Famous Festivals
1. Gaining worldwide acclaim for its dynamic nightlife. bin’s summer clubbing season is a slew of booze, party enhance and trance. It reaches a highly-anticipated climax during September, when the main club promoters and venues host a series of closing parties to cap off the series Those end-of-season “promos” are reputed to be the wildest and one of the most attended.
2. Rockers need not feel left out. The Pinkpop Festival is an annual rock festival held at Landgraaf. Netherlands. ft is held annually on the Pentecost weekend. Pinkpop is a three-day festival, from Saturday to Monday, and visited by approximately 60,000 people a day with performances on three separate stages. In 35 years, 1.7 million people have attended the festival. More than 500 musical acts have played at the festival,
8. Another rock fest is The Glastonbury Festival, the largest green-field music and performing arts festival in the world. ft is best known for contemporary music, but also features dance, comedy. theater, circus, cabaret and many other arts. In 2007. over 700 acts played on over 80 stages with a total capacity of 77.000. This earth-friendly festival has a rep of not attracting the biggest names in entertainment which gives it a sort of underground vibe.
4. For the more classic inclined, The Proms in London. an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other event held annually, is where all the action is. In 2009, the total number of concerts will have reached 103 for the first time ever. The last night of the series is always the one that creates the most buzz.
5. More artsy-fartsy stuff? The Edinburgh Festivals, taking place during August each year in the Scottish capital, is the gathering to be part of These festivals are arranged by a number of formally unrelated organizations but the Edinburgh International Festival serves as the “official” festival of performing arts. It brings performers of music theater, opera and dance from around the world to perform.