This program and map make it fun and easy for you to experience Nocturne 2009. Correspond the color-coded and numbered Gallery, Spotlight, and Independent Project listings with the map in the centre of the program to help you decide where to go. Look for the numbers along your route! Each gallery, venue and project will have an official Nocturne sign with a corresponding number on the night of the event.
Visit commercial,
artist-run, public, private and university galleries that are open late
to welcome you with special Nocturne programming and exciting exhibitions. Check out the Gallery 2009 Page for more info on who is participating and what they are planning.
Contemporary
artists and curators working in a variety of creative disciplines were
selected to install Independent Projects for one night only, in public
spaces throughout the city. See who's participating on our Independent Projects Page.
Businesses and organizations joined
in the celebration by coordinating their own Nocturnal event for this
one night occasion. See what they are planning on our Spotlights 2009 page.
Two free Metro Transit buses will be available to the public during
Nocturne and will follow a route, stopping at regular intervals close
to Nocturne galleries and independent projects in Halifax. Enjoy free
entertainment by our bus performers while aboard and hop on/hop off to
your heart’s content! Be sure to take a trip on the ferry too, which
will be running regularly every half hour until 11:30 pm. Grab a group
of friends and a plot a special Nocturne route, no need to worry about
parking!
Nocturne Volunteer Tour Guides will be leading free tours at regular
intervals throughout the evening. All downtown tours will start on the hour from Grand Parade. Join our guides as
they weave their way through a variety of galleries and Independent
projects in the downtown area, feeding your brain with insights into
some of Nocturne’s exhibits and HRM’s unique art community.
Produced in partnership with CKDU Radio, Podcast episodes will be uploaded
to our website a few days before the event and will be available to
download for free. Plug in your headphones and listen to the Audio NocTOUR
or a playlist of tracks from our Bus Performers as you experience Nocturne
with all your senses!
The Paragon Theatre is Nocturne’s official after-party destination. Starting at midnight, all who are 19+ are welcome to come to the party and bask in the energy and afterglow of the Nocturne experience! More info>