Photography by Katherine Fleitas.

Welcome to the 8th Annual Nuit Blanche North!This program will help you navigate the amazing

activities happening throughout the night. Included in

this guide you will find information about the activities,

and a map showing where you can find them. If you

have any questions, just drop by one of our information

tents on Main St. or River Mill Park. Thank you for joining

us, and we wish you a joyous Nuit Blanche!

Helpful TipsLook for the Logo. Throughout our site,

there will be 8ft banners that have info about

different projects and artists.

Visit our information booths. We have two locations on Main Street (at Brunel Rd.)

and next to River Mill Park. We’ll help you out and

answer questions.

To learn more about the event

contact the Event Hotline at

705-788-2787 or e-mail

info@nuitblanchenorth.com

You can also visit us at

www.nuitblanchenorth.com

Downtown Huntsville

July 27 8pm-2am

www.nuitblanchenorth.com • 705.788.2787info@nuitblanchenorth.com

Food and Drink Be sure to drop by the Nutty Chocolatier’s Nuit Blanche North Outdoor café for fresh lemonade and sweets. For adults, check out our licenced cabaret inside Club 55 at the Algonquin Theatre or food vendors in River Mill Park including Frenchie’s Crepes, Belly Ice Cream & Kane’s Lemonade.

Extra Activities There’s face painting on Main St., Henna in River Mill Park and different demonstrations from local artists and vendors.

Buskers and Walkabouts Look out for walkabout music and circus performances throughout the night.

Extra Perks

NorthFIRETown Docks, 11pmFor one hour the night sky is lit up with fire! This high energy fire show melds elegant choreography with extreme fire power. An explosive pyro show featuring Isabella Hoops, Ringmaster K, & Fire Guy employing fire hoops, poi, staff, acrobatics, fire breathing and some exceptional pyro techniques. This all ages event has become a popular tradition at Nuit Blanche North, and this year’s show promises to be the most illuminating yet!

Bonne Nuit: A Midnight Burlesque ShowAlgonquin Theatre, Club 55, MidnightNot ready to go home yet? After the kids have gone home to bed, adults come out to play with a cabaret performance featuring music, comedy, dance and acrobatics by performers BonBon Bombay, Flarington King, Brad Puddin', Black Swan, Dolly Monroe, and Bianca Boom Boom. Join us for a drink in our licenced cabaret space.

Music! Music! Music!Various SitesThis year’s event features tons of music including After Funk, Good Enough Live Karaoke, Turbo Street Funk, Alpha Rhythm Roots, Junkyard Symphony, Christina Hutt, James Vanmeer and others!!

Special Events

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1 Silver Elvis Live Mural Team • MAIN ST. • PETER JARVIS •Join Silver Elvis (aka Peter Jarvis) and his street mural team to create an original large-scale painting fusing collage, street art, black lights and improvised music.

2 Hunters Bay Music Stage • CLUB 55, 37 MAIN ST.Drop in to the only licensed area on site to grab a cold drink and experience the sounds of Christina Hutt & James Vanmeer. Sponsored by Hunters Bay Radio

3 RHYTHMANIA! • MAIN ST. • LED BY BARRY “BAZZA” HAYWARD •Join in a drop in drum circle drawing upon African beats and rhythms.

4 Jennifer Hicks • MAIN ST. • Contribute to a communally createdmap of downtown highlighting and celebrating significant and meaningful spaces.

5 Light Painting • MAIN ST. • LIMELIGHT MUSKOKA • Using atechnique of long exposure photography, paint your own portrait using lights and movement to be captured on camera.

6 Same Sun • MAIN ST. • ELISE MULLER • Contribute to a collectivelycreated mural of a sun that responds to the idea “All together under the same sun we are one.”

7 Kareen’s Wellie Garden • TOM THOMSON STATUE •CATHERINE COLE, SHERRY PEDDIE & HUNTERS BAY RADIO & KIRSTY WILLIAMSON • A collectively created community garden celebrating the legacy of community members that have left their mark through art.

8 People, Places & Light • PARTNER’S HALL. • GORDON DUNCANAn exhibition of oil paintings by artist Gordon Duncan. Part of the Huntsville Art Society.

