After the summer festivals of Sydney, now also the festivals in Switzerland start again.
First one this year: Artiphys 2012

Let's finish the badge advent calendar like it started - with a tech conference badge. Enjoy my Open Systems nametag:

One of the rare concert evenings at Satellite where even the technicians had to have an additional badge (but nevertheless this is another one of a kind memory): Soiree BAM 2005

There we go, the first year I participated as staff: Festival Balelec 2005

Luckily this one took place very year (for more than 30 years now!): Festival Balelec 2006

Yet another great event which no longer exists: ClosedAir 2006

Let's start the last week of this badge advent calendar with another tech conference badge (looks like the conference no longer exists, thus no link to any website): San Francisco LinuxWorld 2007

And there the other student music festival which managed to provide badges: Artiphys 2008

Now on to the badges of 2008, as every year: Festival Balelec 2008

The only time (for now) when I got to fly in a helicopter for a music festival was at: Caprices 2009

And once more there is a badge from: Festival Balelec 2009

Here comes the largest badge in my collection: Festival de la terre 2009

Probably the most 'famous' badge in my collection: Montreux Jazz Festival 2009

With the 2009 badges, I can almost fill another week. Let's start with: Metropop Festival 2009

Right at the beginning of spring, in the beautiful mountains of Crans-Montana, there is: Caprices 2010

Also this one took place in 2010: Artiphys 2010

Like almost every year, there is a badge from: Festival Balelec 2010

Looks like most of the 2011 badges are done. Now on to the 2010 ones, starting with: Metropop Festival 2010

And there comes the next music festival: Caprices 2011

Another student music festival from EPFL: Artiphys 2011

Again a badge from a music festival: Sat Rocks IV

The next badge is from a concert (or rather a series of three concerts): MoleKul'Air

Another badge from a music festival: Festival Balelec 2011

Here comes the next badge. This time not from a tech conference but from a music festival: Metropop Festival 2011

For insiders, there is also a view of the backside :-)

When attending conferences you often receive a badge granting you access (which usually is not much more than a nametag with some logo). Also when working at concerts and festivals you receive a badge identifiying you as staff. I regularly keep these as souvenirs which remind me of the amazing times passed at those events.

Over the time there are now a couple of badges hanging on my closet and I think it would be nice to be able to look through them on my laptop. Thus this new Badges category in the weblog.

My idea for now is to put a new badge online every day until Christmas like some form of an Advent calendar.

Here is the first one, it is from the IPv6 Business Konferenz: