About
Basel Social Club returns for its fifth edition from June 14–20, 2026, transforming a vacant multi-story office building designed by Diener & Diener, just minutes from Basel SBB train station, into a temporary social stage for art.
This year’s edition reconsiders the workplace not as a site of production, but of critical reflection. Once a symbol of efficiency and growth, the office today reflects shifting realities shaped by digitalization, remote work, and artificial intelligence. Basel Social Club engages this condition through exhibitions, performances, music, gastronomy, and informal encounters that explore questions of labor, time, productivity, and rest.
Unfolding vertically across the building’s stacked floors, the architecture becomes part of the curatorial framework. Spatial layers and circulation routes echo contemporary notions of the “underground” — as both a site of cultural resistance and a metaphor for the hidden structures and tensions of late capitalism.
The building remains continuously activated throughout the week, with artists responding directly to its architecture and atmosphere. A dedicated night program expands the experience into the late hours, while an “Out of Office” zone offers space for pause and retreat.
Gastronomy forms an integral part of the program, ranging from an exclusive fine-dining experience to accessible, locally developed culinary formats — reflecting the inclusive spirit at the core of Basel Social Club.
Opening Hours
Sunday, June 14: 2 PM – 3 AM
Monday, June 15 – Saturday, June 20: 4 PM – 3 AM
Location & Accessibility
Access to Basel Social Club is free of charge and open to all.
Entrances
Main entrance: Erdbeergraben 1, 4051 Basel
Sun 14 June: 2 PM – 3 AM
Mon 15 – Sat 20 June: 4 PM – 3 AM
Also accessible via: Viaduktstrasse 33–35, 4051 Basel
Entrance open until 10 PM daily
Both entrances are wheelchair accessible.
By tram (recommended)
Tram 6 → exit Heuwaage → Erdbeergraben (main entrance)
Tram 2 → exit Markthalle → Viaduktstrasse
By train
Basel Social Club is within a short walking distance of Basel SBB station.
By taxi
Drop-off at Erdbeergraben 1 (main entrance)
By car
No on-site parking. Nearest parking facilities: Elisabethen Parking and Zoo Parking.
Participating Artists
Exhibiting Artists
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- !Mediengruppe Bitnik
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
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- Malik AbdiBody
- Archive, Zurich
- Alfredo Aceto
- Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen
- Adrenalina
- Visible Voices, London
- Mieko Akutsu
- SOOT, Tokyo / Los Angeles
- Yumna Al-Arashi
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Aliteia
- Visible Voices, London
- Mathis Altmann
- Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris
- Angela Anh Nguyen
- Harlesden High Street, London
- John Armleder
- Edition VFO, Zurich
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Dan Attoe
- Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami
- David Attwood
- Season 4 Episode 6, London
- Gilles Aubry
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Fumimaro Ayano
- 18, Murata, Tokyo
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- Juno B
- Yehudi Hollander – Pappi, São Paulo
- Abdel Kareem Badran
- Bab idDeir art Gallery, Bethlehem
- Jeremy Bailey
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Noah Barker
- suns.works, Zurich
- Emmanuel Beguinot
- Derouillon, Paris
- Taha Belal
- Gypsum, Cairo
- Alan Belcher
- Hunt Gallery, Toronto
- Julie Béna
- Longtermhandstand, Budapest
- Charles Benjamin
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Ludwig Berger
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Bernadette Corporation
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
- Pascale Bircher
- Fragment, New York
- Beni Bischof
- Doppelganger, St.Gallen
- Katinka Bock
- Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe/Basel/Seoul
- Michèle Bokanowski
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Kea Bolenz
- Klemm’s, Berlin
- Ada Bond
- Mara Projects, London/Tirana
- Florent Bonzon
- Plymouth Rock, Zurich
- Lizzi Bougatsos
- JUBG, Cologne
- Nate Boyce
- Ilenia, London
- Kévin Bray
- Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
- Brochevski (Amai Rawls Jr.)
