June 2024 – Gran Bal Trad

26 June 202426 June 2024 By luca

News n° 8 – 24/06/2024

Online registration closes today!

Hurry up! You have until midnight.
It will still be possible to register directly in Vialfrè, but without the discounts!
Come on, we want to see you all!

Have you seen the artist cards on the site?

That’s 65! The programme is packed this year!
In addition, we have now added on each artist’s page the card with the day, time and stage, both for workshops and concerts, so you can always have everything under control. Take a look!

Song around the table!

It has now become a very popular event at the Gran Bal Trad.
This year, as every year, the unfailing Chacho Marchelli with the Piedmontese repertoire, and then Orquestrina Trama with Pyrenean and Catalan songs, and finally La Zöbia Mata with a repertoire from Brescia. You can find all the lyrics on the website!

24 June 202424 June 2024 By luca

News n° 7 – 21/06/2024

Last weekend to register online!

Here’s a great thing to do this weekend!
Sign up for the Gran Bal Trad while saving money!
We would like to remind all dancers that online registration will close on Monday 24 June!
Hurry up to take advantage of the discounts on participation fees.

17 June 2024 By Andrea Tucci

News n° 6 – 17/06/2024

New refreshment area!

As already mentioned, this year no more canteen but a new Dining Area! Many of you asked us for a change, and here we are with a new offer of food cooked fresh on the premises.
You will be able to freely compose your own menu, paying only for what you take, choosing between first course, main course, side dish, fruit and dessert. For a small increase there will thus be the possibility of managing the composition of one’s own meal and a marked improvement in quality.

Water will be free at the tap!

There will no longer be meal vouchers, but you will be able to pay with coupons valid for the bar, goffri and everything else.

Cafeteria and delicacies

The cafeteria will be open 24 hours a day with an expanded offer: a rich selection of ice creams, coffee cream, slushies. And as per tradition, the proloco will preparesandwiches, the unfailing, fantastic gofri cooked on the spot, and from this year also chips and apple fritters! A new delicious craft beer, the excellent erbaluce di Caluso (also on offer this year) and other local wines from Tenuta Roletto!

Shuttle service

The shuttle service from the Ivrea railway station forecourt (near the taxi rank) to Vialfrè (and back) is free on Mondays and Sundays. On the other days it is at a reduced price upon reservation (call Edoardo: 3920978968). In addition, for the entire duration of the Festival, from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 19:00 to 3:30, a convenient shuttle service is offered free of charge from the car park at the entrance to the village to the Festival area and back. Let’s use the car less, let’s protect the environment!

11 June 202411 June 2024 By luca

News n° 5 – 10/06/2024

Feel like dancing?

We would like to remind everyone that online registration for the Association will close in a couple of weeks.
Hurry up to take advantage of the discounts on participation fees! In fact, if you register with the Association by 24/6 (online or also through the associations) you will be able to take advantage of a discount, up to about 25%, on the Festival participation fee! See you in Vialfrè?

The Wood of Luthiers

Pagodas will be set up under the trees in the natural area of the Festival to host the fascinating world of violin making, which is increasingly represented in Vialfrè. Bagpipes, accordions, violins, hurdy-gurdies, fifes, flutes, guitars, mandolins… will be exhibited by master luthiers from leading Italian and French schools. Techniques for the construction, repair and maintenance of the instruments will be presented and there will also be the opportunity to try them out!

Rox Records!

Once again this year there will be a pagoda hosting Rox Records, the record company of dance folk.
You will find publications (CDs and books) by all the Festival participants and music produced by Rox Records.
And then every day at 19:45 Music Aperitif with presentation of new CDs, live music and a dance before dinner!