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1,172 | 13,984,580 | 0 | Lucerne Cheese Festival | Switzerland | The Lucerne Cheese Festival (German: Käsefest Luzern) is a cheese festival held annually in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was established in 2001 and is normally run on a weekend in the middle of October at the Kapellplatz (Chapel Square) in the city centre. The next festival is planned to take place on 14 October 2023.
The event features the biggest cheese market in central Switzerland, and offers the greatest selection of cheeses. As well as the cheese market and live demonstrations of cheesemaking, typical events during the festival include a milking competition and music such as the Swiss alphorn.
The 2012 event featured over 200 varieties of cheese over 23 market stalls, including goat and sheep cheese. The 2020 event was almost cancelled because of social distancing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, but was approved a few days before with a strict requirement to wear masks. Instead of the Kapellplatz, the festival was run from the nearby Kurplatz (Spa Square). 288 variety of cheeses were available at the festival, including cheesemakers from outside the local region such as the Bernese Jura and Ticino, who had their own festivals cancelled. Around 5,800 people attended the festival, lower than the previous year, with around two-thirds fewer sales. The following year's event continued restrictions, where customers had to taste and buy cheese at a distance, though masks were no longer mandatory. The 2022 event featured demonstrations of the cheese making process, a chalet built of Swiss cheese, and a cheese chalet hosting cheese fondue and raclette.
India Times in 2014 called it out as one of 10 world food festivals for foodies.
== External links ==
Official website |
1,173 | 27,303,929 | 0 | Mapping Festival | Switzerland | The Mapping Festival is an international festival dedicated to live visuals, installation art and VJing. Held annually in Geneva, Switzerland, it features audiovisual and VJ performances in nightclubs and installations in gallery spaces.
== History ==
Mapping Festival took place in the following years2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
== 2012 festival ==
The 2012 Mapping Festival will take place from May 10–20 in Geneva (Switzerland).
The following venues hosted events for the 2012 Mapping Festival:Le Commun (BAC)
Cinéma Spoutnik / Usine
Fonderie Kugler
Théâtre du Galpon
Théâtre de l'Usine / Usine
La Gravière
Zoo / Usine
Musée d'art et d'histoire (MAH)
== 2011 festival ==
The 2011 Mapping Festival took place from May 20-22 in Geneva (Switzerland).Cinéma Spoutnik / Usine
== 2010 festival ==
The 2010 Mapping Festival took place between May 6 and May 16, 2010 in Geneva (Switzerland).
The following venues hosted events for the 2010 Mapping Festival:Bâtiment d’art contemporain (BAC)
Cinéma Spoutnik / Usine
Espace St Gervais
MÀD
Théâtre de la Parfumerie
Théâtre du Grütli
Zoo / Usine
== 2009 festival ==
The 2009 Mapping Festival took place between May 8 and May 17 May 2009 in Geneva (Switzerland).
== External links ==
The official site of Mapping Festival |
1,175 | 4,881,250 | 0 | Sechseläuten | Switzerland | The Sechseläuten (Zürich German: Sächsilüüte, The six o'clock ringing of the bells) is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich celebrated in its current form, usually on the 3rd Monday of April, since the early 20th century.
== Burning of the Böögg ==
Following the parade of the Zünfte (guilds), the climax of the holiday is the burning of Winter in effigy, in the form of the Böögg, a figure of a snowman prepared with explosives. The custom of burning a rag doll called Böögg predates the Sechseläuten. A Böögg (cognate to bogey) was originally a masked character doing mischief and frightening children during the carnival season. The neighborhood association Zum Kratz has burned a Böögg each year, but originally the effigy represented some yearly disaster such as the influenza. The burning was also partially a protest against the demolition of the neighborhood Zum Kratz, which was accomplished around 1890. In 1892 the guilds then received the responsibility of burning the effigy, but now it no longer represented some disaster, but rather the winter itself, which is why the doll nowadays resembles a snowman. The combination of the Sechseläuten parade and the burning of an official Böögg was introduced in 1902. In that same year, the location of burning the Böögg was moved from the left to the right shore of Lake Zurich. The square where the Böögg was burnt was called Tonhalleplatz until 1947, when it was renamed into Sechseläuten Square.
== Weather oracle ==
Popular tradition has it that the time between the lighting of the pyre and the explosion of the Böögg's head is indicative of the coming summer: a quick explosion promises a warm, sunny summer, a drawn-out burning indicates a cold and rainy one. The shortest time on record is 5:07 minutes in 1974 and the longest is 57:00 minutes in 2023.
== History ==The roots of the festival go back to medieval times when the first day of summer working hours was celebrated in the guildhalls across the city. City ordinances strictly regulated the length of the working day in that era. During the winter semester the workday in all workshops lasted as long as there was daylight, but during the summer semester (i.e. starting on Monday following vernal equinox) the law proclaimed that work must cease when the church bells tolled at six o'clock. Sechseläuten is a Swiss German word that literally translates into The six o'clock ringing of the bells. Changing to summer working hours traditionally was a joyous occasion because it marked the beginning of the season where people had some non-working daylight hours. But initially the guilds were only responsible for organizing a parade, and not for burning the Böögg.
Burnings of Böögg figures (the Swiss German term for bogey, in origin scary-looking ragdolls) in spring are attested in various places of the city from the late 18th and early 19th century, without direct connection to the Sechseläuten.
From 1902 until 1951, the holiday used to be held on the first Monday following vernal equinox. On that day, the Fraumünster bell, for the first time in the year, tolled to mark the end of working hours at 6 p.m. (historically the time of sunset on vernal equinox). The holiday was moved to the third Monday of April in 1952. Because of the later date, and because of summer time introduced in 1981, the lighting of the Böögg's pyre at 6 p.m. has now moved to several hours before nightfall. Additionally, because of its present date, the holiday is often within a week of 1 May, leading to a stark contrast between the upper class dominated Sechseläuten and the working class holiday of May Day. This proximity of the major festivals of two political poles of the society of Zürich has led to various interferences in the past, for example the abduction of the Böögg in 2006 by leftist revolutionaries a few days before the Sechseläuten. Since then, several Bööggs are held in reserve with the main one stored at a bank nearby the Sechseläutenplatz (the open area in front of the Opernhaus near Bellevue where most Zürich open air activities take place). Since 2010 the guilds of Zürich allow the women of Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster to practice Sechseläuten, usually just being guests of the guilds respectively the Constaffel society, but still not being as an official guild in Zürich.
In 2020 and 2021 the Sechseläuten parade was cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic; 2020 was the first time in almost 100 years that it had not taken place. It returned as normal on 25 April 2022.
In 2023, the whole executive council of Schwyz took part in the festivities. The Federal Councilors Viola Amherd, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and the Presidents of the National Council and the Council of States Martin Candinas and Brigitte Häberli-Koller were also present.
== Burning the Böögg during the years ==
In 1921, the Böögg was burned early by a student instigated by communists. A replacement was found quickly though and the effigy could be burned again and as mandated.
In 1923, it has rained too much, and the Böögg didn't burn.
In 1941 during World War II, no Böögg was burned as the field was used to plant corn.
In 1942 it was again possible to burn the Böögg, but the field was not allowed to be stepped on as the field was used to plant potatoes.
In 1943 the field was used to plant wheat, therefore the location of burning the Böögg was moved onto the dam in the port in Enge.
In 1944 the Böögg was burned again in the port of Enge, but this time the Böögg fell into Lake Zurich as the construction was not stable enough. Some people then pulled the effigy out of the lake and at least threw his head into the fire.
In 2007, the explosion of the Böögg's head took place 12:09 minutes after the pyre was lit, promising a medium warm summer.
In 2008, heavy rains soaked the Böögg and the wood pyre materials so much that firemen had to spray the pyre with kerosene or fuel oil after initial ignition in addition to 15 liters of fire accelerant which was initially thrown on the pyre. It took 26:01 minutes for the Bööggs head to explode which indicates a poor weather summer.The fact that the head, instead of traditionally exploding, burnt down very quietly caused a lot of confusion. After approximately 20 minutes the head had burnt away completely, but leaving a large piece of the neck hanging from the stake. It was the explosion of that piece that ended this year's event.
In 2012, it took 12 minutes and 07 seconds, and in this year there was some confusion if both firecrackers in the neck of the Böögg had exploded. It was determined that 12 min 07 secs was the mark.
In 2014, the head exploded quite quickly (7 Minutes and 23 seconds) but it ended up being a poor summer.
In 2015, the head exploded quite quickly and it ended up being a very good summer.
In 2016, the head exploded after 43 minutes and 34 seconds, setting a new record, which held until 2023.
In 2017, the head exploded after 9 minutes and 56 seconds. A quick time and there was a good summer
In 2020, Sechseläuten was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, the head exploded after 12 minutes and 57 seconds. Sechseläuten was again cancelled but the Böögg was still burned. To avoid crowds that could spread COVID-19 the Böögg was relocated to Schöllenen Gorge in the canton of Uri and burned outside Zurich for the first time in its history.
In 2023 the head exploded in 57 minutes exactly, setting a new record. This year the Böögg also bore a halberd in memory of Canton Schwyz which was the guest.
In 2024 the burning of the Böögg was canceled due to high winds, although the parade and celebration took place.
== Additional events ==
Additional events of the holiday nowadays also include: A 'Kinderumzug' (children's parade) in historic and folkloristic costumes on the Sunday preceding the Sechseläuten.
A very colorful afternoon parade of the 26 guilds in their historic dress costumes, each with its own band, most with a sizable mounted 'Reitergruppe', and horse drawn floats, to the 'Sechseläutenplatz' at the lakeshore where the Böögg is burnt.
A ceremonial galloping of the mounted units of the guilds around the bonfire.
Lunch and dinner banquets for the guildmembers and their guests.
The 'Auszug', the nighttime visits of delegations of each of the 26 guilds to several other guilds in their guildhalls to exchange greetings, toasts, witticisms and gifts.
== Sechseläutenmarsch ==
During this festival the popular march known as the Sechseläutenmarsch is played. It has no known composer but likely originated in Russia.
== Gallery ==
== Date ==
With a few exceptions, the date is fixed to the third Monday in April.
Dates are:16 April 2007
14 April 2008
16 April 2012
15 April 2013
28 April 2014
13 April 2015
18 April 2016
24 April 2017
16 April 2018
08 April 2019
20 April 2020
19 April 2021
25 April 2022
17 April 2023
15 April 2024
== Similar traditions ==
Māra
Morana
== External links ==
Media related to Sechseläuten at Wikimedia Commons (in German) http://sechselaeuten.ch/
Zünfte of Zürich
History of Zürich
Burgbrennen (very similar custom in Luxembourg)
Funkenfeuer (similar custom in Swabian-Alemannic area)
Feuerrad (similar custom in Westphalia, Hesse, Bavaria, Switzerland)
Hüttenbrennen (similar custom in the Eifel)
Osterfeuer (similar German custom at Easter)
Biikebrennen (similar custom in North Frisia) |
1,176 | 45,259,301 | 0 | Silvesterklaus | Switzerland | Silvesterklaus is a masked person taking part in Saint Sylvester's Day festivities in Appenzell, Switzerland, and thus contributing to maintain the Chlausen tradition. A Silvesterklaus or New Year's Mummer (Chlaus in Swiss German) is dressed up as a Saint Sylvester or New Year's Eve character. In the Reformed half-canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the turn of the year is still celebrated in this way.
== History ==
Saint Sylvester, or New Year's Eve, is commemorated twice, once according to the Gregorian calendar on 31 December and again according to the Julian calendar on 13 January. The Silvesterkläuse put on their strange costumes and, ringing huge bells and singing a very slow yodel, deambulate in small groups from house to house, to wish the people a happy new year. If 31 December or 13 January falls on a Sunday, the ceremony is celebrated on the preceding Saturday.
It is assumed that the Chlausen festival does not have pagan origins, but goes back to a late medieval Advent tradition involving students of a monastic school. In the 15th century, with the celebrations becoming increasingly wild and carnival-like, the Catholic Church must have found that such behaviour hardly befitted the Advent season, which in turn may explain why the Chlausen custom was transferred from the Advent season to New Year's Eve.
The tradition is first mentioned in 1663, when church authorities objected to such a noisy behaviour. In the Catholic half-canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), according to some 18th-century records, taking part in the Chlausen tradition was punished with a heavy fine of five thalers. Nevertheless, the tradition survived in the Catholic half-canton on a small scale up to 1900, more or less tacitly tolerated by the local district authorities. This happened especially in the border areas near to Reformed Appenzell Ausserrhoden, for example in Haslen, which is surrounded on three sides by the Ausserrhoden communities Hundwil, Stein, Teufen, and Buehler, or in Gonten, close to Urnäsch and Hundwil. There were also mixed groups, uniting members from Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden (this still happens occasionally), and there were sometimes isolated characters too.
Nowadays, the tradition is kept alive in the Protestant half-canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR).
== Form ==
Three different types of Silvesterchläuse can be distinguished. The Schöne (Beautiful), the Schö-Wüeschte (Pretty-Ugly) and the Wüeschte (Ugly).The Beautiful have very ornate embroidered headgear with scenes of peasant life, domestic customs and crafts, special buildings, sports, or family life, which take hundreds of hours of intensive work. Their dress resembles a local traditional costume.
The Pretty-Ugly wear a costume made of fir twigs, ivy, moss, and other natural materials, and a headgear similar in shape to those of the Beautiful, but also decorated with natural materials.
The Ugly wear a costume made from the same materials as the Pretty-Ugly, but coarser and more massive in appearance. On their head they wear a hat or a helmet, artfully crafted but having a wild appearance.
All characters hide their faces behind a mask, which is either sweet and doll-like (Beautiful), finely covered with natural materials (Pretty-Ugly), or scary looking (Ugly). The young people, in children's groups, are usually without a mask.
A fourth variant exists as Spasschläuse (Jokers), now getting rare. They represent a somewhat freer form of the tradition, and are usually dressed in a lighter costume, illustrating professional people (for instance farmers, forestry workers or cooks). They walk in smaller groups of 4 men and do not carry proper headgear, but only masks, kerchiefs or black pointed caps. These are former members, or yodelers, who want to keep up the tradition without the huge investment of time and energy needed for the production of the detailed costumes belonging to the main figures.
The characters represent either men or women, but in fact only men take part in the groups, due to the heavy costumes, the weight of the very large bells or the many jingle bells.
