Eurovision Song Contest organisers call for ‘city party’ in Basel

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) 2025 in Basel should not just be a television show. At an information event for Basel’s cultural scene, those responsible called on those present to contribute something to the “big city party”. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Restraint is not the order of the day for the ESC 2025 in Basel. Those responsible from canton Basel City and the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), SWI swissinfo.ch's parent company, are expecting a lively city festival. It will take place around the main events broadcast throughout Europe and the world in mid-May in the St Jakobshalle stadium, with public rehearsals, the semi-finals and the final on May 17. + Eurovision Song Contest 2025 to be staged in Basel From May 10, hundreds of thousands of fans are expected in addition to the up to 15,000 accredited participants, said SBC executive producers Reto Peritz and Moritz Stalder, explaining that these people should meet a city in which the ...