Best European Festivals 2011 dates in a Europe Festival Calendar

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European Festivals2011 Calendar

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European Festivals are not as dull as they may sound! Italy's Venice Carnival, for example, is one of the mostcolourful events in Europe, set in an exquisite location and with litt le chance of armed robbery on yourperson. Or there's the mad Edinburgh Arts Festival, one of many world-beating summer festivals that willknock your dull brown socks off.If you want to ensure easy communication and organised facilities then UK fest ivals are plentiful andincreasingly interesting, though the weather is unreliable and getting concert tickets requires forwardplanning or a big wad.

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January 2011 Map of Europe

29 Dec - 1 January SCOTLAND, Edinburgh's Hogmanay - one of world's best New year Celebrations, atruly wild and wooly underwear occasion, with a torchlight procession, a FireFestival, fireworks, concerts and much insobriety, in a city dark yet strangelylight... Edinburgh Guide, Pictures

1 January FRANCE, Paris Grand Parade - massive and colourful. Paris Photos

Mid January TBA SPAIN, San Anton Festival in the village of Canillas de Albaida - a typical ruralAndalucian fiesta for their patron saint San Anton, with lots of horses, music, danceand a parade.

28 - 30 January SWEDEN, Kiruna Snow Festival - It's all white in the snowy north as reindeers race,dog sleds drift and artists sculpt ice into fantasy forms. Sweden Pictures

February 2011

11 - 17 February SPAIN, Sitges Carnival near Barcelona - the wildest, gayest party of the year inSpain.

14 - 16 February BELGIUM, Binche Carnival, Carnaval de Binche - one of Belgium's wildest parties, aUNESCO Heritage event, half an hour south of Brussels. Sunday and Tuesday arebest.

18 February - 8 March[Wednesdays andweek-ends]

FRANCE, Nice Carnival, the Cote d'Azur - a brilliant event on the lovely promenadeof a terrific city, but not every day and parades are basically the same so one isprobably enough. And half an hour along the coast Menton is having a small butcolourful Lemon Festival during approximately the same period. Le Carnaval de Nice

20, 27 February and 6,8, 13 March

ITALY, Viareggio Carnival - Italy's maddest event with parades sporting hugepuppets among the kaleidoscope folk, revelry of all sorts and fireworks...BUT mainlyon successive Sundays.

26 February - 8 March ITALY, Venice Carnival - colourful, fasc inating, funny and a superbly costumedenvironment in spectacular St Mark's Square and the misty, magical streets around.For the full flavour, buy a mask, rent a costume and go to a palazzo ball [the best

is the Doge's Ball]. Carnival of Venice information


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March 2011 Map of Europe

3 - 9 March GERMANY, Dusseldorf Carnival - another massive, outrageous and psychedelicoccasion; Sunday is probably the best [wacky dress] parade.

3-9 March tho' 6 Marchis the big day and the'Battle of the Oranges'.

ITALY, Ivrea Carnival, Storico Carnevale di Ivrea, Piedmont district of Turin -another colourful carnival, but with a different ending as the whole town partakes ia monstrous orange fight, Battaglia delle Arance. Wear a tall, red hat if you don'twish to participate [or was it don't wear a tall red hat...?].

7 - 9 March '1120 - 22 February 2012

GERMANY, Cologne Carnival - Germany's answer to Mardi Gras, a huge eventmarking the beginning of Lent, local festivities and a monster Rose Monday parade.

Mid March[2 weeks around 19thof March, St Joseph'sDay]

GERMANY, Munich, Strong Beer Festival [also known as Strong Beer Season],Starkbierzeit, a traditional beer-swilling, belly-swinging, guttural-singing, mostlyGerman celebration.