Every group plans its tour carefully in advance. A group consists of six people: two wear women's clothes and carry numerous jingle bells. The leading Klaus has a white flower in his mouth, his follower, a blue one. All the male figures carry one or two jingle bells on their chests and backs.
== Geographic distribution ==
This traditional Silvesterklausen is still alive throughout Appenzell Ausserrhoden, in the Appenzeller Hinterland, that is, in the communities of Urnäsch, Schwellbrunn, Schönengrund, Herisau, Waldstatt, Hundwil and Stein, and in the central municipality of Teufen. Isolated groups can also be seen in the localities of Buhler and Speicher.
Starting in 2022, a Schuppel was formed in New Glarus, Wisconsin to perform every January.
Find a large selection of varied, illustrative costumes at Commons
== Bibliography ==
Regina Bendix, Theo Nef: Silvesterkläuse in Urnäsch. Verlagsgemeinschaft St. Gallen, 1984.
Regina Bendix: Progress and Nostalgia. Silvesterklausen in Urnäsch, Switzerland. University of California Press, Berkeley CA 1985, ISBN 0-520-09959-1 (University of California publications – Folklore and mythology studies 33).
Marcel Grubenmann, Lisa Tralci: Silvesterchlausen. Wo das Jahr zweimal beginnt. Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 1999, ISBN 3-85882-245-0.
Margit Thüler (Red.): Feste im Alpenraum. Schweiz, Österreich, Deutschland, Italien, Frankreich. Migros-Presse, Zürich 1997, ISBN 3-9521210-0-2, S. 49 (Buchgabe des Migros-Genossenschafts-Bundes 14).
Appenzeller Magazin. Januar 2010, S. 8–19, ZDB-ID 2048536-0.
== External links ==Silvesterchlausen Archived 17 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Website appenzellerland.ch
Silvesterchläuse läuten neues Jahr ein SRF 1, Journal, 13 January 2012.
Silvesterchlausen im Appenzellerland Documentary film (2011).
Obacht Kultur, Das Kulturblatt für Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Nr. 5, 2009/3 (PDF; 4,3 MB) Contribution on Chlausen in former days, i. e. Spasschläuse (Jokers). |
1,177 | 9,627,080 | 0 | Thunerseespiele | Switzerland | The Thunerseespiele are open-air musical productions during summer located at Thun, the main city of the Bernese Oberland, in Switzerland. Every year internationally-famous productions are staged.
The location is at the shoreline of Lake Thun (Thunersee). The stage is temporarily built every year over the water, especially for this production. The stage orientation allows the audience to see scenic panoramas with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau mountain peaks rising over Switzerland in the background.
== Productions ==2003: Evita
2004: Anatevka
2005: Miss Saigon
2006: Elisabeth
2007: Les Misérables
2008: West Side Story
2009: Jesus Christ Superstar
2010: Dällebach Kari
2011: Gotthelf (based on Die Käserei in der Vehfreude)
2012: Titanic
2013: Der Besuch der alten Dame (based on The Visit)
2014: Aida
2015: Romeo und Julia
2016: Sugar
2017: Cats
2018: Mamma Mia
2019: Ich war noch niemals in New York
2022: Io Senza Te
2023: Dällebach Kari (Revival)
== External links ==
Thunerseespiele website |
1,178 | 2,587,715 | 0 | Unspunnenfest | Switzerland | Unspunnenfest is a festival held in the town of Interlaken, Switzerland, near the old ruin of Unspunnen Castle, in the Bernese Alps, approximately once every twelve years, most recently in 2017. The festival highlights traditional Swiss culture and features competitions of Steinstossen (stone throwing), Schwingen (wrestling) and yodeling. The stone-throwing competition uses an 83.5 kg (184.1 lb) stone known as the Unspunnenstein (Unspunnen Stone), made of Aare granite from the Hasli valley.
== History ==The history of the festival dates back to the 13th century, in the meadows of Unspunnen Castle, when local lord Burkard von Unspunnen and the founder of the city of Bern, Berchtold V von Zähringen were able to reconcile their differences.
The first official festival was held on 17 August 1805, in a similar effort: France had just invaded Switzerland, and the event was seen as a way of unifying the nation. Furthermore, the people of the Bernese Oberland had formed a separate canton in the Helvetic Republic, leading the Mayor of Bern, Niklaus Friedrich von Mülinen and Interlaken's chief magistrate, Franz Ludwig Thormann (and others) to organize this festival in an effort to bring both sides together. It was, unfortunately, not very successful in that regard, and conflicts continue to exist between rural and urban dwellers today. Culturally and financially, however, the first two festivals were a great success. The Swiss Heritage Society and the Swiss Traditional Costume Association owe their origins to the Unspunnen Festival.
A second competition was held in 1808, but the original 184 lb (83 kg) stone was lost in the intervening years, and the 1808 festival used a 167 lb (76 kg) stone. The third festival was not organized until the centenary in 1905, using the 1808 stone, now with the dates 1805 and 1905 carved into it. However, it was not until 1946 that the festival, then known as the Bavarian Traditional Costume and Cowherd's Festival, was held at regular intervals. After 1946, the Unspunnenfest was staged at regular intervals: 1955, 1968, 1981 and 1993.
== Modern times ==In 1984, the 1808 stone was stolen by members of the Belier Group (Jura separatists) from Unterseen museum on Sunday 3 June 1984, and held as a political hostage. A new stone was found, this one weighing 83.5 kg, similar to the 1805 stone, and has been used in all competitions since. This stone can currently be found in the counter hall of Interlaken UBS Bank.
In 1999, a photographer was led to a private residence in Brussels, where he was shown what was claimed to be the 1808 Unspunnenstein. He took photographs as evidence, which members of the Interlaken Gymnastic Club, who had commissioned the 1984 replacement stone, identified as authentic. The stone was delivered mysteriously to Shawne Fielding-Borer (American-born wife of the then Swiss ambassador to Berlin), packaged as confectionery, at a festival held in the village of Saignelégier, in the canton of Jura in August 2000. However, the stone had been damaged. Unhappy with the result of the Swiss national referendum in 1992, in which the Swiss population decided against participation to the European Economic Area (EEA), the Belier Group had engraved twelve stars in the stone, symbolising the European Union, as well as the date of the referendum, 6 December 1992, and their own emblem. As a result, the stone lost 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) in weight, and could no longer be used for competitions.
The 1808 stone was once again stolen on 20 August 2005 from a hotel in Interlaken. A small stone was left behind by the thieves bearing the emblem of Jura. The French-speaking separatists did not claim responsibility this time, but did issue a statement in support of the theft. Its whereabouts remain unknown.
Excessive flooding caused the next installment of Unspunnenfest to be postponed by a full year; it was finally held again in September 2006. The Steinstossen world record holder Swiss carpenter Markus Maire threw the 83.5 kg (184 lb) Unspunnenstein 3.89 metres (12 ft 9 in) and won the competition.
The most recent competition took place in 2017, and the next is scheduled for 2029.
List of individual rocks
== External links ==Unspunnenfest web site (in German) |
1,179 | 31,548,477 | 0 | World Circus (circus) | Switzerland | World Circus (or Monde du Cirque, Zirkuswelt) is a Swiss itinerant event centered on the circus arts, created in 1984 by Youri Messen-Jaschin. It presents all aspects of the circus, from its archeological creation to the most contemporary forms.
== Presentation ==
The duration of each event lasts between nine and twelve months in each town. It receives thousands of spectators and proposes shows of acrobats, jugglers, tightrope walkers, fakirs, clowns, musicians, animal tamers, magicians, contemporary dancers, opera, the magic of the light, winging, circus parades, mimes, from cosmic spectacle to informatics, science and physic of the circus. Bringing more than thousand artists from Switzerland and the whole world, with almost as much means of expression, it encompasses a town in the beauty of discovery for a whole year.
The main task of « World Circus » is to open a new way in the creative art and urbanism. This event offers, among others, a wider interest for the public’s curiosity for the contemporary creation and new technologies. It is motivated by the irreversible development of a visual thought more and more present in different domains of scientifically knowledge, industrial production and visual creation, as well the practical, industrial and cultural innovations of communication.
The benefit of the event is entirely dedicated to a humanitarian project.
== Bibliography ==
=== Books ===
1987 : Yakari, World Circus N°. 153
Yakari, Tout le monde du cirque à Lausanne N°. 153;
1989 : Le cirque à l'Affiche Editions Gilles Attinger - Hauterive | Switzerland | ISBN 2-88256-037-0
1991 : Lausanne palace History and chronicles (75 years of a prestigious hotel) Presses Centrales Lausanne SA, Lausanne/Switzerland ([1]);
Literatur - Unterhaltung ([2]) (1985–1989);
2010 : Le Cirque piste de lecture ([3]) Editor Municipal Library Geneva 2010
2010 : Le Chapiteau imaginaire ([4])(Editor Library Carouge);
2010 : A Horizontal Chinese scroll from the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) ([5])(Editor : Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Geneva) (ISBN 978-2-8399-0724-8);
=== Poster Award World Circus ===
1987 World Circus Lausanne 87, poster award from the Federal Department of the Interior Bern Switzerland ([6])
2010 World Circus Geneva 2010, poster award from the Swiss Poster Award ([7])
== External links ==World Circus Lausanne 87
World circus Geneva 2010
Blogspot World Circus press
Swiss Post stamp World Circus Geneva 2010
World Circus Geneva 2010 |
1,180 | 24,351,786 | 0 | Zürcher Theater Spektakel | Switzerland | The Zürcher Theater Spektakel (Zürich Theatre Spectacle) is an international theatre and performing arts festival, held annually each summer in Zürich, Switzerland. First held in 1980,
the festival invites 20-25 different performing arts groups and artists from around the world to take part each year.
The event began in a much smaller form as an annual international meeting of independent theatre groups, before emerging as a much larger cultural event in Switzerland.
Currently, five separate locations are used as venues for the festival,
of which the largest is the Landiwiese venue.
The Landiwiese venue and the so-called Saffa-Insel are located by Lake Zurich in the Wollishofen quarter, District 2, and features numerous open-air shows.
The most recent event was held from the 6th to 23 August 2015,
The next festival was scheduled to be held between 19 August to 5 September 2010, and will have a special focus on Asia.
== Gallery ==
== External links ==(in English and German) Official website |
1,453 | 36,584,278 | 0 | List of festivals in the Philippines | Philippines | The origin of most early festivals, locally known as fiestas, are rooted in Christianity, dating back to the Spanish colonial period when the many communities (such as barrios and towns) of the predominantly Catholic Philippines almost always had a patron saint assigned to each of them. Originally encouraged by the Spanish to coincide with Christian holy days, early patronal festivals became vital instruments in spreading Christianity throughout the country.
Festivals in the Philippines can be religious, cultural, or both. Several of these are held to honor the local Roman Catholic patron saint, to commemorate local history and culture, to promote the community's products, or to celebrate a bountiful harvest. They can be marked by Holy Masses, processions, parades, theatrical play and reenactments, religious or cultural rituals, trade fairs, exhibits, concerts, pageants and various games and contests. However, festivals in the country are not limited to Christian origins. Many festivals also focus on Islamic or indigenous concepts. There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities. The majority of festivals in the Philippines may have their own peryas (trade fairs with temporary amusement parks).
Some festivals, such as Holy Week and Christmas, are declared as public holidays, and thus, are observed and celebrated nationwide.
== List ==The partial calendar list contains several of the oldest and larger religious and/or cultural festivals in the country. Each town, city, and village has a dedicated fiesta, resulting in thousands held throughout the year; a few are national in character. Some fiestas may contain multiple/conflicting dates and/or place entries.
=== January ===
=== February ===
=== March ===
Part of Holy Week
=== April ===
Part of Holy Week
=== May ===
=== June ===[ Lumalay Festival June 18
Tampakan South Cotabato
=== July ===
=== August ===
=== September ===
=== October ===
=== November ===
=== December ===
Part of ChristmasChristmas in the Philippines
Holy Week in the Philippines
Film festivals in the Philippines
Music festivals in the Philippines
Public holidays in the Philippines
Patronal festival
== External links ==
Official Philippine Tourism Website |
1,454 | 2,174,772 | 0 | Aliaga, Nueva Ecija | Philippines | Aliaga, officially the Municipality of Aliaga (Tagalog: Bayan ng Aliaga, Ilocano: Ili ti Aliaga), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 70,363 people.
== History ==
Originally known as Pulong Bibit, Aliaga became a town on February 8, 1849, and named after the Spanish hometown of its first gobernadorcillo, Aniceto Ferry. Aliaga, along with Cabiao, Gapan, San Antonio and San Isidro were transferred from Pampanga to the province of Nueva Ecija in 1848. It once included the present-day municipalities of Zaragoza, Quezon, and Licab. Kapampangans were the first settlers in the town, which was settled by the migrating Ilocano settlers.
== Geography ==
It has a comparatively cool and healthful climate, and is situated about midway between the Pampanga Grande and the Pampanga Chico rivers, in a large and fertile valley. Historically, the principal products were mostly agricultural such as rice, tomato, eggplant, squash.
=== Barangays ===
Aliaga is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
=== Climate ===
== Demographics ==Tagalog and Ilocano are the most important and the major languages of the municipality, minority speaks Kapampangan.
== Economy ==
Poverty incidence of Aliaga
== Culture ==The Taong Putik Festival is an annual festival held in the municipality on the feast day of Saint John the Baptist every 24th day of June. The religious festival is celebrated by the locals and devotees to pay homage to Saint John the Baptist by wearing costumes patterned from his attire. Devotees soak themselves in mud and cover their body with dried banana leaves and visit houses or ask people for alms in the form of candles or money to buy candles which is them offered to Saint John the Baptist.
== Sister cities ==
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija
== External links ==Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System |
1,455 | 78,031,413 | 0 | Ammungan Festival | Philippines | The Grand Ammungan Festival also known as Ammungan Festival or Nueva Vizcaya Day is a five-day annual festival held in Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines in celebration of the province's founding anniversary.
== Etymology ==
The word Ammungan is a Gaddang word meaning coming together or gathering symbolizing unity of the different tribes of Nueva Vizcaya.
== History ==
The festival was started in 1986 by the Nueva Vizcaya Historical Foundation and was formerly named Panagyaman, an Ilocano word for Thanksgiving. The festival was in celebration of the founding anniversary of the province of Nueva Vizcaya.
On May 24, 2009, in celebration for the 170th founding anniversary of the province. The first Grand Ammungan Festival was held in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.
