Ushuaia will celebrate the arrival of winter with a ten-day holiday

The city of  Ushuaia  launched a ten-day celebration that will be held in June to welcome winter and celebrate the longest night of the year in the southern hemisphere, according to the day of the day.official sources of the municipality were confirmed.

One day before the start of autumn, the authorities of the southernmost city in the world already anticipated details and even revealed the list of national and international artists who will be part of the traditional “ National Festival of the Longest Night ”, the most entrenched in the calendar for both villagers and tourists.

 The mayor of Ushuaia, Walter Vuoto , confirmed that this year, due to the provincial elections (they are held on June 16 with a possible balotage on 23), the festival will run from May 31 to June 10, with evenings divided by musical genres that will combine the presentation of fueguino artists with others from the national level.

In this way, there will be nights dedicated to rock, quartet, tango, folklore, electronic music and children's shows.
“ Our idea is to consolidate this festival so symbolic for Fueguinos and which constitutes an artistic and cultural expression,” said Vuoto.
Among the artists who will perform at the party were already confirmed Cyrus and the Persians (Thursday 6 June) Vicentique and Kapanga (Friday 7) The Tekis (Saturday 8) Ulysses Good (Sunday 9) and Paulo Londra (Monday 10).
The children's show La Granja de Zenón, Viru Kumbaran and Damas free (Monday 3) Jorge Rojas (Tuesday 4) and La Barra and Princess Karina (Wednesday 5) will also be presented.

Meanwhile, Herederos del Compás and Orquesta D' Arienzo will animate the tango evening on June 1, while on the following day there will be electronic music in the afternoon and melodic music in the evening with the presentation of Valeria Linch.
The city will also choose its social ambassadors on May 31, replacing the women's beauty competitions that were discarded years ago.
“We have a lot of expectations. Not only because of the list of guest artists but because it is a popular holiday with a lot of roots in the community and that tourists who visit us also enjoy,” said Ushuaia's Secretary of Culture and Education, David Ferreyra.

The official also mentioned that “very hard” will be worked on the dissemination of the festival through local and national media, because “we want to definitively impose this celebration within the most important calendar of popular festivities of the country.iacute; s,” Ferreyra said.

Source: Telam

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