15 - 19 March[Same date every year]

SPAIN, Fallas de Valencia - a madly explosive carnival/fiesta combination that willblow your socks off. Locals spend 5 days partying - parades, pageants andmoderate fireworks then on the last night, they turn off all the city lights and setfire to hundreds of massive papier-mach statues stuffed with fireworks around thecity. Kaboom. Spain Travel Guide

17 - 20 March[Parade the 17th]

IRELAND, Dublin St Patrick's Festival and St Patrick's Day Parade - a wild, green fivedays, including a huge parade. p.s. What's the difference between an Irish weddingand a funeral? There's one less drunk person at the funeral. Ireland Travel

18 March - 3 April HUNGARY Budapest Spring Music Festival - all sorts of arts, music, drama, dance,exhibitions, poetry and kid's stuff, local and international, in a fine European city.Budapest Pictures

April 2011

4 - 9 April AUSTRIA, Mayrhofen, Snowbombing Festival - a week long live music event, withwild bands and world-class DJs ina fantasy alpine setting. This 'Ibiza in the Snow' isregarded by many as 'the Greatest Show on Snow'. It was the UK Festival Award's'Best Overseas Festival' winner in 2010.

15 - 24 April30 March - 8 April 2012

SPAIN, Seville and Granada, Holy Week, Semana Santa - hundreds of shufflingpointy-hooded penitents, torchlit processions up to the Easter weekend in gorgeouscities. The premium time is during the night/early morning of Thursday-Good Friday.




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24 April ITALY, Florence, Scoppio del Carro - festively exploding a cart in Piazza del Duomoon Easter Sunday, set off by a mechanical dove driven from the Altar during HighMass. What madness is this? Florence Pictures

24 April Easter weekend GREECE, Chios Island, Vrontados, Church Rocket War, Rouketopolemos - two rivalchurches fire around 60,000 firework rockets at each other between 8pm on

Saturday and midday Easter Sunday. A heaven-sent art atttack? Greece Guide

27 April - 2 May ENGLAND, Gloucestershire, Cheltenham International Jazz Festival - the UK's topjazz fest in a lovely location.

30 April[same date every year]

NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam Orange Festival [Queens Day], for lovers of the colourorange, beer and dope, this is a massive street and canal-boat dance party,starting the night before. Amsterdam Photos

May Festivals 2011 Map of Europe

3 - 8 May24 - 29 April 2012

SPAIN La Feria de Abril [April Fair] in Seville - Seville's best party with traditionaldress, parades, dancing and boisterous parties in a gorgeous environment. SevillePictures

10 - 13 May AUSTRIA Salzburg Whitsun Festival - opera and concerts. 'Europe's most prestigioumusical event.' Very large, very expensive. Every year in Mozart's pretty home townof Salzburg. Austria Guide

11- 22 May FRANCE Cannes International Film Festival - the world's most glamorous film festiva

every year. Festival de Cannes

12 May - 4 June CZECH REPUBLIC Prague Spring International Music Festival - one of Europe's bestmusic events in outstandingly medieval Prague

13 - 15 May ENGLAND, Somerset, ATP All Tomorrow's Parties at Butlins Holiday Centre, Minehea- a corporate-free, intimate, fan-friendly rock festival where artists and organisersstay in the same holiday camp as the fans. ATP is know for its unpredictable andexciting line-ups. The concept is expanding to venues in Australia, US and Spain.

14 May - 20 June AUSTRIA Vienna Festival - this 5 week event offers a wide range of arts, especiallymusic, naturally, but also dance and theatre, sometimes challenging pieces but allset in magnificent buildings. Vienna Photos


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Mid May - late July TBA RUSSIA, St Petersburg, the White Nights Festival in gorgeous, romantic andendlessly light St Pete. The "Stars of the White Nights" with a series of opera andballet performances is the most important part of the Festival [21 May - 21 July2011]. St Petersburg Pictures

17 May[same date every year]

NORWAY, Oslo Constitution Day - celebrates independence from Denmark, with folk

music, parades, entertainment and people in traditional costumes. Norway Pictures

24 - 28 May ENGLAND, London, RHS Chelsea Flower Show - 11 acres of the UK's [and arguablyEurope's] best flowers and gardens event, with plenty of original, even wacky ideas

25 May - 5 June ENGLAND, Somerset Bath, International Music Festival - classical and other musicalstyles in this, the most classical of all UK cities.

26 - 28 May[also 25 and 29 May at

Poble Espanol]

SPAIN, Barcelona, Primavera Sound - one of Spain's biggest music festivals at Parcdel Frum, 6km from Barcelona on the coast. Primavera is popular for line-ups

focusing on eclectic, new, independant music.

