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The Blue Night is a major art event that has been taking place in downtown Nuremberg every year since 2000 at the beginning of May . With an average of around 130,000 visitors, it is considered to be the largest culture and museum night in Germany.
There are a number of art stations under a common concept (music, dance, theater, cabaret, museums, guided tours, performances and installations) with around 100 individual events.
For the ambience and for visual identification, the entire street lighting in the city center is colored blue, the individual event locations are also illuminated with strong blue light and blue light steles with information boards are set up. The core time of the event is from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. In addition, there are always numerous street performers , provided that the space and weather conditions allow.
For visiting the art events in buildings and inner courtyards, sponsors will be solicited to co-finance the major event and a very moderate one-time admission price will be charged, which applies to all venues. Children under 12 years of age have free access when accompanied by a legal guardian.
From all art actions, 12 projects will be selected in advance to participate in the competition for the € 5,000 audience award. The visitors decide on the award of this award .
history
May 20, 2000 - from 7:30 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.
The first Blue Night was the opening of the culture mile and should show what the Nuremberg culture mile has to offer. This year Nuremberg celebrated the city's 950th anniversary.
May 19, 2001 - from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
May 11, 2002 - from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
The motto of the third Blue Night was “Everything stays different!” This time Nuremberg recorded more than 130,000 visitors.
May 17, 2003 - from 8:00 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
The varied program this year ranged from museums and cultural institutions to blue meadows. About 120,000 people attended the Blue Night.
May 15, 2004 - from 8 p.m. until the morning hours
The motto of the fifth Blue Night was: “Art doesn't like to be alone at night”. This year the blue night lasted until the early hours of the morning. For the first time there was a main topic, everything revolved around water.
May 7, 2005 - from 8 p.m. until the morning hours
The main theme of the Blue Night this year was air. For the first time, an artist competition was announced. The artist Res Ingold planned the fictional show of a vertical takeoff of the gyrodyne type in the city center. Individual works on the Nuremberg bunkers commemorated the 60th anniversary of the end of the war on the following day. Despite the cold and wet weather, around 100,000 visitors came.
May 27, 2006 - from 7:00 p.m. until the morning hours
The motto in May 2006 was, in keeping with the soccer World Cup, “The Blue Ball Night”. This year it was all about the ball. It wasn't just about football, but also about fiber, ballads, ballet, etc.
May 19, 2007 - from 7:00 p.m. until the morning hours
The night was themed times. Approx. 120,000 visitors were out and about in the old town to experience the more than 70 offers in the museums, theaters, cinemas and other art and cultural institutions. Another international artist competition was held, with ten of the more than one hundred submitted projects from Germany and abroad being realized in the Blue Night.
May 31, 2008 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The theme of the 2008 Blue Night was the island. Approx. 45 participating institutions (museums, galleries, theaters, art associations, academy of fine arts, discotheque, etc.), the Blue Night art competition and the outdoor lighting projects were inspired and attracted 130,000 visitors to Nuremberg's old town.
May 23, 2009 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The theme of the Blue Night 2009 was firmament. It took place for the tenth time this year; The highlights were the illumination of the castle , the staging of the main market and the largest work “SternHagelBlau” by Christian Weiß and Tom Neumeier on the island of Schütt realized as part of the Blue Night art competition . In 2009, the Blue Night followed on from the “International Year of Astronomy”: In addition to the omnipresent blue that welcomed the visitors, the “Firmament”, a term “threatened” with extinction, with its diverse associations inspired the Blue Night program.
May 15, 2010 - from 7:00 p.m. until the early hours of the morning
The topic “On the Road” spans the 175th anniversary of the first German railway line Nuremberg-Fürth .
May 28, 2011 - from 7:00 p.m. until the early hours of the morning
The motto of the Blue Night was foreign worlds. Approx. 140,000 people visited the more than 66 art venues in Nuremberg's old town. A highlight was the participatory work "15 Minutes Eternity" by Christian Weiß and Michael Dietlinger, in which several hundred people in the ballroom of the K4 cultural center were isolated from the outside world for fifteen minutes each by means of handcuffs, blindfolds and background noise.
May 19, 2012 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
With over 250 offers at 71 art and cultural locations, the 2012 Blue Night had the motto “Masterfully!” . It had around 120,000 visitors from the region.
May 4, 2013 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The 2013 motto was “ Himmelsstürmer ” . Topics included the 200th birthday of the composer Richard Wagner and International Star Wars Day .
May 3, 2014 - from 7:00 p.m. until the early hours of the morning
The motto of the 15th Blue Night in 2014 was “ Longing ” . About 130,000 visitors saw the program with over 250 offers at 71 art and cultural locations.
May 4, 2015 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The Blue Night 2015 took place on May 2nd, had 135,000 visitors and was themed “ Freedom ” .
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May 7, 2016 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The Blue Night 2016 took place on May 7th under the theme " Truth (s)" with around 130,000 visitors.
May 6, 2017 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The Blue Night 2017 took place on May 6th under the theme " Odyssey " with around 150,000 visitors.
May 5, 2018 - from 7:00 p.m. until the early hours of the morning
The Blue Night 2018 took place on May 5th with the theme " Horizons " .
May 4, 2019 - from 7:00 p.m. to the early hours of the morning
The Blue Night 2019 took place on May 4th with the theme "Heaven and Hell" .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuremberg celebrates “Blue Night” on infranken.de, May 7, 2017, accessed on April 28, 2018
- ↑ The Blue Night as a mild night: 130,000 visitors experienced the “truth (s)” of art in dream weather. In: The Blue Night. Culture Department of the City of Nuremberg, accessed on August 17, 2016 .
- ↑ 150,000 enjoyed culture and art for all the senses - great success for the 18th Blue Night in Nuremberg. In: The Blue Night. Culture Department of the City of Nuremberg, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ THE BLUE NIGHT 2018 - Long Night of Art and Culture. In: The Blue Night. Culture Department of the City of Nuremberg, accessed on March 28, 2018 .
- ↑ THE BLUE NIGHT - Long night of art and culture. In: The Blue Night. Culture Department of the City of Nuremberg, accessed on May 4, 2019 .