Our picks of events, camps, and places in Zurich.
Performance
A church orchestra and a puppet theater bring the picture book «Adam und seine Tuba» to the Affoltern library, with picture-book cinema.
A mouse, a rat who thinks it's a mouse and a drifter set out to solve a mystery, and a golden hamster has the perfect name for their gang.
Festival
A lakeside village turns tons of turnips into candle-lit lanterns, with market stalls, brass bands and a glowing parade through the old center after dark.
A Dada-inspired dance and circus piece where two acrobats launch off a teeterboard, make music from odd noises and never say a word.
A zoo researcher and a detective friend hunt for a missing parrot named Einstein, with live musicians playing along. All that's left behind is a pile of feathers.
Exhibition
Free, no booking needed, in Affoltern.
Circus Monti's new show follows a clumsy fortune teller whose grand predictions send the acrobatics, routines and magic tricks off course, until he has to win everyone back.
A prank sends Nils into the sky on a goose's back in this Swiss premiere of Selma Lagerlöf's story, with new music by Marius Bear.
Workshop
Kids and their grown-ups learn first breaking moves together, with partner exercises and a short routine borrowed from a show about a dog, a goat, a cow and a marmot.