- Post-American Fine Arts, Sydney/Los Angeles
- Lorin Brockhaus
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Johanna Bruckner
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- János Brückner
- Longtermhandstand, Budapest
- Andreas Bucher
- Baumann/Stäuble, Basel
- Pavel Büchler
- annex14, Zurich/Bern
- Michal Budny
- annex14, Zurich/Bern
- Lily Bunney
- Teaspoon Projects, London
- Ralph Bürgin
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
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- Pénélope Caillet
- Visible Voices, London
- Antony Cairns
- Cob, London
- Loucia Carlier
- David Iselin, Zurich
- Louis-Paul Caron
- DANAE, Paris/Milan
- Allen-Golder Carpenter
- Harlesden High Street, London
- Alejandro Cartagena
- Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo/Los Angeles
- Pierre Castignola
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Gabbi Cattani
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Three Star Books, Paris
- Julien Ceccaldi
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Raven Chacon
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Elleanna Chapman
- Teaspoon Projects, London
- Feng Chen
- ZIAN Gallery, Hangzhou
- Chilli Art Projects
- London
- Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group
- ANOMALY, Tokyo
- Cindy Chinn
- Post-American Fine Arts, Los Angeles/Sydney
- Louisa Clement
- CASSINA PROJECTS, Milan/Pescara
- Delphine Coindet
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Marcello Concari
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Elise Corpataux
- suns.work, Zurich
- Petra Cortright
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Reece Cox
- oxfordberlin, Berlin/Paris
- Sylvain Croci-Torti
- annex14, Zurich/Bern
- Adam Cruces
- Blue Velvet, Zurich / Madrid
- Paul Czerlitzki
- annex14, Zurich/Bern
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- Damjanski
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Jeremy Deller
- The Modern Institute
- Daniel de Paula
- Yehudi Hollander – Pappi, São Paulo
- Valentina Demicheli Jitsattayakul
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Alice Ding
- Hans Goodrich, Chicago
- Nick Doyle
- Stems Gallery, Brussels
- Constant Dullaart
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Upstrean Gallery, Amsterdam
- Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg
- Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw
- Ana Viktoria Dzinic
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
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- Sebastian Eduardo
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Jessica Ekomane
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Leo Elia
- aaaa nordhavn, Copenhagen
- Zelda Elisco
- Visible Voices, London
- Elizabeth Englander
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Harald Erath
- Maria Richner & Simmy Swinder Voellmy, Zurich/Basel
- Dimitri Erhard
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Olivia Erlanger
- Soft Opening, London
- Giulia Essyad
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Tunnel Tunnel, Lausanne
- exonemo
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
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- Sean Fader
- Brigitte Mulholland, Paris
- Lou Fauroux
- Exo Exo, Paris
- Gina Fischli
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Gina Folly
- O-Town House, Los Angeles
- Norman Foster
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- ScallyWag Fox
- Visible Voices, London
- Alicia Framis
- Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam
- Anna Franceschini
- Vistamare, Milan/Pescara
- Alice Fraser
- TINA, London
- Caterina Frongia
- Visible Voices, London
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- Mikko Gaestel
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Juliette Gampert
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Georgia Gardner Gray
- Sadie Coles HQ, London
- Vidya Gastaldon
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Georg Gatsas
- JUBG, Cologne
- Anna Gonzalez Noguchi
- Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai
- Julian Göthe
- suns. works, Zurich
- Jessica Gouveia
- anonymous gallery, New York/Mexico City
- Manuel Graf
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Jeanne Graff
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Vincent Grange
- Galerie Fabian Lang, Zurich
- Leolie Greet
- KRONE COURONNE, Zurich/Geneva
- Thomas P Grogan
- Xxijra Hii, London
- Maëlle Gross
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Laurent Güdel
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Xiao Guo Hui
- Galerie Fabian Lang, Zurich
- Maria Guta
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Andreas Gysin
- Nguyen Wahed, New York
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- Christophe Hamaide-Pierson
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Albe Hamiti
- Bazament Art Space, Tirana
- Violet Handforth
- JUBG, Cologne
- Liang Hao
- BANK, Shanghai/New York
- Eric Hattan
- KMD Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully near Lausanne
- Peter Hauser
- Electric Art Collective by Sandra Nedvetskaia, Worldwide
- Stephan Hauswirth
- BC Gallery Basel, Basel
- Alexa Hawksworth
- Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal
- Susan Hefuna
- annex14, Zurich / Bern
- Mike Hewson
