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The small town of Chichibu, near Tokyo, is the annual venue for fireworks, traditional performing arts and a gorgeous action-packed parade of huge, illuminated floats in one of Japan's most…
Versailles hosts a modern-art one-off as Paris-based Xavier Veilhan weaves his strikingly modernist artworks among the historic château's cobbled courtyards. The highlight is Le Carrosse…
The Commemorative Ceremony for Mevlana, the great Sufic saint (1207-1273), is one of the world's greatest spectacles. More than a million people descend on Konya, the ancient Seljuk capital…
Australia's leading cultural gala, the Sydney Festival, has been a force to be reckoned with since 1976. The three-week programme kick-starts the New Year with an avalanche of artistic events…
Huge glittering ice sculptures transform Sapporo into a magical winter wonderland during the annual Snow Festival. Teams of professional artists from around the globe create the frosty…
The Mardi Gras in New Orleans is one of the largest, most famous and most spectacular parties in the world, drawing hundreds of thousands of revellers each year. Expect flamboyant 'krewe'…
When the Vienna Ball Season is in full swing, ladies and gentlemen don their smartest outfits and whirl each other around some of the city's finest dance floors. The undisputed jewel in the…
The Sydney Mardi Gras is world-famous for its month-long bonanza of parties, exhibitions, music, plays, art and literature, all expressing the essence of what it means to be gay in modern society.
First held in 1960, the Adelaide Festival of the Arts takes place biennially and brings the very best of opera, dance, theatre and music to the capital of South Australia.
Cannes is the biggest and most famous film festival in the world. Most of the action takes place at the famous Palais des Festivals, although screenings do take place all over the town.
Art lovers from every continent head to Messezentrum Basel for one of the world's leading art shows, Art Basel. Drawing over 60,000 visitors, the display includes everything from modern…
Glastonbury has been held on organiser Michael Eavis' property, Worthy Farm in Somerset, since its inception almost 40 years ago. Headlining the UK's biggest and best music festival in 2009…
A highlight of the Dutch arts calendar, the Holland Festival presents opera, dance, music and theatre at the Muziektheater and other major venues in Amsterdam. Artists from around the world…
The Zürich Festival is one of Europe's great performing arts festivals. With its mix of theatre, opera, dance and classical music, it fills the city's cultural venues and outdoor spaces with a…
The Reykjavík Cultural Night has become an essential part of the city's cultural scene. With the midnight sun still keeping things light for almost 24 hours, Reykjavíkites fill the streets to…
While the official Edinburgh International Festival concentrates on what some like to call "the high arts", the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival is more eclectic, developing out of a…
Edinburgh International Festival
One of the world's great arts festivals, the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is now joined by the Fringe, Military Tattoo, Jazz and Blues, Book and Edge festivals to make Edinburgh a…
Celebrated Surrealist painter René Magritte gets his very own museum. Located on Brussels' place Royale in an extension of the Fine Arts Museum complex, the Magritte Museum features hundreds…
St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum is one of the world's greatest, with an unbeatable collection of fine and decorative arts. Since its foundation in 1764, when Catherine the Great bought…
Established in 1978 on the site of an old school of lacemaking on the island of Burano, Venice, the Lace Museum (Museo del Merletto) reveals the craft of lace and embroidery, practised by…
