Breakfast
08.00 – 09.00
Festival opening ceremony rehearsal
09.30-12.30
Lunch (At the hotel)
12.30 – 14.00
Free Time
15.30 – 16.30
Leaving the Hotel for the Official Opening Ceremony (All groups will be in costumes.
Country flags and banners should be brought)
17.30
Gathering in front of the Sub-Governorship
18.30
IMM Band Concert/ Kültürpark
19.00
Forming ‘Garden of Love’ and hammering the country plaques on the log / Culturepark
19.15
IMM Mehter Company Show – Zeybek Performance / In front of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman
Bridge
19.30
Opening Cocktail of the Festival’s International Section and Flag Ceremony / Kanuni
Sultan Süleyman Bridge
20.00
Art on the Lake Festival Special Show (Dance, Water, Light and Flyboard Shows) /
Büyükçekmece Lagoon Lake
20.50
Official Opening Ceremony / Culturepark Kemal Sunal Amphitheater
21.30
Official Opening Speech
Mayor of Büyükçekmece Municipality Dr. Hasan Akgün
21.45
Lighting the Festival Fire / Culturepark Kemal Sunal Amphitheater
22.00
Festival Opening Special ‘Working in Steps’ Performance
Fire of Anatolia and Golden Bridge Folk Dance Group Joint Project / Kültürpark Kemal
Sunal Amphitheater IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu Speech / Kültürpark Kemal Sunal Amphitheater
22.15
Country Night: Turkish Night- IMM Turkish Classical Music Ensemble Concert
00.00