- Post-American Fine Arts, Sydney/Los Angeles
- Hampus Hoh
- Cues, Stockholm
- Carsten Höller
- suns.work, Zurich
- Jenny Holzer
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Géraldine Honauer
- SHIFT, Decentralised virtual art space hosted on Spatial.io
- Jeronim Horvat
- Gene Gallery, Shanghai
- Maya Hottarek
- David Iselin, Zurich
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Dom Sylvester Houédard
- TINA, London
- Esther Hunziker
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Lauren Huret
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Sam Hutchinson
- Season 4 Episode 6, London
- Bethan Huws
- Edition VFO, Zurich
- Juliana Huxtable
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
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- Serban Ionescu
- JECZA Gallery, Timisoara/Bucharest
- Shamiran Istifan
- Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern
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- Gilles Jacot
- Stretcher, Basel
- Jacob Jiayi Zhang
- Bonny Poon / Conditions, Toronto
- JODI
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- G.B. Jones
- COOPER COLE, Toronto
- Tilly Joos
- suns.work, Zurich
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- Aziza Kadyri
- eastcontemporary, Milan
- Craig Kalpakjian
- Kai Matsumiya, New York
- Oscar Kargruber
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Marie Karlberg
- ISSUES, Stockholm
- Daniel Karrer
- Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel
- Chantal Kaufmann
- Stretcher, Basel
- Max Keene
- Pangée, Montréal
- Tarik Kentouche
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Botond Keresztesi
- Longtermhandstand, Budapest
- Roman Selim Khereddine
- For, Basel
- Roman Khimei
- Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal
- Damla Kilickiran
- Femtensesse, Oslo
- Maoya Kishi
- TATSURO KISHIMOTO, Tokyo
- Yuhei Koabayashi
- 4649, Tokyo
- Genti Korini
- Jecza Gallery
- Chris Korda
- Goswell Road, Paris
- Nik Kosmas
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Piotrek Kowalski
- Turnus Gallery, Warsaw
- Barbara Kruger
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Eglė Kulbokaitė
- or Associations, Worldwide
- Emi Kusano
- Gallery BYGRIDA, Paris
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- Izidora l LETHE
- David Iselin, Zurich
- LABOUR – Farahnaz Hatam, Colin Hacklander
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Suzy Lake
- Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal
- Zoe Latta
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Sam Lavigne
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Jan Robert Leegte
- OFFICE IMPART, Berlin
- Max Leiß
- Filiale Basel, Basel
- Maude Léonard-Contant
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Siyi Li
- Antenna Space, Shanghai / Hong Kong
- Olia Lialina
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Douna Lim
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Youssef Limoud
- Darb 1718, Basel
- Yen Chun Lin
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Antone Liu
- LINSEED, Shanghai
- Thomas Liu Le Lann
- SPIELZEUG & Copperfield, New York / London
- Pere Llobera
- Bombon, Barcelona
- Silvio Lorusso
- Arab Bank Switzerland, Geneva
- Jonas Lund
- OFFICE IMPART, Berlin
- Soraya Lutangu – Bonaventure
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
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- Goshka Macuga
- Vistamare, Milan/Pescara
- Rudolf Maeglin
- Galerie Mueller, Basel
- Yarema Malashchuk & Roman Khimei
- Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal
- Michał Maliński
- TBA, Warsaw
- Michael Mandiberg
- Heft, New York
- Christian Marclay
- ZIAN Gallery, Hangzhou
- Taro Maruyama
- Gene Gallery, Shanghai
- Gabriel Massan
- Yehudi Hollander – Pappi, São Paulo
- Emanuel Matei
- JECZA Gallery, Timisoara/Bucharest
- Matiere Noire
- Matiere Noire, Paris
- Jillian Mayer
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Josep Maynou
- Bombon, Barcelona
- Eric Meier
- Mountains, Berlin
- David Micheaud
- Xxijra Hii, London
- Günther Möbius
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Ardeshir Mohassess
- Dastan Gallery, Toronto
- Jonathan Monk
- Edition VFO, Zurich
- Manuela Morales Délano
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Miki Morioka
- 18, Murata, Tokyo
- David Moser
- Tonus, Paris
- Vincent Moulinet
- Caldo Worldwide, Munich
- Yoan Mudry
- Nicolas Krupp, Basel
- Kaspar Müller
- Galerie Hussenot, Paris
- Matt Mullican
- Manuš, Split / Zagreb
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- Ana Navas
- Sperling, Munich
- Alexandra Navratil
- Anna Helwing, Zurich
- Neo-Walk
- Visible Voices, London
- Anna Neubauer
- Visible Voices, London
- Katrin Niedermeier
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Dawn Nilo
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Simone C. Niquille
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Eva Noeske
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Tobias Nussbaumer
- space25, Basel
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- Stephen O’Malley
- TICK TACK, Antwerp
- Lin Olschowka
- Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe/Basel/Seoul
- Iza Opiełka
- Raster, Warsaw
- Osmar Osten
- Mountains, Berlin
- Jacob Ott
- theSTABLE, S-chanf
- Vincenzo Ottino
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