== Events ==
Different shows are held such as the Cultural and Indigenous Peoples Night where people from different tribes showcase their culture and traditions, Children’s Day where child-friendly games and activities are held, Search for Saniata ti Tribu Vizcayano where a beauty pagent is held at provincial capitol featuring one contestant from the 15 municipalities in the province, and Grand Parade and Float Competition.
The festival also holds a Tourism expo to promote tourist attraction from different towns in the province and an Agri-Trade Fair where products from different municipalities from the province was displayed.
Other activities in festival includes: a dance competitions from different schools, and a culinary contest.
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1,456 | 47,886,528 | 0 | Catandungan Festival | Philippines | The Catandungan Festival is a festival held each year in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines, every third weekend of October nearest October 24, which is when Catanduanes was founded as a province, independent from Albay.
== Events ==
The Festival features the Pantomina Catanduanes, a colorful street dance competition during the festival period. Pantomina is a popular dance not just in the province but also to the whole provinces of Bicol region. Its movements are intended to be reminiscent of a mating dance between a rooster and hen.
Virac, Catanduanes
Catanduanes
Abaca Festival
== External links ==
Catanduanes Province Official Website Archived 2016-01-06 at the Wayback Machine |
1,457 | 2,452,144 | 0 | Giant Lantern Festival | Philippines | The Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Ligligan Parul) is an annual festival held in mid-December in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines. The festival features a competition of giant parol lanterns. Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has been nicknamed the Christmas Capital of the Philippines.
Central Luzon Television is the festival's official television partner since 2008.
== History ==The San Fernando lantern industry evolved from the Giant Lantern Festival of San Fernando. The festival, which is held every December, finds its roots in Bacolor where a much simpler activity was held. Following the transfer of the provincial capital from Bacolor to San Fernando in August 1904, this lantern event followed as well. Ligligan Parul was said to have started in San Fernando in 1904. Others believe that the Ligligan Parul began in 1908.This predecessor of the modern-day Giant Lantern Festival was actually a religious activity that we know today as “lubenas.” The lanterns measured just two feet in diameter, a far cry from the fifteen feet of the lanterns seen today in the festival. These were created in each barrio from bamboo and other locally available materials. During the nine-day novena before Christmas, which coincided with the simbang gabi from December 16 to 24, these paruls were brought around each barrio in procession to their visita. Before the midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, the lanterns were brought to the town church together with the barrio patrons.
This tradition gradually evolved as the lanterns became bigger and the designs became more intricate. Later, one big lantern was made for each barrio, which was created through a cooperative effort. Each resident contributed to its construction, from the concept and design to the materials and labor. In the end, these lanterns became a symbol of unity for the barrios.
It was in 1931 that electricity was introduced to the San Fernando lantern, thus sparking the birth of the first Giant Lantern Festival. The added illusion of dancing lights highlighted the bright colors and intricate designs of these Giant Lanterns. At this time, the lights were controlled by individual switches that were turned on and off following the beat of the music. The barangays of Del Pilar, Santa. Lucia and San Jose were among the first barangays to participate in the festival.
The first lantern festival was held to honor President Manuel L. Quezon. At that time, Quezon made Arayat his rest area and converted Mount Arayat into a tourist resort. As a show of gratitude to Quezon, the people of San Fernando held a Christmas lantern contest to honor the first family. Quezon himself donated the prize for his lantern contest, which was personally awarded to the winner by First Lady Aurora Aragon Quezon.
It was cancelled in 1978 and 1979 when Martial Law was declared. In the years that followed, more innovations were introduced to the giant lanterns. Colored plastics replaced traditional papel de hapon. The use of colored plastics will continue on until 2010, wherein fiberglass and handmade paper lanterns will make their first appearances.
Large steel barrels called rotors also substituted the hand-controlled switches to manipulate the lights. And lanterns have grown in size, approximately 20-feet today, and illuminated by about 3,500 to 5,000 light bulbs.
The festival was almost postponed in 1991 due to the cataclysmic Mount Pinatubo eruption.
From 1990 to 1998, the festival's venue was in Paskuhan Village. The festival was then held at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in 1999. In 2000, the venue was moved again to SM City Pampanga until 2007. In 2008 up until present day, the venue is now at Robinsons Starmills. In 2011, Brgy. Calulut and Brgy. Del Carmen made their inaugural competition appearance. In 2015, Brgy's. Sindalan and Pandaras, also joined the competition for the first time.
On December 17, 2016, Brgy. Dolores achieved a grand slam champion after they won in three competitive years: 2014, 2015 and 2016. Followed by Brgy. Calulut and Brgy. Sindalan as 1st & 2nd runner up.
In 2017, the number of lights were limited to 10,000 light bulbs for each Giant Lantern participants.
On December 16, 2017, Brgy. Dolores won that year's competition for the fourth time. Followed by Brgy. San Jose & Brgy. Del Pilar as 1st & 2nd runners up. Also, Brgy. Del Rosario joined the competition for the first time.
In 2018, Brgy. Dolores did not participate that year after winning a hall-of-fame year previously. Also, 3 participating barangays returned for the competition: San Pedro, Sto. Nino & Del Carmen. And, for the first time in the history, a female-lead lantern maker from Brgy. San Jose competed in the festival.
On December 15, 2018, Brgy. Telabastagan won the competition after 5 years. Followed by Brgy. San Jose as first-runner up, Brgy. San Juan as second-runner up & Brgy. San Nicolas placed third-runner up.
On December 14, 2019, Brgy. Santa Lucia emerged as the winner of the competition, followed by Brgy. Calulut winning first runner-up, Brgy. Del Pilar as the 2nd runner-up, and Brgy. Sindalan getting the final position of 3rd runner-up. 12 barangays entered the competition that year making it its biggest celebration since 2006.
In 2020, the competition proper was canceled and instead presented as an exhibition due to the COVID-19 virus. This year, 7 barangays joined the festival. Only Brgy. Santa Lucia and Brgy. San Juan presented their new lantern design this year.
SMART gave prizes for the top 3 winners of #SmartxGLF2020 popularity award through social media. Out of 1350 votes, Brgy. San Juan, Brgy. Telabastagan, and Brgy. Santa. Lucia were the top three favorites, respectively.
In 2022, the Giant Lantern Festival competition returned, as well as the return of Brgy. Del Pilar, Dolores and Pandaras. On December 17, 2022, Brgy. San Juan emerged as the winner of the competition, marking their first championship. Brgy. Telabastagan and Brgy. Santa. Lucia hailed as 1st runner up and 2nd runner up.
The 2023 festival was held last December 16, also marking the comeback of Barangay San Jose into the festival's line-up since their last participation in 2019. Barangay Telabastagan won the first prize, followed by Barangays San Nicolas and San Juan winning the second and third prizes, respectively.
== Gallery ==
== In popular culture ==
In the 2019 show Where's Waldo? Wally and Wenda went to San Fernando, Pampanga.
The festival has been featured in various shows such as Biyahe ni Drew and Kapuso Mo, Jessica SohoChristmas in the Philippines
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
== External links ==
Giant Lantern Facebook Community Page
== Sources ==
Video: 11 barangay, sumali sa taunang Giant Lantern Festival sa Pampanga |
1,458 | 23,801,311 | 0 | Hermosa Festival | Philippines | The Hermosa Festival, also known as Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival, popularly known as Fiesta Pilar, is a month-long festival held annually in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It is one of the oldest festivals in the country and the most awaited event in the region.
The festival is held in honor of the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish and Chavacano: Nuestra Señora del Pilar), the patroness of Batangas City which is held in every October 12. It is also the patroness of Zaragoza in Spain, the sister city of Zamboanga in Philippines.
== History ==
The Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival embedded in Zamboanga’s rich history of devotion to the Nuestra Señora del Pilar that is supplemented by rich legends.
In the Spanish Era, Zamboanga was an integral part of Spanish Colonization. In 1635, the Spaniards built a fort in Zamboanga named Real Fuerza de San Jose in Brgy. Zone IV area to secure them against the attacks of the moro warriors. Spaniards held the city as a seat of government and became the cultural center of the south, and was deeply seated in Hispanic heritage and tradition.
In 1734, The Lady's was brought to the fort as a front piece for the main entrance. The western side of the fort was converted into a shrine for The Lady when the fort was rebuilt in 1860 and the fort was renamed Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora Virgen del Pilar and some also called the fort as Real Fuerza de Nuestra Señora Virgen del Pilar de Zaragoza because of the same name of the Basilica in Zaragoza, Spain.
The city’s devotion to the Lady of Pilar was legendary, because of the wealth of stories, miracles, and apparitions surrounding the virgin for the past few years in the city as people what believed.
== Features ==
The festival features numerous activities such as the street dance competition where different schools in the city are fighting for the title, from the street to the main event which everyone will show their best talent. Major activities include the Wow Zamboanga showing the different tastes, talents and ideas to shows what your barangay has that others are not; Regatta De Zamboanga were the famous Vintas of Zamboanga are racing to win the title, one of the most awaited event in the festivities; Cosechas De Zamboanga, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs, fashion show, chavacano song festival, Miss Zamboanga and other special events to be held every year.
== External links ==
Hermosa Festival Main Website in Zamboanga City Official Website
Zamboanga Hermosa Festival 2009 Schedule |
1,459 | 60,796,473 | 0 | Higantes Festival | Philippines | The Higantes Festival is a local festival held annually In Angono, Rizal, Philippines, where hundreds of giant papier-mâché puppets are paraded, representing the common people's mockery of the bad hacienda (land) owners of the past during Spanish colonial rule. It has evolved into also celebrating the feast of Pope St. Clement I, every 22 and 23 November.
== Origin ==The origin of the festival dates back to Spanish colonial rule, around the late 1800s, where the wealthy ruling class who ruled Angono as their hacienda strictly prohibited the common people from celebrating, except for one single festival in the entire year. The hardworking common people used the higantes puppets in their once-a-year festival, rendering the papier-mâché giants to look like the hacienderos, mocking the owners throughout the festivity. The art of papier-mâché was said to have been learned by the common folk from Spanish friars through unstated means. The giant puppets depict a man or woman in multiple costumes, with their faces making commands, while their hands on their waist.
== Observance ==
In present celebrations, the Angono townsfolk continue to build higantes to represent each barangay (village) for the festival's parade. Many forms of the puppets have been made, in accordance to the specialization of a village. For example, a village famous for their balut delicacy, would create a higante with a duck-shaped head. Majority of the giant puppets, however, continue to have human heads, with varying size and shapes. Over time, the number of puppets used during the parade have increased to more than a hundred.
=== Intangible heritage ===
Possibly the earliest form of puppetry in the Philippines, higante-making has been supported by the government to keep the festival and its related traditions alive. A three-meter-tall puppet usually takes about an entire month to make, where the most difficult part to create is the head, which is made of paper strips. The body of a higante puppet is made up of bamboo or rattan strips, to make it easier for a puppeteer to carry it during the long procession, which normally takes hours to finish. The handle's height is adjusted to see its legs when it is raised by 30 centimetres from the ground.
A related tradition with the higante puppets is the basaan, where people are sprinkled water during the parade to gain good fortune and blessings. Among Christians, the water is said to symbolize San Clemente, patron of fisherfolk. Shouting for water is an aspect of the tradition. Another tradition is the parehadores, a marching band and a group of young girls in colorful costumes with wooden slippers. They are responsible for holding the sagwan, wooden boat paddle, a symbol of the devotees of San Clemente. While marching, the band and the group of girls shout, Viva San Clemente! The girls are always in front of the band as they parade. Other traditions are also known during the festival and its preparations.
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1,460 | 36,733,549 | 0 | Ibalong Festival | Philippines | The Ibalong Festival is a non-religious festival in Legazpi City, Albay, Philippines based on the Ibalong Epic, and is held on August. The festival celebrates the epic story Ibalong who was accompanied by three legendary heroes, namely Baltog, Handyong, and Bantong. People parade in the streets wearing masks and costumes to imitate the appearances of the heroes and the villains, portraying the classic battles that made their way into the history of Bicol. The Ibalong Festival aims to express warmth and goodwill to all people; visitors and tourists are encouraged to celebrate with the Bicolanos. The Ibalong Festival is also known as the Ibalon Waterfalls.
However, according to renowned historians and anthropologists such as Domingo Abella, Luis Camara Dery, Merito Espinas, F. Mallari, Norman Owen, Mariano Goyena del Prado, et al., the present location of the ancient settlement of Ibalong is in Magallanes, Sorsogon.
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1,461 | 29,570,099 | 0 | Kalabukay Festival | Philippines | Kalabukay Festival (Kalabukay - Cuyunon word for red-vented cockatoo) is an annual celebration for the foundation day of the municipality of Dumaran, Palawan in the Philippines. It is also the celebration of the successful preservation of the endangered bird called Katala or Kalabukay and also for the preservation of natural resources of the island.
== History ==
The Kalabukay festival started in 2005 with the effort of the Katala Foundation and the local government of Dumaran. The five-day celebration from 14th to 18 June includes an opening parade, booth exhibit, tree planting, coastal clean-up, basketball competition, and the highlight of the celebration: Search For Miss Kalabukay. |
1,462 | 8,310,173 | 0 | MassKara Festival | Philippines | The MassKara Festival (Hiligaynon: Pista sang MassKara, Filipino: Pista ng MassKara) is an annual festival with highlights held every 4th Sunday of October in Bacolod, Philippines. The festival sites include the Bacolod Public Plaza, the Lacson Tourism Strip and the Bacolod City Government Center.
== Etymology ==
The word Masskara is a portmanteau, coined by the late artist Ely Santiago from mass (a multitude of people), and the Spanish word cara (face), thus forming MassKara (a multitude of faces). The word is also a pun on maskara, Filipino for mask (itself from Spanish máscara), since it is a prominent feature of the festival and is always adorned with smiling faces, giving rise to Bacolod being called the City of Smiles.
== History ==
The Festival first began in 1980. The province relied on sugar cane as its primary agricultural crop and the price of sugar was at an all-time low due to the introduction of sugar substitutes like high fructose corn syrup in the United States. This was the first MassKara Festival and a time of tragedy; on April 22 of that year, the inter-island vessel MV Don Juan carrying many Negrenses, including those belonging to prominent families in Bacolod City, collided with the tanker Tacloban City and sank in Tablas Strait off Mindoro while en route from Manila to Bacolod, which resulted in 18 lives lost, and 115 missing.
