July Issue
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july 02 -19
Manchester
london
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
MANCHESTER
Manchester International Festival is the world’s first festival of original, new work and special events and takes place biennially, in Manchester, UK. The festival is a biennial event, first taking place in June–July 2007, and subsequently recurring in the summers of 2009, 2011 and 2013. This festival transforming the city into a bustling festival zone. Every year Manchester International Festival presents an array of new, exciting and specially commissioned work by some of the world’s best artists in visual and performing arts, music and popular culture. The schedule of the this year festival is : • Wonder-land • Tree of Codes • The Tale of Mr Tumble
2- 12 July 2-10 July 13-18 July
The 2015 festival is expected to attract 250,000 visitors. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1BnTkSr Tips: This festival is the first of its kind so make the most of it. Enjoy the shows and breathe the festival air. Take a tour at Manchester.
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MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL July 03 - 18
Montreux, Switzerland
The festival held each July in Switzerland and it is one of the most famous Jazz festivals in the world. Running for over 40 years the festival has seen all the greats from Miles Davis through to Ella Fitzgerald and B.B. King. It’s name is labeled as Jazz festival but any music with a soul will have a stage here. After 1980 jazz remained important, as did Brazilian music, but more and more rock and pop artists were also invited. There is brilliant idea to systematically film every artist who ever performed on stage since the beginning of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967. This archival collection is at the heart of the Montreux Jazz Café concept. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1QGczgS Tips: In the festival days Montreux is very crowded. So if you want to explore Montreux you can rest a few days after the festival. Don’t miss the competition.
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ROSWELL UFO FESTIVAL July 03 - 05
Roswell
New Mexico USA
If you are a UFO geek you will love this festival. The Roswell UFO Festival (also known as Aliens Festival) is held every year to remember the day when aliens supposed to touched the Earth in Roswell, New Mexico. In this festival visitors wander the streets wearing alien themed costumes. The International UFO Museum is packed with artifacts detailing the landing and the event attracts more than 20,000 visitors from all over the world. But you don’t have to believe into little green man to attend this festival. This festival is one of the craziest and funniest festival in the world. Whether you’re a UFOlogist or skeptic, truth-seeker or debunker, an array of family-friendly entertainment activities offers something for just about everyone. This festivals events involve Alien Chase (5k and 10k walk/run for people of all ages), costume contest, July 4 firework, light parade, UFO art show, planetarium show and music. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1IotydH Tips: This festival is all about fun. Come dressed as your favorite alien, see the light parade, join to alien chase, visit the International UFO Museum and Research Center and dance under the stars. Maybe if you are lucky you may meet a real alien.
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SENSATION WHITE July 04
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Sensation is an indoor electronic dance music event which originated in the some of the big cities in the world. But the most known is Sensation White Amsterdam. This festival attracts thousands of people to Amsterdam. It’s also now located throughout Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, United States, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and United Arab Emirates. This festival is a globetrotting phenomenon featuring amazing shows that brings together friends who have a never-ending love for house music. Sensation creates a new show every year to dazzle the senses. Committed to innovation and excellence, Sensation has earned the distinction of being The World’s Leading Dance Event. All the attendees are required to wear white and the Amsterdam ArenA itself is decorated to match. Sensation White’s slogan is “Be Part Of The Night - Dress in White”. Every event has around 40,000-45,000 tickets available. So if you want to explore the pure joy make sure you will be there. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1I1K2ww Tips: Make the most of it. You’ll be in a trance with the atmosphere and you will have the fun of your life. Dress white from top to toe. And while you are in Amsterdam live the Amsterdam experience.
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FIESTA DE SAN FERMIN July 06-14
Pamplona Spain
The festival of San FermĂn in the city of Pamplona (Navarre, Spain), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 6 July to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the Pobre de MĂ. The week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. The worldwide fame of the modern festival, and the great number of foreign visitors it receives every year. The origin of this event comes from the need to transport the bulls from the off-site corrals where they had spent the night, to the bull ring where they would be killed in the evening. Youngsters would jump among them to show off their bravado. In Pamplona and other places, the six bulls in the event are still those that will feature in the afternoon bullfight of the same day. The running of the bulls involves hundreds of people running in front of six bulls and another six steers down an 825-metre stretch of narrow streets of a section of the old town of Pamplona. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1FqY18Q Tips: Attend the Txupinazo rocket opening ceremony on July 6. If you can not run watch from the balcony. It’s the safest place for the tuning of the bulls. Wear something white and red.
