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Welcome to
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The Festival Square (Festspillplassen) is the place to be during
the Bergen International Festival. Here you will discover fantastic,
fanciful and fun experiences from 11:00 until midnight
– and easily accessible for everyone in town.
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BT Fordel:
25 % discount
Festival Square
Opening
with Mames
Babegenush
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Friday 27 May
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The main arena at the Festival Square with jampacked day and evening programmes. Read more on
p. 27–31 (evening/adult) and p. 32–35 (day/family).
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Paraplyen
Innovative and tasty food and drink from Lysverket,
stimulating conversation and festival atmosphere.
Open every day at 11:00–24:00.
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Explore outer space (p. 32) and envelop yourself in
colour and music – a sensory installation. Free.
Tullemutten
Explore the ingenious homemade devices of The
Strange Travels of Señor Tonet (p. 34) in this outdoor
area for children and adults. Open every day at
11:00–17:00. Free.
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Free
Opening of the festival’s
main arena with world-class
Klezmer music.
Jassbox and Bergen Big
Band challenge: Loosen tie.
Lace-up dance shoes.
Since 2007 Jassbox has held
monthly jazz club evenings in
Bergen and Oslo, where they are
on a mission to bring dance back
to jazz, working hard to gather new
recruits to the genre. In honour of
the Bergen International Festival
they have created a long-awaited
collaboration between Bergen Big
Band, jazz pianist Dag Arnesen
and double bass player Magne
Thormodsæter. Most of the music
refers to danceable 1960s and 1970s
compositions. The sizeable ensemble of horns and comp makes it
possible to involve break-dancers,
jazz-dancers, rappers and vocalists
from Bergen’s underground scene.
There is a lot of young talent eager
to show the incredible potential in
the fusion of contemporary styles
and big band jazz.
Espen Horne producer, DJ
Dag Arnesen orchestra leader, piano
Magne Thormodsæter orchestra
leader, double bass
Bergen Big Band
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Action Man
Stig Paa, Torb Roach breakdance
Kola Abidogun, Louis Pomfret
jazz dance
Danish Mames Babegenush is
famous for their spellbinding and
intense live concerts where energy
and melancholy go hand in hand.
Bonding together a fusion of traditional Jewish Klezmer music minted
at weddings and parties, melted with
rock and electronic music, they are
once again our guests, this time to
create a festival atmosphere during
the opening of the main arena of the
Festival Square.
In collaboration with West Norway
Jazz Center
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