Nuits Sonores 2011 – our highlights
A couple of weeks ago we were lucky enough to spend four days (and nights!) at Lyon’s indie and electronic music festival, Nuits Sonores. Now in its ninth year, the festival attracts thousands of visitors from all around Europe and is, of course, incredibly popular with the Lyonnaise too. Thanks to the full support of the people of Lyon (including Gérard Collomb, the mayor), festivities take place across the whole city – in trendy bars and clubs, at the city’s Museum of Contemporary Arts, the 17th-century city hall, the Piscine du Rhone – the list is endless!
With international acts such as DJ Shadow and Caribou on the line-up, choosing our favourite festival moments hasn’t been an easy job. However, after much deliberation, we’ve managed to narrow them down to our top 5 – scroll down to see them. Do you agree?
Next year will see Nuits Sonores celebrating its 10th birthday, and we’re sure that they’ll be doing it in style. If you could choose any indie or electronic music artist to play, who would it be? Are there any venues in Lyon that you’d like to see it take place at? Why not let us know by commenting on this post.
Our top 5 highlights
1) The animal agility competition!
2) DJ sets at the Piscine Du Rhone
3) Partying at Apéro Sonore Sonnenstrasse
4) Bathing in the visual spectacle of DJ Shadow’s set at Scène 1 – Marché Gare
5) Watching the Sonics thrash out some of their classics on the guitar
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Soirée ONLY LYON at MOMA 2007
On December 6, 2007, Aderly, in partnership with Invest in France Agency North America and the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, organized an evening reception to promote Lyon at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA). The event, decorated in the colors of OnlyLyon, brought together 185 decision makers and business leaders of the San Francisco Bay Area, to discover the advantages of living, investing and setting up business in Lyon.
The Consul General of France in California, Pierre-Francois Mourier, presented France’s entrepreneurial innovation, economic development and the advantages offered to foreign investors, while Former member of the Lyon bar, Brigitte Gambini, Avocat (Paris) and a Licensed Legal Consultant in Orrick’s New York office, gave an overview of Orrick’s Emerging Companies law practice and its broad experience in assisting clients in their cross-border business transactions.