In the midst of these events, the local government then headed by the late Mayor Jose Digoy Montalvo appropriated a seed fund and enjoined the city's artistic community, civic and business groups to hold a festival of smiles, to live up to the City's moniker as the City of Smiles. They reasoned that a festival was also a good opportunity to pull the residents out of the pervasive gloomy atmosphere brought by the Don Juan Tragedy. The initial festival was held during the City's Charter Day celebration on October 19, 1980, and was steered by an organizing committee created by City Hall which was headed by the late councilor Romeo Geocadin and then city tourism officer Evelio Leonardia. It was a declaration by the people of the city that no matter how tough and bad the times were, Bacolod City was going to pull through, survive, and in the end, triumph.
The festival has evolved into one of the major annual tourism attractions of the Philippines over the next four decades. The MassKara Festival served as a catalyst for far-reaching growth and development of the city's tourism, hospitality, culinary, crafts and souvenirs and services sectors. In later years, the Electric Masskara was added as another attraction of the Festival. For several nights leading to the highlight weekend, tribes of MassKara dancers garbed in colorful neon and LED lights on illuminated floats make their way up and down the Lacson Strip, a one kilometer stretch of merrymaking dotted with band stages, souvenir stands, exotic car displays and roadside bars and food set-ups put out by restaurant and hotels along the strip. It is said that beer consumption during the festival is so high that at one time during the first few stagings of the festival, it bled dry the Mandaue brewery of San Miguel Corporation on nearby Cebu island. The company eventually built its Bacolod brewery to serve the city and Negros Island.
The 2019 marks the 40th celebration of the festival, aptly called Ruby Masskara.
== Events ==The festival features a street dance competition where people from all walks of life troop to the streets to see masked dancers gyrating to the rhythm of Latin musical beats in a display of mastery, gaiety, coordination and stamina. Major activities include the MassKara Queen beauty pageant, carnivals, drum, bugle corps competitions, food festivals, sports events, musical concerts, agriculture-trade fairs, garden shows, and other special events organized every year.
=== Electric MassKara ===
Electric MassKara is a parade with music, lights and floats.
=== Street dancing ===
The street dance competition is divided into two categories; the school division, and the barangay division, the latter is considered as the highlight of the street dancing competition.
==== Grand champions ====
List of Barangay Category grand champions:
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1,463 | 36,156,538 | 0 | Pagibang Damara | Philippines | Pagibang Damara is a festival in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija wherein its people celebrates to give thanks for a good harvest in line with their celebration of the City Fiesta on the second or third week of April every year.
== History ==A damara is a Tagalog word for a shelter or a shed made of bamboo and nipa that was built on ricefields as a protection for farmers from the sun or rain during planting and harvesting seasons. Farmers and landlords particularly in the city of San Jose many years ago are building this shelter before the planting season and they demolish (ginigiba) it after the harvest time as they celebrates together for the bountiful harvest. This is where the word Pagibang Damara (shed ready to be demolished) was adopted by the people of San Jose City, Nueva Ecija as they celebrates and gives thanks for their good harvest.
=== Present time ===
Today, the people of San Jose City now celebrates together as one big family unlike the older days which the people celebrates separately. The after-harvest celebration has become multi-sectoral effort wherein it is funded and collectively prepared from contributions both public and private sectors and was celebrated with street dancing, beauty contests, tourism and trade fair, awarding ceremonies and cultural shows. |
1,464 | 61,607,835 | 0 | Pamulinawen Festival | Philippines | Pamulinawen festival, came from the name of a woman made popular in the popular Ilocano folk song Pamulinawen. The festival is celebrated in the city of Laoag, Ilocos Norte to promote camaraderie and sportsmanship.
== Brief history ==
The festival is celebrated in Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines to commemorate the city's patron saint Saint William every first week of February for one whole week.
From a simple celebration of the Feast Day of Saint William, it became an extravagant festival that features the culture and heritage of the city with a variety of activities.
The celebration of the feast of Saint William in the city of Laoag dates back to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.
The feast of Saint William was celebrated marking the conversion of the Ilocanos to Christianity. |
1,465 | 21,236,499 | 0 | Panaad sa Negros Festival | Philippines | The Panaad sa Negros Festival, also called simply as the Panaad Festival (sometimes spelled as Pana-ad), is a festival held annually during the month of April in Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental province in the Philippines. Panaad is the Hiligaynon word for vow or promise coming from the root-word saad; the festival is a form of thanksgiving to Divine Providence and commemoration of a vow in exchange for a good life. The celebration is held at the Panaad Park, which also houses the Panaad Stadium, and is participated in by the 13 cities and 19 towns of the province. For this reason, the province dubs it the mother of all its festivals.
The first Panaad sa Negros Festival was held at Capitol Park and Lagoon in a three-day affair in 1993 that started April 30. The festival was held at the lagoon fronting the Provincial Capitol for the first four years. As the festival grew each year, it became necessary to locate a more spacious venue. In 1997, the festival was held at the reclaimed area near where the Bredco Port is located today.
The construction of the Panaad Stadium and sports complex paved the way for the establishment of the Panaad Park as the permanent home of the festival.
Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Ariel Querubin led the 28th Panaad award-winning “festival of all festivals,” celebration from April 15-21, 2024 at the Panaad Park and Sports Complex at Mansilingan, Bacolod City. With theme “Living the Promise,” it featured the famous Lin-ay sang Negros, San Miguel garden show, MUAD Trade Fair, the 32 local government units themed pavilions and Best of Festival Dances Competition.
== Award ==
In 2017, the Panaad sa Negros Festival made it to the Hall of Fame of the ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards after it was adjudged by the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines as its Best Tourism Event in the Provincial Festival Category nationwide for the third consecutive year at the awards night held on October 6, 2017 at the Iloilo Convention Center in Iloilo City.
MassKara Festival
Ceres–Negros F.C.
Lin-ay sang Negros
== External links ==
Panaad sa Negros Festival - Official Facebook Page
Panaad sa Negros Festival - Twitter
Panaad sa Negros Festival - YouTube Channel
Panaad sa Negros Festival 2019 Schedule of Activities, Retrieved April 8, 2019 |
1,466 | 49,881,292 | 0 | Paynauen Duyan Festival | Philippines | The Paynauen Duyan Festival is an annual festival in the Municipality of Iba, Zambales in the Philippines. The festival was first held in 2005.
== Etymology ==Paynauen a word of Zambal origin, literally means Pahingahan. Duyan is a local name for hammock, a favorite spot for resting and relaxing.
== Events and Highlights ==
Binibining Paynauen
Street Dancing and Duyan Parade Competition
Little Miss Fashionista
Color My World Fun Run
Balik Tanaw Exhibit
Iba Got Talent |
1,467 | 46,152,362 | 0 | Philippine Game Festival | Philippines | The Philippine Game Festival, commonly known as PGF, is an annual video game convention held in Manila, the Philippines since 2009. It is usually held in October or November and is organized by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines, the local trade association for the game industry. The gaming convention is the largest gathering of game enthusiasts, designers, and developers in the entire local game development industry. The convention also features two sub-events: the Game On Challenge, an annual game development competition for students, and the PGF Annual Awards, a ceremony recognizing the country's best developers and the games made throughout the year. The most recent Philippine Game Festival took place at the Alpha Tents in Makati last October 2015.
On its fifth year, the Philippine Game Festival is bigger and better Interaksyon News
Philippine Game Festival 2014 Game Developers Association of the Philippines
Game developers gear up for the fifth PGF GamesInAsia
== External links ==
Official site |
1,468 | 51,141,610 | 0 | Putong | Philippines | Putong or tubong is a ceremony occasionally performed in the Province of Marinduque, Philippines, in which visitors are honored and welcomed. The ceremony takes the form of the eponymous song which is a call for thanksgiving, hope and prayer for a long, blessed life. The ceremony begins with the celebrants gathering around the home of the host, they begin singing slowly as they enter the house, accompanied by a guitarist. They women wear costumes such as a kimona or a saya, while the men wear a barong, and they carry baskets of flowers, palm leaves, or coins. Once in the home, the tempo of the song picks up until a crown is placed on the honoree's head. After being crowned, the honoree is then showered with the contents of the celebrant's baskets. The celebration ends with all the participants shouting Mabuhay, which means long life. |
1,469 | 42,137,364 | 0 | Samar Day | Philippines | Samar Day is a Foundation Day celebrated in Samar Province, Philippines. It is currently celebrated on 11 August, but festivities start several days earlier.
== Background ==
Samar Day was initially celebrated on 10 November to commemorate the 1967 election of the first officials of the province, then known as Western Samar, two years after the division of the old province of Samar. During the Marcos period of martial law, the date of the celebration was moved to August 23. The date was changed again when it was moved to 11 August in the late 1970s to honor the day that the Queen Isabella II of Spain established Samar as a separate province from Leyte.
== Celebrations and events ==
=== Mutya Han Samar ===
Mutya Han Samar is a provincial-wide beauty pageant held annually (since 1980) on August 9 in Catbalogan, the provincial capital of Samar, Philippines. The pageant is one of the activities of the Samar Day celebrations. |
1,470 | 2,452,128 | 0 | San Fernando Frog Festival | Philippines | The San Fernando Frog Festival takes place in Pampanga in the Philippines.
As part of its aim to preserve the Kapampangan culture, the City of San Fernando, Pampanga organizes the Piestang Tugak to promote the various frog traditions of the province. Events include the paduasan – a frog catching competition using traditional methods, various culinary events featuring Pampanga's unique frog cuisine such as betute or stuffed frog, and the frog olympics – fun games for young people. The festival was conceptualized in 2003 by three Most Outstanding Kapampangan Awardees namely Ivan Anthony Henares (City Tourism Officer, City of San Fernando), Rolan Quiambao (CSFP Arts and Culture Council Chairman), and Robbie Tantingco (Director, Center for Kapampangan Studies)
== Sources ==
Most Outstanding Kapampangan Awards Program 2005 |
1,471 | 2,560,048 | 0 | Sandugo Festival | Philippines | The Sandugo Festival is an annual historical celebration that takes place every year in Tagbilaran City on the island of Bohol in the Philippines. This festival commemorates the Treaty of Friendship between Datu Sikatuna, a chieftain in Bohol, and Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi. This 16th-century peace treaty took place at Villalimpia, Hinawanan Bay, Loay on the Spanish boat San Pedro, March 25 1565, and is called a blood compact or sandugo.
The Sandugo Festival is held every July. The Tagbilaran City Charter Day on July 1 kicks off the month-long festival with a holy mass, diana, motorcade and program sponsored by the City Government of Tagbilaran. Among the major activities during the month are the Miss Bohol Sandugo Beauty Pageant and the Sandugo Street Dancing Competition, which is usually held on the 3rd or 4th Sunday of July, and organized by the Bohol Sandugo Foundation.
== Sandugo Street Dancing Competition ==The competition attracts participants from schools, the city and municipal governments, Boholano organizations abroad, and contingents from other provinces. The competition starts at noon at the City Pier, passes through major streets, and culminates at the Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex, where a Sandugo Re-enactment is held. The winners receive thousands of pesos in prizes.
As well as activities organized by the city and provincial governments and by the BSFI, there are nightly shows and a trade/food fair at the City Pier, a product showcase, concerts, medical and surgical missions.
=== Street Dancing Champions ===There were no competitions from 2005-2007. In 2005 and 2006, Champions from around the country like Masskara, Ati-atihan, etc., performed. In 2007, 30 local contingents participated in an exhibition performance.
== The Bohol Sandugo Foundation, Inc. ==
Due to the inadequate support coming from both government and private sectors coupled with the dwindling public interest in the yearly celebration of the Sandugo Festival, the Bohol Sandugo Foundation, Inc. (BSFI) was organized in 1991. Since then, the BSFI has ably spearheaded the celebration of the Sandugo and has made significant efforts in reviving a nationwide interest in the event which has now become a magnetic byword in the tourism industry.
== Tigum Bol-anon Sa Tibuok Kalibutan ==
Every two years, the Tigum Bol-anon Sa Tibuok Kalibutan (English: A Gathering of Boholanos Around the World) or TBTK is held in unison with the Sandugo Festival. This gathering is organized by the Confederation of Boholanos in the US and Canada or CONBUSAC, which aims to gather Boholanos from all over for a celebration of unity. Among the activities conducted by the TBTK is the Search for Mrs. Bohol International and Miss Bohol International, CONBUSAC Convention, Awarding of Outstanding Boholanos, medical and surgical missions (in cooperation with the BSFI), and others.
== The 2010 Sandugo Festival ==
The 2010 theme is Sandugo at 22: Onward for Unity and Progress. The schedule of events are as follows:July 1 – Tagbilaran City's 44th Charter Anniversary at the City Hall Atrium
July 1–31 - Trade/Food Fair at the City Pier
July 16 - Miss Bohol Sandugo Pageant & Coronation Night at the Bohol Cultural Center
July 21–25 - DTI Sandugo Product Showcase at the Block, Island City Mall
July 22 - 156th Bohol Day Celebration at the Bohol Cultural Center
July 25 - Sandugo Street Dancing, City Pier to CPG Sports Complex
== External links ==
Bohol Sandugo Festival website
Official website of the City Government of Tagbilaran
Official website of the Provincial Government of Bohol
Sandugo photos
Bohol Festival
Sandugo Festival |
1,472 | 65,846,064 | 0 | Sinukmani Festival | Philippines | The 'Sinukmani Festival' is a festival in Rosario, Batangas, Philippines held every 9 June. Local establishments are the ones who put a long table 462 meters along with the sticky rice pastry sweet caramel topping. Rosario is known as the Rice Granary of Batangas. |
1,473 | 20,481,501 | 0 | Sirong Festival | Philippines | Sirong Festival is an ethnic mardi-gras parade. Although some other municipalities in the province of Surigao del Sur are claiming to have this festival originated from them. As most of this coastal towns are founded during the pre-Spanish occupation and is both claiming the story of being attacked by the moros. Sirong festival in Cantilan is the popular one than other festivals.
Sirong is known to be a war dance between Muslims and Christians, reflecting the Christianization of the early Cantilangnons. The Manobos and the Mamanwas are known to be the early Cantilangnons.
The Municipality of Cantilan started the Sirong festival in 2004 days before the town fiesta. It was attended by other neighboring Municipalities in Surigao. With each contingents numbering to almost a hundred performers. The event was a great success with the winner bringing home cash prizes. On August 14, 2008, Cantilan once again hosted the event with the help from other local organizations such as the BARDUGS Association of Cantilan in full support by the Local Government Unit of Cantilan. As promised by the mayor that this festival will be held annually in this town.
