Where the Auditorium Stravinski sits in Montreux

The address is Avenue Claude-Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux, inside the 2m2c complex on the lakefront side of town. Because the hall is part of a convention centre, it shares an entrance zone and public spaces with the rest of the building rather than standing as a separate landmark on the street.

The station and the town center are both within a short walk, which makes the venue easy to reach on foot from most central hotels and from the lakefront promenade. If you are planning the rest of your days around the concert, the wider set of Montreux picks for the lakefront, the old town and the hills above gives you the context.

Getting there by train, bus or car

From Montreux's CFF station, the walk to the 2m2c takes about five minutes, so you can arrive by train and be at the hall without any further transport. This is the simplest approach on a concert evening, when the town center gets busy.

By bus, VMCV lines 201 and 204 stop at Montreux, Vernex, and line 201 also serves Montreux, Centre des Congrès. Drivers are directed to the town-center public car parks, including Parking de la Gare and Parking du Marché.

If you are staying in Montreux for several days, the neighborhood layout helps you judge whether your accommodation is walkable to the venue or whether a bus ride is the better bet. Comparing the Montreux Neighborhoods: 4 Area Guides makes that call easier before you book a room.

Seating and scale

Published capacity depends on who is describing the room and for which event. Septembre Musical lists the hall with 1,686 numbered seats, while the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande lists it as a concert hall of 1,800 places.

The practical takeaway is that the seating layout changes with the event format, so consult the seat map for the specific concert you book instead of expecting one fixed arrangement. The numbered layout affects sightlines and how close you end up to the stage.

What happens at the Auditorium Stravinski

Septembre Musical commissioned the room, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performs there as part of its season. During the Montreux Jazz Festival, the hall hosts more than thirty concerts in two weeks, which makes it one of the busiest stages in town during the festival.

The hall is a production machine as much as a stage. Around sixty people coordinate sound, light and logistics for each concert, and one production with a circular stage design required four days of round-the-clock work to build.

Some of the requests that reach the production team are memorable, including a golden throne for one artist. These details are a reminder that what you see on stage is the end of a long logistical chain that runs through the building all day.

Booking a seat

Tickets are sold per event through the festival or promoter running that concert, not as general admission to the building. Ticket prices vary by concert and are set by each organizer, so compare the event listing for the show you want rather than expecting a fixed entry fee.

Check the seat map attached to the specific concert before you buy, since the numbered layout differs between event formats. If you are booking around a short stay, the town's seasonal patterns help you decide which weeks to target, and our guide to the best time to visit Montreux sets out how the concert calendar shifts across the year.

How much time to allow

Plan on arriving 30 to 45 minutes before the performance to clear security and find your seat in the numbered rows. Treat the visit as an evening rather than a daytime sight, and pair it with dinner in town or a walk along the lake beforehand.

Outside concert times, the hall is a working venue rather than an attraction with display areas, so there is nothing to see inside on non-concert days. The appeal is the performance and the lakefront setting, not a museum-style tour.

Nearby options before or after a concert

The 2m2c sits on the lakefront, so the promenade and the town center are easy to fold into the same outing. Just up the shore, the Freddie Mercury Statue in Montreux makes a short pre-concert stop on the waterfront.

Music history in Montreux extends beyond the big stage. The Queen: The Studio Experience, Montreux: What to See and How Long It Takes covers the museum in the former Mountain Studios, a compact stop that suits a concert afternoon.

Farther along the lake, the Château de Chillon is a half-day castle visit that pairs well with an evening concert, while the Rochers-de-Naye gives you a mountain viewpoint above town on a clear day. If you are weighing that castle trip against other outings, the best time to visit Montreux guide helps you pick the season when both the lakeside and the mountain fit your schedule.

Is the Auditorium Stravinski worth it?

Yes, if you are booking a concert in Montreux, and no as a standalone sight to build a day around. The hall's value is the performance and the scale of the room, not daytime access or a tour of the backstage areas.

For a fuller picture of what else fills a stay, the main things to do in Montreux page sets the hall alongside the lakefront, the old town and the surrounding excursions.

Plan Your Concert Visit

The Auditorium Stravinski works as an anchor for an evening in Montreux: a five-minute walk from the station, a bus ride from the Vernex stop, or a short drive to the town-center car parks. Book the specific concert, check the seat map, and arrive with time to settle in.

Check the current program and event details with the venue or promoter before you book, since the schedule and seat layout follow each festival's own calendar.