Detour Discotheque, a Studio 54-inspired pop-up nightclub that strives to bring ‘peace, love and mirror balls to the world’s most beautiful locations’, is back for a third year – and this time the location is not just remote, it’s also 3,000m above sea level. The three-day music festival will take place over the weekend of 10-12 May 2024 in venues across Switzerland’s Birg and Schilthorn mountains, with the highest stop right atop the latter, in revolving mountain-top restaurant, Piz Gloria. Partiers will reach the 300-capacity venue from their accommodation down below in the pretty Alpine villages of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren via four separate cable cars, on a phenomenally scenic journey that takes 32 minutes each way.
Chris Dunn checking out Dynjandi waterfallHaukur Sigurdsson
While Piz Gloria will be the centre of the action on Saturday 11 May, a terrace at Birg station, with Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountain views, will play host to a day party on Friday 10 May, and a traditional Trinkhalle (drinking hall) outside Interlaken will be the final location on Sunday 12 May.
DJ acts include Haçienda alumni DJ Paulette, London-based Norsicaa (who played a storm at the first party in Iceland), ‘disco re-edit collective’ Talking Drums, as well as some Swiss acts yet to be announced.
Detour Discotheque in ScotlandGlynn Parkinson-Short