The Scottish capital city of Edinburgh really knows how to throw a party so much so that it hosts almost a dozen festivals every year. The citizens of Edinburgh are very passionate about art and culture and they, along with visitors to the city, really enjoy the various performances, spectacles and events which feature in these festivals. The bulk of Edinburgh’s festivals however, seem to be held in the month of August. These festivals which are usually six in number, are collectively known as the Edinburgh festival and this year they kick off on the last day in July with the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.
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Fireworks, which in the 16th century were used to celebrate military victories, are today traditionally associated with celebrations. In fact, several countries around the world celebrate national holidays and other major events with jaw dropping pyrotechnic displays which seem to appeal greatly to the masses.
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In the Canadian city of Vancouver, fireworks actually hold the center stage at an annual international pyro-musical fireworks competition. This competition, which is now known as the Celebration of Light, was initially called the Symphony of Fire when it was launched in 1990. The Celebration of Light attracts the world’s leading firework designers who use this prestigious event to showcase their talents in front of a crowd of nearly 1.4 million people.
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Summertime in the USA is celebrated with a plethora of cultural and sporting events. In order to enjoy the warm sunny weather, most of these events are held outdoors so that both attendees and participants can enjoy the great weather that seems to make everybody happy. Among the many summertime events that feature on the event calendars of various American cities are music festivals. Summertime Music festivals which tend to celebrate holidays like the Fourth of July, Labor Day or native North American cultural are highly anticipated summer events that often feature big name artists. Such is the popularity of these festivals that tickets for many of these music festivals sell out on the very day that they go on sale.
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Music festivals have long been associated with the summer and several cities all over the world host raucous summer music festivals as a celebration of the arrival of balmy weather. These music festivals usually feature several big name artists whose presence serves as crowd pullers for these festivals. Apart from music, these festivals also feature several other forms of entertainment to the delight of the hordes who usually buy tickets to these much anticipated festivals months in advance.
England’s Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, which has been in existence since 1970, is often regarded as the mother of all music festivals. The festival is usually held over the last weekend in June on a working 1100 acre farm called the Worthy Farm located at Pilton near Glastonbury in the county of Somerset, England. The Festival is run by a local farmer called Michael Eavis who has nurtured the festival since its inception . This year, the Glastonbury Festival which has already sold out will be held from Wednesday, 24th June to Sunday, 28th June. read more
If you are a jazz music aficionado and follow global Jazz festivals then you have a brand new Jazz festival to look forward to in the form of the Oxford Jazz Festival which is to be held in the renowned University City of Oxford over the Easter weekend from Thursday, the 9th to Sunday, the 12th of April.
The festival has been created and produced by three Oxford City residents, Max Mason, a local restaurateur who owns the restaurant Big Bang which enthusiastically promotes the locavore movement and is reputed to serve the best ‘bangers and mash’(sausages) in Oxford City, Paul Jeffries, a musician, and Alissa Robinson a freelance web and print designer. The trio conceptualized and created the festival with an eye to encourage tourism to the City of Oxford and the surrounding scenic county of Oxfordshire.
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