SUISA at BEA 2026

This year, SUISA is partnering with BEA, the spring fair in Bern, for the first time. With the SUISA sound showers specially developed for BEA 2026 in the entrance area, the cooperative of music authors and publishers is making Swiss music creation tangible in a new way — surprising, close, and direct.

Sound shower playlists

The sound shower playlists feature exclusively music by Swiss artists from a range of genres. They were carefully curated by the following music experts:

• Pop & Urban
  Oriana Wilkinson, Ginevra
  Product Manager - Mouthwatering Records; A&R and COO - Home Crowd Recordings
• Rock & Metal
  François “Frankfrançois” Küffer, RTS-Ecublens
  Head of Music – Couleur 3
• Folk & Global
  Tobias Bolfing, Zurzach
  Head of Label – TOURBOmusic; Programmazione - Festival Alpentöne
• Jazz
  Lukas Frei, Berna
  Professionista musicale freelance & consulente
• Contemporary Classic
  Jaronas Scheurer, Basilea
  Channel Manager neo.mx3 & giornalista musicale e curatore freelance

Playlists to listen to

Competition

At the SUISA sound showers, you can win 2 × 2 Comfort Tickets for the Gurten Festival, each worth CHF 600.

How to take part:
Show off your best dance moves under the sound hood, take a photo or video, and post it on Instagram with #suisamusicmoves.

The winners will be chosen by lottery. Good luck!

Musical highlights with SUISA

During the opening of BEA on 24 April, Oesch’s die Dritten will set the mood with a musical performance. On 2 May, BEA’s Culture Day, Greis will share insights into his life as a musician in Bern and create special moments with a short live concert. Both musical acts are presented by SUISA.

SUISA empowers the people behind the music

Music creators only earn money when their music is used publicly. SUISA makes sure that music creators are fairly remunerated for the use of their copyrighted works — so that new music can be created. Out of every 100 francs collected, 87 francs go to where music is made.

This is what SUISA achieves:

• CHF 187.3 million for composers, lyricists, and music publishers
• CHF 2.9 million for Swiss music creation in Switzerland and abroad
• CHF 8.4 million for the social welfare of SUISA members

Thank you to all SUISA customers whose contributions make new music possible.

We look forward to meeting you at BEA!