Pesaro: there is less and less time until “The 1/2 White Night of Children” 2024. On Friday 30th and Saturday 31st, numerous child-friendly activities have been organized around the city.

At 18 pm on Friday the start of the event most loved by families that on the 30th and 31st will transform the historic center into an open-air stage with workshops, activities and games until… midnight. Two food areas and the “baby pit stop” area are planned; reservations continue for the official backpacks of the event that will be distributed at the “Sparvy Point” in Piazza del Popolo from 18 pm to 23 pm

Countdown to “The 1/2 White Night of Children” which returns on Friday and Saturday, from 18pm to midnight in Pesaro, Italian Capital of Culture 2024, with its 14th edition ready to fascinate, entertain and help children of all ages grow for the two “half” evenings of August 30th and 31st, free entry (HERE is the complete program).

While waiting for the event, the little ones of the city are reserving (on the website CoccoleSonore.it) the approximately 1.000 backpacks of “The 1/2 White Night of Children” with inside Coloring pages and Fibracolor colors that will be distributed for free (and while stocks last), from 18pm to 23pm, at the “Sparvy Point” in Piazza del Popolo, where you can also find the event program. Useful information includes: “The 1/2 White Night of Children” reminds you that every evening, from 18.30pm to 23pm, families will be able to use the “Baby Pit Stop Area”, the Unicef ​​BPS point (via Mazzolari 6-8-10 headquarters), to have a comfortable diaper change or to breastfeed before going wild with the event program.

A program that will see, on the stage of Piazza del Popolo of “The 1/2 White Night of Children”, many characters: there will be Sparvy (official mascot of the event) and Whiskey Spider & Friends (by Coccolone Sonore); there will also be Tarta, Stellina and Ippo (mascots of Alpitour) who will provide entertainment and babydance. The stage will also host the “Magic Castle” of the Municipality of Gradara and the “Magic Castle” of the Municipality of Tavullia, “historical” initiatives ready to amaze adults and children together with two other characters – Astrolight and Mecanic Bionic – arriving from the space of “The Robot Light Show” by Silver Project and the physical and mathematical educational activities of “Che storia la mistero LAB” led by the specialists of the Museo del Balì. Music and fun with the “Maestro Ema with the Magic of Music” and with “Renato the Scientist and Prof. Luca” of DNA Coccole Sonore. Ears pricked up for Riccardo Selci, singer-songwriter who will present his hymn to the city “Pesaro je t'aime” and for the “Talenti alla Biosfera” of the PianetaMusica singing school by Davide Di Gregorio. Closing both evenings will be, from 23 pm, the show “Buona 1/2 Notte” by Pesaro Village Kids.

Also not to be missed are the activities held in Piazza del Popolo, such as those of the Centro Ittico Art Lab (collective painting workshop from 19pm to 21pm) and Avis (workshop and recreational awareness-raising activities, from 20pm to 23pm). From 20pm to 23pm, it will be possible to admire and interact with the large installation of “38 Wooden Games” recovered from the past by the Giardino dei colori association, with UNICEF awareness-raising play workshops; with the “test drives” of “Cerchiamo piloti” on the track with electric cars and jeeps by DNA Coccole Sonore. For everyone, the beloved Nonno Bolla, the face painters and the stilt walkers.

The city's museums will propose the initiatives “Trifles in our pockets: our capital assets” and the extraordinary evening opening, from 21pm to 23pm, of the Civic Museums, Casa Rossini and the Bicycle Museum.

The children's workshop is scheduled for Friday and Saturday from 21:00 pm to 23:XNUMX pm in the courtyard of Palazzo Mosca which will host details of works from the city's heritage ready to 'go on stage' and activate research, workshops and mapping. The workshop will help you get to know better, while having fun, the cultural heritage of the Civic Museums, Casa Rossini and the Bicycle Museum. On Friday and Saturday, from 18:30 pm to 20 pm, the Civic Museums will host entertainment and an artistic workshop by Margherita Mazzoli, “Pesaro to be discovered, curious guide of the city” with group quizzes and an art workshop for families to create a pocket book of unpublished details.
Info: 0721 387541 – info@pesaromusei.it.

The Craxi gardens and Piazzale Matteotti will host a dedicated sports area from 18pm to 23pm, managed by the Municipality's Sports office. Here you will find space for: Forlani Performance Horses, the Western Riding School will present, by letting them try, the activities of its equestrian center; the Val dell'Isauro Equestrian Center, which will give the opportunity to get excited on pony rides; the Linfa Farm which with its organic farm will welcome the little ones with little animals and products "tailor-made" for girls and boys. A corner to get closer and learn about the fantastic world of horses and ponies and to love nature even more.

