Among the activities centred on the baroque violin is a course in performance run by the German violinist Claudia Hoffmann and an exhibition of early instruments in the city’s castle. Four concerts making up the Early Music Festival will also take place over the same period.

The German group La Beata Olanda directed by Claudia Hoffmann will open the cycle on 27 August with the program "Music from the Habsburg Courts" featuring sonatas by G. A. Pandolfi Mealli, Schmelzer, Kapsberger, Biber and Walther.

On 1 September the duo formed by Manfredo Kraemer, baroque violin, and Eduardo Egüez, theorbo, will present the program "Ici et là-bas", music for the violin and baroque guitar by baroque and Iberian-American composers. This program will consist of works by Geminiani, Schop, Piccinini, Bertali, Chazarreta, Leguizamón, Pixinguinha and Fleury, among others.

On 2 September the Granville Ensemble, conducted by Kerstin Kramp, will perform a program entitled "An Italian Concert" with works by Brescianello, Veracini, Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti, Tartini and Bach.

The Festival ends on 3 September with L’Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux directed by Amandine Beyer with the program "Italian Fire... and French Sweetness" featuring violin sonatas and pieces by Rebel (1666-1747) and Philidor (1681-1731). All the concerts take place at the church in Gruyères.