28 May - 10 June ENGLAND, Isle of Man TT Races. The ultimate event for bikers. Watch racers on 37miles of narrow, winding, stone walled roads travelling at way over 150mph, thenget out there yourself. Death is no stranger to this event.

29 May - 19 Oct[same dates everyyear]

FRANCE Chaumont International Garden Festival - 30 wonderful and sometimeswacky show gardens around a perfect chateau [castle] in the Loire Valley, in a longsummer every year. France Travel Guide

The last Monday in Mayeach year. CANCELLED

2010 due totraffic/crowd concerns.TBA for 2011.

ENGLAND Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling near Brockworth in Gloucester - dozens ofborderline bonkers men fling themselves down a precipitous hill attempting to catc h

huge rounds of cheese. It's illegal and bones get broken, so this is a remarkablesight in the nanny state of England.

June, Summer Festivals 2011

3 - 25 June 2010TBA for 2011

FRANCE, Festival de Musique de Strasbourg, an international contemporary musicfestival.

10 - 12 June ENGLAND, Isle of Wight Festival - the revived legendary festival of the late 60's isnow held annually at Seaclose Park, Newport since 2002.

10 - 12 June

ENGLAND, Download Festival - the UK's largest rock and metal music festival, held


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, , .Download is known for its relaxed community feel. Weekend tickets include campingalso available are Day tickets, Family tickets, Kids offers and Early Bird specials.

10 - 12 June SCOTLAND, near Inverness, RockNess - an annual music fest in a picturesquesett ing at Clune Farm on the banks of Loch Ness in Dores. With a spectacular viewof the lake, this is considered by many to be the world's most beautiful festivalenvironment.

10 - 19 June7 - 17 June 2012 GERMANY, Leipzig, Bach Festival [Bachfest Leipzig] - one of Germany's mostimportant classical events, the works of Bach performed by internationally

acclaimed musicians in St. Thomas' Church. Do not miss concerts by the famous StThomas' boys' choir.

June - July TBA GREECE Athens Festival - drama, dance and music in the 2,000 year old outdoorOdeion theatre at the base of Acropolis Hill. Location, location, location. AthensPictures

13 June - 1 August

TBA for 2011

SPAIN, Barcelona Summer Festival [del Grec] - theatre, dance and music. Barcelona

Travel, Photos

14 - 18 June ENGLAND, Ascot, Berkshire Royal Ascot Horse Racing - The poshest of posh UKevents, with mad hats de rigeur for ladies and tails for gents.

17 June - 10 July SWITZERLAND, Zurich Festival - international artists perform drama, music, opera.

19 June

3 June 201226 May 2013

BELGIUM, Mons, Battle of Lumecon and the Procession of the Golden Chariot, LeDoudou - Saint George fights the dragon and everybody pushes a vast, sacredchariot around town. Belgium Guide

20 June - 3 July ENGLAND, London, Wimbledon Tennis Championships - the most prestigious tennisevent in the world.

20 - 23 June TBC CROATIA, Zagreb, T-Mobile INmusic Fest ival [previously known as Vip INmusicFest ival] - Croatia's biggest outdoor event focuses on modern rock music and is onof Europe's up and coming fixtures, popularly combined with a city break. Heldbeside Lake Jarun and with camping it's said to be Glastonbury's sunny alternative!

21 June[same date every year]

ENGLAND, Wiltshire Stonehenge Summer Solstice - midsummer night ritual with allsorts of druids, hippies and new age wackos. Fascinating, and you get to touch thestones!

21 - 24 June ENGLAND, Cambridgeshire, near Huntington, Secret Garden Party - an artyindependant music/art fest ival where visitors walk around in fancy dress. The eventhas a theme each year and develops into a temporary community, featuring severa


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FRANCE, Paris Fete de la Musique - free! A monster musical celebration all over thislovely city. Professionals mix with amateurs playing different sounds in differentlocations.

21 - 27 JuneFriday 25: OpeningCeremony & firstmatches, Sunday 27h:Finals

TURKEY Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival in Edirne - 1,000 oily fat boys get a goodslapping. Turkey Photos [but not Kirkpinar].

