Kursaal Bern - Arena
conference centerMulti-purpose congress and event centre offering a four-star superior hotel, several restaurants, a casino and a rooftop terrace. Hosts conferences, cultural events and private functions with panoramic views over the city of Bern.
Kommende Events (50)
THE DEAD SOUTH
The Dead South, a Canadian folk-bluegrass quartet, headlines Bern’s Kursaal Bern - Arena on March 18, 2026, with support from Benjamin Dakota Rogers. A raw, high-energy night of tight harmonies, rolling banjo, and foot-stomping folk-rock.
Don Quijote ballet
Experience a classical ballet of Don Quijote by the Lviv National Opera and Ballet Theatre, staged at Kursaal Bern Arena. Expect lush choreography, iconic sets, and a Romantic-era atmosphere in this prestigious Bern performance.
PIAF! THE SHOW
Experience PIAF! THE SHOW, a live tribute at Kursaal Bern featuring Edith Piaf's timeless chansons, lush orchestration, and cabaret-inspired storytelling in Bern's iconic concert hall.
Nazareth: Still Rockin' Hard Tour 2026
Nazareth brings its Still Rockin' Hard Tour 2026 to Kursaal Bern for a high-energy rock night. Expect classic hard-rock riffs, crowd sing-alongs, and a punchy live show in the iconic Bern venue.
Zivadiliring
Zivadiliring, Switzerland’s popular podcast trio, returns to the live stage at Kursaal Bern for an evening of witty banter and catchy tunes, blending storytelling with accessible, smart music.
STEFANIE HEINZMANN
Stefanie Heinzmann headlines a high-energy pop-soul concert at Kursaal Bern, now rescheduled to October 10, 2026. Expect soulful vocals, dazzling hooks, rich instrumentation, and a vibrant, intimate atmosphere inside Bern's iconic, modern venue.
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Experience the 50th Anniversary Spectacular Tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show live at Kursaal Bern, a rock-infused musical night mixing film-inspired storytelling with high-energy stage performance and audience participation.
Startup Days: Open Source AI as a Strategic Advantage
ETH AI Center hosts a Startup Days session on how open-source AI can be a strategic edge for startups and Europe, presented on the AI Stage (5th Floor, Forum West) at Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: From Startup to Scale-up: The Hard Truth
Two serial entrepreneurs and a scale-up executive reveal the hard truths of growing a startup—from operations to mindset—during a peer-to-peer session at Startup Days in Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: Welcome Coffee
Kick off Startup Days with a Welcome Coffee at Kursaal Bern—a casual networking session for founders, developers, and startup enthusiasts to connect over coffee in a modern Bern venue.
Startup Days: Two Startup Journeys – An Angel’s View
Two seasoned angel investors present startup journey case studies in a peer-to-peer session at Kursaal Bern, hosted by SICTIC Switzerland. Insights into early-stage funding and startup trajectories.
Startup Days: Funding the Future of AI
Explore turning cutting-edge AI into a venture-scale company at Kursaal Bern with a focused session on fundraising, positioning, and growth foundations, hosted by ETH AI Center during Startup Days.
Startup Days: Fundraising Negotiations in Challenging Times
A practical workshop where seasoned VC lawyers guide founders through fundraising negotiations in challenging times, sharing term-sheet insights, negotiation tactics, and real-world scenarios at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 2.
Startup Days: Scaling as a Swiss (and European) Startup – how to overcome the death valley?
Insight-packed session at Kursaal Bern's Arena Main Stage as part of Startup Days, exploring how Swiss and European startups scale to cross the death valley, with three speakers sharing growth tactics and funding strategies.
Startup Days 2026
Join Startup Days 2026 at Kursaal Bern for a full-day tech conference focused on startups, networking, and collaboration. Meet founders, investors and engineers, explore sessions and demos, and connect with Switzerland's vibrant startup ecosystem in Bern.
Startup Days: Strategic Investments: Everything you need to know
An interactive Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern on strategic investments, featuring a mock term-sheet negotiation and expert guidance on essential terms and pitfalls for founders, hosted by Kellerhals Carrard.
