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Juke box & The Beatles

Gorizia, a cross-border city rich in history and memories of the past, pays homage to one of the most amazing periods of the music history of the last century, the 1970s. The Santa Chiara museum, in fact, displays some collectible rarities, real cult objects like juke boxes, pinball machines, record players, vinyl records, the autograph lithographic prints of John Lennon and the icons of the Beatles, who opened up to the contamination of music genres, from classical to jazz and folk music, inventing a style that led pop music to be respected at all levels. There will also be original works by Andrea Rauch, an internationally renowned designer and illustrator. Some of his posters are part of the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and of the Musée du Louvre in Paris.

Date:

from Thursday 15th November 2012 to Sunday 13th January 2013

Type of event:

exhibition

Location:

Gorizia

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.letsgo.gorizia.it

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Snowshoeing and tasting

A series of events related to taste and sport that will take sports enthusiasts (and beginners and children as well) amid the age-old forests and the enchanting nature of Carnia. Participants will meet on Saturday and Sunday in Sauris di Sotto and Forni di Sopra, two charming towns in the valleys of Carnia, and will leave with a guide, who will provide snowshoes and sticks, on a three-hour tour to discover amazing landscapes and typical gastronomy. The complete programme of all the winter activities (free or discounted for FVG Card holders) is available on the website www.turismofvg.it.

Date:

from Saturday 8th December 2012 to Saturday 16th March 2013

Type of event:

sporting - food and wine event

Location:

Carnia

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Torchlight procession on Mount Lussari

Charming and spectacular, that of Mount Lussari is the longest torchlight procession in the Alps. Spectators can enjoy this fascinating atmosphere already in the early afternoon with the market of typical and gastronomic products along the streets of the centre of Tarvisio. The charming torchlight procession, which from the enchanting village on the top of Mount Lussari illuminates the Di Prampero ski run, will start at around 6 p.m., and will be accompanied by songs around the torches and travelling music by folk bands, games and entertainment for children in the dedicated area. The long-awaited event will end with a firework display.

Date:

Tuesday 1st January

Type of event:

Folk event

Location:

Tarvisio (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Under-20 Fencing World Cup

Friuli Venezia Giulia will host for the seventh time in a row the Under-20 Fencing World Cup. This time it will be Udine, an elegant, lively and young city situated at the centre of the region, to host the only competition in Italy of the 2012-2013 youth world fencing circuit and one of the most prestigious showcases for the most promising young athletes of the world. Fencers coming from many foreign countries will challenge for three days in four individual competitions, followed by as many team competitions, for a total of 8 gold medals to be won.

Date:

from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th January

Type of event:

sporting event

Location:

Udine

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Epiphany in Tarcento

Tarcento, situated in the gentle hills of the Medio Friuli area, hosts Friuli Venezia Giulia’s fire festival par excellence, faithful to a three-thousand-year old rite of Celtic origin. On Saturday 5th January the Pignarulârs, the makers of the Epiphany bonfires, challenge in the enthralling palio of the Pignarulârs, a spectacular burning cart race along the town streets; on Sunday 6th, on the other hand, there will be the historical re-enactment with the procession in medieval costumes and the participation of hundreds of figurants. The torchlight procession goes up to the Cjastelàt (the ancient castle of the Frangipanes) guided by the Old Venerable Man, a symbolic grandfather and story-teller figure who lights the Pignarûl Grant (Big Bonfire) and, according to the smoke direction, foretells the new year’s trend. The evening will end with the usual great firework display.

Date:

Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th January

Type of event:

Folk event

Location:

Tarcento (UD)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Pordenone Antiquaria

Pordenone, a modern city that has always stood out for its high-level fair events, hosts the first market fair of period furniture, paintings and handmade articles. A not-to-be-missed appointment with the value and the charm of antiques. Furniture, paintings and various articles from the sixteenth century to the early twentieth century, as well as outdoor furniture, silverware, marble articles, wooden statues, paintings, sacred art, china, Oriental carpets, majolica, diamonds, jewels. Without forgetting the rich section of ancient carpets and tapestries among which a sixteenth-century Indian carpet of the Mughal Dynasty and a collection of Chinese carpets stand out. On display will also be Asian and Indo-European archaeological finds.

Date:

from Saturday 12th to Sunday 20th January

Type of event:

fair

Location:

Pordenone

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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High-altitude Live Party

Friuli Venezia Giulia’s unspoilt mountains are waiting for you in three not-to-be-missed events on the ski runs: on 18th and 19th January in Tarvisio, on 26th and 27th January in Ravascletto-Zoncolan and on 2nd and 3rd February in Piancavallo, in fact, there will be DJ-sets of international special guests, travelling music in the various bars and restaurants, Gospel concerts, contests with freestyle skiers and snowboarders coming from Italy, Austria and Slovenia, live painting by artists and writers and a tasty food and wine village. Great fun for children, too, with inflatables, make-up artists and entertainers.

Date:

18th-19th January, 26th-27th January, 2nd-3rd February

Type of event:

music event

Location:

Tarvisio (UD), Ravascletto (UD), Piancavallo (PN)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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Ice land. The world of ice

The Friulian Dolomites Natural Park, enclosed by the Tagliamento and Piave rivers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a territory rich in historical, anthropological, natural and landscape peculiarities. Surrounded by its unmistakable nature, the park proposes a fantastic, enthralling, but at the same time relaxing and anti-stress, two-day event with extremely funny sub-zero activities, such as trying to walk on ice with crampons and axes.

Date:

Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th January

Type of event:

sporting event

Location:

Cimolais (PN)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.parcodolomitifriulane.it

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Carnival of Muggia

Muggia celebrates the sixtieth Carnival according to its ancient tradition of Venetian influence. Today this event is well-known for its spontaneity and marked ironic and self-mocking spirit. Start on last Thursday before Lent with the arrival of King Carnival in Piazza Marconi and the “Dance of Vegetables”, a propitiatory dance the origin of which was attributed to the Colchians (the founders, according to tradition, of Pula and Koper), until Sunday with the great Carnival procession, accompanied by music bands, in which eight companies will take part. The streets will be invaded by rich allegoric carts, gorgeous costumes and lively sketches. Finally, the “funerals” of Carnival will be staged on Ash Wednesday.

Date:

from Wednesday 6th to Wednesday 13th February

Type of event:

folk event

Location:

Muggia (TS)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

www.carnevaldemuja.com

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Manso infiocao

Friuli Venezia Giulia’s sea provides a charming atmosphere in winter as well: Grado, in fact, recalls one of its renowned traditions linked to an important event in the island’s history, the “Manso infiocao”: in 1162 thanks to the intervention of the Doge of Venice with his soldiers, the Patriarch of Aquileia Voldarigo and some feudatories were prevented from invading the island. In order to have their lives saved, the defeated accepted the annual payment, on every last Thursday before Lent, of a tribute destined to the poor of the island, which consisted of 12 pigs and a steer, which has become the symbol of the event and after which the re-enactment was named (“manso infiocao” in Grado’s dialect means “beribboned steer”).

Date:

Thursday 7th February

Type of event:

historical re-enactment

Location:

Grado (GO)

Information:

www.turismofvg.it

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