Swing on Snow brings free concerts to the Alpe di Siusi and the villages below the Sciliar from 12 to 14 and 18 to 20 March 2027: mornings at the cable car top station, lunchtimes in the huts, evenings in Castelrotto, Siusi, Fiè and Tires.
Swing on Snow is the Alpe di Siusi's winter music festival, billed by the tourist board as a WinterMusicFestival. It has been running for twenty years, with 2026 marking the anniversary, and mixes folk music, brass, soul, pop and jazz. In 2027 it comes in two three-day blocks: 12 to 14 and 18 to 20 March.
Each day has three parts. In the morning the music plays at the top station of the Alpe di Siusi cable car, at lunchtime in the huts on the plateau, and in the evening in the villages: Castelrotto, Siusi, Fiè and Tires, with the audience often very close to the musicians, the tourist board says. Concerts are free and you cannot book seats.
Some performers played here before they were known: according to the tourist board, Herbert Pixner and Opas Diandl gave their first concerts at Swing on Snow, before they made their name.
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Good to know
- Admission: Concerts are free and seats cannot be reserved. You pay separately for the cable car to the concerts on the plateau (winter 2026/27: 22 euro one way, 31 return, included in the Alpe di Siusi/Val Gardena and Dolomiti Superski ski passes) and for whatever you order in the huts.
- The 2027 programme is not out yet: the official page still carries the 2026 leaflet.
- The Alpe di Siusi cable car runs from 4 December 2026 to 4 April 2027, every day from 8:00 to 18:00. The valley station is in Siusi, at Via Sciliar 39: the open-air car park is free, the covered ones charge.
- By car: while the cable car is running, the road up to the Alpe di Siusi is closed to private traffic from 9:00 to 17:00, so you drive up to Compatsch before 9:00 or after 17:00; driving down is allowed at any time. Parking on the plateau is covered in our guide to getting onto the Alpe di Siusi.
- Between concerts, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and sledging are in our guide to the Alpe di Siusi in winter.
Official website (tickets & info) ↗
Dates, times and prices change every year: always check the official pages before you go.