Source : http://cantilanhistory.weebly.com/collections.html
== External links ==
Sirong Festival Photos |
1,474 | 35,990,577 | 0 | Tanduyong Festival | Philippines | Tanduyong Festival is an annual harvest festival in San Jose City in the province of Nueva Ecija, the largest province in Central Luzon, Philippines. The festival takes its name from a variety of shallot grown in the region.
== Background ==Nueva Ecija is a historic province in the Philippines with colorful and remarkable festivals. This province, with five cities and 27 municipalities, has diverse cultural traditions that became significant part of Novo Ecijanos culture and tradition.
San Jose City is a second class city in the province of Nueva Ecija. It is the northernmost city of the province. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 108,254 in 23,191 households.
Before the city was founded by the Spaniards, it is known as Kabaritan, named for the plant commonly seen in the area. With its wide plains, agriculture is the main source of livelihood in the city. It is part of the rice granary of the Philippines. But the agricultural produce of the city also includes vegetables, fruits and onions. It is now a leading producer of onions in the country. Every year, the Tanduyong festival is held on April coinciding with the annual fiesta to celebrate this. Tanduyong is a variety of shallot grown in the area.
== The festival ==
San Jose City prides itself as the Onion Capital of the Philippines and is a leading producer of onion, garlic, rice and vegetables. Every year, on the fourth Sunday of April, the people of San Jose dance through the main street in a colorful, enchanting celebration of the blessing of the harvest. On festival day, the streets are filled with contingents of dancers outfitted in striking, multi-hued native costumes. Exotic rhythms of improvised musical instruments fill the air as the dancers gyrate and sway to the beat of life. Special activities included are: beauty contest, tourism and trade fair, awarding ceremony and cultural shows.
== External links ==
Department of Tourism
San Jose City website
Nueva Ecija Wikipedia |
1,475 | 47,588,108 | 0 | Tuna Festival (Philippines) | Philippines | Tuna Festival is a week-long, an annual festival celebrated in General Santos, Philippines, in the first week of September of every year.
The fiesta features colorful tuna-themed designed float parade showcasing marine life, along General Santos City. The Pioneer Avenue ‘Sugbahan sa Dalan’ displays grilled tuna panga (tuna collar), prawns, and other seafood. Other events include the Tuna Culinary and Skills Olympics, food bazaars at Roxas East and Pendatun Avenues, the Grand Fish Fest sa Fishport, the fastest tuna cleaner in Linis Tuna, the mightiest fisherman in Buhat Tuna and heaviest tuna catch of 101 kilograms.
The Festival celebrated the 56th anniversary of its cityhood in 2024 with fireworks and celebrities. However the fisherfolk struggles with a meager percentage of their catch sold at high prices for sashimi.
General Santos
South Cotabato
List of Philippine-related topics
== External links ==
Tuna Festival Presidential Communications Group |
1,476 | 42,501,250 | 0 | World Costume Festival | Philippines | The World Costume Festival is an international fashion festival held every two years in the Philippines city of Vigan City in Ilocos Sur. The event showcases indigenous and modern costumes geared towards live performances, such as drama, festivals, events, as well as multimedia presentations. It emphasizes apparel for special ritual occasions or theater performance work as opposed to regular fashion apparel. Its organizers aim to promote tourism as well as encourage native loom-weaving and fabrics. There is an emphasis on fabric materials and Philippine weaving methods such as batik, abel, and piña, from different parts of the Philippines. A festival was held in Vigan City in the last week of April in 2013. The dominant view is that the 2013 festival in Vigan was the first world costume festival, although there is a report of a similar costume festival that was held in Davao City in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao in 2001. There are reports of the event either becoming an annual event or being held every two years. The event coincides with fashion festivals held in different cities in the Philippines. The event was described as a preview for the World Stage Design Festival in Cardiff, Wales. The primary focus of the event is a costume competition. The highest award at the festival is the Golden Kneeling Carabao Trophy, the carabao is a Philippine water buffalo sometimes found in swamps. In addition to the costume competition, the event has workshops, classes by designers, conferences, as well as lectures from international experts. There is a costume parade down the cobblestone streets of Vigan. The event has jubilant colors as well as a body-painting competition. The Manila Standard described the event as kaleidoscopic with people wearing costumes from the historic past.
== External links ==
Images from Google search |
1,477 | 15,726,150 | 0 | Blessing of the Fleet | States | The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition that began centuries ago in Mediterranean fishing communities. The practice began predominantly Catholic, but is now practiced by all Christians as a blessing from the local priest and pastors that is meant to ensure a safe and bountiful season.
In most ports, the event was brought by immigrants who held strongly to their Christian religious beliefs. The events that are part of the ritual vary by community and range from a simple ceremony to a multi-day festival including a church service, parades, Pageantry, dancing, feasting, and contests.
== History ==
The tradition of blessing ships is very old and has been performed both at the launching of new vessels (christening) as well as a regular practice to ensure protection of the ship and its crew. The origin of the practice is grounded among other in Jesus' calling of the fishermen to be his apostles as well as in the miraculous catch of fish through the intervention of Jesus.
The tradition of blessing boats seems to have been particularly common in the Mediterranean and blessings for boats from 15th century Italy survive. The blessing was often performed on specific days under the guardianship of different saints such as St. Peter in Gruissan in Occitanie and Birżebbuġa in Malta, St. Vito in Mazara del Vallo in Sicily or the Virgin of Carmel in various places in Spain such as Cartagena, La Savina and Ibiza. The tradition of putting the celebration under the patronage of the Virgin of Carmel in Spain was introduced by Antonio Barceló in the 18th century and therefore the celebrations often take place on the 16th of July (the saint's day) and include an image of the Virgin being carried by one of the boats.
The practice was, however, also known in Northern Europe. Before the reformation, the priests of Yarmouth would bless the fishing ships yearly and the priests would afterwards preach a fishing sermon. In the 19th century Hebrides, additionally to blessing new vessels, every time the crew of a ship changed, a priest would go on board, speak a blessing and sprinkle the boat with Holy water. At the same time, Russian ships bound for Siberia never left the port without being blessed by a priest.
The current practice of Blessing the Fleet in the US appears to have emerged in the 20th century when the fishing industry was developing along the Gulf Coast and then spread in the decades after the World War II. The possibly first Blessing of the Fleet took place in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1929 which were then followed by blessings in La Batre, Alabama and Brunswick, Georgia in the late 1940s. In Provincetown, Massachusetts, where the custom started in 1947, the Fourth of July is typically as date and the tradition is rooted in the Portuguese communities. The first Blessing of the Fleet in Australia took place in 1935.
== Ceremony ==
Typically, the boats are cleaned meticulously and decorated with flags before proceeding to the blessing. These vessels are then blessed with Holy Water dispensed from an aspergillum by a priest standing on an auspiciously placed boat while the other boats process by for the blessing. The Catholic Church differentiates between blessings for general boats as well as specifically for fishing boats.
The date of the blessing ceremony is not fixed but most take place typically in either spring or early summer. The ceremony also offers the opportunity to remember those men and women who have died on sea and pray for a successful year of fishing.
== Australia ==
Most states of Australia have had ports and fishing community traditions of blessing the fleet:Port Fairy, Victoria.
Queenscliff, Victoria.
Stanley, Tasmania.
Ulladulla, New South Wales.
Fremantle, Western Australia.
== United States ==
The tradition of the blessing of the fleet is spread along the eastern seaboard and the Great Lakes region.
=== Gulf Coast ===
Annual Blessing of the Fleet festivals are held throughout communities all along the Gulf Coast; each year boats parade down local waters to receive the blessing of the priest before the opening of the shrimp season. The shrimping industry has a long history in the area and has
become intrinsically tied to local individual and community identities. 88th Annual Blessing of the Fleet
=== Brunswick ===
Portuguese immigrants introduced the event to their new home in Brunswick, Georgia, around the time of World War II. The blessing is held on Mother's Day to honor Our Lady of Fatima, the patron saint of Portugal, and mothers in the parish. The event begins with a morning mass and the ceremonial May crowning of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, followed by a parishioners parade around Hanover Square, adjacent to the church. The procession is led by a Knights of Columbus honor guard and 8 men carrying the statue. The statue's base is decorated with ferns and fresh red (for living mothers) and white (for deceased mothers) flowers. An anchor made of red and white flowers is also placed at the statue's base.
The celebration then moves to the waterfront, where shrimp trawlers, freshly painted and decorated, circle the waterfront. The working boats are usually matched by an equal number of recreational watercraft.
The priest from St. Francis and the Knights of Columbus honor guard board one of the boats and the priest sprinkles Holy water and blesses each boat as it passes by. During the procession, the boats are judged on their decorations, with prizes awarded to the best.
After the last boat has been blessed, the boats move up the East River to St. Simons Sound, where the flower anchor is laid upon the water in memory of the local fishermen who perished at sea.
=== Darien ===
Darien, Georgia, has held an annual blessing since 1968. The blessing is held on the Darien River on a Sunday afternoon each spring, but the date varies. It is scheduled to coincide with a falling tide because a rising tide could drive the boats into the bridge—a reminder that they are always at the mercy of the weather. The celebration in Darien begins early in the week with activities that include an evening prayer service, a fishermen's fish fry, and a three-day festival with arts & crafts, food vendors, many families and kid-oriented events, live entertainment and fireworks on Saturday night. Local clerics of various denominations stand ready on the Darien bridge to bless the boats which then turnaround and move down the Darien River and back into the Atlantic to begin the Spring shrimping season.
=== Jacksonville ===
The celebration in Jacksonville, Florida is a simple ceremony that was first held in 1985. While it is held on Palm Sunday, and an Orthodox priest does the blessings, it is a fun, festive boat parade. Some of the participants go overboard with their decorations. Typically, more than 150 vessels participate in the Blessing, ranging from ships to kayaks. This event has also been commemorated in St. Augustine, Florida since 1946.
=== McClellanville ===
McClellanville, SC has held The Lowcountry Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fleet annually since 1976. The event is held at the fishing community's Municipal Landing on Jeremy Creek in McClellanville the first Saturday of May each year. The Blessing of the Fleet ceremony is an age-old tradition in which boats parade past the dock where the local clergy pray for a safe and bountiful season. As the clergy give their blessing a beautiful Magnolia Wreath covered with Red Roses is tossed into the water in memory of and to honor McClellanville fishermen. This is typically the time of year the boats are preparing for the opening of the season and are freshly painted, cleaned up and looking their best. The boats decorate for the festival and are usually loaded with people who love to ride in the parade, which is quite picturesque. The remainder of the day is filled with family entertainment, children's games and local seafood dishes, such as boiled and fried shrimp dinners, shrimp kabobs, frog more stew, clam chowder, fish stew, barbecue and more.
=== Mount Pleasant ===
The annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival in Mount Pleasant, SC pays tribute to local shrimping and fishing industry, offering a boat parade, live music, craft show and many free activities with the picturesque Ravenel Bridge and Charleston Harbor for a backdrop! The festival is held on the last Sunday in April every year. Continuing the tradition begun by the Magwood family, local shrimpers who started the festival in 1988, every year the net proceeds from the festival have been donated to local nonprofit organizations.
=== Portage des Sioux ===
The Blessing of the Fleet in Portage des Sioux, Missouri has a 50+ year history and is held each year on the Third Saturday of July in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rivers.
=== Washington ===
The Blessing of the Fleet in the nation's capital is one of the premier events of the region's boating season. Held in the Spring along Washington, D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront, it is hosted by the Port of Washington Yacht Club and supported by several yacht clubs and marinas in the area. 2011 marked the 36th year that the Blessing has taken place. With activity on land as well as on the water, the event is an exciting display of pageantry and seamanship that draws up to 100 boats each year.
=== Algoma ===
The first Blessing of the Fleet celebration is to be held on the eve of the two year anniversary of a large fire that threatened many boats as well as lives of some of the crew. The event is being advertised locally with signs as well as on Facebook. The event will feature a trout boil with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Algoma Fire Department, and Pastor Chris Jackson will be performing the ceremony. The Blessing of the Fleet is planned to be an annual kick off event, adding to the rich history of Lake Michigan trout and salmon fishing out of the historic port.
=== Aguadilla ===
The city of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, commemorated its one hundredth anniversary of the Blessing of the Fleet, known locally as El Paseo del Virgen del Carmen, in July 2017. The tradition is an inheritance of Spanish colonialism; in Spain, the patron saint of the fleet is Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The parish of Saint Charles Bartholomew was established in Aguadilla in 1780, adorned by an image of the virgin. In 1917, the first Blessing was initiated by the Augustinian friar Juan de Gorostiza. Festivities include a celebratory mass and procession down the waterfront, followed by a passage of the boats from Aguadilla to a nearby beach.
== Notes ==
== External links ==
Blessing of the Fleet in Portage des Sioux MO
Lowcountry Shrimp Festival and Blessing of the Fleet
City of Jacksonville Official web page
A slideshow of the Blessing of the Fleet in the Thousand Islands
Darien Blessing of the Fleet website
Mount Pleasant Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival web page |
1,478 | 56,095,381 | 0 | Dickens fair | States | A Dickens fair (also Dickensian evening, Dickens Christmas fair, Dickens fête or Dickens festival) is a weekend or multi-day gathering open to the public that attempts to recreate a Victorian English setting reminiscent of the novels of Charles Dickens. Events may be outdoor, indoor or a combination of the two. Many are Christmas-themed, a reflection of the enduring legacy of Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. The fairs generally include costumed participants, musical and theatrical acts, and art, handicrafts, food and drink for sale.
== Characteristics ==
Dramatic and musical entertainment, artisan demonstrations, dancing, parades, and lectures or discussions on literary or historical topics may be part of the events. Costumed entertainers often impersonate characters from Dickens' novels, as well as historical figures such as Queen Victoria.
== Origins ==
The first known Dickens Fete was arranged by the Rev. F. J Mills during July 1897 in the English seaside town of Broadstairs. Broadstairs also lays claim to the longest running Dickens Festival, The Broadstairs Dickens Festival, founded by Captain Miles Conway Robson in 1937 and celebrating its 86th year in 2023. Unlike most British and American Dickensian fairs that take place in December, Broadstairs Dickens Fete is usually held in the second or third week of June.
