas-Grund / Staldenried
- 08.45 p.m.: Red Hot Chili Pipers
- 09.20 p.m.: TPV Visperterminen
- 09.55 p.m.: Tambouren Kirchberg
- 10.45 p.m.: Stromstoss-Örgeler

Balmerstübli
- 12.00 a.m.: Ländlerkapelle Mischabel

Wiistübli
Walliser Örgeler

Sunday, June 17th, 2018

Martin Steiner will lead you through the day.

South side round church
- 07.30 a.m.: Arrival of associations
- 08.45 a.m.: First interaction
- 08.55 a.m.: Welcoming by president of organizing committee Bruno Kalbermatten
- 09.00 a.m.: Festival service
- 09.50 a.m.: Flag presentation
- 10.00 a.m.: Second interaction and veteran distinction, third interaction
- 10.40 a.m.: Wine offered by commune Saas-Balen, start concerts part 1
- 11.40 a.m.: Decampment to festival hall

Festival hall sports ground
- 11.45 a.m.: Concert of the wind orchestra Alpenrösli Saas-Fee
- 12.00 p.m.: Lunch
- 12.30 p.m.: Start concerts part 2
- 02.00 p.m.: BIG FESTIVAL PARADE
- 03.30 p.m.: Start concerts part 3
- 04.55 p.m.: Speech of the association president Marcel Theler
- 05.00 p.m.: Award ceremony
- Afterwards musical entertainment by Walter Keller

Further information: www.tpv2018.ch