Thursday, 1 July 2010 All-night celebration in the city that never sleeps. 

Tel Aviv will hold its annual White Night celebrations, with numerous events throughout the city from 21:00 through to sunrise the following morning.  The White Night celebrations commemorate the July 2003 UNESCO designation of the White City of Tel Aviv, with its exceptional collection of Bauhaus architecture, as a World Heritage site and the city’s well-deserved reputation as the city that never sleeps.

50 Bauhaus buildings along Rothschild Boulevard and Bialik Street will be illuminated.  The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Tourism Association will run special guided tours and many restaurants and bars will offer special White Night menus and deals. In addition, cultural and entertainment institutions will remain open through the small hours, many offering free or reduced admission. 

Countless performances throughout town include, among many others, musical performances along Rothschild boulevard (21:00-01:00) and jazz on Ben-Gurion boulevard; community singing and jazz at the recently-opened and restored Tachana (the original Tel Aviv-Jaffa train station) from 21:00-24:00; a sunrise concert with Gidi Gov at the Tzuk Beach (01:00-05:00); a beach party at Charles Clore Beach (22:00-04:00), outdoor activities at the Performing Arts plaza (22:00 – 02:00);  jazz, swing, blues and reggae music at the Bialik complex (19:00 -  01:00);  the Klipa street theater will perform at Gan HaHashmal (21:00 – 24:00); three hours of popular opera and musicals at the Israeli Opera in a midnight concert (tickets 60 NIS, 972 3 6927777); a Dixieland jazz band playing on an open-roof traveling bus and magician Hezi Dan will escape from fiery chains 100 meters high at the Azrieli Center (22:00).)

Restaurants throughout town will have special menus and museums and galleries will stay open late, with many special exhibit openings.

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