Baloise Session

In 2010 the festival celebrated its 25th jubilee, and in 2013 acquired sponsorship from a Swiss insurance company called Bâloise,[2] changing the name of the event to Baloise Session.

Names such as Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Petrucciani and Herbie Hancock followed and Claude Nobs from Montreux Jazz Festival joined as a member of the patrons committee.

The club style seating arrangement, the combination of acts and the opportunity to experience big names in an intimate atmosphere have become trademarks.

[1] The festival has presented headliner artists such as Bob Geldof (1998); Ray Charles (1999); James Brown (2000); Chris de Burgh (2001); Paolo Conte (2002); Deep Purple, Solomon Burke (2003); Lionel Richie, Lucio Dalla (2004); Simply Red, Francesco De Gregori (2005); Elton John, Herbie Hancock (2006); Dolores O'Riordan, Patti Austin, Joe Cocker, Mark Knopfler, Katie Melua, Chuck Berry (2007); Jethro Tull, Zucchero, Amy Macdonald, Michael Bolton, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Moore (2008); Grace Jones, Tom Jones (2009); Jamiroquai, Mary J. Blige (2010); John Hiatt and Sonny Landreth, Liza Minnelli, Daniela Mercury, Paul Anka (2011); Laura Pausini Rod Stewart (2012); Eric Clapton (2013); Bryan Ferry (2014); Toto (2015); Candy Dulfer (2015); Francesco De Gregori Iggy Pop Norah Jones (2016); Alicia Keys, Madness, Imelda May, Chris Rea (2017); Tribalistas (2018), Ms. Lauryn Hill (2018), John Legend (2018), Beth Hart (2018), Dido (2019), Michael Patrick Kelly (2019).

Four performances, namely the concert featuring Solomon Burke (2003), Katie Melua (2007), Jethro Tull (2008) and Paul Anka (2011), were released in America and Europe on DVD.