Zone #1 - Town Hall, 37 Main St. East

9 Busker Pitch • MAIN ST. AND KING ST. • FEATURING RINGMASTERK, ISABELLA HOOPS & FIRE GUY • World renowned death defying buskers perform at break neck speeds featuring juggling, acrobatics, hoops and more.

10 Good Enough Live Karaoke • INTERSECTION OF MAIN ST.AND BRUNEL RD. • We play, YOU sing! If you’ve ever had a secret desire to sing onstage with a band, this is unleash your inner rockstar and make it happen.

11 This Is ME! • MAIN ST. (CORNER OF BRUNEL AND MAIN) •COMMUNITY LIVING HUNTSVILLE | THE ALL ABILITIES DANCE TROUPE (8PM & 9:15PM) • A series of celebratory performances aimed at spreading awareness about perceptions and language associated with disabilities.

12 FOOD FOR THOUGHT! • MAIN ST. • PRESENTED BY SCIENCENORTH • An interactive exhibit exploring agriculture and everything that grows.

13 Conversation • KENT PARK • BY ROB GILL • An interactive soundinstallation that invites you to add your voice to the conversation.

14 Stepping on the Cracks • MAIN ST. • SONNY ALLINSON &MIMES ON MAIN • Mimes will engage visitors to explore what connects us and what keeps us apart.

15 About A Girl • MAIN ST. • HUNTSVILLE THEATRE COMPANY • Bitesized monologues & songs that stitch together a woman’s journey from childhood to death. Visitors can only watch one small segment at a time.

Zone #2 - Main St., Various Locations

23 Junkyard Symphony • TOWN DOCKS STAGE • 8PM & 10PM • Arhythmic and percussive symphony using recycled objects and ingenuity.

24 Alpha Rhythm Roots • 9PM • An interactive performance featuringWest Guinean Style drumming and song.

25 House of Commons- We Belong • TOWN DOCKS • BY MARCWALTER • A large scale sculpture made of woven branches celebrating Canadian citizenship and our collective role to play in political activity.

26 Exploring Puppetry Together • BY QUARTETTO MARIONETTOAND FRIENDS • Join in and learn different facets of puppetry. You’ll have the chance to build your own puppet, and help perform a show live.

27 Strings, Brushes & Words • TOWN DOCKS • BY SUE ALLEN &HELENA RENWICK • An exploration of three elements: Earth, Fire & Air through live painting accompanied by improvised music. Join in by adding your words to create a collectively created poem.

28 All Together Magic • VARIOUS SPACES • BY CAROL FERRIS •Throughout downtown Huntsville will be a number of Magic Wands. Your mission is to find all.

29 Come Together •MAIN ST. • BY NANCY HUNTER • A fun and easy activity for all ages that only takes about 15 or 20 minutes to complete your own masterpiece inspired by group activities.

Zone #4 - Town Docks

16 NBN Music Stage • RIVER MILL PARK STAGE • Grab some grub andenjoy some incredible music! • FEATURING TURBO STREET FUNK (8:30PM), AND AFTER FUNK (10PM)

17 I Fear • BY HERCINIA ARTS• RIVER MILL PARK • 8PM & 9:30PM • Animprovised performance on aerial silks and cello based on audience suggestions around ideas of fears and courage.

18 The World’s Largest Pollinator Hotel • EARL DOBEC •Join in on the construction of a large scale Pollinator Hotel designed to increase biodiversity.

19 On Site Cinema • BY SANDY MCCLENNAN • A looping screening of8mm footage taken at Nuit Blanche North 2018

20 The Message of the Blue Heron • RIVER MILL PARKPERGOLA • SUZANNE RIVERIN & LISA RIVERIN-THOMAS • A flight of Blue Herons made from folded pages of used books

21 Galactic Garden • THE OTHER SIDE GALLERY COURTYARD •ADRIENNE STARR • A Galactic Garden of hanging crop circles illuminated by black light.

22 Green Anarchy in Borneo • OTHER SIDE GALLERY | DAVIDBRECKENRIDGE • An installation using video and Augmented Reality technology to bring awareness to the mass extinction of animals

Zone #3- River Mill Park

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