- İhsan Oturmak
- Öktem Aykut, Istanbul
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- Vasilis Papageorgiou
- Callirrhoë, Athens
- Eva Papamargariti
- Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade
- Yuri Pattison
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Victor Payares
- Post-American Fine Arts, Sydney/Los Angeles
- Mai-Thu Perret
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- suns.works, Zurich
- Théo Pesso
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Kembra Pfahler
- JUBG, Cologne
- Eda Phanlert Sriprom
- unthaitled, Berlin
- Troy Pierce
- SOOT, Tokyo / Los Angeles
- Noémie Pilo
- annex14, Zurich/Bern
- Iouri Podladtchikov
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Laurian Popa
- JECZA Gallery, Timisoara/Bucharest
- Group presentation
- Body Archive, Zurich
- PROTOPLAST
- Kaiserwache, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Public Public Transport Project
- Gunia Nowik Gallery, Warsaw
- Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)
- anonymous gallery, New York/Mexico city
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- Josh Rabineau
- Fragment, New York
- Sahej Rahal
- Caldo Worldwide, Munich
- Nathalie Rebholz
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Elliot Reed
- anonymous gallery, New York/Mexico City
- RELAX (chiarenza & hauser & co)
- KRONE COURONNE, Zurich/Geneva
- Remsen
- Visible Voices, London
- Niclas Riepshoff
- Cues, Stockholm
- RM
- Martina Simetti, Milan
- Tabor Robak
- DANAE, Paris/Milan
- Ana Roldan
- annex14, Zurich / Bern
- Michael Ross
- Galerie Timonier, New York
- Emanuel Rossetti
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Jonas Roßmeißl
- Klemm’s, Berlin
- Sarah Rothberg
- bitforms gallery, New York
- Evan Roth
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Emile Rubino
- Isabella Ritter, Paris
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- Azur Sabic
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Colette Sadler
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Gaby Sahhar
- or Associations, Worldwide
- Dean Sameshima
- Soft Opening, London
- Hassan Sandouka
- Bab idDeir art Gallery, Bethlehem
- Sergio Sarri
- Fitzpatrick Gallery, Paris
- Julia Scher
- Drei, Cologne
- Alan Schmalz
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Clara Schmidt
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Sebastian Schmieg
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Bernhard Schobinger
- Martina Simetti, Milan
- Karoline Schreiber
- Electric Art Collective by Sandra Nedvetskaia, Worldwide
- Hannes Schüpbach
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Markus Schwander
- Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel
- Moreno Schweikle
- Madé van Krimpen, Amsterdam
- Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio
- Vistamare, Milan/Pescara
- Driton Selmani
- Galeria e Bregdetit, Vlora
- Erwan Sene
- Derouillon, Paris
- Luke Shannon
- Heft, New York
- Alexander Shchurenkov
- Fragment, New York
- Sydney Shen
- Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai
- Sina Shiri
- Dastan Gallery, Toronto
- Asami Shoji
- LINSEED, Shanghai
- Marco Siciliano
- FRENCH PLACE, Milan
- SIDE CORE
- PARCEL, Tokyo
- Alex Silber
- Galerie Mueller, Basel
- Monk Contemporary, Basel
- Lydia Silvestri
- BAR, Torino
- Laurie Simmons
- Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami
- Janek Simon
- Raster, Warsaw
- Molly Soda
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Yehwan Song
- OFFICE IMPART, Berlin
- Hajime Sorayama
- NANZUKA, Tokyo
- Anastasia Sosunova
- eastcontemporary, Milan
- Craig Spence
- Bonny Poon / Conditions, Toronto
- Tobias Spichtig
- JUBG, Cologne
- Arthur Stachurski
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
- Andrzej Steinbach
- KIN, Brussels
- Rania Stephan
- Marfa’, Beirut
- Z. Susskind
- Galerie Timonier, New York
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- Sophie Taeuber-Arp
- suns.works, Zurich
- Newsha Tavakolian
- Dastan Gallery, Toronto
- Li Tavor
- SOMA Curated by Kristina Grigorjeva, Geneva
- Stefan Tcherepnin
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Ramaya Tegegne
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- TINMANTIS
- Foreign & Domestic, New York
- Saša Tkačenko
- Eugster || Belgrade, Belgrade
- Cassidy Toner
- Body Archive, Zurich
- Becky Tucker
- Galerie Fabian Lang, Zurich
- Martta Tuomaala
- Finnland-Institut, Berlin
- Nora Turato
- Edition VFO, Zurich
- Tuscane
- Visible Voices, London
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- Varvara Uhlik
- Refusés, London/New York/Lugano
- Tokuko Ushioda
- 4649, Tokyo
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- Valentina Vaccarella
- sentiment, Zurich
- VALIE EXPORT
- NeverAtHome, Vienna
- Iris Vermeulen
- Courtney Jaeger, Basel
- Jean-Pierre Villafane
- P21, Seoul
- Hannah Villiger
- Galerie Mueller, Basel
- Banks Violette
- TICK TACK, Antwerp
- Teresa Vittucci
- Roehrs & Boetsch, Staefa
- Cosima von Bonin
- suns.works, Zurich
- Werner von Mutzenbecher
- Galerie Mueller, Basel
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- Peter Wächtler
- Hobo International, Vienna/Frankfurt/Basel
- Addie Wagenknecht
- Nguyen Wahed, New York
- Mark Wallinger
- Galerie Fabian Lang, Zurich
- Galaxia Wang
- Joyfully Waiting, Geneva
- Andy Warhol
- suns.works, Zurich
- Steven Warwick