22 - 26 June ENGLAND Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England - a massive, multiple musicevent, with different stages featuring different music, but heavy on rock variations.The c losest to Woodstock most of us will ever get. Tickets are VERY difficult toacquire so book many months ahead.


ITALY, Florence Festival of Saint John - parades, dances and more. FlorencePictures

24 - 26 June 2010TBA for 2011

ITALY, Florence, Calcio Storico - crazed and brutal but traditional 15thC costumedfootball matches with 4 teams, 27 players each side and no effective referee.Florence Photos.

25 June for the Parade GERMANY Christopher Street Day [Berlin CSD Parade] and Lesbian and Gay Festival[Berlin Pride Festival] in Berlin - probably the biggest European gay parade andstreet party.

25 June - 11 July SPAIN, Granada International Festival of Dance and Music - a superb event invaried, amazing locations such as the spectacular Alhambra. Granada Pictures.

30 June - 3 July4 days from the firstThursday in July or thelast in June every year.

[ Warm-up from 26June]

DENMARK, Roskilde Festival- one of Europe's five largest rock music festivals, has

been running since 1971. It has been played by countless big artists in the pastincluding Bob Marley, U2, Metallica and Radiohead.

30 June - 3 July BELGIAN, Rock Wercher - one of Europe's five largest rock festivals, along with

Glastonbury, and has received the Arthur Award by ILMC several times in the pastas the best music Festival.

July Summer Festivals 2011 Map of Europe




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30 June - 3 July4 days from the firstThursday in July or thelast in June every year.[ Warm-up from 26June]

DENMARK, Roskilde Festival- one of Europe's five largest rock music festivals , has

been running since 1971. It has been played by countless big artists in the pastincluding Bob Marley, U2, Metallica and Radiohead.

30 June - 3 July BELGIAN, Rock Wercher - one of Europe's five largest rock festivals, along with

Glastonbury, and has received the Arthur Award by ILMC several times in the pastas the best music Festival.

1 - 10 July DENMARK, Copenhagen Copenhagen Jazz Festival - an annual jazz event.

1 - 27 July FINLAND Savonlinna Opera Festival - a grand classical celebration in the Finnish lakdistrict, set in magnificent 15th Century St Olaf's Castle, Finland

1 - 16 July SWITZERLAND Montreux Jazz Festival - all sorts of non-classical music featured, inspite of the name, in an appealing location on the shore of Lake Geneva inMontreux.

July 2[same dates, twice a

year]

ITALY, Siena, Il Palio - a costumed pageant begins a brief, crowded and totallyinsane bareback horse race around the c ity's main square. Also August 16. Calgary

Stampede vs Il Palio!, Il Palio Info

2 - 24 July FRANCE, Tour de France - a three-week cycling race for 3,500km [2000 miles] ove

the country [the route changes annually]. The world's most famous French sportingevent.

6 - 26 July 2010TBA for 2011

FRANCE, Avignon, Fest ival d'Avignon, a dynamic and diverse Arts festival, boastingover 50 productions and many more fringes in this stunning historic city. AvignonPhotos

5 - 25 July FRANCE, Aix-en-Provence, Festival dAix-en-Provence - International Festival ofLyric Art , a popular summer arts fest ival, especially for c lassical music.

6 - 14 July[same date every year]

SPAIN, Pamplona, Los Sanfermines [Bull Running] - don't be bored, be gored! Sixbulls are released into the streets every morning of this seven day Basque rite-of-manhood party. You too can battle the big horns. See the excellent Sanferminwebsite. Bull Running Pictures 2010.

7 - 10 July SERBIA, Novi Sad, EXIT Festival - an up and coming summer music event, originally

started by university students in 2000. Annually staged in the grounds of impressive

Petrovaradin Fortress, this laid-back festival is becoming one of the most popularEuropean youth events.


