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PRESS RELEASE (25/03/2014)
Loano is ready to welcome spring term guests with the program A thousand and one springs - first fruits of summer, promoted by the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano.
Music, children's initiatives, markets, exhibitions and major events will enrich the area's tourism offerings with the aim of strengthening attendance in the spring period.
The events will be a corollary to pleasant days when you can choose to live by the sea on the equipped beaches or walk in the green hinterland.
Alongside well-established initiatives and major events such as the White Night (June 21) and the Carabinieri Fanfare Concert (May 31), the program welcomes new entertainment events such as: In “500” .... for the C.R.I. (April 6), Cartography Day City of Loano (April 26), Sea Expo 2014 (May 31-June 2).
La music will be present in Loano spring with a rich variety of proposals. At April seventh edition will be held by “Flying Disks...Close Encounters with Records, Books, Words and Sounds”, review of meetings with artists from the national music scene.
The space dedicated to music will open with an event related to the City of Loano National Award for Italian Traditional Music. The April 4 in the Council Chamber in Palazzo Doria will hold the Italy Northwest territorial selection of the music competition “Playing at Folkest - Alberto Cesa Award.” The artists who will compete in the live performance will be. Simona Colonna, Figurelle Permanent Laboratory, Folkamiseria. The review will continue on April 14 with meeting with Davide Toffolo, one of the most important contemporary Italian cartoonists, singer and guitarist of the Three merry dead boys, an Italian punk rock band, particularly beloved by the youth. Toffolo will present the comic book Graphic novel is dead live! The last appointment, the April 22, will feature as guests the Perturbation who together with music journalist John Vignola will trace their artistic career up to the Lucio Dalla Press Room Award received at the last edition of the Sanremo Festival.
Always at April, will kick off the review “Concerts of the Turks - The Musics of the Soul, which offers concerts of sacred music throughout the year in the’ Oratorio N.S. del SS. Rosario (Turchini). Opening the 2014 edition will be the April 13 At 5 p.m. the concert of the Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble The Invaghites Dedicated to the compositions of the Holy Week period “Lamentationes” by Jan Dismas Zelenka. The appointment with sacred music will return on the June 15, to the 9 p.m., with a concert by violinist Paul Tagliamento.
A May, review will return dedicated to the Marian month “In Ode to Mary. Three concerts in all in Loano's churches: the May 10 at Our Lady of Loreto Church, at 20.30 a concert by pianist Paola Arecco, the May 17, always at 20.30, at Church of the Visitation will perform Alessia Privitera on transverse flute and Gianpaolo Minuti on the piano, and finally the May 22 (8:30 p.m.) at Mount Carmel Church the concert of the Briozzo Duet.
The appointment with the review is then renewed. “Young Concert Artists” organized by the’S.M. Immaculate Music Association, which proposes three concerts In three different places of the city. Opening the musical space dedicated to emerging concert performers will be the May 24, in the council chamber, in Doria Palace (9 p.m.) the young accordion virtuoso Samuel Telari. The June 1, in the’Prince's Garden Summer Arena, at 9 p.m., the review will be hosted by the’Youth Orchestra Fossano Music Foundation, string instrument ensemble composed of children and teenagers. The closing will be entrusted to the June 7, at 9 p.m. in fortress square to vocal training The Clusters, A cappella vocal group, popularized by the TV show X Factor.
Music will, also, be at the center of the celebrations of the Twinning with the city of Francheville, scheduled from May 2 to 4 With a big musical celebration. The evening of the May 3, to the 9 p.m. a concert by jazz pianist Riccardo Zegna. The May 4 In Rocca Square, at 10 a.m. the folk group Ü Gunbu de Löa will present a repertoire of Ligurian dialect songs along with some of the best-known traditional songs from other Italian regions.
June's musical events will open with the YEPP Music Festival (June 14), the music marathon that will involve the area's young bands and music schools.
Also in June, Loano will host the now classic summer tour opening of the Pesto Darkness (June 15) and the band concert (June 30) of the’S.M. Immaculate Music Association at Prince's Garden.
The transition with the summer event program will be marked by the spring highlight the White Night which will enliven the city this year on the 21st June.
The spring program will also address the children and families with two projects, included in the initiative “Family-friendly Loano”, promoted by the’Department of Social Services.
