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Berlin Jazzfest – Get a wiggle on, it’s coming!

Thursday 25 October 2012

Berlin JazzFest

Once again in November this year, for the 40th time, Jazz lovers of all ages will flock to Berlin to attend Berlin Jazzfest, one of Europe’s greatest Jazz Festivals ever. 2012 JazzFest Berlin will last for 4 days from November 1st to 4th.

El Grec: the greatest Summer Festival of Barcelona

Tuesday 5 June 2012

El-grec-barcelona

Barcelona becomes a city of Festivals every summer, and among these, one of the most varied and eagerly awaited is definitely the Barcelona Summer Festival par excellence, known simply as “El Grec” [the Greek,] which is one of Europe’s leading multidisciplinary cultural festivals

Plunge into culture at the Holland Festival

Wednesday 30 May 2012

Holland Festival

Holland Festival is an extraordinary, trend-setting festival annually held in Holland, it focuses on performing arts, and is gaining a growing international success. Since 1947, the city of Amsterdam proudly hosts this international music, dance and theatre festival every year. From 1 to 28 June, 2012.

Pinkpop Festival: the oldest annual festival in the world

Tuesday 1 May 2012

pinkpop

Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is a rock festival held annually on the Pentecost weekend at Landgraaf, Netherlands. According to the Guinness Book of Records, since 1990 this is the oldest annual festival in the world. This year’s edition, the 43rd, will run from May 26th to 28th.

Mayday Festival: popular electronic music event in Dortmund

Saturday 28 April 2012

mayday festival

Mayday, one of the oldest and most reputed electronic music festivals in Germany, is held annually since 1991 in Dortmund, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia. Held across the five floors of the city’s Westfalenhallen, this year’s Mayday, the 21st to be precise, is scheduled to host a wide variety of stadium-sized acts.

FeMàs: Old Music Festival in Seville

Wednesday 28 March 2012

seville

Throughout March, Seville pays homage to early music, a tradition that has deep roots in the city’s history, as well as the rest of Andalucia. There’s still one week left to enjoy FeMÀS (March 9 to 31, 2012) Seville Ancient Music Festival, consecrated to the rescue and diffusion of historical music.

Hungary events: Heineken Balaton Sound Festival is on the way

Wednesday 7 March 2012

heineken

Lake Balaton – the largest lake in central Europe – is situated inside the wine-growing area of Hungary, about 90 minutes drive away from Budapest. This cozy tourist resort is going to be the background to one of Europe’s largest open-air music festivals this summer: Heineken Balaton Sound Festival, to be held between July 12 and 15, 2012.

New Year’s Eve in Rome: greeting 2012 in the Eternal City

Monday 12 December 2011

Piazza del Colosseo Rome

Another “custom” that is now entering the Rome tradition, along with Nativity Scenes and Christmas trees, is that of doing things in a big way on New Year’s Eve. Also this year, Rome offers many ideas to celebrate 2012’s arrival, in the best of ways and with lots of music, fun and… good food, of course.

Parma events, enjoy the Verdi Festival

Friday 14 October 2011

Parma teatro

When the city of Parma and its land, its colors and its scents deeply touch the strings of our imagination, in the month of the anniversary of the birth of the great composer, the Regio Theatre of Parma and Verdi’s lands celebrate the history, culture and traditions of this city renewing, also in 2011, the great productive and artistic commitment of the Verdi Festival.

Paris Autumn Festival – September 15th to December 31st, 2011

Friday 9 September 2011

paris

The Festival d’Automne à Paris is a showcase for international art in all its forms of expression, from contemporary arts, dance, theatre, cinema and music. In the days running from mid September to late October, a wealth of artists from all over the world take part in this amazing Festival, on various dates and at various venues throughout Paris, with a particular focus on international cultures.