The Giant’s Journey, Limerick
One day an Irish Grandmother Giant, having fallen from the sky, found herself spread-eagled in a potato field in the middle of Munster. The peasants, who were surprised by her apparition, put her up in a barn on their property, and they fed and took care of her every day as best they could.
However, after a certain amount of time, they couldn’t afford to keep her anymore and so they put her on a train to Limerick. To welcome her, men built up a wall of light, made of car lights, like the stars of a tidy galaxy. As soon as she had arrived at the railway station, she was greeted by thousands of people who had come from all over Ireland.
The Grandmother Giant, crossing the galaxy yet again, will wait for the day when she will...
Mänttä Music Festival
Mänttä Music Festival is the only piano festival in Finland, and has been organized for already 15 years. The festival features a wide range of pianists, from internationally famous artists to young Finnish talents. The brand new Serlachius Museum Gösta will be the new main concert venue. The main concert of the festival is by Paul Lewis (Great Britain) who will play Beethoven.
The Art Town Mänttä-Vilppula, the home of this festive 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. Serlachius founding an industrial community to this small rural town. Now...
Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
The HAPPY DAYS Enniskillen International Beckett Festival is the world’s largest annual multi-arts celebration of Irish Nobel Prize writer, Samuel Beckett, who attended Portora Royal School in the island town. The inaugural festival took place in August 2012 to critical acclaim and full houses, attracting audiences from far and wide with an estimated economic benefit of £2.5m.
The festival will present the first major exhibition of material pertaining to Beckett’s work since 2007 (Centre Pompidou, Paris). “Was I sleeping, while the others suffered” Samuel Beckett: Witness to the Twentieth Century, will be curated by Conor Carville and Mark Nixon (Beckett International Foundation,...
Gracia Festival
Every August, Gràcia holds an 8-day festival “Festa Major”, known as Festes de Gràcia and is one of the largest festivals in Barcelona.
Lonely Planet describes Gracia Festival as
‘…veritable explosion of creativity. One second you’re being jostled by a gang of ravers, the next you’re gawping at a two-storey-high papier-mâché model of Alice in Wonderland. Think Glastonbury played by your brother’s band, and you won’t be far off.’
Strom Festival
Strom Festival is not a traditional festival, but rather a selection of the best and strongest purveyors of electronic music on the Copenhagen event scene, which has evolved heavily over the last years.
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This festival is sponsored by Generator Hostels
Alster Festival
Alster Festival is Hamburg’s largest summer festival celebrated on the banks of the River Alster. The festival runs over four days and you can expect concerts, sporting activities plus live performances featuring over 500 national and international artists, acrobats and athletes. Four stages (“Rock’n Pop” stage, “Oldies but goldies” stage, a “maritime” stage, “NDR 90,3” stage) offer a wide choice of music from 10 A.M. till midnight every day. Every night at 10pm there is a fireworks display.
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.
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...
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...
