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European Events<br />
Latvia continued.......<br />
08 – 09 Riga: Summer Garden Festival. A must see event for<br />
the garden and flower lovers.<br />
13 - 16 Riga; International Salsa Festival <strong>The</strong> festival<br />
features some of the best salsa dancers from around<br />
the world and entices numerous spectators each<br />
year. www.rigasalsafestival.com<br />
29 – 21 July Cesis: Art Festival - excellent professional art<br />
exhibitions, cinema and theatre, as well as different<br />
concerts<br />
30 – 07 July Riga: Latvian Song and Dance Festival XV<br />
JULY<br />
01- 31 “Riga: Cathedral”26th International Organ<br />
Music Festival programmes are devoted to<br />
commemoration of French composers Cesar Frank<br />
and Maurice Duruflé. Festival’s 13 concerts www.<br />
doms.lv<br />
01 – 31(tbc) Jurmala: <strong>The</strong> Singing Kivin Humour Show<br />
welcomes the funniest people from Russian Club of<br />
the Happy and Inventive. Teams compete to be the<br />
funniest www.dzk.lv<br />
13 Jurmala: Go Blonde Festival Parade More than<br />
2,000 participants and their fans take part for local<br />
charities<br />
25 – 28 Riga: Tall Ships Race the largest joint sailing and<br />
yacht regatta in the world, with approximately<br />
80-100 yachts participating each year.www.<br />
sailtraininginternational.org<br />
AUGUST<br />
03 – 05(tbc) Ventspils: City Festival and International Baltic<br />
Flower Carpet Festival Not only Latvian florists<br />
and flower lovers but also participants from other<br />
countries take part in the process of making flower<br />
carpets. www.ventspils.lv<br />
05 – 18 Riga: Opera Summer Performances It usually<br />
means four opera performances and four ballet<br />
performances www.opera.lv<br />
16 - 18 Riga: City Festival - a kaleidoscope of music, art,<br />
theatre and dance performances, sports activities<br />
and different events www.rigassvetki.lv<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
21– 27 Riga: International Film Forum - Arsenals <strong>The</strong><br />
largest film event in the Baltic. <strong>The</strong> event also<br />
screens films from various genres, including short<br />
stories, documentaries, and comedies.<br />
29 – 09 Oct(tbc) Riga: Golden Mask <strong>The</strong>atre Festival <strong>An</strong>nual<br />
Russian theatre festival offering the best<br />
performances from all theatre genres www.<br />
goldenmask.lv<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
06 – 08 Riga: “Porta” World Music Festival <strong>The</strong> festival<br />
features various concerts, film screenings and<br />
master workshops.www.festivalporta.lv<br />
DECEMBER<br />
01 -14Jan Riga: Christmas Market www.christmas-markets.<br />
org<br />
Norway<br />
MAY<br />
06-11 Stravanger: MaiJazz<br />
International jazz<br />
festival. www.<br />
maijazz.no<br />
10 - 12 Hardanger: Kinsarvik<br />
Blossom Festival<br />
Traditional country<br />
music and folk<br />
dance festival www.<br />
hardangertun.no<br />
22- 01 June Bergen: NATTJAZZ Northern Europe’s biggest jazz<br />
festival with music ranging from trad jazz to World<br />
Music www.nattjazz.no<br />
22–05 June Bergen: International Festival <strong>On</strong>e of Bergen’s<br />
artistic highlights. Music, dance, theatre.<br />
JUNE<br />
To Sept 30(tbc) Bergen : Concerts At Troldhaugen (Every<br />
Sunday) Classical concerts with Norwegian and<br />
international artists at composer Edvard Grieg’s<br />
home. Also have daily lunch and evening concerts<br />
check web site www.troldhaugen.no<br />
13-16 Oslo: Norwegian Wood <strong>An</strong>nual rock music festival<br />
with international and Norwegian musicians www.<br />
norwegianwood.no<br />
22 Tromso: Midnight Sun Marathon With other<br />
competitions at midnight and concerts and<br />
