Street performances launched in Da Lat
A special music programme offering street performances has been launched in Da Lat City as part of the 10th Da Lat Flower Festival which opens on December 5 and lasts until December 31.
The event, called Hát Lên Tình Yêu Đà Lạt (Singing for Da Lat), highlights performances by veteran and young singers, dancers and musicians from art troupes and theatres in the Central Highlands region.
The shows will offer Vietnamese songs and music pieces in praise of Central Highlands people, their culture and lifestyle. The beauty of Da Lat, a resort city and famous tourist destination of Lam Dong province, will be featured.
They will be designed with new concepts to give fresh experiences to audiences.
“Our artists want to honour Vietnamese music by entering the programme Hát Lên Tình Yêu Đà Lạt. We also hope locals and visitors will learn more about 130-year-old Da Lat City and its history through our performances,” said female musician Quynh Hop of HCM City.
Hop has a series of songs about Da Lat, including the hit entitled Đà Lạt Thành Phố Ngàn Hoa (Da Lat, the City of Thousands of Flowers) released in 2004.
She released a music book of 130 songs on Da Lat and its people last year to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the city’s establishment.
The free street shows of Hát Lên Tình Yêu Đà Lạt will be staged every Friday and Saturday night, starting on December 6, on Tran Quoc Toan Street close to Xuan Huong Lake. The programme is scheduled to close after the first day of the New Year.
Da Lat is among Vietnam’s largest flower-growing regions, producing around three billion cut flowers annually. Last year, the city was named in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for its commitment to promoting culture and creativity as part of its development.
The Da Lat Flowers Festival began in 2005 and attracts an average of 700,000 visitors annually.
This year, the festival will have ten major events bringing diverse activities to residents and visitors.
Flowers will be displayed everywhere around Xuan Huong Lake and on the central roads of the city until January 5 next year.
Da Lat has 2,500 accommodations and 33,138 rooms available to serve about one million visitors during the festival.
