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Mövenpick Art on Ice, annual skating show with live music (website: www.artonice.ch), 6-8 Feb 2003, Hallenstadion
Fasnacht, Zurich Carnival, Feb, throughout the city
Sechseläuten, Zurich Spring Festival, 20-21 Apr, throughout the city, especially on the Sechseläuten field near the Opera
Mercado Latino, Latin American festival (website: www.caliente.ch), mid-Jun, Volkhaus, Helvetiaplatz
Zürcher Festspiele, theatre, opera and concerts, Jun-Jul, various venues
Open-air cinema, Jul-Aug, Zürichhorn Gardens
Ironman Switzerland Triathlon, 4 Aug, Landiwiese
Street Parade, techno music parade, 10 Aug, throughout the city
Zürcher Theaterspektakel, avant-garde drama, 15 Aug-1 Sep, Landiwiese and ten venues in the city
Knabenschiessen Festival, shooting competition, market and funfair, early Sep, around the Albisguetli butts to the southwest of the city
Züri Jazz Woche, early Sep, various venues
Swisscom Challenge, women’s indoor tennis championships, mid-Oct, Kloten, Schluefweg Arena
Halloweenfestival, late Oct, Zürich Eventhallen 550, Abb Arena
Expovina, floating wine exhibition, first half Nov, Bürkliplatz
Sechstagerennen, six-day cycling race, end Nov-early Dec, Hallenstadion
Silvesterlauf (New Year’s Eve Race), 10,000 runners participate in a 1.4-9.8km (1-6-mile) race, 31 Dec, through the old city along Bahnhofstrasse




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