The Vลu Festival is a tradition in Nice that celebrates its 180th anniversary this year.
On this occasion, the City of Nice offers on June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2012, events and celebrations organized in the Church of the Vลu and on its square: concerts, plays, massโฆ which will culminate with the inauguration of the first phase of the Coulรฉe Verte.
Program:
Friday, June 1st
6:30 PM Thanksgiving with the penitents’ brotherhoods
8:00 PM Choreography โLa Fรชte du Vลuโ by the Coalescence association
9:15 PM Play โLa Roda Viraโ by the troupe Les Bastian Countrari
Saturday, June 2nd
6:00 PM Sacred music concert with the Choirs of the Nice Opera and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Giulio Magnanini (free entry subject to availability)
โข Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum
โข Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Te Deum
9:00 PM Ball by the orchestra โLu Rauba Capeรนโ on the church square
Sunday, June 3rd
10:00 AM Gathering and musical entertainment on the church square
10:30 AM Mass in the Church of the Vลu presided over by His Excellency Monsignor Sankalรฉ
Renewal of the Vลu by Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, in the presence of the Penitents’ Brotherhoods and with the participation of the Beuil Choir directed by Monsieur Patrice Bernart.
11:45 AM Inauguration of the first phase of the Coulรฉe Verte by Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice.
Musical entertainment and friendly drink with the participation of the Ciamada Nissarda, Nice la Belle, Lou Caireu Niรงart, the Corou de Berra, and the Cercle de la Capelina dโOr.