“Mother and baby face to face” is the series of meetings for parents and children, organized by the’No Head Start Association. The April 12, to the 3:30 pm in fortress square, will be proposed to young and old alike the Easter in the square with a creative workshop on Easter theme and with the Children's makeup. May 11 in the Fallen Gardens of Nassirya, from the 3 p.m. will take place the Mother's Day with an art workshop for creating a little gift for mom, Children's Makeup, magic and magic toy pit. Finally, the’June 8, in the’Solar Field Area (Gozzano Street) will take place from 3 p.m. the “Mini draft party: born in 2013.” Super birthday of babies born in 2013 with lots of prizes, snack, maxi cake and presentation of “I was there!” diploma.
They will be four appointments of Storytelling workshop, organized since’Society of the Curious Association. The review will take place in the area of the Solar field on Gozzano Street, a green space, where next to the Gazebo of Fantasy, which houses the performance stage, there is a play area equipped for young children.
The initiative aims to give rise to moments of meeting and entertainment between Parents and children and between families, alternating moments of free play, workshops, organized in collaboration with local associations, and theatrical performances selected from the vast overview of works dedicated to childhood. Each afternoon will be dedicated to a theme. Opening the review will be the April 13, the party “The city together.” which will talk to children about recycling and the environment. This theme will return on April 27, to the rhythm of music with the initiative “The City of Rhythmiccycling. The May 18 will be played with the words in the “The city of lettersvolant” and finally, the May 25, the Solar Field area will be transformed into the “Circus city...circus uncertain” with juggling, balancing and aerial acrobatics workshop and circus arts performances.
Loano spring will also offer a review dedicated to the taste. The city's cultural and sports associations have prepared a calendar of single-issue festivals, most of which will take place on the waterfront near the Sea Workers' Cottage. Those who love the pleasures of the palate will not want to miss these events: the 25 e the April 26 the St. Mary Immaculate Music Association will organize. Fizzes and Eats, the May Day the sweet tooth will enjoy the Bomboloni of the Pro Loco Loano, from the May 2 to 4 will take place the Ligurian Cake Festival organized by the’Old Loano Association, the May 31 and June 1 you can enjoy the friscêu, the typical sweet or savory Ligurian pancakes, from the’St. Mary Immaculate Music Association. The 21 e June 22, will take place the Mixed fish fry festival, organized by the Pro Loco Loano. Fried fish can also be enjoyed in the harbor thanks to the Associations of the La Bussola Sport Fishermen, of Professional Fishermen City of Loano, of Diving Center and of the Marina of Loano who will organize the June 27 and 28 the initiative Fish and Fries.
Enriching the spring calendar of events will be the markets Of crafts and artists Crafts in the square, the Antiques and Collectibles Market, the All Artisans Review. (June 14/15) and the Coldiretti's Campagna Amica Market. (June 8/9).
Many, even the sporting events that will characterize the spring. Among the national and international events, sailing will take center stage with the Techno 293 Windsurfing Class National Regatta (4/6April), the National Gathering Class The Team (May 2/4), the European Championship Youth Olympic Class Byte (May 22/25), the European Championship Byte Class C2 (May 23/26).
In addition, the Loano sports calendar will host the bicycle race 4th Great Fund City of Loano (April 6), the team finals of the Italian Billiards Pairs Championships (April 20/May 10), i Twirling Championships (April 25/27), the first stage of the World Cup for Hyped Runners. – 24° Fantozzi Trophy (April 26/27), the National Championship of Acrosport Series C1 AND C2 (May 4), the 19° International Swimming Meeting “City of Loano’ (10/11 May).
Also on the sports program are the 22nd Youth Soccer Trophy City of Loano that will accompany the entire spring from the April 12 at June 22, the Slam By Head Under 12-14-16 Tennis Tournament (April 4/13), l’8th City of Loano Karate Trophy (April 12/13), the 6°Men's and Women's Volleyball Easter Tournament (April 17), Stage Minivolley Tournament Marco Scipione (April 27), the Australian Pre-Competitive Tennis Tournament Under 8 Male and Female (May 2/11), Men's and Women's 3rd Category Tennis Tournament (May 9/18), the Turin CRALs' trophy of bocce, soccer and tennis (May 22/24), Aquathlon (May 17), the Youth Beach Volleyball Tournament (June 8), the Camp Volleyball 2014 (June 24-July 5). {:}
