Wilderness Festival
Wilderness is a multi-award winning 4-day festival combining live music, contemporary arts and an array of theatre, craftsmanship and dining experiences. Headliners this year include London Grammar, Metronomy and legendary Burt Bacharach.
Birgu Candle Festival
This event taking place in Birgu (also known as Vittoriosa), which is one of Malta’s oldest and most historic cities, has now become an annual national event.
From inception the aim was to highlight Birgu’s historic and architectural beauty and the Birgu by Candlelight, now incorporated in Birgufest, was set up to highlight this in a romantic manner. The streets are lit up with a gentle glow by thousands of candles of all kinds.
However, Birgufest has developed into a larger event with a wider scope, offering numerous activities throughout the festival. The historic re-enactments, extended and cheaper museum entrances, and the opening up to the public of...
Galway Oyster Festival
Galway City, along the Wild Atlantic Way in the West of Ireland plays host to the world’s longest running Oyster Festival from 25 – 28 September .Throughout the Irish food festival, expect lots of tantalising events for all to enjoy; seafood trails, oyster hot spots, oyster opening (shucking) championships including the Oyster ‘Olympics’ or World Oyster Opening Championship, foodie talks & tasting events in some of Galway’s best restaurants, food producer tours, an intimate Food village at The Festival Marquee, a Mardi Gras style Gala Event...
Dublin Festival Season
Imagine a month of festivals. Now double it! From the beginning of 2 September to 31 October, a continuous run of festivals and events will bring world-class culture, arts, theatre, music and architecture to the capital. Highlights include:
- Dublin Fringe Festival, 6 – 21 Sept, The Dublin Fringe Festival is one of Ireland’s largest performing arts festivals and includes music, dance, street theatre, puppetry, visual arts and comedy. www.fringefest.com
- Culture Night, 21 September, Late night culture for all the family! Dublin city will come alive with free entry into...
World Port Days
World Port Days is a festival for people of all ages who love sailing ships, ports and maritime adventures. Expect spectacular demonstrations on the water, impressive ships and exciting port excursions.
The World Port Days traditionally takes place around the Maas River. This World Port event gives insight in Europe’s largest harbor. A wide range of activities is offered to the visitors. There are spectacular stunts on the water and fully organized excursions to one of the many companies located in Rotterdam.
During the World Port Days visitors can get a glimpse behind the scenes of the largest harbor of Europe and its industrial area. This large, annual maritime event offers all kind of activities such as ship tours, naval activities, demonstrations,...
Museumsuferfest
The museum embankment festival is Europe’s largest cultural festival features countless arts and crafts stalls, live music, culinary highlights from around the world in Frankfurt’s fabulous museum row.
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Nights in Ljubljana Old Town
Nights in Ljubljana Old Town is a mini festival closing the Summer in Ljubljana Old Town festival and symbolically concludes Ljubljana’s summer event season. The festival traditionally features outdoor concerts accompanied by a diverse mixture of other cultural and entertainment events taking place in the streets and squares of the old part of the city centre.
Free entrance
More information http://www.visitljubljana.com/en/events/19646/detail.html
Notte della Taranta
Notte della Taranta aka ”The night of the Taranta” is the biggest festival in Italy and one of the most important folk culture events in Europe. It is held in Salento and is specifically aimed at preserving and valuing Salento traditional folk music and its contaminations with other music genres, from world music to rock, jazz and synphony music. The Festival’s grand finale is attended by more than one hundred thousand fans from all over Italy and across the globe, for a night dedicated to music and dance. The pre-concert is dedicated to the meeting of different cultures and traditions and to new musical innovations.
Night of the Arts Helsinki
The Night of the Arts is a carnival of the arts, a night when anything is possible. You can expect artworks falling from the skies, circus troupes taking over the city’s parks and opera performances screened on advertising boards. The night is a chance to see the Helsinki’s theatres and museums in a new light. Events both small and large will be taking place across the length and breadth of the city. Anyone can contribute to the programme and all events are free of charge. It will be a night to remember – and you’re invited!
The Night of the Arts is a part of Helsinki Festival, the largest arts festival in the Nordic countries, held in the Finnish capital over two and a half weeks in August. The Night of the Arts is...
Belsonic
Belsonic festival takes place in Belfast’s Custom House Square in Northern Ireland, the city’s premier outdoor space. The big sounds music festival features the best in international pop and rock.
US rock stalwarts Queens of the Stone Age, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro and English singer, songwriter and rapper Example are among the lead acts. Headliners also include Imagine Dragons and Kodaline, with special guest Tom Odell. And if that wasn’t enough Little Matador, featuring Snow Patrol guitarist Nathan Connolly will also feature.
MS Dockville
The term MS DOCKVILLE has evolved into a synonym for cultural diversity. What originally set out to be a weekend festival has experienced several add-ons in its eight year of existence. Several weeks before the festival itself, the curated art camp MS ARTVILLE enables a communicative and artistic process for visitors and artists alike. Every weekend, new art projects are inaugurated whilst miscellaneous events take place. The highlight at the end of a summer full of art and music is the famous MS DOCKVILLE festival, where the created art works shape the character of a transdiciplinary festival that combines music and arts of all genres. In 2014, about 130 bands and DJs from all over the world – including Die Antwoord, Birdy, Flume, Chet Faker, Alle Farben and...
Mantta Art Festival
Mänttä Art Festival is the window for contemporary Finnish visual art, founded 20 years ago.
This splendid event is held at Pekilo, a converted factory filled with thought-provoking works that provide a fresh new perspective on the contemporary art scene in Finland. This year Mänttä Art Festival is curated by Minna Joenniemi. Everybody knows Mänttä and talks about it, but you have to experience it for yourself.
The Art Town Mänttä-Vilppula, the home of these two great festivals, is a beating heart of culture. Mänttä was founded due to large forests around it, water rapids running through the town and the paper patron G.A....
La Strada Street Performance Festival
Innovative and contemporary street theatre rediscovers the city of Graz at the La Strada Street Theatre Festival.
It returns public space to the people, engaging the topics of our time. It tells stories of people; artfully, playfully. It reflects the sounds and rhythms of the city, in a dance that yearns for urban space. It offers alternative compositions to counter omnipresent commercial communication. It includes excluded people and has a great potential for joy.
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Carpino Folk Festival
Since 1996, Carpino Folk Festival– the festival of folk music attracts every year tens of thousand of people into the heart of Gargano. The hub of the event’s performances (all for free) will be Popolo square, in Carpino. The area in the middle of the picturesque urban agglomeration looping around the lake of Varano, along a road skirting the surrounding foothills which form a natural amphitheater enclosed by Capoiale, San Nicola di Varano, Ischitella, Vito del Gargano up to Rodi Garganico, located in an elevated and panoramic position overlooking Poggio Pastromele, has been the historical setting of this event, built around the knowledge and the stimulating creativity of the new generations, thus...
