Stay awake all night enjoying the many cultural events and happenings during Tel-Aviv's annual Laila Lavan.

Laila Lavan (White Night) is a special annual event held in Tel-Aviv where the city's cultural venues stay open all night and other activities and attractions are on offer, many for free.

The term "White Night" may come from Tel-Aviv's nickname "White City" because of the large concentration of Bauhaus architecture, but the phrase is also Israeli army slang for a night of continual activity with no sleep. This will be Tel-Aviv's 11th White Night event in the city that never sleeps.

The events of Laila Lavan take place throughout the city in the Florentin neighborhood, along Rothschild Boulevard, in the port area, along the beach front and in other locations. Museums are opened to the public for free and special free concerts and lectures are organized. Many of the city's businesses stay open for the night; tours of the city are held and many restaurants and cafes go out of their way to offer something special for the all-night revelers.

Some of the scheduled events for Laila Lavan 2014 include, kid's art workshops in Bialik Square; free opera performances in the Tel-Aviv Opera House; street performances along Rothschild Boulevard; a Bollywood dance workshop on Gordon Beach; ballroom dancing in Habima Square; all night screenings at the Tel-Aviv Cinematheque; street performers in the Jaffa Flea Market and if you've stayed awake all night there will be sunrise yoga in Tel-Aviv port.

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