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Festivals

Countries

Apr. - June

July - Aug.

Sept. - Mar.

AUSTRIA AND

SWITZERLAND

Vienna Festwochen (early May to mid-June)

Salzburger Festspiele (late July-Aug.)

Escalade

(Geneva; Dec. 11-13)

Fasnacht

(Basel; Mar. 2-4)

BELGIUM

Festival of Fairground Arts (Wallonie; late May)

Gentse Feesten (Ghent; mid- to late July)

International French Language Film Festiva l (Namur; late Sept.)

BRITAIN AND IRELAND

Bloomsday

(Dublin; June 16)

Wimbledon (London; late June-early July)

Fringe Festival

(Edinburgh; Aug.)

Edinburgh Int’l Festival (mid-Aug. to early Sept.)

Matchmaking Festival (Lisdoonvarna; Sept.)

St. Patrick’s Day

(Mar. 17)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Prague Spring Festival (May-June)

Int’l Film Festival

(Karlovy Vary; July)

Int’l Organ Festival

(Olomouc; Sept.)

FRANCE

Cannes Film Festival

(May 13-24)

Festival d’Avignon

(July-Aug.)

Bastille Day (July 14)

Carnevale (Nice, Nantes; Jan 25-Feb. 5)

GERMANY

May Day

(Berlin; May 1)

Christopher St. Day

(late June)

Rhine in Flames Festival

(various locations in the Rhine Valley; throughout summer)

Oktoberfest

(Munich; Sept. 19-Oct. 4)

Fasching

(Munich; Feb. 1-5)

HUNGARY

Danube Festival

(Budapest; June)

Golden Shell Folklore

(Siófok; June)

Sziget Rock Festival

(Budapest; Aug.)

Éger Vintage Days

(Sept.)

Festival of Wine Songs

(Pécs; Sept.)

ITALY

Maggio Musicale

(Florence; May to mid-June)

Il Palio (Siena; July 2 and Aug. 16)

Umbria Jazz Festival (July)

Carnevale

(late Feb.)

Scoppio del Carro

(Florence; Easter Su)

THE NETHERLANDS

Queen’s Day (Apr. 30)

Holland Festival (June)

Gay Pride Parade

(early Aug.)

Flower Parade

(Aalsmeer; early Sept.)

PORTUGAL

Burning of the Ribbons

(Coimbra; early May)

Lisbon Beer Festival

(July)

Carnaval (early Mar.)

Semana Santa

(Apr. 5-12)

SCANDINAVIA

Midsummer

(June 19-25)

Savonlinna Opera

Festival (July)

Quart Music Festival (Kristiansand; early July)

Helsinki Festival

(late Aug.-early Sept.)

Tromsø Film Festival

(mid-Jan.)

SPAIN

Feria de Abril

(Sevilla; mid-Apr.)

San Fermines

(Pamplona; early to mid-July)

Las Fallas

(Valencia; Mar.)

Carnaval (Mar.)




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