Startup Days: The Art of Pivoting
Startup Days at Kursaal Bern presents 'The art of pivoting: transforming with purpose'. In Panorama 2, leaders share real-world pivot stories, showing how to navigate uncertainty and turn disruption into momentum in this practical tech conference session hosted by PMI Switzerland
Startup Days: The ultimate quiz on intellectual property
An interactive IP quiz at Kursaal Bern as part of Startup Days, exploring trademarks, patents and Swissness. German-language session in Panorama 2 features two speakers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, blending learning with a playful competitive format.
Startup Days: PoC to Market Traction
Tech conference session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days, where three speakers reveal how early pilot projects with hospitals and partners turn into real market traction, featuring peer-to-peer exchanges and insights hosted by EPFL.
Startup Days: VC Financing Rounds: A Founder's Playbook
Join a Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern for an insider guide to venture capital rounds—from seed to growth. Learn valuations, dilution, governance, and term structuring from a founder-focused perspective; practical, actionable insights to time a raise without losing control.
Startup Days: AI & DeepTech Panel
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for an AI & DeepTech conference session featuring Swisscom, DeepTech Nation and Swiss AI Weeks. A panel exploring real-use cases, learnings, and opportunities shaping Switzerland’s tech landscape.
Startup Days: FAREWELL-APÉRO
Join Startup Days for a Farewell-Apéro at Kursaal Bern, a convivial networking session where tech founders and professionals mingle over drinks to celebrate the event’s journey and spark new ideas in a stylish Bern venue.
Startup Days: 10 golden rules for pitching
Join a Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern with two speakers on pitching mastery in tough markets. The Founders Know-How track delivers 10 practical rules to craft a compelling startup pitch, guided by Innosuisse experts.
Startup Days: 12 Startup Traps You Face After the Honeymoon
Join two speakers at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 4 for Startup Days as they unpack 12 common startup traps after the honeymoon, offering practical founders know-how in a focused session on navigating early-stage challenges.
Startup Days: AI First or AI-Washed?
A Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern exploring whether AI startups are first-mover heroes or AI-washed, with ZKB-hosted experts discussing success criteria and how investors select ventures on the Unlock Switzerland track.
Startup Days: Angel or not? When is a Business Angel right for your startup.
Join a practical Startup Days session in Kursaal Bern on when a business angel is right for your startup, featuring two speakers from Berner Kantonalbank AG. Get signals, terms, and timing for angel funding in a concise panel.
Startup Days: An IP-first mindset that enabled a business pivot
Explore how an IP-first mindset enabled a startup pivot, with four speakers sharing the Myotest story at Kursaal Bern. A Startup Days session on founder strategy that pairs IP ownership with market pivots, offering practical insights for founders.
Startup Days: Better Together
At Kursaal Bern, this Startup Days session explores how startups and SMEs collaborate for success, featuring the launch of The Startup-SME Playbook and insights from three speakers in the Founders Know-How track.
Startup Days: Bioconvergence as a Driver of New Business
An English-language tech conference session at Kursaal Bern where CSEM and partners explore bioconvergence as a driver for new business, translating life-science research into scalable, market-ready solutions with real-world impact.
Startup Days: Bringing AI to the Bedside
Tech panel at Kursaal Bern exploring how AI research translates into hospital-ready tools, from algorithm to approved clinical solutions, with researchers from the University of Bern and BFH and industry partners sharing deployment insights.
Startup Days: Building Europe’s Next Scaleups
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a focused tech session on building Europe’s next scaleups, a candid conversation with a first cohort participant about turning European tech into globally competitive companies, hosted by ETH AI Center.
Startup Days: COFFEE BREAK
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a COFFEE BREAK networking session. This tech meetup centers on casual conversations and professional connections, blending a coffee-break vibe with a focused networking track in Bern.
Startup Days: Corporate x Startup – Reality Check: What Really Works?
Explore what really works in corporate-startup collaboration at Startup Days in Kursaal Bern. This Panorama 2 session, a peer-to-peer exchange hosted by Axpo, gathers real-world insights, practical tactics, and candid experiences to boost innovation.
Startup Days: Employee Participation Schemes for Start-ups
Discover how startups use employee participation schemes—from equity to virtual options—to attract and retain talent, in this Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern. Two speakers share founder-focused strategies and practical takeaways.
