Below we present the complete program.
MAY 24
8.30pm at Porta Baresana: DISCOVERY OF THE MIRACLE PAINTING with parade set up by the Abbondanza F.LLI. SWITCHING ON THE LIGHTS from the Starluce company.
CONCERT OF THE FANFARA OF THE 10th CARABINIERI REGIMENT CAMPANIA directed by Master Lieutenant CS Luca Berardo.
MARIANI ALTARS set up by the families of the ancient village. Itinerant devotional journey organized by the Patronal Festivals Committee and the cultural association “Le Strade dei Fiori” with singing by the Re Pambanelle group directed by the teacher Tina Masciale and musical accompaniment by the Bassa Band directed by M. Tarantino.
MAY 25
3.30 pm: BIKE RIDE to discover the Marian cult organized by the Dynamik bike association.
9.30 pm in Piazza Marconi: LE VIBRAZIONI in concert Summer Tour 2024.
MAY 26
6.00 am in Piazza XXVI Maggio DAWN MASS.
7.00 am U GARDIDDE, the musical awakening by the Bassa Band.
9.00 am in the Cathedral: HOLY MASS celebrated by Don Marino Cutrone.
9.00 am tour through the streets of the city of the FILARMONICA BITONTINA directed by Maestro Nicola Cotugno.
10.30 am and 7.00 pm – Piazza Marconi: performance of the HISTORIC GRAND BAND CONCERT “M° GIUSEPPE CHIELLI” CITTA DI NOCI directed by maestro Michele Lapolla, in devotion of the Artisan Area Committee and its associates.
11.30 am SOLEMN MASS PRESIDED BY HIS MGR. GIUSEPPE SATRIANO, Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto with the participation of the Cathedral Chapter and accompaniment of the “Cattedrale” choir directed by teacher Anna Lacassia.
6.30 pm SOLEMN PROCESSION of the image of the Immaculate through the streets of the city with the participation of the civil and military authorities, the brotherhoods, the people of God, with musical accompaniment by the Bitontina Philharmonic. At the passage of the Sacred Image from Porta Baresana there will be the launch of a grandiose HOT AIR BALLOON from the P. Liuzzi company.
MAY 27
5.00 pm in Piazza Cavour: PLAY ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN: Priscio lessons with Ass.Tou.Play.
9.00 pm in Piazza Marconi SERENA BRANCALE in concert with Baccalà Tour 2024.
MAY 28
7.30 pm in the Cathedral: LECTIO MAGISTRALIS BY THE PROF. ANDREA RICCARDI, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, on the theme: “The audacity of peace. Memory of John Paul II in a difficult time.
