On the occasion of celebration of Europe Day, May 9, 2022, from 5 pm to 10 pm at the Freedom Square in Novi Sad, "Festival of Europe" will be held followed by the concert "We are better together"
The anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, which marks Europe Day and celebrates the anniversary of peace and unity in Europe, is one of the most important and greatest holidays of the European Union.(EU). On that occasion, in Novi Sad, the city chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, a "Festival of Europe" will be organized on May 9 at 5 pm, presenting EU member states, the Ministry of European Integration of the Republic of Serbia and the European Movement in Serbia.
During the "Festival of Europe" from 5 pm to 8 pm, attendees will be able to see and taste everything that EU members have prepared for them at their stands, but also to compete in basketball 3 on 3 in the company of famous basketball players and free throws, to cheer up their youngest in the children's corner or win interesting prizes in the quiz of knowledge about the EU. Young European artists from Italy, Northern Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro and Albania will also be presented, whose moving mural, created as part of the "Artists in Residence" initiative, will be officially displayed at the Freedom Square in Novi Sad on that day.
The concert "Better Together" by the "Western Balkans Youth Orchestra" will start at 8 pm, bringing together 60 young musicians from Serbia and the Western Balkans under the baton of conductor Desar Sulejmani, who will be joined on stage by special guests: Ivana Peters, Frajle, Ana Stanić, Zoe Kida, Bilja Krstić, Kiki Lesendrić, and Stevan B. Karanac. The concert program includes several music genres and includes works of classical, film, rock, pop and ethno music.
All programs in the framework of the celebration of Europe Day are free and open to all visitors. Europe Day is organized by the Delegation of the European Union in the Republic of Serbia.
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