The unmissable Verbier Charity Night

Some 40 sporting champions and celebrities have answered the call of Eric-A. Balet, Téléverbier SA’s head of business development, and will be attending the 11th Verbier Charity Night on 6 April 2018. One of the must-attend events of the calendar, it is always eagerly awaited, as Balet explained: “People often call me to find out when the invitations are going out.”
To reserve a ten-seat table, one must pay CHF4,000. Eight of those seats go to the buyer and their guests and the two remaining seats are occupied by VIPs or sports stars. All proceeds from the evening go to three charity organisations, among them Right To Play, which was founded at the Olympic Winter Games Lillehammer 1994 in support of children living in the world’s poorest countries. For the last few years the event has also been supporting young athletes from the region and Switzerland as a whole through the Verbier Freeride Association and the Association Aide Sportive Suisse. In total, more than CHF 600,000 has been donated to the three charities since 2008.
Star guests at the 2018 Charity Night will include skiing icons such as Alberto Tomba, Hermann Maier, Lindsey Vonn and Tina Maze. Like their fellow celebrities, they will be only too happy to chat with the other guests and pose for photos, which is one of the many things that makes the event so special. Selfie and autograph hunters will also have the chance to track down the likes of Bernhard Russi, Didier Defago, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Marc Girardelli and Roland Collombin, champion skiers who have all done their bit in writing the history of the sport over the last 40 years. Also in attendance will be Pascal Richard, an Olympic cycling champion at Atlanta 1996, and personalities such as Bertrand Piccard and Yves Rossy (aka Jetman).
With entertainment figuring large on the programme, a number of well-known singers have performed at the event in the past, among them James Blunt. Bastian Baker and Hughes Aufray proved just as much of a draw at last year’s star-studded gathering, which was also held at the Halle Saint-Marc. Providing performers with the perfect setting, it boasts acoustics that rival those of the best concert halls.

Bookings are now being taken (maximum 250 places).

To reserve your table, please write to
verbiercharitynight@televerbier.ch