- suns.works, Zurich
- Esben Weile Kjær
- Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen
- David Weiss
- Galerie Oskar Weiss, Zurich
- Christoph Wiedemann
- 4649, Tokyo
- Johannes Willi
- Ess Mutt, Basel
- Gaspar Willmann
- Exo Exo, Paris
- Chloe Wise
- Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger KBH.G, Basel
- Brennan Wojtyla
- TICK TACK, Antwerp
- Andrea Wolfensberger
- space25, Basel
- Marek Wolfryd
- General Expenses, Mexico City
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- Lingrou Xie
- anonymous gallery, New York/Mexico city
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- Jun Yang
- ITEM IDEM, Paris
- Ye Yi
- Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai
- Scott Young
- TINA, London
- Wang Yuyan
- ROH, Jakarta
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- Malte Zenses
- Sperling, Munich
- Jiajia Zhang
- Body Archive, Zurich
- David Iselin, Zurich
Performing Artists
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Ashwini
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İlknur Bahadır with co-author Alexander Stutz
BiLLiE ANGEL BLiNG with Aurélie, Aydran, Cat, Delia, Emma Benni Bonven, Flurina Kühne, G4briel Elvira, Hausvrau, Julia Nusser aka Bunny, KruškaTv, Livia Lorenz, Mama Mischa, Minou Mafalda, Missactiv, Momo Aliah, Nils Amadeus Lange, Noémie Prod’hom, Samantha (Aquilino), sofia achoukhi, Sol Santana, Solemn Javet, ttschutti, Tschalu, Venus Cyborg aka Selva M. Meyer
Mélissa Biondo with a sound composition by LAFROFEE
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Anthony Chit On Cho
Reece Cox with Greg Fox and Han-Gyeol Lie
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Divas4Divas by Shamiran Istifan and Rakhel Cemikiyan, with styling by Naima Ghoul and photography by Lara Esqueda
Nick Doyle
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eleusiiis
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Theodore Otis Flach, Belarmín Cremonini & Lia Sauser
Alicia Framis
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Gerome Gadient
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Jessie Holmes
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IRR
Ina
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David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4
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Ben Kaczor
Esben Weile Kjær with Johan Bech Jespersen
Toma Kami
Lito Kattou with Raffaela Boss and Azur Šabić
Esben Weile Kjær with Johan Bech Jespersen
Chao-Ming Ko with live sound by Niculin Barandun
Jade Kuriki-Olivo
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Soraya Lutangu Bonaventure
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DJ MARCELLE
Maria Magdalena
MALEFI
MANARA
Gabriel Massan
James Massiah
Mosche & Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester by John Carlsson, Max Heintz, Mosche & Nik Reich
Amelia Mroczkowska + Rebecca Breakspeare
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Lelah Neary with Tomás Bashe Fernández de Gamboa
Dawn Nilo with Bibi Enasni, Juno Feierabend, Solemn Javet, Isabelle Jossi, Linus Finn Riegger, and Micha Schweizer
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Ernestyna Orlowska
Ottolinger x House of Intuition with PAXSLIM, COUCOU CHLOE, LIL GLEE, MANUKA HONEY, AYSHAT CAMPBELL
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Alberto Papparotto, Andrea Mauti & Teodora Amofah Appiah
Miriam Paschetta + Stoychev Svetoslav
Public Transport Project featuring Anne Wencelides, Pheobe Bognár, Jorė Gritėnaitė, Odile Fragnière, Golce Kummer, written and directed by Deividas Vytautas Aukščiūnas, Philip Ortelli, and Gloria Viktoria Regotz
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Broodoo Ramses
Raschèr Saxophone Quartett
Michele Rizzo with Max Göran, Arad Inbar, Michael Scerbo, Antonia Steffens, Mina Tomic, and music by Lorenzo Senni
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Robin S
Romain Sarrot with Bianca Millan & Samuel Fasse
Karoline Schreiber with Thomas Isler
SdeM + Ilia Moiseev
Mauricio Silva Orendain
Omar Souleyman with Mina Tosti
Tobias Spichtig + Jens-Uwe Beyer
Tobija Stuker dressed by Nika Timashkova
Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia)
Tapiwa Svosve
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Thy
Two Sided Agency
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UMA
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Lux Valladolid
Alexa von Wehren & Ensemble öff öff aerial dance with Salome Aebersold, Anja Habegger, Catherine Jaeger and sound by Tobias Koch
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Alexa von Wehren & Ensemble öff öff aerial dance with Salome Aebersold, Anja Habegger, Catherine Jaeger and sound by Tobias Koch
Vi Weinmann
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YESHE
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Julian Zehnder featuring Ouri, Dylan Kerr, Vincent Glanzmann, David Zehnder with frank&forte choir, Nalini Jeyla, Vic Haldimann, produced by Laura Balsiger”
Daily Program
Sunday
2-10pm — Anthony Chit On Cho, because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway (whether or not we speak) (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
2-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
2-11pm — David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4, Work does not end, it mutates life