== History of the fairs in the United States ==Ron Patterson and his wife Phyllis started the first Renaissance Pleasure Faire in southern California in 1963, making it an annual event beginning in spring 1966. Five years later they initiated a fall renaissance fair event in the San Francisco Bay Area with a harvest theme. These traditions took root locally and spread across the country. They then launched the Great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco, an indoor event, in 1970. This has also inspired similar events across the U.S.
== Contemporary Dickens fairs in England ==
Beginning in the 1980s, the English town of Ware began hosting a Charles Dickens themed carnival during the first week of December to welcome the arrival of Santa Claus. The 25th Dickensian Evening was held in 2019. Townspeople wear Victorian costumes, local businesses and volunteer groups run food and gift stalls to raise money for charity, actors perform a short open-air play such as A Christmas Carol, a craft fair is held in the drill hall, a nativity scene is unveiled in St Mary's church, a choir sings Christmas carols in the churchyard, puppeteers and street musicians entertain the public, and fairground rides and games are hosted in the town centre. The highlight of the evening involves the mayor turning on the Christmas lights, and leading a procession featuring costumed performers and dancers, horse drawn beer wagons from McMullen's Brewery, the town crier, carnival floats, and marching band(s). The 26th Dickensian Evening was relaunched in December 2022, after being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. The 28th Dickensian Evening is scheduled to take place on December 6 2024.
The commercialised American approach was later exported back to England; a warehouse-based theme park, Dickens World, opened in Kent, England, in May 2007. It closed on 12 October 2016.
Other towns that organise yearly Dickensian fairs in December include Whitby, Lostwithiel, Tavistock, and Weymouth, Dorset. Whitby's Dickensian evening is unique as it incorporates steampunk and gothic horror themes.
Renaissance fair
Revels
Neo-Victorian
Steampunk
Victoriana
== External links ==
List of Dickens fairs (U.S.)
Edwardian Ball - a California ball inspired by the works of Edward Gorey and loosely set in the Edwardian era |
1,479 | 77,838,502 | 0 | Modesto American Graffiti Festival | States | The Modesto American Graffiti Festival & Car Show is a cultural festival and classic car show that takes place in Modesto, California. Organized by the Kiwanis Club of North Modesto, the festival has occurred annually since 1999, making summer 2024 the 25th anniversary.
== Description ==
The Kiwanis Club advertises that the festival includes, hundreds of classic cars, live entertainment on stage, and dozens of food vendors and others displaying and selling crafts, car specialty items, and more. The car cruise takes place in the eveging and the cars travel through downtown Modesto and McHenry Avenue. All proceeds from the festival are returned to the community.
== History ==
American Graffiti, the a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by George Lucas, takes place in Modesto. The city is George Lucas' hometown and the film depicts his life cruising Modesto as a teenager. Teens used to cruise in their cars through downtown Modesto and McHenry avenue, with the Burge’s Restaurant being the turnaround point. The American Graffiti Festival is an event which has its roots in this cultural history of the city. In 2016, there were 1,300 cars in the showing.
In 1988, Wolfman Jack made his first appearance at the Modesto car show. |
1,480 | 9,610,206 | 0 | Old Home Week | States | Old Home Week or Old Home Day is a practice that originated in the New England region of the United States similar to a harvest holiday or festival. In its beginning in the 19th–20th century it involved a municipal effort to invite former residents of a village, town, or city—usually individuals who grew up in the municipality as children and moved elsewhere in adulthood—to visit the Old Home, the parental household and home town. Some municipalities celebrate the holiday annually, while others celebrate it every few years.
In the late 20th and early 21st century, the practice has spread to other parts of North America and has become a broader celebration with an emphasis on local culture and history. The Wilmington, Vermont town web site describes the event as follows:Old Home Week is a town event held every 10 years. It is best described as a town reunion, a celebration of [a place's] citizens, past, present and future, and a honoring of its history. Events traditionally include a parade, a town dinner, class and family reunions and tours of local points of interest.…[it] is a decennial celebration and gathering of friends and acquaintances, all sharing the common experience of having resided and/or attended school, in [the area]. It is also a celebration for all those who now live in and love their town. Nobody is an outsider during Old Home Week.
Come Home Year
== External links ==
Annals of Old Home Week 1901, for Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Galluzzo, John (2006). The Golden Age of Hull: Old Home Week, Neighbors and Gala Days. The History Press. ISBN 1-59629-108-7.
Old Home Week a 1907 poem by James Ball Naylor with illustrations and photographs of Boston expressing the sentiments of Old Home Week |
1,481 | 48,365,224 | 0 | Powers Great American Midways | States | Powers Great American Midways (PGAM) is a family operated traveling carnival midway company based in Corfu, New York. It provides amusement rides, games and concessions for local, county and state fairs throughout the eastern United States. The business is a trade name of Amusements of Rochester, Inc.
== History ==
Powers Great American Midways was formed in 1980 in Rochester, New York by current owner and operator Les Corky Powers. The company originally began as a 10-to-12 ride local carnival which traveled around New York and Pennsylvania. It has since expanded to around 70 rides, composed of two units which can split and provide midways to smaller venues on their route throughout the eastern United States.
A full-time refurbishing facility is located in Burgaw, North Carolina, operated year-round since 1994, where PGAM rides and equipment can be maintained. It also serves as the winter quarters. The facility has occasionally been used by the North Carolina Department of Labor for training ride inspection personnel. Like other carnival midway companies, many PGAM rides have recently become eco-friendly including the use of LED lighting and biodiesel fueled generators.
In 2006, PGAM was awarded a contract to provide the midway at the North Carolina State Fair. They continue to operate it today. Other notable events the company currently works include the Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the Big Butler Fair in Prospect, Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia.
== Notes ==
== External links ==
Powers Great American Midways (Official Site) |
1,482 | 1,175,637 | 0 | Renaissance fair | States | A Renaissance Festival (medieval fair or ren faire) is an outdoor gathering that aims to entertain its guests by recreating a historical setting, most often the English Renaissance.
Renaissance festivals generally include costumed entertainers or fair-goers, musical and theatrical acts, art and handicrafts for sale, and festival food. These fairs are open to the public and typically commercial. Some are permanent theme parks, while others are short-term events in a fairground, winery, or other large spaces. Some Renaissance fairs offer campgrounds for those who wish to stay more than one day.
Many Renaissance fairs are set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Some are set earlier, during the reign of Henry VIII, or in other countries, such as France. Others are set outside the era of the Renaissance; these may include earlier medieval periods such as the Viking Age or later periods such as the Golden Age of Piracy. Some engage in deliberate 'time travel' by encouraging participants to wear costumes representing several eras in a broad time period. Renaissance fairs encourage visitors to engage with costumes and audience participation, often renting outfits to fairgoers. Many welcome fantasy elements like wizards and elves.
== Characteristics ==Most Renaissance fairs are arranged to represent an imagined English village during the reign of Elizabeth I, often thought of as the height of the English Renaissance.
Within a modern Renaissance festival, there are stages or performance areas set up for scheduled shows, such as plays in Shakespearean or commedia dell'arte traditions, as well as anachronistic audience participation in comedy routines. Other performances include dancers, magicians, musicians, jugglers, and singers. Between the stages, the streets ('lanes') are lined with stores ('shoppes') and stalls where independent vendors sell themed handcrafts, clothing, books, and artwork.
Renaissance fairs typically feature a wide variety of foods inspired by both medieval cuisine and typical American fair foods like corn dogs. Some foods, like turkey legs, steak on a stick, and bread bowls have become iconic of Renaissance festivals. Beer, mead, and wine are also common.
Games include typical fair events, such as archery, axe-throwing, and dunk tanks. Rides are typically not machine-powered; various animal rides and human-powered swings are common, as are live animal displays and falconry exhibitions. Larger Renaissance fairs often include a joust as a main attraction. PETA and Born Free USA have protested the use of elephants and camels at the Maryland Renaissance Festival and Arizona Renaissance Festival.
In addition to staged performances, a major attraction of Renaissance fairs are professional and amateur crowds of actors who play historical figures, roaming the fairgrounds and interacting with visitors. Some allow visitors to bring peace-bonded weapons, while others only allow fair employees to wear them. The Renaissance fair subculture's word for costumed guests is 'playtrons,' a portmanteau of the words player and patron. This adds enjoyment to guests' experience by 'getting into the act' as Renaissance Lords and Ladies, peasants, pirates, belly dancers, or fantasy characters. However, many Renaissance fairs discourage interaction between the official cast and so-called 'playtrons.'
Most fairs have an end-of-the-day ritual parade, dance, or concert where all employees gather and bid farewell to the patrons.
Renaissance fairs are staged around the world at different times of the year. Fair vendors, actors, and crew often work by going from event to event as one fair ends and another begins.
== History in the United States ==In post-World War II America, there was a resurgence of interest in medieval and Renaissance culture. Folk musician and traditionalist John Langstaff gained popularity in the 1950s as part of an early music revival trend. In 1957, Langstaff hosted A Christmas Masque of Traditional Revels in New York City, and another the following year in Washington, D.C. A televised version was broadcast on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1966 which included Dustin Hoffman playing the part of the dragon slain by Saint George. In 1971, Langstaff established a permanent Christmas Revels in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In 1963, Los Angeles schoolteacher Phyllis Patterson held a small Renaissance fair as a class activity, using the backyard of her Laurel Canyon home in the Hollywood Hills as the fairgrounds. On May 11 and 12 in the same year, Patterson and her husband, Ron Patterson, presented the first Renaissance Pleasure Faire as a one-weekend fundraiser for a radio station KPFK, drawing some eight thousand people. The Living History Center designed the fair to resemble a springtime market fair of the period.
Many original booths were free-of-charge reenactments of historical activities, including printing presses and blacksmiths. The first commercial vendors were artisans and food merchants, and had to demonstrate historical accuracy or plausibility for their wares. Volunteers were organized into guilds to focus on specific reenactment roles (musicians, military, Celtic clans, peasants, etc.). Both actors and vendors were required to stay in character while working by speaking with period language, accents, and mannerisms.The original Renaissance Pleasure Faire of Southern California (RPFS) was held in the spring of 1966 at the Paramount Ranch located in Agoura, California, focusing on the practices of old English springtime markets and Maying customs. In 1967, the Pattersons created a fall Renaissance fair with a harvest festival theme at what is now China Camp State Park in San Rafael, California. The fall fair was moved in 1971 to the Black Point Forest in Novato, California. Both fairs developed into local traditions and began a movement that spread across the country.Although historical reenactments are not exclusive to the United States, Renaissance fairs are largely an American variation on the idea of reenactments. European historical fairs, such as those held at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, England, operate more on the living history museum model, in which an actual historic site is staffed by reenactors who explain historical life to modern visitors, rather than acting in a role.
In recent years, American-style Renaissance fairs have made inroads in other countries. Germany has seen a very similar phenomenon since the 1980s, and fairs have grown increasingly popular in Canada and Australia since the mid-1990s.
Spinoffs of Renaissance fairs also include fairs set in other time periods, such as Christmas fairs set in Charles Dickens' London.
== Names ==
Renaissance fairs have several variant names, many of which use old-fashioned spellings such as faire or fayre. These spellings originate from the Middle English feire (variant spellings include feyre, faire, and fayre), which comes from the Anglo-French word feire. They can also be referred to as Elizabethan, Medieval, or Tudor fairs or festivals.
A German Mittelaltermarkt (literally medieval market) resembles a Renaissance fair. Many Catalan towns hold Mercats Medievals (literally medieval markets) as part of their annual festivities.
== Internal debates ==
Within the Renaissance fair community, there are different opinions on the desirability of 'authenticity' at festivals. Some believe fairs should be as authentic an experience as possible, supplemented with educational aspects similar to European living history museums. Others believe that entertainment is the primary goal. Richard Shapiro, who founded what later became the Bristol Renaissance Faire outside Chicago in 1972, favored entertainment, saying we were so authentic back then it was almost painful. Festival organizers sometimes attempt a balance between authenticity and entertainment. In 1968, Phyllis Patterson, founder of the California Renaissance Pleasure Faires, also created the Living History Centre, a California-based educational and cultural foundation. The foundation's motto we trick into learning with a laugh reflects a belief in merging history and entertainment.
List of Renaissance and Medieval fairs
Medieval reenactment
Renaissance Magazine
Society for Creative Anachronism
== Notes ==
== External links ==List of upcoming Renaissance Fairs (US) |
1,483 | 25,476,645 | 0 | Rocky Mountain Rendezvous | States | The Rocky Mountain Rendezvous was an annual rendezvous, held between 1825 and 1840 at various locations, organized by a fur trading company at which trappers and mountain men sold their furs and hides and replenished their supplies. The fur companies assembled teamster-driven mule trains which carried whiskey and supplies to a pre-announced location each spring-summer and set up a trading fair (the rendezvous). At the end of the rendezvous, the teamsters packed the furs out, either to Fort Vancouver in the Pacific Northwest for the British companies or to one of the northern Missouri River ports such as St. Joseph, Missouri, for American companies. Early explorer and trader Jacques La Ramee organized a group of independent free trappers to the first ever gathering as early as 1815 at the junction of the North Platte and Laramie Rivers after befriending numerous native American tribes.
Rendezvous were known to be lively, joyous places, where all were allowed—fur trappers, Indians, native trapper wives and children, harlots, travelers and later tourists—who would venture from as far as Europe to observe the festivities. James Beckwourth describes: Mirth, songs, dancing, shouting, trading, running, jumping, singing, racing, target-shooting, yarns, frolic, with all sorts of extravagances that white men or Indians could invent.
Rendezvous are still celebrated as gatherings of like-minded individuals. The fur trading rendezvous are celebrated by traditional black-powder rifle clubs in the U.S. and Canada. These events range from small gatherings sponsored by local clubs to large gatherings like the Pacific Primitive Rendezvous, the Rocky Mountain National Rendezvous, and others. They include many activities similar to the originals, centering on shooting muzzle-loading rifles, trade guns, and shotguns; throwing knives and tomahawks; primitive archery; as well as cooking, dancing, singing, and the telling of tall tales and of past rendezvous. Personas taken on by participants include trappers, traders, housewives, Native Americans, frontiersmen, free-trappers and others, including soldiers.
Although the original style of rendezvous are now unnecessary and no longer occur, in their memory various Wyoming towns and cities (especially ones where rendezvous previously occurred) will put on local festivals resembling town fairs. There may also be another section of this festival dedicated to more traditional item buying, selling and activities. Some of the things sold here may include arrowheads, fans, various animal hides, walking sticks, carvings, knives, whistles, and handcrafted jewelry.
