White Night Bratislava 2024

The Bratislava White Night 2024 will take place from October 4 to 6.

White Night is a unique multi-genre festival that reveals the unexpected transformations of the city through night walks: a dilapidated hotel comes alive with luminous architecture, famous squares are occupied by monumental objects, a digital mirror appears in the courtyard, and large pairs of exotic animal eyes gaze out from the grass on the waterfront. Spectators have the opportunity to discover interactive installations using the latest technologies, as well as more traditional genres including painting, sculpture and literature. They can immerse themselves in other people’s dreams, touch a cell, watch an ice wall melt, be absorbed by the poetry of smoke patterns and the emergence of a landscape made of thousands of light threads.

During three unusual nights, established artists, students, foreign guests, independent culture, other festivals and cultural institutions will present their work. The programme dramaturgically appeals to professionals while offering playful experiences for families. It is not afraid to raise socially pressing issues of ecology, marginalised groups, free culture or the war in Ukraine, while also offering cheerful, abstract, creative interventions in the environment.

„This year, in the context of a widespread attack on free, open and diverse culture, we feel all the more responsible to bring a glimmer of hope, cooperation, dialogue, courage, expertise and openness to the streets of our cities,“ says the festival’s director, Zuzana Pacáková, about the dramaturgy of the current edition. „White Night 2024 will be more open to interdisciplinary cooperation, highlight important themes in the public space, bring art to places where it cannot be accessed, and even more than before will try to connect the cultural map across different genres, institutions, initiatives and individuals. It will not forget the youngest audiences, extend the festival route in Bratislava and for the first time connect with sport. „

More information is available on the event website.