2pm-2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4-4:11pm — Alexa von Wehren & Ensemble öff öff aerial dance, Werk Nr. 115 (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
4-7pm — Lito Kattou, Purposes: Nights and Days (2026) – Floor 1.B.3.1
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026) – Floor 0 + 1
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
4:30-5pm — Alicia Framis, The Walking Ceiling (2018) – Floor 0.C.1.(Starting point)
5-7pm — Dawn Nilo, Summer Training (2026) Floor – 1.C.11
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 (2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5-9pm — Karoline Schreiber, The Whiteboard (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
5pm-2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
5:30-5:50pm — Ernestyna Orlowska, Making the World Work (2025) – Floor 1
6-6:20pm — Tobias Spichtig + Jens-Uwe Beyer, 7` Release Concert @ BSC (2026) – Floor -1.C.12
6:30-8pm — Mélissa Biondo, Edging (2025) – Floor 0.A.1
7-7:11pm — Alexa von Wehren & Ensemble öff öff aerial dance, Werk Nr. 115 (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
7:30-10:30pm — Toma Kami – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
9pm-Midnight — Amelia Mroczkowska + Rebecca Breakspeare, That’s My Durational 5 Minutes (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
11pm-1am — Soraya Lutangu Bonaventure – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-2:45am — MANARA – Floor -2. Club Garage
Monday
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026)
4-11pm — David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4, Work does not end, it mutates life
4-11pm — Anthony Chit On Cho, because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway (whether or not we speak) (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
4:30-5:10pm — Theodore Otis Flach, Belarmín Cremonini, Lia Sauser, Cord1.3 (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
5-7pm — Mosche & Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester, “Out Of Office” Live Performance by Luzerner Sinfonie Orchester (2026)
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026(2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm-Undefined — Tobija Stuker, Pied Piper Performance (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
5pm–2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
5:30-5:50pm — Ernestyna Orlowska, Make Your Body Your Machine (2021) – Floor 0 + 1
6pm — Tobija Stuker, Pied Piper Performance (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
6-11pm — Divas4Divas, Clockiana (2026)
7-7:35pm — Michele Rizzo, HIGHER xtn. (2018) – Floor 0.B.1
9-11pm — James Massiah, Dub Poetry Set – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
11pm-1am — Maria Magdalena – Floor -2. Club Garage
11:40pm-Midnight — Ernestyna Orlowska, Making the World Work (2025) – Floor -2. Club Garage
12:40-1am — Jade Kuriki-Olivo, Cam Girl (2026) – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-2:45am — DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess – Floor -2. Club Garage
Tuesday
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026) – Floor 1 + 0
4-11pm — David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4, Work does not end, it mutates life (2026)
4-11pm — Anthony Chit On Cho, because the machine will try to grind you into dust anyway (whether or not we speak) (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
4:30-5:10pm — Theodore Otis Flach + Belarmín Cremonini + Lia Sauser, Cord1.3 (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
5-6pm — eleusiiis, When snow falls, silence follows (for Maryanne) – Floor -4. Spiral Ramp
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 (2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.11
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm–2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
5:30-6pm — Alicia Framis, The Walking Ceiling (2018) – Floor 0.C.1 (Starting Point)
6-6:30pm — Raschèr Saxophone Quartett, von Okzident zu Orient – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
6-7:30pm — Mélissa Biondo, Edging (2025) – Floor 0.A.1
6-8pm — Amelia Mroczkowska + Rebecca Breakspeare, That`s My Durational 5 Minutes (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
7pm — Jade Kuriki-Olivo, Cam girl (2026) – Floor -2. Club Garage
8-9pm — Lux Valladolid, My behavior reflects company values (2026)
Midnight–12:35am — Reece Cox, Poser, Metronome (2025) – Floor -2. Club Garage
12:30-2:45am — Broodoo Ramses – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-1:20am — Robin S – Floor -2. Club Garage
Wednesday
4-7pm — Romain Sarrot, Bianca Millan, Samuel Fasse, Ponzi Scheme (2026)
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026)
4-11pm — David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4, Work does not end, it mutates life
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026)
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
4:30-6:30pm — Julian Zehnder
5-7pm — Dawn Nilo, Summer Training (2026) – Floor 1.C.11
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 (2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5pm — Jade Kuriki-Olivo, Cam girl 2026
5-9pm — GINA FOLLY × KAOTIC WITH A K, Limited edition of 31 handmade t-shirts. Every piece is unique. No restocks.