entertainment www.msm.no<br />
22 National: Midsummer Night Celebrations and<br />
bonfires throughout.<br />
22-29 Harstad: North Norway Festival <strong>The</strong> region’s largest<br />
cultural event, with performing and visual arts www.<br />
festspillnn.no<br />
23 Throughout Norway :Midsummer evening<br />
JULY<br />
04 – 07 Skudeneshavn: Skudefestivalen Coastal culture<br />
festivals with a maritime focus and traditional<br />
music, folklore www.skudefestivalen.no<br />
04 - 07 Førde: Int’l Folk Music Festival Norway’s largest<br />
traditional and world music festival www.<br />
fordefestival.no<br />
10 - 13 Alesund: Boat Festival www.batfestivalen.no<br />
28-Aug 03 Trondheim: St Olav Festival Cultural event<br />
(commemorating the death of St. Olav at the battle<br />
of Stiklestad in 1030 www.olavsfestdagene.no<br />
AUGUST<br />
06 – 10 Oslo: <strong>The</strong> Øya Festival an arena for musical, visual<br />
and cross-cultural performances.<br />
08 -11 Mandal: Sea Food Festival <strong>The</strong> narrow cobble<br />
stoned streets of Mandal will be laid long tables<br />
with fresh mussels, shrimps, cray fish, crabs and<br />
other delicacies from the ocean. Concerts and<br />
entertainment.<br />
09 – 17 Oslo: Chamber Music Festival top-class chamber<br />
music from Norwegian and international musicians<br />
www.oslokammermusikkfestival.no<br />
12 - 17 Oslo: Jazz Festival More than 80 concerts over 7<br />
days with many world famous performers. www.<br />
oslojazz.no<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
0 -14 Oslo: Ultima Contemporary Music Festival Norway’s<br />
largest contemporary music festival with concerts<br />
07-09(tbc)<br />
performances www.ultima.no<br />
Bergen: Food Festival Focusing on local food and<br />
entertainment. www.matfest.no<br />
21 Oslo: Marathon<br />
OCTOBER<br />
03 – 06 Bergen: Grieg Festival Music festival for young<br />
voices<br />
04 - 06 Hardanger: Food Festival <strong>The</strong> festival offers<br />
traditional local food, concerts, activities www.<br />
hardangerfjord.com<br />
26 – 30 (tbc) Varanger: King Crab Festival Focus on one of the<br />
specialties of Norway’s northernmost region, the<br />
king crab. Concerts, art exhibits, king crab fjord<br />
safaris, gourmet evenings. www.polarspectacle.no<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
28 – 30 Maihaugen Christmas Market: www.maihaugen.no<br />
30 – 01 Dec Oslo: Norsk FolkMuseum: Christmas Market www.<br />
christmas-markets.org<br />
DECEMBER<br />
01- 31 Bergen: <strong>The</strong> world’s biggest Gingerbread town<br />
07 – 08 Oslo: Norsk FolkMuseum: Christmas Market www.<br />
christmas-markets.org<br />
09 – 11 Oslo: Days of Peace <strong>The</strong> Nobel Peace Prize is<br />
awarded on the 10th followed by torch light<br />
procession, concerts and exhibitions.<br />
Poland<br />
MAY<br />
26 – 02 June Krakow: International<br />
Film Festival, one of<br />
the oldest European<br />
film festivals presenting<br />
recent documentaries,<br />
animated films<br />
and dramas. www.<br />
cracowfilmfestival.pl<br />
JUNE<br />
01 – 02 Krakow: Great Parade of Dragons gigantic dragons<br />
on boats, bars, water-powered scooters. Rich<br />
pyrotechnic cover, spectacular lighting effects<br />
Mid June – late<br />
July<br />
Poland-Museum of the<br />
history of Polish Jews<br />
Warsaw: Mozart Festival performed by the Warsaw<br />
Chamber Opera. <strong>The</strong> complete works of Mozart<br />
24 - 20July Poznan: Malta Festival Poland’s largest festival of<br />
dramatic, street and open air theatre www.maltafestival.pl<br />
28 - 07 July Krakow: <strong>The</strong> festival of the Jewish Culture one of<br />
most important and biggest events of this type in<br />
world www.jewishfestival.pl<br />
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