Blue in Yafo 6/14/2009
100 year-old Tel Aviv pays tribute to 5,000 year-old Yafo.




As part of the city’s centennial celebrations, June’s main event will be dedicated to Yafo, the ancient port city from which Tel Aviv was born. The Blue Festival will take place on June 18-19 at various locations in Yafo.

Blue is a cultural celebration that provides a place and stage to Yafo's singular brand of 'Mediterraneanism.' Just like the city itself, the festival is replete with diverse and composite colors, aromas and flavors that together create that special Yafo spirit.

The Blue Route – a new tourist attraction that runs along the Tel-Aviv-Yafo coastline, starting in the south at the Yafo Ridge and Yafo Port and continuing on to the Tel Aviv Port in the north.

Blue Week- a celebration of cultural, culinary and commercial discounts throughout Yafo.

Blue Market - the finest of Yafo's produce all under the roof of a single stand.

Jaffa Cinema - The auditorium at the "Nalaga'at" Center will turn into a movie theater during the Blue Festival, featuring a large selection of films in Hebrew and Arabic – for adults and children – dealing with Yafo, Tel Aviv, and other themes.