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm-2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
7-7:30pm — Esben Weile Kjær, SUN! (2018)
8-11pm — Thy
9-9:20pm — YESHE, Dust (Live Set) 2026
11pm–2:45am — Ottolinger x House of Intuition, with PAXSLIM, COUCOU CHLOE, LIL GLEE, MANUKA HONEY, AYSHAT
Thursday
4-7pm — Romain Sarrot, Bianca Millan, Samuel Fasse, Ponzi Scheme (2026)
4-7pm — Gerome Gadient – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026) – Floor 0 + 1
4-11pm — David JongSung Myung aka Tsu_NaMi_Error4O4, Work does not end, it mutates life
4-11pm — Vi Weinmann, Thursday (2026)
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
5pm — Miriam Paschetta & Svetoslav Stoychev, TOO SIMPLE AND TOO EASY TO SIMPLY DIVIDE THE WORLD INTO TWO – Floor 1
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 (2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm-2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
6pm — Tobija Stuker, Pied Piper Performance (2026) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
6-6:45pm — Mauricio Silva Orendain, Fresco Sonoro (2025) – Floor -4. Spiral Ramp
7-7:40pm — Tapiwa Svosve – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
6-6:45pm — Mauricio Silva Orendain, Fresco Sonoro (2025) – Floor -4. Spiral Ramp
8-11pm — SdeM + Ilia Moiseev – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
11pm–1am — Ben Kaczor – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-2:45am — Two Sided Agency – Floor -2. Club Garage
Friday
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026) – Floor 0 + 1
4-5:30pm — Mélissa Biondo, Edging (2025) – Floor 0.A.1
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
6-7pm — BiLLiE ANGEL BLiNG, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM!” – Floor 1.B.4
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 (2026) – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm-2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
6-6:04pm — Lelah Neary, Serenade 2 Our Laptops (2025) – Floor -4
6-10pm — Amelia Mroczkowska + Rebecca Breakspeare, That`s My Durational 5 Minutes (2026) – Floor 0. Cafeteria
7-7:15pm — ChaoMing Ko, Escape Body Chain (2026) – Floor -2. Club Garage
7-7:04pm — Lelah Neary, Serenade 2 Our Laptops (2025) – Floor 0.B.1
9-10pm — Omar Souleyman – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
11–11:30am — Alberto Papparotto, Andrea Mauti, Teodora Amofah Appiah, (S)FASCIOFAMIGLIE – Floor -2. Club Garage
11:30-1am — IRR – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-2:45am — Ashwini – Floor -2. Club Garage
Saturday
4-8pm — İlknur Bahadır, Making The World Clean (2026) – Floor 0 + 1
4pm–2:45am — Jessie Holmes, Mini-jobs: Lift Boys (2026) – Elevators
4pm — Sunitej (Irina Olshevskaia), Before it printed (2026)
5-5:04pm — Lelah Neary, Serenade 2 Our Laptops (2025) – Floor 0. Center Courtyard
5-6pm — Lux Valladolid, My behavior reflects company values (2026)
5-7pm — Dawn Nilo, Summer Training (2026) – Floor 1.C.11
5-8pm — Public Transport Project, Basel 2026 – Floor 1.B.11
5-8pm — Nick Doyle, Human Resources (2024) – Floor -1.C.1
5-10pm — Dawn Nilo, PLAY & PRAY – Floor 1.C.11
5pm-2am — Gabriel Massan, The Follower
5:30-5:50pm — Ernestyna Orlowska, Make Your Body Your Machine (2021) – Floor 0 + 1
7-7:04pm — Lelah Neary, Serenade 2 Our Laptops (2025) – Floor -4
8-9pm — suns.works, Midsummer Game Show, WIN–A–WARHOL: FINAL PRIZE DRAW
9-10pm — Julian Zehnder, ROOM – Rituals of Other Minds (2026) – Floor -2. Club Garage
11pm-1am — UMA – Floor -2. Club Garage
1-2:45am — MALEFI – Floor -2. Club Garage
Special Projects
Basel Social Club Shop
Visit our shop for a carefully chosen edit of exclusive pieces and collaborations.
Daily until 11pm
Hole In One Culture by Beni Bischof
Supported by Kramis
An indoor golf installation that parodies the feel-good trappings of the modern workplace — where creativity, leisure, and productivity are supposed to seamlessly merge. Visitors are invited to pick up a club and play.
Daily until 11pm
HowAreYouToday? by Anna Katharina Zumthor
A temporary one-to-one conversation format licensed psychologist FSP situated between intimacy and public space.
16 minutes for conversation, listening, silence, reflection, and attention.
Drop in without an appointment
All conversations are confidential and will not be recorded.
Daily from 4–6pm and 7–10pm
I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel
For the first time, I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel takes place within the building, hosting a wide variety of print, artist publications, zines, and bookmaking practices. The book fair expands Basel Social Club’s cultural landscape with a vibrant platform for experimental publishing and artist-led discourse — connecting the edition’s themes of knowledge, circulation, and archival practice to a living community of makers and readers.
Daily until 10pm
Kids Club
A dedicated drop-in space with toys where children can play freely.
