THE BLUE NIGHT 2020

In 2000, the year after Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, the first Blue Night invited Nuremberg citizens to see and experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time of day. Since then, THE BLUE NIGHT has become Germany’s biggest and most varied Long Night of Art and Culture, with about 140,000 visitors annually, coming fromNuremberg, the surrounding region, the entire Federal Republic and abroad. On offer are more than 300 programme presentations in over 80 institutions, courtyards, on squares and in the streets of Nuremberg’s Old Town.

The Blue Night Art Competition

Since 2005, with its annual art competition, THE BLUE NIGHT has offered artists the opportunity to present their works (works and projects from the fields of visual arts, such as light installations, (acoustic) installations, movement /performance, (interactive/participative) activities, new media etc.) to a larger public in the participating institutions, in courtyards, in enclosed public spaces, and on squares and streets in Nuremberg’s inner city.  In 2017, for the first time, there was a preview of contributions to the art competition the night before The Blue Night. There will be a similar preview in 2020, too.

Preview

The Blue Night: Fri, 1 May, 2020, 8 p.m. to midnight

The Blue Night, Sat, 2 May, 2020, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.