Free, and we mean free
Not everything worth doing costs a fortune. These are the activities in Geneva that cost nothing at all, with no membership, no trial that turns into a subscription, and no sign-up wall.
Free activities
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Activities in this guide, A to Z
- «Spécial été»: An object, a sound, a story: discover Vany's wishes · Genève
- Adult-child reception area · Carouge
- Adult-child reception area: EVE at La Fontenette · Carouge
- Adult-child reception area: EVE des Promenades · Carouge
- Adventure Club · Carouge
- An object, a sound, a story : discover Sobo's tree · Genève
- An object, a sound, a story : discover Vany’s wishes · Genève
- BB reader at the Bibliothèque des Avanchets · Vernier
- Born to read · Lancy
- Children's creative workshop on portraiture · Genève
- Ciné goûter - Luca (2024, duration: 1h36) · Genève
- Craft workshop · Vernier
- Craft workshop · Vernier
- Creative workshops · Lancy
- Creative workshops · Lancy
- Creative Workshops I Compagnie Inès · Lancy
- Creative Workshops I Compagnie Inès · Lancy
- Cuddly Tales · Vernier
- Exhibition: through the ice · Vernier
- Family show: Le Loup en slip · Vernier
- Feminist self-defence workshop, · Vernier
- Free repair, wood and DIY workshop · Lancy
- Gardening workshop : Creation of a plantable calendar · Meyrin
- Goodbye, I'm staying! · Genève
- Goûter Philo Junior at the Bibliothèque de Vernier-Village · Vernier
- Goûter Philo Junior at the Bibliothèque de Vernier-Village · Vernier
- Greek Mythology Serials : musical reading · Carouge
- Hikes in Salève · Veyrier
- Hockey5 & Multisports · Genève
- It's a lot of small fish that managed to tear through the fisherman's net - Cie Absent·e pour le moment · Genève
- Junior Philosophy Snack · Vernier
- Kawi the hummingbird's journey to the land of children's rights · Carouge
- La Marelle · Meyrin
- Le Petit Black Movie (from 4 years old) · Plan-les-Ouates
- Le Petit Black Movie (from 4 years old) · Plan-les-Ouates
- Little Ones' Time · Meyrin
- Make your gift · Lancy
- Make your gift · Lancy
- MEG X Nuit du conte : Voices · Genève
- Mini rendez-vous and the body · Genève
- Mini rendezvous and the body · Genève
- MiniMove · Plan-les-Ouates
- Musical nap (from 1 year old) · Plan-les-Ouates
- Musical Story : The Gruffalo (from 3 years old) · Plan-les-Ouates
- Natacha Farquet... live! : meeting for children · Carouge
- Nursery rhymes and finger games · Lancy
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (2007) · Genève
- Petit Black Movie : Alone we go fast, together we go far · Onex
- Petit Black Movie : Those who respect nature reap the future · Onex
- Scouting · Presinge
- Seed Party! · Genève
- Spanish classes for children and young people · Lancy
- Supervised Paraclimbing Training for Children · Givisiez
- The Girls and Maths Circle · Genève
- The Maths Club · Genève
- Thônex Karate Club - Karaté Plus · Thônex
- Tomorrow doesn't exist yet · Genève
- Wednesdays · Veyrier
- Workshops and advice around the bicycle repair station at the Aïre-Furet crossroads (1203) · Genève
- Workshops and advice around the bicycle repair station at the Aïre-Furet crossroads (1203) · Genève
It's mostly making things
98 of the 129 are arts: museum workshops, ceramics sessions, drawing ateliers, craft mornings. That's not a coincidence. Museums and municipalities fund this kind of thing, and clubs charging subscriptions don't.
The arts lead with 98 activities, then music with 11, sport with 7 and science with 5.
Turn up rather than sign up
75 of these are one-off events, not term courses. Which means the way to use this page is not to plan a year, it's to check it when a Saturday opens up.
There are 37 ongoing free classes as well, and those do fill, so they're worth chasing early in the term.
Carouge is doing something right
Genève has 52 of the 129, and Vernier has 23 activities. Carouge's municipal cultural programme is generous and worth knowing about wherever you live in the canton.
What free means here
No fee, no membership, no first-session-free-then-pay. If something needs booking, we say so on the listing. If it turns out not to be free, tell us and we'll fix it the same week.
Free for parents on ChooChoo is not a tier. It's the whole thing.
The things parents actually ask
What free activities are there for children in Geneva?
129 across 11 communes. 98 of them are arts, mostly museum workshops and municipal ateliers.
Are they really free, or free the first time?
Really free. No fee, no membership, no trial that converts. If something needs booking we say so on the listing.
Which communes have the most free activities?
Genève has 52 and Vernier 23, then Carouge with 15 activities.
Can we just turn up?
Usually. 75 of the 129 are one-off events rather than courses you enrol in.
Is there anything free for teenagers?
32 of these take 13 and over, and we are adding Geneva's free youth centre programmes as we reach them.
Last updated 15 October 2026. We refresh these figures weekly.