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8 - 10 Juy NETHERLANDS HOLLAND , Rotter amNort Sea Jazz Festiva - per aps t e iggestjazz gathering in the world with over 20,000 visitors a day and lots of big nameacts. Rotterdam Pictures

11 - 24 July IRELAND, Galway Arts Festival - Ireland's biggest arts jamboree, with all kinds ofentertainment, street, theatre, music, kid's, exhibitions, concerts... Ireland TravelGuide

Permanently cancelleddue to fatal acc identsat the Loveparade2010.

GERMANY, Love Parade, in the city of Gelsenkirchen for 2011. The wackiest of localfestivals, a weekend of ecstatic body-baring by 1.5 million techno- ravers. Googletranslation from German: The Love parade lives. Diagonally, schrill and color-gladly...Sounds about right to us.

Saturdays July toSeptember in differentRhine locations. TBC

GERMANY, Rhine in Flames, down the River Rhine from Linz to Bonn on summernights - a massive and amazing co-ordinated fireworks display from boats, statelybuildings and the surrounding countryside. Germany Travel

14 July - 14 August2010TBA for 2011

AUSTRIA ImPulsTanz - a dynamic and diverse international dance festival acrossthe whole of regal Vienna.

13 - 14 July[same date every year]

FRANCE, Paris Bastille Day - parties, parades, fireworks, picnics.

Mid JulyTBA in April

FRANCE, Marciac International Jazz Festival, one of the world's finest jazz festivalsannually held in the charming medieval town of Marciac southwest of France, whereJazz is taught as a routine subject in local schools. Many free events throughouttown.

15 July - 26 August ITALY, Pucc ini Festival - the world's only annual opera festival dedicated to the

works of the great composer Giacomo Puccini. At an open-air theatre located in

Torre del Lago, near Lucca, Pucc ini's birth place.

16 - 17 July[Same dates everyyear]

ITALY, Pisa, Luminaria e Palio di San Ranieri, Historical Regatta [also Feast of...] ofSaint Ranieri. During this celebration of the city's patron, Saint Ranieri, buildings andbridges are illuminated by more than 70,000 candles, along with thousands moretiny candle floating on the River Arno. Fireworks end the first day, then the next

afternoon there is a medieval boat race on the river.

16 - 17 July[the third weekendevery year]

ITALY, Venice Festa del Redentore - the Festival of the Redeemer celebrating theend of the plague involves hundreds of beautifully decorated and illuminated boatsfull of beautifully decorated Venetians that gather around sunset, have dinner onboard or beside the Giudecca canal, then watch one of Europe's best fireworksdisplays at 11.30pm on Saturday night. Venice Pictures

16 - 17 July ENGLAND, Bognor Birdman in Bognor Regis, West Sussex - wildly costumed nuttersjump-fly off Bognor pier attempting to win a big distance prize, or just 15 seconds


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19 - 24 July SWITZERLAND, Paleo Festival Nyon - One of Europe's fast growing, very popularoutdoor music events.

25 July - 28 August GERMANY Wagner Festival [Bayeruther Festspiele] at Bayreuth - very expensiveand elitist, held in the unusual theatre that Wagner built.

28 - 31 July ENGLAND, Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire WOMAD - [World of Music Arts andDance] impressive world music festival, with 70 artists from 30 countries on 7stages. Family friendly.

27 July - 30 August AUSTRIA Salzburg Fest ival - opera and concerts. 'Europe's most prestigious summemusical event.' Very large, very expensive. Every year in Mozart's pretty home town

of Salzburg.

29 July[Same date every year]

SPAIN Santa Marta de Ribarteme, Fiesta of Near Death Experience in As Neves,Galicia - lucky survivors get carried in their coffins in a procession.

28 - 31 July ENGLAND, Cambridge, Cambridge Folk Festival - the real deal for the folks who likethe music. 'A festival with a prestigious reputation for quality music in intimatesurroundings.'

29 - 31 July IRELAND, Waterford Spraoi Street Festival - 3 days of free music, street theatre,parade and fireworks in Ireland's biggest street party. Ireland Travel

August Summer Fest ivals 2011

Saturdays July toSeptember in differentRhine locations. TBA

GERMANY, Rhine in Flames, down the Rhine river from Linz to Bonn on summer night- a massive and amazing co-ordinated fireworks display from boats, stately buildingand the surrounding countryside. Germany Travel

6 - 15 August IRELAND, Kilkenny Arts Festival - music, theatre, dance, exhibitions set in superbsurroundings.

