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40th Cantonal Alphorn gathering
40th Cantonal Alphorn gathering

40th Cantonal Alphorn players festival

July 12th - 13th 2025

On the 12 July 2025, the Alphorn Friends of the Glacier Village in Saas-Fee are celebrating their 25th anniversary and on Sunday 13 July 2025 the 40th Cantonal Alphorn Meeting will take place.

In the midst of the 4000 metre peaks, around 100 alphorn players in their traditional costumes will simultaneously sound the melodies of the mountains! An event for the ears and eyes!

25th anniversary

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Festivities on the village square Saas-Fee:

Time Programme
5 p.m. Mass with yodelling club Gletscherecho
from 6 p.m. Performances of the village associations
6 p.m. Children's and traditional costume dance group
6.30 p.m. Yodelling club Gletscherecho
6.50 p.m. Music Society Alpenrösli
7.10 p.m. Historical music band
7.30 p.m. Friends of the Alps Zermatt and carillon with Gottfried Supersaxo
from approx. 8.30 p.m. Entertainment and dancing with ''Duo Hautnah''

40th Cantonal Alphorn Meeting

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Festivities on the village square Saas-Fee:

Time Programme Location  
8 a.m. Arrival of the Alphorn players Postplatz  
8.45 a.m. General Assembly of the AMICAL Association    
9.15 a.m. Exercise of the jointly performed pieces Rondel  
9.45 a.m. Displacement to the village square    
10 a.m. Opening, performance of the jointly performed pieces - First performance ''Perle der Alpen 2025''    
11.30 a.m. Lunch of the clubs and festival - entertainment with ‘Valentino’    
11.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Wandering concerts by the various formations    
4.30 p.m. Performance of the jointly performed pieces    

Contact

Alphornfreunde vom Gletscherdorf
info@alphornfreunde-saas-fee.ch 
079 582 99 16

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