NOTTE BIANCA 2014 NOTTE BIANCA OPENING Venue: Valletta Entrance Time: 19:00 No night of festivities would be complete without a little pomp and circumstance. In that fashion Notte Bianca opens grandiosely with a historical re-enactmentby the Inguardia Re- enactors and Duke of Argyll’s Own Pipe Band marching around Valletta. NOTTE BIANCA RED CARPET Venue: Freedom Square Time: All Night Long Freedom Square will be hosting an elegant red carpet event starting at 19.00. Come by and take your photos surrounded by all the glitz and glam. BELLOPHONE Venue: Independence Square Time: All Night Long This year Notte Bianca is proud to present the Bellophone; an innovative project which will allow you to play the bells of Valletta! A collaboration between sound designer Mario Sammut, engineers and the Valletta communities has brought us one of the most innovative projects ever programmed for Notte Bianca. Set up in Independence Square, the Bellophone is a large-scale instrument incorporating two Valletta church bell towers - those of the Anglican and the Carmelite churches - and a state-of-the-art playing console. The console features a playing board, similar to a keyboard of a piano in function, but instead of keys it has large round buttons, which when pressed will ring the bells in the towers wirelessly. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you to be able to play the bells of two churches simultaneously. For more info please visit: http://www.bellophone.org/ ELECTROSTRAIT Venue: Strait Street Time: All Night Long Throughout the night Strait Street will be having a ball, specifically an electroswing ball introduced by 1920s style flapper girls. Electro-Swing Malta will be pumping out the best tunes in this exciting novel genre, which blends vintage swing with contemporary production techniques. Don your finest duds and swing, swing, swing. TBERFIL TATTOO Venue: Republic Square Time: 19.00 – 00.00 Get some ink! But not just any ink. This year Notte Bianca has commissioned tattoo artist Charlot Seychell to design tattoos based on traditional Maltese tberfil by John Farrugia. Tberfil is an elegant local typography that can traditionally be seen on vintage Maltese buses and luzzi (Maltese fishing boats). So come visit our tattooist at Pjazza Regina and don’t miss this opportunity to get inked the Maltese way. The non-permanent kind will also be available. ŻIFFAŻFIN Venue: Old Market Place Time: 19.30 – 00.30 Dance the night away! On an elevated stage at the Suq tal-Belt we are going to be having a dance expo with a twist, featuring some of the best dance troupes on the island. Imagine line dancing to Maltese oldies, fiery flamenco to marċi funebri, oriental dance to local Għana and much more. This is fusion dancing like you will have never seen. All this introduced by a Maltese Milonga just outside the Old Market. Featuring DanceWorks, New Identity Line Dancers, Caramella Oriental Dance, Keith & Joanne, Alegria Dance Company and the Malta Argentine Tango Association MALTAPOP Venue: Pjazza Teatru Rjal Time: 19.00 Surely there’s nothing that can get a smile on your face quicker than a Guggen band, so here come the Big Friends Guggen Music. Big dancing band, dressed up in motley Carnival colours, playing as loud and as boisterously as you can possibly imagine. On top of that the set list is going to include the best of Maltese pop music. What’s not to like? NOTTE BIANCA LIVE Venue: Pjazza Teatru Rjal Time: 21.00 Ever feel nostalgic for the old days? Then step into the music of our local past with the concert O Żmien Ħelu, featuring beloved songs from all the golden oldies. Maestro Dominic Galea has created arrangements for some of the greatest Maltese pop compositions. Then we got Enzo Guzman, Doreen Galea, Freddie Portelli, Mary Spiteri, Mary Rose Mallia, Mike Spiteri, Bayzo, William Mangion, Tony Camilleri, Joe Grech and a special surprise from abroad! All this will be presented by the Di u d-Do of our old concerts, John Demanuele and Charles Saliba. This will surely be a night to remember. This concert will also be aired live on PBS! ORKESTRA SWING Venue: Pjazza Teatru Rjal Time: 00.00 As the bells chime midnight, the Malta Youth Orchestra will be kicking off a swing concert in Pjazza Teatru Rjal full of oomph, pzazz and zing! Join this talented young ensemble for what promises to be a great energetic performance. The Malta Youth Orchestra is the ‘sister ensemble’ of the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra and is made up of talented young musicians. The target aim of the MYO is to provide an excellent opportunity for budding musicians to gain first-hand experience playing in an orchestra and, more importantly, to participate in the joy of ensemble music-making. L-GĦANA L-KBIRA Venue: Great Siege Square Time: 19.00, 21.30 Għana is the music of the Maltese people