== Locations ==1815: LaRamée's rendezvous; in present-day Wyoming at the junction of the Laramie and North Platte rivers.
1825: McKinnon, Wyoming The first rendezvous of white traders and trappers in the Rocky Mountains occurred in July 1825 just north of McKinnon along Henrys Fork. They joined members of William Henry Ashley's expedition. At this rendezvous, Jedediah Smith became Ashley's partner in the fur trade.
1826: Cache Valley, Utah, either at today's Cove or at the more southern Hyrum. After the rendezvous, Ashley and Smith continued up to the Bear River where they met up with David Jackson and William Sublette. Smith, Jackson, and Sublette bought out Ashley's share of the fur company.
1827: Bear Lake, near today's Laketown, Utah. Conflicts and fights with Blackfoot Indians occurred during the meeting.
1828: Bear Lake; more fights with the Blackfoot occurred.
1829: Lander, Wyoming
1830: Riverton; Wyoming. Smith, Jackson, and Sublette sold their company to Jim Bridger, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Milton Sublette (the brother of William), Henry Freab, and Baptiste Gervais.
1831: Cache Valley; the support trek was late, so there was no real rendezvous.
1832: Pierre's Hole, east of Rexburg, Idaho
1833: Upper Green River Rendezvous Site, Daniel, Wyoming
1834: Granger, Wyoming; the Rocky Mountain Fur Company was dissolved, and the American Fur Company took over supplying the rendezvous.
1835: Daniel, Wyoming
1836: Daniel, Wyoming
1837: Daniel, Wyoming
1838: Riverton, Wyoming
1839: Daniel, Wyoming
1840: Daniel, Wyoming
Red River Jig
Fur trade in Montana
== Further reading ==
Eldredge, Scott J.; Gowans, Fred R. (1994), The Fur Trade in Utah, Utah History Encyclopedia, University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874804256, archived from the original on March 22, 2024, retrieved April 25, 2024
Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, Fred R. Gowans, Gibbs Smith Publisher ISBN 1-58685-756-8
== External links ==Mountain Men and Life in the Rocky Mountain West - Rendezvous
The Fur Trapper.com - Mountain Man Rendezvous Sites (Archive Copy Accessed: February 12, 2018)
Idaho Public Television - Rendezvous |
1,484 | 58,292,901 | 0 | WeatherReadyFest | States | WeatherReadyFest, formerly WeatherFest, is an annual public educational outreach event hosted by the National Weather Association in conjunction with the organization's annual meeting.
The event includes hands on activities and exhibits focused on atmospheric sciences and disaster safety. Emergency services and area broadcasters display large vehicles. Celebrity meteorologists including Nick Walker and Jim Cantore, from The Weather Channel, Ginger Zee from Good Morning America and James Spann were featured at recent events. Exhibitors include the National Weather Service, emergency services, public safety and first responders universities, FedEx, the Air Force, and NASA.
The event was first held in Birmingham in 2011 with over 3,400 in attendance. More than 7,500 attended the event in Saint Louis in 2018. Similar events have been sponsored by the American Meteorological Society during their annual meeting.
== Past events ==
2011 McWayne Science Center, Birmingham, Alabama
2016 Nauticus, Norfolk, Virginia
2017 Discovery Cube, Santa Ana, California
2018 Saint Louis Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri
2019 Von Braun Center, Huntsville, AL |
1,485 | 7,105,709 | 0 | Accession day | Kingdom | An accession day is usually the anniversary of the date on which a monarch or executive takes office. The earliest records of accession celebrations date from the reign of Emperor Kanmu of Japan (r. 781–806), and the custom is now observed in many nations.
== Belgium ==
In Belgium there are local celebrations of the reigning monarch's accession, but the anniversary of the accession of the first king of modern Belgium, Leopold I, on 21 July 1831, is celebrated as a full national holiday, known as the Belgian National Day.
== Indian subcontinent ==Accession Day in India's Jammu and Kashmir commemorates the day in 1947 when the area joined the Dominion of India. It is a state holiday commemorating 26 October 1947, when Maharaja Hari Singh signed off the Instrument of Accession, in which Jammu and Kashmir joined the Dominion of India. This was part of the series of events in 1947 by which rule the British Raj was converted into the two new independent Dominions of India and Pakistan, the latter having two territories separated by the whole of northern India. As a Hindu ruler of a state with both Hindu and Muslim subjects, the Maharaja's decision was crucial.
Festivities of the day include holding rallies, lighting firecrackers, singing India's national anthem, and raising the flag of India.
== Morocco ==The present accession day of the Moroccan monarch is on 30 July, the date in 1999 when King Mohammed VI was enthroned following the death of his father. The day is marked by several official and civilian celebrations, including a televised speech from the king.
== Netherlands ==Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) was, during the reign of Queen Beatrix, celebrated on 30 April, the date of her accession in 1980 upon the abdication of her mother, Queen Juliana, whose birthday fell on 30 April). Beatrix abdicated on Koninginnedag 2013, which led to the accession of King Willem-Alexander. As a result, the holiday became known as Koningsdag (King's Day) from 2014 and the celebration was moved three days ahead to 27 April, to instead mark the birthday of Willem-Alexander.
== United Arab Emirates ==
The United Arab Emirates is unusual in celebrating the accession of its president, although the president is elected from amongst the seven hereditary emirs (ruling princes) of the constituent states of the UAE, and is therefore also a hereditary and monarchical leader. Accession Day is a national holiday in the UAE.
== United Kingdom ==
The custom of marking this day was inaugurated during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England in celebration of her restoration of Protestantism as the state religion. Elizabeth's accession day was celebrated in England during her reign and also, according to the 19th-century historian Thomas Lathbury, during the reigns of her successors. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to be used in churches on the anniversary of the queen's accession was published in 1576 and used until 1602.
In 1568, the tenth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession was marked with the ringing of bells and 17 November became known as Queen Elizabeth's Day or Queene's Day. As her reign progressed, it was celebrated with increased fervour and, long after her death, it continued to be observed as a day of Protestant rejoicing and expression of anti-Catholic feeling. The observances included triumphal parades and processions, sermons against populism and the burning of the Pope in effigy. After the Great Fire of London (1666), these rejoicings were converted into a satirical saturnalia of the most turbulent kind; the greatest excesses occurred in the years 1679–81 when wealthy members of political clubs paid for processions and bonfires to arouse the populace to political fervour. The inhabitants of Berry Pomeroy in south Devon reinstated the tradition of Queene's Day in 2005 with a special church service and bonfire.
On the accession of King James I of England, a form of prayer and thanksgiving was issued for use in all churches upon his entry to this kingdom. In 1625, a new service was issued which was sanctioned by Convocation in 1640 but set aside by Parliament at the Restoration when certain parts of it were included in the special service for 29 May. When King James II acceded the throne, he ordered the preparation of a special form of prayer and thanksgiving for the anniversary of his accession day and a revised version of the old service was prepared and set forth by authority in 1685. The form of words the day on which His Majesty began his happy reign was first used in this service and has been retained ever since. After falling out of use during the reigns of William III and Mary II, the service was revised and used again during the reign of Queen Anne. King George V's accession day (r. 1910–36) was 6 May. Queen Elizabeth II's (r. 1952–2022) was on 6 February.
The present monarch, Charles III's, accession day is 8 September. Accession day is observed in the United Kingdom by the flying of specific flags and various official functions. In London, a Royal Salute is fired by the guns of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park and by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London. Salutes are also fired at Woolwich, Colchester, Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, Cardiff, Belfast, York, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Dover Castle.
Special services are required by canon in all cathedrals, churches, and chapels of the Church of England. The Book of Common Prayer provides options for a stand-alone Accession Day service, or for special propers by which any or all of the services of Matins, Evensong and Holy Communion may be altered for the day. The Church's more recent prayer book Common Worship does not provide a full form of service, but refers the user to the Book of Common Prayer; it does, however, provide propers for the Eucharist on Accession Day. Although not a legal requirement, special services are also held in some churches of other denominations. Divine Worship: The Missal provides the following Collect for use at Masses, Mattins, and Evensong in the Catholic Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham:O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King (Queen); that under him (her) this nation may be wisely governed, and grant that he (she) being devoted to thee with his (her) whole heart, and persevering in good works unto the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
== Vatican City ==
The Vatican counts the Anniversario dell'Elezione del Santo Padre, or the anniversary of the election of the reigning pontiff, among its statutory public holidays. Since 2014, the city-state has observed this holiday on 13 March, the anniversary of Pope Francis' election in 2013.
Accession Council
Accession Day tilt
Coronation Day
Dies Imperii and Decennalia, the equivalent anniversaries under the Roman Empire
National day
== Citations == |
1,486 | 8,223,645 | 0 | County show | Kingdom | In the United Kingdom, a county show is a summer outdoor agricultural show. The events have competitions, with prizes awarded by judges, allowing farmers and breeders to show off their cattle or crops. There are many trade stands which offer the latest farming machinery, feeds, fertilisers and other farming products. Other trade stands and activities have been added to make the shows more attractive to locals and visitors. Often there are features such as showjumping, funfairs, falconry, military displays and food exhibitions.In the early years these shows used to be held in different locations each year, but in the 1960s the local agricultural societies started to buy land to create permanent showgrounds. The first purpose-built showground was in Harrogate, where the Great Yorkshire Show is held.
Many of the larger counties hold their own shows: these include the Royal County of Berkshire Show, the Cheshire Show, the Royal Cornwall Agricultural show, the Devon County Show, the Kent County Show, the Westmorland County Show, Dorset, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, and Surrey. Yorkshire has the Great Yorkshire Show which is claimed as the largest three-day agricultural show in England.
On the other hand, some counties have grouped together and created such shows as: The Royal Three Counties Show (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire), The East of England Show (Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire), the Royal Welsh Show, the Royal Highland Show, the South of England Show (Sussex), The Royal Bath and West Show (Somerset and Wiltshire) and the now-defunct Royal Show—the largest of all, which was held in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, but encompassed the whole country.
== External links ==
Guide to UK County Shows & Fairs |
1,487 | 26,040,577 | 0 | Festival of British Archaeology | Kingdom | The Festival of Archaeology is a fortnight-long festival coordinated by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). It is an annual UK-wide festival, during which events take place across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
== History ==
The festival began in 1990 as National Archaeology Day, for which 10 events were held. Initially it was linked in with European Heritage Days in September of each year. However, feedback from participants led to a decision by the Council for British Archaeology to separate from European Heritage Days and to move the event to July in order make the most of the fieldwork opportunities during the summer.
The festival increased to a weekend-long event in 2003 with 195 events, and in 2005 became a nine-day festival under the name National Archaeology Week. The Council for British Archaeology has now renamed National Archaeology Week as the Festival of Archaeology. Each year the festival will take place in July.
Since 2020 it is linked with the European Archaeology Days overseen by Inrap (French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) under the aegis of the French Ministry of Culture
== Aims ==
The festival is centred on the Council for British Archaeology's aim of widening participation in archaeology by encouraging people to visit sites of archaeological and historical interest, such as museums, heritage sites, and resource centres.
== Events ==
Events are held locally and nationally by a wide variety of groups and societies. Events range from small local events to larger countywide events, and focus on different aspects of British Archaeology. The CBA coordinates the overall festival, but individual groups and societies are able to produce their own events locally and generate publicity for their events and groups. A number of other events run during the year to promote archaeology and history (see list below). In 2011 and 2013 the festival included the Day of Archaeology
== Profile and media coverage ==
The profile of the Festival of Archaeology has grown in recent years. The festival has received national media coverage in newspapers such as The Guardian and The Telegraph and featured on BBC1's The One Show in 2007. High-profile figures such as Barbara Follett, Phil Harding, and Julian Richards have been involved with the festival. In 2008 the children's magazine The Beano featured the Festival of Archaeology on their front cover.
== Related events ==
European Heritage Days
Heritage Open Days
Journées nationales de l'archéologie |
1,488 | 12,526,455 | 0 | International Festivals of the Sea | Kingdom | The International Festivals of the Sea were a series of maritime festivals, which were held in various British port cities between 1996 and 2005. The festivals were intended to be celebrations of the sea, bringing together sailors, musicians, artists, entertainers, ships and boats from all points of the compass.
== History ==
The first International Festival of the Sea took place in Bristol in 1996, and the key theme was John Cabot's pioneering voyage of discovery to the Americas. As part of the festival, a replica of Cabot's ship, the Matthew, was dedicated prior to its reenactment of Cabot's voyage the following year.
The relative success of the first festival, taken with the declining numbers of visitors to Navy Days, encouraged the Royal Navy to invite the festival to Portsmouth in 1998 and 2001. Unlike the Bristol event, the Portsmouth events had a strong naval component, and effectively combined the maritime heritage aspects of the first festival with the naval public relations aspects of the old Navy Days. Both events were highly successful with over 200,000 visitors to each.
The 2003 festival was held in Edinburgh's port district of Leith. The 2005 International Festival of the Sea returned to Portsmouth as part of the Trafalgar 200 and Sea Britain 2005 festivities to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The 2005 Festival of the Sea was the last major event of its type, however, the 2017 Poole Maritime Festival in conjunction with European Maritime Day is set to revive the tradition of popular maritime festivals on 18 to 21 May 2017.
== List of festivals ==
International Festival of the Sea, 1996 - Bristol
International Festival of the Sea, 1998 - Portsmouth
International Festival of the Sea, 2001 - Portsmouth
International Festival of the Sea, 2003 - Leith, Edinburgh
International Festival of the Sea, 2005 - Portsmouth |
1,489 | 1,409,333 | 0 | IWA National Festival | Kingdom | The IWA National Festival & Boat Show run by the Inland Waterways Association is one of the key annual events on the United Kingdom's inland waterways. Generally referred to as the National it serves several functions:As a publicity vehicle for the IWA and inland waterways in general
To raise funds for the IWA
As a social gathering for boaters from around the country
As a campaigning event
The four functions of the event are to some extent conflicting and in recent years the campaigning aspect has been somewhat separated by the creation of an annual Campaign Cruise.
Arguably it is as a gathering of like minded people that the National has been most influential. The festival brings together people from all over the country who do not meet in numbers except on the festival site. The original decisions to form both the Waterway Recovery Group and the National Association of Boat Owners both arose out of informal discussions held at the National.
