What may be the longest country music festival in the world returns to Albisgüetli: the 28th International Country Music Festival plays host to acts such as Scarletta, BillHaley & the Comets and Mustang Sally. More... (Jan 27 – March 18)

Mercedes-CSI, international show jumping tournament – Hallenstadion fills with the smell of excited horses, riders and spectators from January 27 to 29. www.mercedes-csi.ch

January's This is England programme wraps up this week at Kino Xenix with the English movies: "Submarine", "This is England", "Layer Cake", "Moonlighting"; and "Naked". See www.xenix.ch for showtimes (in German).

Tonhalle is hosting a Song Recital on Monday January 30 at 7:30 pm, with soprano Noëmi Nadelmann and pianist Oliver Schnyder. Composers include Leo Nadelmann, Ernest Bloch and Friedrich Hegar.

ewz.stattkino. Not your usual film festival. Movies are enhanced depending on their content, potential for providing an innovative experience, according to the directors' whim, or all of the above – by new soundtracks, dance troupes, magic shows, or simultaneous ad-libbed lines. February 15 to 26. ewz.stattkino.com