THE FESTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF DIMITROVGRAD
Dimitrovgrad will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a special logo, created for Dimitrovgrad's anniversary by the graphic designer Mr. Toma Galov. Stepping on the concept of the generations, building the city, intertwined in two open palms, the city logo for the anniversary completely covers the slogan "Turning to future generations".
The program for the celebration of Dimitrovgrad once again offers a rich palette of tastes, emotions and experiences. The evenings are filled with bright and varied events, in which citizens will be able to enjoy themselves with concerts, exhibitions, cinema and theater performances.
In the holiday evening - September 2, especially for the 75th anniversary of Dimitrovgrad, the big winner of the Annual Music Awards of BG Radio for 2022 Lyubo Kirov will sing.
Beginning of the concerts on the stage of Bulgaria Square will be done by Nina Nikolina JAZZ & TRADITIONS VOL.2, on August 31. The following evening is dedicated to the colors of Bulgarian folk dances with the performances of the Burgas professional folk ensemble "Strandzha".
The events in the festive program start with an exhibition of socialist cars on Saturday, August 27, from 9:00 a.m., around the Big Bench. Open-air Piano Bar, which has become a tradition, is planned for Saturday evening on the first day of the program from 8:30 p.m. The connoisseurs of classical music will be able to sing and dance with the performances of Peyo Filipov and the band HIT MACHINE with the support of talented performers and finalists from "Voice of Bulgaria" - Georgi Kostadinov, Victoria Glavcheva and Elena Kokorska.
New to the program is the Summer Cinema bar, which will also be on Poezia square, but on Sunday evening. The evening will start an hour earlier with a concert "Music in the cinema" by the Brass Band Dimitrovgrad. Favorite popular pieces from Bulgarian and world films will delight cinema lovers.
The following evening (Monday) in the magical atmosphere of the Fountain of Nymphs and Aphrodite from 8.30 p.m., it will be possible to watch the theatrical production "Wood Nymph". Planetarium Giordano Bruno will offer exciting space experiences around the universe during the afternoon hours on Saturday and Sunday, August 27 and 28.
The program pays special attention to children. On Sunday, August 28, the Central City Alley will become a place for games, entertainment, workshops and songs for children in the specially prepared Children's Holiday. There will be an exciting autograph meeting with the authors and a presentation of the interactive book ‘Tiktok encyclopedia’ at City Library "Penyo Penev".
The long- awaited bicycles in the game, organized by Children and Youth Center will be drawn on September 1 at 7:00 p.m. at Poezia Square.
Sports fans will be able to enjoy three tournaments - indoor football, court tennis and streetball . For the city's celebration, a special demonstration football match will be played at the "Miner" stadium between the legendary football players who started their careers from Dimitrovgrad and the young football hopefuls from the juniors of FC "Dimitrovgrad 1947". The event will be a real celebration for football fans, who will be able to see their favorites to play.
Several exhibitions will mark the festive program. An exposition of works about Dimitrovgrad will be shown by the City Library "Penyo Penev", which will be available from August 29. On the same day, the thematic permanent exhibition "The City" will be opened on "Bulgaria" Blvd. The highlight of the program will be the exhibition "Vladimir Dimitrov - the Master" in the "Petko Churchuliev" Art Gallery, and the Historical Museum will show interesting facts and objects related to the production of Bulgarian rose oil in the exhibition "The Spirit of the Rose oil". There will also be two accompanying exhibitions in the city library - "Pancho Rusev - 100 years since his birth, as well as the exhibition "Brigadier Hornet" with caricatures, epigrams, humor from the first newspaper published in the city, "Mlada Gvardia".
On September 2, according to tradition, the unique calendar of the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad `2022/2023 will be presented, as well as the Solemn Session of the Municipal Council - Dimitrovgrad, at which the award "Honorary Citizen" will be presented.
This year, the program will continue after the culmination of the holiday on September 2.
Saturday, September 3 will be a time for lovers of extreme experiences, bikes and rock. Pool Moto Party with fun water games and a Tour of the Vikings Motorcycle Club will kick off the most spectacular Stunt show together with popular rock bands.
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