New for 2024, Fileni's participation in “The 1/2 White Night for Children”; the brand will be present with a large dedicated Food Area in Piazzale Collenuccio where, every evening, it will be possible to find and taste the products of the Buoni&Veloci and Buoni&Bilanciati lines. A perfect space also for those looking for Gluten Free products. Quality stands also in via San Francesco where traditional cuisine will be served by the Pro loco of Candelara.

Pesaro 2024 will also be in the front row, which will lead to “The 1/2 White Night of Children”, in the Court Dario Fo and Franca Rame (Palazzo Mazzolari), its implementing subjects, present with laboratories representing the projects created for the Italian Capital of Culture.

Friday August 30th, the CSV Marche Et (Circol-azioni dossier project) will be at Mezzanotte, from 20pm to 23pm, with “Recycle Reuse for Industrious Nature” playful courses of education on environmental sustainability in collaboration with the associations Rifiuti zero Marche and Lupus in Fabula. ARTIFICIAL UMANISM, for the Reali Meraviglie project, will present from 19.30:21 pm to XNUMX:XNUMX pm, the “Digital Fabrication Lab” to recreate the Pesaro8 manifesto with children aged 13 to 2024. Participants will explore the magic of technology with the pen and 3D printer (reservation required at 334.1826688).

The laboratories of the degree courses in Design of the University of San Marino (project “Bartolo: chairs in cammino”) will be in the courtyard at 19.30:21.30 pm and 18:20.30 pm, to enhance the creativity and the elements of the chestnut in “Elementary Design – Building by playing”. Riù-Ludoteca del riuso of Pesaro from XNUMX:XNUMX pm to XNUMX:XNUMX pm will propose “Cera due volte: laboratorio di pittura con cera pressofusa” and other initiatives.

Saturday August 31th, CSV Marche Etc (Fuori Pista project: Slow Tourism), from 20pm to 23pm, will hold “The Tales of the Trees” narrative paths with fables and fairy tales written and read with the participants; in collaboration with Coop. La Macina Terre Alte and Ass. Luoghi Comuni. The design laboratory of the University of San Marino will also return on Saturday, again at 19.30:21.30 pm and 18:20.30 pm; as well as Riù-Ludoteca del riuso, in the courtyard from XNUMX:XNUMX pm to XNUMX:XNUMX pm with the graphic composition laboratory with black thread on a white background “Punto filo e superficie”.

Always on Saturday we move outside the historic center, for the “Night at the Children's Music Library” at the Garden of Santa Maria (via Santa Maria delle Fabrecce, 29). Participants will discover that some instruments light up in the dark during a night visit to the Musicoteca dei Piccoli (Pesaro 2024 dossier project). Curated by LiberaMusica (dossier project). First shift entrance at 21 pm (0-3 years), second at 22 pm (3-6 years). Reservation required: 351.8050692 – info@liberamusica.org.

The Pesaro 2024 “package” also includes the traveling shows of HANGARTFEST (Danzando memorie sul mare dossier project, traveling workshop for children aged 6 and over accompanied by a parent. Grand finale at 21 pm on Saturday in the gardens of the San Giovanni Library. Registration required at the link: https://form.jotform.com/241904489016055.

The nearby Rossini National Museum offers two unmissable events (and evening opening on Saturdays from 20 to 23 pm). Friday 30, at 17 pm, guided tour “Rossini’s Cinderella: A Musical Fairytale to Live” by the tour guide Paolo Perugini who will show how little Gioachino entered the world of musical notes with a walk through the rooms. Recommended age between 4 and 11 years. Entrance fee €5 per child, free parent or companion. Reservations required: T 0721 192 2156 – info@museonazionalerossini.it.

Saturday 31st, at 21pm, workshop “Full speed ahead… with Rossini’s music” conceived and held by Enrica Sabatini who will make an experience to discover and interact with the masterpieces of the great genius, playing and "playing on them". Recommended age between 5 and 11 years. Activity €10 per child, parent or companion free (adults cannot stay in the laboratory room). Reservations required: T 0721 192 2156 – info@museonazionalerossini.it. Info: Museonazionalerossini.it

Children ready to learn the culinary art, in via Rossini 67, in the courtyard of Palazzo Ratti, a splendid space of “La 1/2 Notte Bianca dei Bambini”, which on Friday 30 from 18 to 20 pm, will host the “Pasta Lab” by Katj for Ratti Kids, an opportunity to get your “hands in the dough” and teach children the traditional processing of fresh pasta; curated by Katj and Ratti Kids.

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