Daily until 10pm
LAN by Brennan Wojtyla
LAN is a site-specific participatory installation built around a 10-person local area network. Ten computers are connected locally, cables fully exposed, running Counter-Strike: Source — a multiplayer first-person shooter from 2004. Visitors are invited to sit down, pick up a keyboard, and play.
Daily until 3am
Midsummer Game Show WIN–A–WARHOL by suns.work
suns.works Game Show, plays on the idea of a trade fair booth: an art installation becomes a stage where games are being played in a scenography created by artists. Gamble for spot prizes, or be in to win the original artwork: the choice is yours.
Daily until 11pm
Social Wellness Hub
Presented by Balboa + KEEN
The Social Wellness Hub at the Basel Social Club brings together movement, recovery and community in a curated, experiential space.
Sunday – Thursday : 2–10pm
Friday & Saturday: 4–11pm
Soma
Gilles Aubry, Ludwig Berger, Nikki Buzzi, Christophe Fellay, Jazmina Figueroa, Laurent Güdel, Franziska Koch, Tobias Maria Koch, Alban Schelbert, Yanik Soland, Li Tavor, Diego Villalobos, Julian Zehnder, LABOUR (Farahnaz Hatam, Colin Hacklander)
A sound program and vibrating platform that investigates deep listening as a social practice, inviting to listen, linger and hear collectively and somatically.
Daily until 11pm
Spray Tan
Presented by pureaureastudio
Pureaureastudio is offering live spray tan applications — a fast, UV-free way to get an instant, sun-kissed glow. Walk in and leave bronzed.
Daily 4-8pm
THE BUS by Marina Abramović
THE BUS is a former school bus transformed into a mobile exhibition space on wheels. It is part mobile sculpture and part meditation capsule. Visitors are invited to pause and embark on an inner journey that has the potential for lasting change and transformation. It is about deceleration, mindfulness, and the creation of a shared experiential space that unites people.
Sessions are limited to 10 participants and run on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up in advance using the sheet available on-site to reserve your spot.
THE BUS is a collaboration between Marina Abramović, her institute (MAI), and the Mirjam Varadinis Art Agency. With the support of Grether family, Stiftung Jasema and private donors who wish to remain anonymous.
Schedule:
Each session lasts 30 minutes. Please note that attendance for the full duration is required — latecomers and early departures cannot be accommodated.
16:15 – 16:45
17:00 – 17:30
17.45 -18.15
18.30-19.00
19.15-19.45
20.00-20.30
20.45-21.15
21.30-22.00
Tooth Gems
Presented by Hotbling2go
Tooth gems have been turning smiles into statements for years — a small, painless way to express something about yourself. Hotbling2Go is offering live tooth gem applications, fully customizable to your style. No reservations required: walk in, pick a gem, and leave with a little extra sparkle.
Daily until 8pm
Watchmaking with Massimo, Leonard and Masha
Presented by Maurice de Mauriac
A live watchmaking demonstration by Zurich’s independent, family-run watch manufacture. Visitors are invited to watch the creation of an exclusive timepiece conceived specifically for Basel Social Club.
Daily until 8pm
Food & Drinks
Drinks
- Floor -2
- — Club Bar
- Floor -1
- — Blood Sweat Tears
- — Game Bar
- Floor 0
- — Cafeteria Bar
- — Center Courtyard Bar
- — Fitness Bar
- — The Café
- Floor 1
- — I never read the bar menu
- — Out-of-Office Bar
- Throughout Building
- — Mobile Bars & Trolleys
Food
- Floor -1 + -2
- — Afterhours Pizza
- Floor 0
- — Smashed Burgers & Loaded Fries
- — Ceviche
- — Rye Bread Sandwiches
- — Watermelon Pizza
- — Caprese Bar
- — Paella
- — Ice Cream
- Floor 1
- — Magnum Ice Cream Spray Station
- — Valerie’s Snack Bar
- — Bretzel
Fine Dining
Join Roots x Basel Social Club for “Dinner Meeting” – an exclusive private dining experience, presenting four immersive courses crafted by Chef Pascal Steffen.
From June 15–19, 2026
7:00 – 10:30PM
For more information and to book a table, please visit www.dinnermeeting.ch
Team
Dandara Alves, Geraldine Belmont, Julia Cellarius, Robbie Fitzpatrick, Maria Fontenele Reis, Yollotl Gomez-Alvarado, Christian Herren, Flynn Jost, Uma Jost, Désirée Müller, Ronnie Fueglister, Yuri Lika, Mc Brian Ngo, Philip Ortelli , Claudia Peters, Fabian Petignant, Fiona Rahn, Gloria Viktoria Regotz, Yael Salomonowitz, Marlon Schaffner, Paelden Tamnyen, Hannah Weinberger.
Partners
Foundations
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