A line up with 25 deejays, 4 live concerts, 2 shows with 1000 colored effects and cascades of fire to 'set fire' to the castle, 5 museums with their doors wide open to welcome the curious and art lovers and start 2023 in the name of beauty.
The longest night of the year is approaching and Rimini is ready to welcome its guests with a program full of events in ten different places in the historic center invaded by the music of DJs and international artists and illuminated by the extraordinary show of the fire which will enhance the beauty of the Renaissance Castle
Frankie hi-nrg mc, Kelly Joyce, RDS 100% Grandi Successi with Roberta Lanfranchi and Claudio Guerrini, Ricky Montanari and the Riviera Nightlife Party with live Niconote, the duo Club Paradiso, Labiuse, Carebears, the reunion of the DJs of Paradise with Gianni Morri , Max Padovani, Paolo Nhe, Michelino & Paolino Zanetti, the electronic violinist Mark Lanzetta, Stefano Serafini, Luca Florian, the djs of the Satellite Rock Club, Nunez and dj Naps, the academy deejay crew with dj Max Monti, La City band Music Academy Young. And again Mauro L. Porro's Swing Band feat, Sara Jane Ghiotti and the dancers from Rimini Swing Aviators, Lorenzo Semprini, Alessio Raffaelli and Massimo Marches, the Schuman Trio with Silvia Marini (Flute), Aldo Maria Zangheri (Viola), Monica Micheli (Harp ): a selection of the best artists from hip hop to electronics, from the pop-jazz and swing repertoire to rock, Latin American music and the historic deejays of the legendary Riviera by night gathered to create an evening in the atmosphere of the clubs that have made the history of disco clubs.
> The program for 31 December, party by party, hour by hour
-It starts from the musical aperitif
The program for 31 December begins at 6.00pm. In Piazza Malatesta from 6.00 to 7.30 pm a percussion show and theater with fire by Rulas Quetzal, while in Piazza Cavour from 6.00 to 10.00pm the academy deejay crew with DJ Max Monti and the City band _ Music Academy Young will perform. In the meantime, the modern wing of the City Museum from 7.00 to 9.00 pm a musical aperitif with AperiNote, a quality preview with the performative and musical eclecticism of the Nightlife, the Performance of Niconote and the young and talented DJ Labiuse.
-From 9.00pm the New Year's Eve of Culture
From 9.00pm to 2.00am, free admission to the Palazzo del Fulgor, the Part art palaces, the Galli Theater, the Domus and the city museum, while the cloister of the Gambalunga Library hosts the immersive video projection "Rimini cos’ è" history in images that tells Rimini in the last two centuries. From 10.00pm at the Part the photographic shots of Enrico De Luigi for his end-of-year portraits.
-From 10.00pm the party get into the thick
From 10 pm when, at the same time,Kelly Joyce -French artist by birth but transplanted to Romagna, known throughout the world with "Vivre la vie" - with her vocal energy accompanied by the DeCanto Band and the string quartet of the Gioacchino Rossini Orchestra of Pesaro perform in Piazza Malatesta, while the Paradiso Reunion starts in the nearby Piazza Cavour led by the big names who have left their mark on the evolution of Italian clubbing: Michelino & Paolino Zanetti and, after midnight , Gianni Morri, Max Padovani, Paolo Nhe, supported by international artists, such as trumpeter Stefano Serafini, percussionist Luca Florian and electronic violinist Mark Lanzetta.
The Latin America party begins at 10.30pm at the Teatro degli Atti with Cuban, Brazilian and Dominican dancers proposing capoeira and Argentine tango, Dembow and reggaeton with DJ Rafael Nunez and DJ Naps. Unmissable, as every year, is the toast at the Museum of the city where the Sala del Giudizio hosts (from 10.00 pm) the concert by the Schumann Trio with Silvia Marini (Flute), Aldo Maria Zangheri (Viola), Monica Micheli (Harp). Among the mosaics of the Domus, Lorenzo Semprini, Alessio Raffaelli and Massimo Marches propose "Rimini/New York: Redemption songs", a show that is a reinterpretation of songs that explore the theme of dreams and performed in a bare and acoustic way in a sound journey which crosses the words of Jack Kerouac and John Fante.
-From 11pm towards midnight toast
From 11.00pm the Galli Theater (Sala Ressi) presents a New Year's Eve in perfect Cotton Club style with New Year's Eve Hot&Swing with Mauro L. Porro's Swing Band feat, Sara Jane Ghiotti and the dancers from Rimini Swing Aviators.
The countdown begins at 11.30pm: in Piazza Malatesta, the famous rapper Frankie hi-nrg mc, as a DJ, play a selection of rap/hip hop and electronic music in his 2-hour set, ranging from famous hits, hidden underground treasures and live interpretations of some of his greatest hits.
Same time but in the modern wing of the city museum, at 11.45pm with the DJ set by Ricky Montanari, ambassador of the sound of the Riviera in the clubs of all the world scenes, followed by the very trendy DJ Set Club Paradiso and DJ Set Carebears.
In the nearby Piazza Cavour, at 11.30 pm the presenters Roberta Lanfranchi and Claudio Guerrini entertain the audience towards the midnight toast and beyond, to celebrate the new year with a DJ set in full RDS 100% Grandi Successi style and lots of gadgets for the participants.
-After midnight the fire in the castle
After the stroke of the new year, eyes raised towards the castle. The protagonist of Piazza Malatesta is the Fire at the castle show, a unique moment that will put the Malatesta castle at the center of a show between magic and dream, between cascades of fires, more than 1000 light effects in time with the music (two shows, at 00.30am and 02.00am). The Satellite crew will conclude the evening in Piazza Malatesta, for a rock musical journey that ranges from the 70s to today, contaminated at the same time by electronic, psychedelic and alternative Italian sound influences.
> Special New Year's Eve, public service timetables
On the night of 31 December, local public transport, including the Metromare, will provide a free service from 8.00pm to reach the historic center until late at night. The special additional New Year's service includes:
LINE 4 FREE BUS
Free service on the line from 8.00pm with last route departing from Rimini at 3.30am every 45 minutes with service ending at approximately 4.15am
METROMARE
From 8.00pm free service with the last route departing from Rimini at 3.30am every 15 minutes with the end of the service at around 4.15 am
FREE TOURIST TRAIN
The evening bus line 11 is cancelled, but a special free train service will be set up from 8pm to 4am, departing from Piazzale Marvelli and arriving at the Gramsci car park.
The longest New Year's Eve in the world is an event conceived by the Municipality of Rimini and promoted by Apt Servizi Emilia Romagna, Visit Romagna and the Chamber of Commerce.
Gold sponsors: Ieg and Gruppo Hera
With the support of Caar, Marr, Nuova Ricerca, Poliambulatorio Valturio,
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