10 - 12 Augustevery year[International]

IRELAND Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry. A large and loony street fair withplenty of singing, dancing and horse shows, and all overseen by King Puck - a goatIreland Guide




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10 - 14 August Serbia, Guca Trumpet Festival [Dragacevo Assembly] - a truly mad brass bandfestival and competition taking place in Guca near the c ity of Cacak. This eventdraws more than 600,000 people from around the world to this town of just 2,000.

This is the world's biggest trumpet happening and it's free!

10 - 15 August HUNGARY Sziget Festival, an annual rock festival, held Obudai Island in Budapest, isone of the biggest summer music festivals in Europe.

12 August - 4 Sept.[International]5 - 29 August [Fringe]

SCOTLAND Edinburgh International Fest ival, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe - over athousand shows of all kinds, ranging from opera to stand-up comedy, from nearporn to mere corn. A true European art attack in great Edinburgh city. Not to bemissed. Edinburgh Festival Pictures

12 - 21 August SPAIN, Feria de Malaga - the biggest party in town with fancy dress, exotic foodand dance, and fireworks. Malaga Pictures.

August 16

[same dates, twice ayear]

ITALY, Siena, Il Palio - a costumed pageant begins a brief but totally insane

bareback horse race around the c ity's main square. Also July 2nd. Calgary Stampedvs Il Palio!, Il Palio Info

16 - 22 August 2010TBC for 2011

IRELAND Fleadh Cheoil - a huge celebration of Ireland's music, dance and arts, withover 10,000 musicians roaming and playing all over the place. Hosted by a differenttown every year; 2010 in Cavan.

19 - 23 August IRELAND, Tralee Rose of Tralee International Festival - a massive party celebratingromance!

19 August - 4 Sept17 Aug - 2 Sept 201216 Aug - 1 Sept 2013

FINLAND, Helsinki Festival - an arts fest ival including concerts, performance arts,parties and children's events in Helsinki

20 - 28 Aug TBC2 week mid August[Starts 3rd Sat. ofevery August]

SPAIN, Bilbao Aste Nagusia [Big Week in Basque language] - a big basquecelebration including free concerts, fireworks nightly and strong man contests.Spain Guide

28 - 29 August [thelast Sunday and BankHoliday every year]

ENGLAND, London Notting Hill Carnival - fiesta with music, dance, and parade byLondon's Caribbean community; sponsored by London Pickpocket Support Group. UKTravel

24 August[Every last Wednesdayof August]

SPAIN La Tomatina at Buol town 40 kms from lovely Valencia - a huge andincredibly messy public fight with 25 tons of tomatoes, one day. Big kids should getdown to Bunol and let rip.

26 - 28 August[Bank holiday weekend]

ENGLAND, Reading Festival in Berkshire - the world's oldest popular musicfestival,which started in 1961 as the National Jazz and Blues Festival. Reading


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attracts more than 80,000 people annually, has campsites and weekend tickets thainclude camping, but day tickets are also available. England Counties Map.

26 - 28 August ENGLAND, Leeds Festival in West Yorkshire - a rock and pop music festival, held inBramham Park near Wetherby, with campsite. It is run by the same organization asthe Reading Festival. The weekend tickets include camping; day tickets are alsosold.England Counties Map.

26 - 28 August[Bank holiday weekend]

ENGLAND, Daresbury, Creamfields in Cheshire - the UK's biggest dance musicfestival, also held in other European places such as Andalucia, Prague and Llisbon[dates vary]. Creamfields has been so successful that it stages events ac ross theworld - Sydney, Istanbul, Buenos Aires and more. England Counties Map.

September 2011 Map of Europe

3 September[1st Saturday in Sept.]

SCOTLAND, the Braemar Gathering [Highland Games] - traditionally odd Scottishsporting events and massed pipers in a scenic set ting in Scotland.

4 September1st Sunday inSeptember, annually

ITALY, Venice, Regata Storica - in a 510 year-old tradition, a vast fleet of gondolasand other historic craft headed by the ornate Doge's barge, all loaded withVenetians in brilliant medieval costumes parade and race around the canals of thisspectacular city. Venice Pictures, Regatta Pictures.