Startup Days: Entrepreneurial Talk with Christian Fischer (Bcomp)
Join Startup Days for an entrepreneurial talk featuring Christian Fischer of Bcomp at Kursaal Bern's Unplugged Stage. A focused session on sustainable tech, startup journeys, and practical insights from a leading innovator.
Startup Days: From Research to Market Reality: Making AI Create
Tech-session on moving AI research into scalable market-ready solutions, featuring two speakers who discuss prototype-to-deployment hurdles, organizational barriers, and practical paths to scale, hosted at the AI Stage in Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: Going Global: Real Stories from Swiss Startups
On May 21, 2026 at Kursaal Bern, four speakers share real-world international growth stories from Swiss startups. A tech conference session, backed by Swissnex and Switzerland Global Enterprise, offering practical tips for scaling globally.
EU funding for deep-tech startups
Join Startup Days at Kursaal Bern for a focused session on securing EU funding for deep-tech startups, detailing Horizon Europe’s EIC Accelerator and STEP Scale Up with practical, investor-ready guidance.
Startup Days: Innovative Charging Technology for Cleaner Cities
Startup Days presents a focused tech session on innovative contactless charging for e-mobility, featuring three speakers at Kursaal Bern (Panorama 4, 6th Floor) as part of the Startup Days program, highlighting cleaner cities and future infrastructure.
Startup Days: Investing at the Forefront of Science
An engaging tech session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days: Investing at the Forefront of Science. Learn how investors evaluate science-driven startups, with ETH Entrepreneurship and Swiss partners, and discover Switzerland's early-stage funding landscape.
Startup Days: Learn to Launch at INSEL Campus Bern
Learn how structured innovation accelerates medtech startups at Startup Days on the INSEL CAMPUS Bern. Four speakers share practical insights for founders—from idea to real-world execution—at Kursaal Bern, with a focus on entrepreneurship and collaboration.
Startup Days Lunch Networking
Join Startup Days for Lunch Networking at Kursaal Bern, a tech-focused session where founders and professionals mingle over a midday networking lunch, exchanging ideas and forging valuable connections in a vibrant Bern venue.
Startup Days: Matchmaking #1
Startup Days: Matchmaking #1 offers rapid 15-minute meetings at Kursaal Bern's AARE Forum, connecting startups with potential tech partners in Bern for quick, targeted networking.
Startup Days: Newcomers #1
Join Startup Days: Newcomers #1 at Kursaal Bern on 2026-05-21 for a focused newcomer-pitching session. Experience a refreshing format, practical feedback, and peer networking as aspiring founders dive into early-stage tech.
Startup Days: Not Medtech Nor Biotech: Making Sense of Biotools
Join a Startup Days panel at Kursaal Bern (Panorama 3) as founders and investors explore non-medical biotech tools, shaping a shared model and curated deal flow in the Unlock Switzerland track.
Startup Days: Opening Keynote with Julian Teicke
Kick off Startup Days with the Opening Keynote from Julian Teicke at Kursaal Bern, Arena Main Stage (5th Floor). This professional tech conference session sets the tone with a high-energy keynote and a two-speaker lineup for startup innovation.
Startup Days: Product-Market-Fit: Framework and Founder Story
Tech session at Kursaal Bern's Panorama 7 presents a practical product-market-fit framework and a founder's real-world story, featuring two speakers from be-advanced AG. A concise, actionable track for founders and tech professionals.
Startup Days: Reverse Pitching #1 - Why I’m the investor you want
Join Startup Days in Bern for Reverse Pitching #1, where top investors flip the script and present themselves, followed by a founder Q&A and audience discussion. A rare chance to hear investor perspectives live at Kursaal Bern.
Startup Days: SICTIC Investor Day: All Stars
Investor-focused Startup Days session at Kursaal Bern featuring SICTIC All Stars—promising startups in active funding rounds presented to vetted investors, with Scenario 1 on the 5th floor, highlighting growth-ready ventures and strategic networking.
Startup Days: Smart money in action - how investors add value
A panel-style session at Kursaal Bern during Startup Days, exploring how venture investors add value beyond capital, with three speakers sharing real-world experiences on support, guidance, and the limits of investor involvement.