and a tradition that needs to be passed on from generation to generation. This year Notte Bianca has started a community project, where a group of għanneja was commissioned to collaborate with guitarist Evan Plumpton to teach 50 guitar students the art of għana. This special concert will see four of our finest għanneja singing with a backing band of over fifty guitar students. CHOIR BOX Venue: Great Siege Square Time: 20.30, 23.00 Outside the Law Courts experience an interactive choir. Browse the jukebox playlist set up nearby, select your favourite tune and enjoy the song performed live by the Mirabitur Choir just for you. The choir will also be collecting donations in aid of the community chest fund. BAND’OĦRA Venues: Manoel Theatre – Indie Stage Old University Building – Metal Stage St John’s Square – Big Band Stage Time: 19.00 – 02.00 Some of the finest local bands will be taking the stage at different venues around Valletta to keep the night alive with music. Each venue will be dedicated to a specific music genre, so attendees can revel in the best Malta has to live music until the early hours. The Old University will turn into the Metal Stage with Malta's best metal and doom bands. The Manoel Theatre will present some of the best alternative and indie bands on the island, whilst St John’s Square will dance to the brass sounds of our big bands. Our Indie Stage will feature Milk Mi, Three Stops to China, Errormantics, Massacre House Party, Claire Tonna, The Shh, and Cable 35. The Metal Stage features Different Strings, R.A.S, Fallen Icon, Angelcrypt, War Trigger, 12th ode and Abysmal Torment. Our Big Band Stage will feature the Armed Forces of Malta Military Band, Rockastra from Gozo and we also heard that the Big Band stage has a couple of surprises up in store. For full details on the programme of events refer to the Notte Bianca Website or App. ĠENNATA RJALI Venue: Pjazza Teatru Rjal Time: All Night Long Angels and Saints will be looking from above at Pjazza Teatru Rjal. This majestic installation by artist Antoine Farrugia will dress up the columns in the pjazza using traditional decorations as typically seen in local festas. INFORMAZZJONI Venue: Castille Place, Merchant Street, St John’s Street Time: All Night Long It shouldn’t be too hard to spot our info team. Just look up at Castille Place, Merchant Street or St John’s Street, and look out for our friendly animators sitting on high lifeguard chairs, megaphones in hand, letting everyone know about all that is going on during the night. Feel free to ask them any questions; they will be more than happy to help. BASKTIJIET Venue: Pjazza Teatru Rjal Info Point Time: All Night Long Take your Notte Bianca 2014 memories home with you, thanks to our limited edition illustrated eco-bag inspired by our magical capital city. This beautifully illustrated souvenir, with designs by Nadine Noko, can be purchased from the Notte Bianca Information stands. Don’t miss out! THE GREAT FLEA MARKET Venue: Hastings Gardens Time: All Night Long Fed up of shopping for the same old products on the same old shelves? Or are you looking for some genuine local arts and crafts items? Then Notte Bianca’s Great Flea Market is the place for you. Featuring florists, portrait artists, antiques, crafts, car-boot sales, home-made foods and all other sorts of stalls, the flea market will manifest the best Maltese markets have to offer. This area will also feature our own Villaġġ, a trade fair for various entities that will be exhibiting and promoting their services and organisations. The local folk bands Ta’ Verna and The Jackson’s will be keeping the night alive with fun banter and good music. AMAZE2 Venue: St George’s Square Time: All Night Long You think you can’t fit Science in one box? Think again! Logix Creative and Daaa Haus have been entrusted with the conceptualisation, design and fabrication of a massive cube science installation in Pjazza St. George during Science In The City 2014 and Notte Bianca 2014. Introducing AMAZE2. A massive installation in the shape of a giant cube housing a maze that plans to portray the various elements of science in a fun and eclectic way. The installation, a journey through various rooms arranged as a full size maze, takes the visitor through various representations and interactive exhibits of science. From the weather to the big bang, from the earth to the human body, from solar energy to renewable energy, no stone will be left unturned. Logix/Daaa are also thinking outside the box – quite literally - as around the installation there will be a host of other exhibits; Lufthansa will be presenting an array of interactive displays designed to experience the science around flight engineering; a car manufacturer will be displaying a fleet of EV vehicles; and a Beer manufacturer will be sponsoring a Beer Haus experiment bar.