The opening day of Go!2025, Feb.
8, was structured in three parts. It will begin with the "From
Station to Station" event: a cross-border procession with 1,500
performers, bands, and folk groups will start at 10 a.m. from
the Gorizia airport. Organizers have given priority to local
groups, associations, schools to emphasize the festive aspect
with roots in the regional and cross-border area. In Victory
Square with young artists from Fvg, such as Shari, Tish and
Pierpaolo Foti, there will be musical and choreographic
associations until the evening. A joint performance of the
Italian and Slovenian police bands is also planned - the first
time ever that two bands of the police forces of two countries
perform together - Then the mayors of the territory will parade.
At 11:15 a.m. in Victory Square, the mayors of Nova Gorica, Samo
Turel, and Gorizia, Rodolfo Ziberna, will speak; the bells of
all Gorizia's churches will ring. At 1:15 p.m. parade from
Piazza Vittoria to the San Gabriele Street crossing: athletes,
students and artists will give an evocative performance, the
Walking Sculpture, featuring Michelangelo Pistoletto's Sphere.
At 2 p.m., the procession will cross the St. Gabriel Street
crossing and enter Nova Gorica along Erjavceva ulica (Erjavceva
Street) and Rusjan Square to Bevk Square, where 900 artists will
perform. The official opening ceremony with the presidents of
the two countries will be at 4 p.m. in Transalpina Square, the
square shared by the two cities and a symbol of the European
Capital. At 6 p.m. art show in Nova Gorica at Edvard Kardelj
Square preview of the main projects of the official program
approved by the European Commission, curated by director Neda
Rusjan Bric. In Victory Square a scenic illumination of Gorizia
Castle will be the backdrop for music by Remo Anzovino and the
40 Fingers. At 8:30 p.m. in Transalpina Square cross-border
party with DJ sets by Daddy G (Massive Attack) and Andy Smith
(Portishead). The ceremony will also be screened live at
Victory Square and Bevk. The date of Feb. 8 was chosen because
it is symbolic: it is Slovenian Culture Day, commemorating the
passing of Slovenian poet France Preseren (Feb. 8, 1849) and
with the birth of Giuseppe Ungaretti (Feb. 8, 1888).
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