Europe Festivals
A roundup of the most interesting festivals in Europe. The coolest festivals you can find the year round.
Black International CinemaAN ASPECT OF HISTORY:TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
Interdisciplinary / Intercultural Film/Video, Dance, Theatre, Music, Seminar & Gallery Presentations Berlin/Germany & U.S.A.
From November 15, 1884 through February 26, 1885, an international conference, the first Berlin Conference was convened in Berlin/Germany, represented by Fürst Otto von Bismarck.France supported the ...
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Now in its 7th year the Festival, a Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council event, carves a special groove on the global world music circuit and is Ireland’s foremost intercultural event. With more than 160 events in 40 venues and featuring artists from 50 countries the Festival entertains audiences in excess of 200,000 with its diverse and expanding programme of music, circus, theatre, dance, club ...
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Grand Parade1st January. Paris, France
CarnevaleFebruary 9th -20th. Venice, Italy
CarnivalFebrary 15th - 21st. Sitges, Spain
Le Carneval de NiceFebrary 16th - March 4th. Nice, France.
Semana Santa (Holy Week)March 30th - April 8th. Sevilla, Spain
La Feria de Abril (April Fair)April 24th - 29th. Sevilla, Spain
Scoppio del CarroApril 8th. Florence, Italy
Spring International ...
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Il PalioIl Palio - Italia horse-racing with a twist, occurs twice a year on the 2nd July and the 16th August, at Piazza del Campo in the centre of Siena. I visited Siena a couple of weeks ago, taking the hour journey bus ride from Firenze (Florence). Largely enclosed by it's medieval walls, Siena is a beautiful city with a mixture of tall Gothic marble architecture and ancient stone ...
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38th INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL
ZAGREB, CROATIA
21st to 25th JULY, 2004
Rich folklore traditions of Croats and foreign participants are at the heart of this traditional festival. We hope that the audience finds it interesting to compare and contrast cultural differences and similarities, discover the richness in form and detail among the cultures of different peoples.
Along with ...
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La Tomatina - Bunol SpainPeak tomato season in a tiny village called Bunol can be a dangerous time to visit, especially if you are wearing white and you're allergic to tomatoes.La Tomatina, along with it's tomato throwing, is a week long festival of music, food, drinking, and general partying in the little town of Bunol, just 30 miles from Valencia. Since 1944, on the last Wednesday of August, ...
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The 7th World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championships
Date: Saturday, July 10th, 2004This unique event takes place in a bog on the outskirts of Llanwrtyd Wells where a trench has been cut. Competitors have to cycle two lengths of the bog, approximately 90 metres, using snorkels and riding specially prepared mountain bikes which are supplied with the tyres filled with lead and water. ...
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