8 - 11 September ENGLAND, Isle of Wight, Bestival - a 3-day boutique music festival and party set atRobin Hill Country Park, known for its annual fancy dress competition, so make sureto dress correspondingly. It is kids-friendly, too.

17 Sept - 3 October GERMANY, Munich Oktoberfest mainly about downing vast quantities of beer andbratwurst, then behaving badly with your neighbours, but set in a gorgeous city.Key requirements: 1] Love beer 2] Love sausages 3] Love raucous singing 4] Lovedrunk Germans.

22 - 25 September TBC SPAIN, Festes de la Merc, Barcelona - Barcelona's biggest annual festival to

celebrate the city's patron saint, the Virgin de la Merce with over 500 activities

including a parade of the giants [wooden figures operated by humans], Castellers[the human towers] and f ireworks for 4 days around 24th September [a publicholiday].

22 - 25 September IRELAND, Galway International Oyster Festival - with fun events of all sorts. IrelandGuide


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October 2011

7 - 15 October 2010TBA for 2011

HUNGARY Budapest Autumn Festival - all sorts of arts, music, drama, dance,exhibitions, poetry and kid's stuff in interesting Budapest. Budapest Photos

21 October - 5November

IRELAND, Wexford Opera Festival - a small but perfectly formed and positivelyregarded event in a brand new Opera House on a new date. Ireland Guide

28 Oct - 1 Nov 2010TBA for 2011

FRANCE, Paris, Salon du Chocolat - every aspect of the brown wonder-drug isexplored at this lengthy celebration in Paris' Port de Versailles.

November 2011

5 November[same day every year]Carnival procession onSaturday before 5 Nov.

ENGLAND, Devon, Ottery St. Mary Tar Barrels - huge flaming barrels are carriedaround this little rural town. The procession and fireworks are on the Saturdaybefore the 5th of November.

7 November 2010TBA for 2011

ENGLAND, London to Brighton Veteran Car Run [LBVCR] - the world's longest runningmotoring event. Ancient car lovers will need to find a comfortable viewing locationfor this London [Hyde Park] to Brighton [Madeira Drive] event for hundreds of pre-1905 vehicles; it starts at dawn and motors will begin to fart across the finish linefrom about 10 am.

21 November[same date every year]

ITALY, Venice, La Salute - a religious festival at the beautiful Basilica Santa Mariadella Salute. Venice Pictures

Late Nov - 23 Decevery year

GERMANY, nationwide, Christmas Markets. This chilly winter country has a history owonderfully warm, colourful and fattening Christmas markets set in spectacularlocations. Some of Germany's best are: Esslingen [medieval costumes and carols];Wurzburg [snow probable]; Berncastel-Kues [arguably the prettiest]; Hamelin [PiedPiper's home so kid friendly!]; Heidelberg [lots of kid's stuff]; Lubeck [UNESCO WorlHeritage Site]; Regensburg [superbly lit and romantic]; Rothenburg [medieval

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December 2010

All December DENMARK, Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens - special events for Christmas celebrations.

8 - 21 December FINLAND, Helsinki St Thomas Christmas Market - including the Lucia parade on the13th, crafts, special foods etc...mainly at Esplanade Park.




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8 - 11 DecemberFRANCE, Lyon, Fete des Lumieres - a 4 day spectacularly radiant Festival of Lightsfeatures 80 light projects and draws 4 million people annually. The whole of cityilluminates itself with candles and lights everywhere along with Christmasdecorations.

29 Dec - 1 January[Same days every year]

SCOTLAND Edinburgh's Hogmanay - one of world's best New year Celebrations, atruly wild and wooly underwear occasion, with a torchlight procession, a Fire

Festival, fireworks, concerts and much insobriety, in a city dark yet strangelylight... Edinburgh Guide, Pictures

31 December AUSTRIA Kaiserball at Hofburg Congress Center in Vienna- a stunning, glamorous,lively winter Ball at the magnificent Hofburg Palace, every year. Vienna Photos

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