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COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL July 09 - 12
San Diego
California USA
San Diego Comic-Con International is a multigenre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. Originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fantasy related film, television, and similar popular arts, the convention now includes a larger range of pop culture and entertainment elements across virtually all genres, including horror, animation, anime, manga, toys, collectible card games, video games, webcomics, and fantasy novels. Over the years, Comic-Con has become the focal point for the world of comics conventions. The event continues to offer the complete convention experience: a giant Exhibit Hall (topping over 460,000 square feet in its current incarnation); a massive programming schedule (close to 700 separate events in 2014), featuring comics and all aspects of the popular arts, including hands-on workshops and educational and academic programming such as the Comics Arts Conference; anime and film screenings (including a separate film festival); games; the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the “Oscars� of the comics industry; a Masquerade costume competition with prizes and trophies; an Autograph Area; an Art Show; and Portfolio Reviews, bringing together aspiring artists with major companies.* If you are a comic book freak you must visit this convention before you die. You can promote this convention through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1LjzOK2 Tips: Dress as your hero. Bring your camera and be ready to roll.
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EXIT FESTIVAL July 09-12
Novi Sad serb覺a
Exit music festival has started as a student movement to fight for the peace and democracy in Serbia but turn as an award-winning summer festival. But even today, Exit has a strong social mission. EXIT Festival is worldwide considered as one of the most important festivals on the planet with the most unique atmosphere that bursts through the walls of a massive medieval fortress. It has 16 stages but the major crowds drawn to the EXIT Main Stage and the Dance Arena . It is held annually at the Petrovaradin Fortress in the city of Novi Sad. It is considered as the on of the best festival venues in the world. So far, more than 2.5 million people from over 60 countries around the world have visited this festival. The festival hosts world-renowned performers every year. Exit Music festival won “Best Major European Festival� award at the EU Festival Awards 2014. You can promote this convention through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1RvMxaZ Tips: You can only enter the fortress once a day.
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FESTIVAL OF GIANTS July 12-14
Douai France
Giant is the symbol of Douai. Each year for three days at the beginning of July, the Gayant festival takes place. The Gayant family, composed of the giant’s wife Marie Cagenon and their three children, Jacquot, Fillon and Binbin, are carried through the city. On Sunday the largest procession starts from the town hall. Every year at the beginning of July, the elegant pinnacles of Douai’s impressive bell tower look down on the same scene. The town is packed with people jostling to get a good view of the ‘kings’ of the city – the annual outing of the giants, or ‘gayants’ in local dialect. Floats, costumed characters and bands accompany the cavalcade of figures that date back to the Middle Ages. This festival attracts tourists from all over the world and the festival has Mardi Gras atmosphere. You can promote this convention through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1TNcVBb Tips: Douai is close to many historical places. So take a historical tour.
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Kumbh Mela July 14
Nashik India
With 100 million tourists visiting, the Kumbh Mela is touted to be the world’s largest gatherings of pilgrims. Kumbh Mela is celebrated four times every 12 years, the site of the observance rotating between four pilgrimage places on four sacred rivers: at Haridwar on the Ganges river, at Ujjain on the Shipra, at Nasik on the Godavari, and at Allahabad on the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical river Sarasvati. The fair is celebrated with full passion and keenness in Nasik as one can evidence and about millions of pilgrims come here to wash away their sins in the holy river, Godavari. The two bathing ghats, Ramkund and Kushavarta holy reservoirs appreciate faith and belief of thousands of sadhus, holy men and millions of pilgrims as they take dips in holy River Godavari on the specific date and at specific time You can promote this convention through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1K9W4Eb Tips: The place will be too crowded so secure your backpacks. The weather is too be sure that you are hydrate.
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WOMAD July 24-26
Wiltshire
England
WOMAD is the short version of World of Music, Arts and Dance which is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world’s many forms of music, arts and dance. From the outset, the WOMAD name has reflected the festival’s idea; to be embracing but non-definitive, inspiring and outward looking; and more than anything, enthusiastic about a world that has no boundaries in its ability to communicate through music and movement. It’s focuses on multiculturalism through world music and arts. WOMAD is a feast of culture. Apart from experiencing the hottest musicians and inspiring new talent from around the world there is always much more to discover. The arena holds at least 5 main stages with a further one in the Arboretum. An old fashioned steam fair, global market, children’s area, wellbeing section is also found on the WOMAD UK festival site. WOMAD Charlton Park falls on the last complete weekend in July. You can promote this convention through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1LmzOYG Tips: Children 13 years and under FREE, bring the whole family to the feast.
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TOMORROWLAND July 24-26
Boom Belgium
Tomorrowland is the largest annual electronic music festival held in the world, taking place in Belgium. Tomorrowland has been organized since 2005 and from that time it’s one of the most notable global music festivals. Last year 360,000 tickets sold out to celebrate Tomorrowland’s 10-year anniversary. As the world’s biggest DJs and electronic producers make their way to Boom in Belgium, organisers will dress up some 15 stages in many concepts like Alice in Wonderland with giant flowers and books, over sized disco balls explosive butterflies, smoke cannons, confetti and anything else their minds can possibly dream up. But Tomorrowland isn’t just a sight for the eyes, it’s a feast for the ears: A world-class sound system delivers heart-stopping bass to refined highs. Keep some earplugs in your pocket. You can promote this festival through the link below:
http://bit.ly/1NhumEU Tips: Prepare to have your eyes and ears opened across one unforgettable weekend.
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