Top Events USA lists their top 20 events across the USA, the top 10 events and festivals for each of the United States, and lists of the best annual events and festivals by category or theme.
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posted by netbros
on Jan 10, 2009 -
7 comments
The Harbin Snow and Ice Festival The temperature in Harbin, China reaches forty below zero, both Fahrenheit and centigrade, and stays below freezing nearly half the year. The city is actually further north than notoriously cold Vladivostok, Russia, just 300 miles away. Rather than suffer the cold, the residents of Harbin celebrate it, with an annual festival of snow and ice sculptures and competitions. The main link actually shows the 2003 sculptures; here are some from
this year.
posted by orange swan
on Mar 30, 2004 -
5 comments
Hoorah!
Fairy Congress '03 is almost upon us. With the admiral goal of Promoting Quality Human & Fairy Relations and special guest
Dotty Maclean of
Findhorn Community fame who apparently has done more than any other person in the 20th century to popularize the idea that humans can communicate with
devas, in attendance you'd be crazy to miss it. Sure
looks like fun...
posted by zeoslap
on May 30, 2003 -
17 comments
The Hay Festival of Literature begins tomorrow. Lasting for ten days, and touted as the world's largest literary festival, it is
located in
Hay-on-Wye (Y-Gelli), the world's first
booktown and self-proclaimed
Independent Kingdom.
Hay-on-Wye is a booklover's paradise (or hell, depending on the state of your credit card), with over 40 incredibly well-stocked
bookshops (in a small town of only 2500 people, this means about three bookshops per block).
This year's Festival offers a chance to hearfrom the likes of DeLillo, Atwood, Said, Childish and Hitchens, and while some are obviously on-tour and will be standing next to a table of their newest product, the events aren't free. Would you pay to hear
your favourite authors read? Has hearing an author changed the way you read his/her book? Which authors have been as entertaining in person, and which have turned you off reading their books forever?
posted by spandex
on May 22, 2003 -
10 comments
It's finally here. You're certainly familiar with the festivals in New Orleans and Rio, but what about
Haiti,
Germany, and
Watertown, Tennesee? Also called
Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras has ancient
origins with links back to
Lupercalia and other pre-Christian celebrations. Carnival translates as "farewell to the flesh," which speaks to the surrender of beloved things during the season of
Lent.
So, what will you do for
beads, babe?
posted by moonbird
on Mar 4, 2003 -
9 comments
Olympic Farce "...there has been an attempt over the past few years to hijack the Olympic spirit, to minimize national pride and turn the events into a UNICEF-style celebration of global harmony and cooperation. The organizers are trying to turn the Olympics from a series of sporting contests into a multinational festival..."
posted by bunnyfire
on Feb 11, 2002 -
29 comments
My Mom just got back from the
Ionesco festival in New York. It sounds cool - it's usually hard to find stagings of even Ionesco's most famous plays, but these people seem to be doing everything.
posted by crunchburger
on Sep 28, 2001 -
2 comments
The World's Largest Music Festival starts today and runs until next Sunday. With acts ranging from
Wilco to the artist once again known as Prince, there's usually at least one band worth seeing for everyone. Plus it's cheap, if you go at the right time. But the question remains, what events do you look forward too each summer?
posted by drezdn
on Jun 28, 2001 -
23 comments
This site, for an Australian concert series akin to
Lollapalooza over here in the states, has one of the coolest flash intros I've seen. I love those clouds.
posted by mathowie
on Jan 12, 2000 -
0 comments