== Development ==
The first festival was held in 1950, inspired by car rallies which Tom Rolt, one of the founders of the Inland Waterways Association, had attended prior to the Second World War. It was held at Market Harborough, as the location was not restricted to narrowboats. The rally was called the Market Harborough Festival of Boats and Arts. The arts element of the festival was an addition made by Robert Aickman and was one of the elements that led to the eventual split between Rolt and Aickman. However, the festival was a success, and one of Rolt's innovations was the awarding of trophies for impressive service or performance, a practice that continued. The A. P. Herbert Trophy was awarded to the person who had traveled the furthest to get to the rally, and was won by Stan Offley, who had covered 220 miles (350 km) and had passed through 156 locks. His route from Ellesmere Port had used the Manchester Ship Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, the Aire and Calder Navigation, the River Trent and the Grand Union Canal. The much shorter route using the Trent and Mersey Canal was unavailable to him, as his boat was 7.5 feet (2.3 m) wide, and the Trent and Mersey locks were only 7 feet (2.1 m) wide.
Like many of the early rallies, that of 1962 was essentially a campaign to highlight the poor state of a particular waterway, in this case, the Stourbridge Canal and its connecting waterways. The decision to hold it at Stourbridge Basin was taken in late 1961, and David Hutchings, by then chairman of the rally committee, approached British Transport Waterways, the operating arm of the British Transport Commission (BTC) to ensure that the Stourbridge Branch would be dredged, to allow the boats to reach the festival site. Faced with a refusal, Hutchings hired a dragline excavator to carry out the work himself. The British Transport Commission threatened legal action against Hutchings, the Inland Waterways Association and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society if he proceeded, but that did not stop him. His actions gained widespread media coverage, which was extremely critical of the BTC. The BTC was abolished later that year, and the rally went ahead, with British Waterways staff assisting boats through the decrepit locks. Just two years later, British Waterways and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society agreed to work on restoring the Stourbridge Canal and the Dudley Canal, and this early example of co-operation resulted in the canals and locks reopening in 1967.
Marple Locks on the Peak Forest Canal was chosen as the site for the 1966 rally, again to highlight their condition. Access had to be along the Macclesfield Canal, as the locks themselves were derelict and could not be used. Cosmetic restoration began the following year, and the canal was reopened in 1974.
1970 was the first occasion on which the national festival was not also a campaign to save a threatened part of the waterways network. It was held at Guildford on the River Wey. Part of the reasoning for this was that the festival was proving to be very popular, and there were a limited number of places that had sufficient display space and water supply for the number of boats wanting to attend. The choice of site was not universally popular, but the rally saw the formal launching of the Waterway Recovery Group, a group of volunteers who traveled the country to carry out restoration tasks on derelict waterways.
Management of the festivals is now handled by a division of Inland Waterways Enterprises Ltd called IWA Festivals. The limited company was set up in 2001 to manage the various trading activities of the Inland Waterways Association.
=== Festival of Water ===
In 2014 IWA launched a new event, called IWA Festival of Water. The Festival takes places usually over the August bank holiday weekend and is held at a new location each year.
== Sites ==
The statistics below are mainly taken from the IWA website but are incomplete. Some of these were called rallies rather than festivals and not all were national events.
The final column shows the overall membership of the IWA in the year in question.
== Bibliography ==
=== Notes ===List of waterway societies in the United Kingdom
== External links ==
Inland Waterways Association |
1,490 | 11,367,077 | 0 | Love Not Riots | Kingdom | Love Not Riots was a campaign aimed at reducing riots and violence that have become commonplace at festivals in the UK. It targeted the Reading and Leeds Festivals and Download festivals. It was officially endorsed by festival organisers Festival Republic, and supported by numerous celebrities and bands including ¡Forward, Russia!, The Automatic, The Subways, The Cribs, Goldie Lookin' Chain, and Giant Drag.
== External links ==
Official SiteFrom Archive.org
Love Not Riots at BBC.com
Love Not Riots at Skiddle.com |
1,491 | 19,830,628 | 0 | UK Festival Awards | Kingdom | The UK Festival Awards are awarded annually, with various categories for all aspects of festivals that have taken place in the UK, and one category for European festivals. The Awards were first established in 2004 by Steve Jenner and his team at Virtual Festivals.com. They are voted for by the public via the UK Festival Awards website. To ensure fairness, the votes are weighted to take into account the event capacity.
The 2008 Awards ceremony was held on 30 October 2008 at the IndigO2 venue in London. Nordoff–Robbins music therapy will receive funds raised on the night.
The 2011 Awards ceremony was held at the Roundhouse in Camden, which remained its home until 2016.
Having grown beyond the original team's capacity to manage it as a part-time project, Mondiale Publishing was brought in as an acquiring partner in 2012, with Steve Jenner remaining onboard as a creative consultant.
Since 2017, to bring the Awards into closer alignment with flourishing Independent Festival sector, the UK Festival Awards have been held at Troxy, the music and events venue in Stepney, London.
== 2004 ==
UK Festival Awards launched as an online poll by VirtualFestivals.com, 12,000 fans vote. The awards are presented in person to the winners in their local pubs of choice
== 2005 ==
50,000+ fans vote; BBC 6 Music sign up as media partner. Saluted in Scottish Parliament when T in the Park is voted Best Major Festival. The awards are again presented to the winners in person during an epic road-trip spanning the UK.
== 2006 ==
Pressure from the industry prompts the creation of the first live event, for 500 standing-only at London’s Islington Academy, sponsored by Carling.
Hosted by: Steve Harris. Outstanding Contribution to Festivals: Melvin Benn (Festival Republic – Reading & Leeds, Latitude).
== 2007 ==
The first sit down event at KoKo, Camden. Michael Eavis attends.
Hosted by: the Cuban Brothers. Outstanding Contribution to Festivals: John Giddings (Isle of Wight).
== 2008 ==
Moves to the IndigO2, adding a gala dinner component (at the Goucho restaurant) and the first UK Festival Conference by day (oversubscribed).
Michael Eavis accepting his Outstanding Contribution to Festivals award at the IndigO2 in 2008. Establishes independent ownership as Festival Awards Ltd.
Hosted by: Shaun Keaveny. Outstanding Contribution to Festivals: Michael Eavis (Glastonbury).
=== 2008 Nominations Shortlist ===
Best Major Festival
Creamfields
Download
Glastonbury Festival
Global Gathering
Isle of Wight Festival
Leeds Festival
Reading Festival
T in the Park
V Festival Chelmsford
V Festival Staffordshire
Best Medium Sized Festival
Beautiful Days
Bestival
The Glade
Hydro Connect
Latitude
Lovebox Weekender
RockNess
The Big Chill
Wickerman Festival
Wakestock (Abersoch)
Best Small Festival
2000 Trees
Beach Break Live
Cambridge Folk Festival
End Of The Road Festival
Indie Track Festival
Larmer Tree Festival
Secret Garden Party
Standon Calling
Strummercamp
Summer Sundae Weekender
Best Dance Festival
Creamfields
Dance Island
Escape Into The Park
The Glade
Global Gathering
Run To The Sun Festival
South West Four
Waveform Festival
Best Lineup
Bestival
End of the Road Festival
Glastonbury Festival
Isle of Wight Festival
Latitude
Lovebox Weekender
Reading Festival
T in the Park
The Big Chill
V Festival Chelmsford
Best New Festival
Beachdown Festival
Bearded Theory
Camp Bestival
Festibelly
Hop Farm Festival
Offset Festival
The Limetree Festival
The Magic Loungeabout
The Mighty Boosh Festival
Wakestock (Blenheim Palace)
Grass Roots Festival
Beautiful Days
Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
Big Session
End Of The Road Festival
Kendal Calling
Knockengorroach – World Ceilidh
Loopallu
Off The Tracks
Wickerman Festival
WOMAD
Family Festival Award
Beautiful Days
Camp Bestival
Fairport's Cropredy Convention
Greenbelt
GuilFest
Larmer Tree Festival
Solfest
Summer Sundae Weekender
Weyfest
Wychwood Festival
Best Toilets
Aeon Festival
Festinho
Greenbelt
Larmer Tree Festival
Nozstock
Secret Garden Party
Standon Calling
Strummercamp
The Big Chill
Y Not Festival
Best European Festival
Castlepalooza (Ireland)
Creamfields Romania (Romania)
EXIT (Serbia)
Festival dello Stretto (Italy)
FIB Benicassim (Spain)
Gurtenfestival (Switzerland)
Heineken Open-er (Poland)
HOVE Festivalen (Norway)
Lowlands (Netherlands)
Open Air St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Oxegen (Ireland)
Roskilde (Denmark)
Snowbombing (Austria)
Spirit of Burgas (Bulgaria)
Tignes Fest (France)
Festival Headline Act
Kings of Leon
Metallica
Muse
Rage Against the Machine
The Verve
Festival Rock Act
Biffy Clyro
Bloc Party
Bullet for My Valentine
Elbow
The Raconteurs
Festival Dance Act
Groove Armada
Hot Chip
Pendulum
The Chemical Brothers
The Prodigy
Festival Pop Act
Duffy
Girls Aloud
Scouting for Girls
The Ting Tings
Will Young
Festival Feel-Good Act
Eddy Grant
Neil Diamond
Seasick Steve
Tenacious D
The Mighty Boosh
Festival Urban Act
Dizzee Rascal
Estelle
N*E*R*D
Roots Manuva
The Streets
Best Live Newcomer
Duffy
Glasvegas
MGMT
The Ting Tings
Vampire Weekend
Anthem Of The Summer
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris - Dance wiv Me
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time
The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
The Verve - Love Is Noise
Innovation Award
Beachdown: All shuttle-buses and official transportation ran on used cooking oil.
Glade Festival: Ticket scheme whereby festival goers were pre-sent an access card to swipe at the gate.
Glastonbury Festival: Biodegradable, starch tent pegs handed out to festival goers.
Hydro Connect: Rickshaws used to ferry festival goers and artists around the site.
Isle of Wight Festival: Wristbands distributed two weeks before the festival to speed up entry.
Latitude: Theatre Arena built upon the world's first fuel cell powered festival stage.
Lovebox Weekender: Real-time webcasts of artist interviews and performances on website and stage screens.
Solfest: Kids only toilets introduced to make things easier for children and adults alike.
Standon Calling: Hosted the UK's first festival underwater dance arena in a swimming pool.
The Big Chill: Big Issue vendors sold the programme on site, while buskers were invited to perform.
Most Memorable Moment
British Sea Power, Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons hold impromptu collaboration at Sing Ye From The Hills.
Edwyn Collins makes moving comeback at Glastonbury following life-threatening illness.
Jay-Z mocks Noel Gallagher with his rendition of Wonderwall at Glastonbury.
Kasabian play up to dance fans with a cover of The Source's You Got the Love at Creamfields.
KISS spit blood and 'fly over' Download fans, as thousands dress up as Gene Simmons.
Robert Plant joins Fairport Convention on stage at Cropredy Festival for Battle Of Evermore
Ross Noble leads a conga around the Latitude site, stealing fans from various stages
Secret Garden Party blow up their lake-marooned Pirate Ship in a firework spectacular.
The Specials and Grace Jones play secret back-to-back gigs at Bestival
Utah Saints break world record for most ever fans doing the 'Running Man' dance at Get Loaded In The Park.
== 2009 ==
The Awards returns to the O2 and the conference fills out into Europe’s largest cinema, the Vue in the O2 complex. The European Festival Awards is launched in partnership with The European Festival Association and debuts at The Grand Theatre in Groningen, Holland, on the opening night of Eurosonic Noorderslag.
Hosted by: Dixie and Horsey (Stars of ‘Svengali’). Lifetime Achievement Winner: Katrina Larkin (The Big Chill).
== 2010 ==
The Awards continues its O2 residency and the Conference expands again into sell-out event at the British Music Experience, covered live by BBC Business News.
=== 2010 Winners ===
Best Toilets - T In The Park
Best Metropolitan Festival - Gaymers Camden Crawl
Best Family Festival in association with Showsec - Camp Bestival
Best Breakthrough Artist in association with Rizla - Mumford & Sons
Best Dance Event in association with Peppermint Bars - Creamfields
Feel Good Act of the Summer in association with Be-at TV - Paolo Nutini
Best New Festival in association with Access All Areas - Vintage At Goodwood
Headline Performance of the Year in association with Jägermeister - AC/DC at Download Festival
Virtual Festivals’ Critics Choice - Biffy Clyro at Glastonbury
Overseas Festival - Snowbombing
Anthem of the Summer in association with HMV - Florence & The Machine ‘You’ve Got The Love’
Line-Up of the Year* in association with XL Video - Rockness
Promoter of the Year in association with IQ - Glastonbury
Best Small Festival in association with Doodson Entertainment - Kendal Calling
Best Medium Festival in association with Smirnoff Flavours - Green Man
Best Major Festival in association with Tuborg - Bestival
Lifetime Achievement in association with Music Week – Geoff Ellis, DF Concerts
Outstanding Contribution to Festival Production in association with TPi - Neil McDonald
Best Sponsor Activation in association with Brand Republic - Coca-Cola
The Grass Roots Festival Award in association with Robertson Taylor - 2000 Trees
A Greener Festival Award in association with agreenerfestival.com - Croissant Neuf Summer Party
Hosted by: Craig Charles. Lifetime Achievement Winner: Geoff Ellis (T in the Park).
== 2011 ==
Awards show up-scales to The Roundhouse and sells-out – the founding dream realised. Conference moves up to The Forum, attracts record attendance.
Hosted by: The Cuban Brothers. Lifetime Achievement Winner: Steve Heap (Association of Folk Festivals).
http://www.festivalawards.com/2011-winners/
Best New Festival
Wilderness
Best Metropolitan Festival
Tramlines
Best Dance Event
Creamfields
Best Overseas Festival
Outlook (Croatia)
Best Family Festival
Beautiful Days
Best Breakthrough Artist
Ed Sheeran
Line-Up of the Year
Sonisphere Knebworth
Headline Performance of the Year
Paolo Nutini at Latitude
Anthem Of The Summer
Chase and Status: Blind Faith
Agent Of The Year
Steve Strange
Promoter Of The Year
Secret Productions
Best Small Festival
End of the Road
Best Medium-Sized Festival
Secret Garden Party
Best Major Festival
Glastonbury
Fans' Favourite Festival
Bestival
Lifetime Achievement Award
Steve Heap, Mrs Casey Music / Towersey Village Festival
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Earlier in the day at The Forum, Kentish Town…
The Grass Roots Festival Award
Y-Not Festival
Concession Of The Year
The Beat Hotel
The Greener Festival Award
Shambala
Best Toilets
Y-Not Festival
Best Sponsor Activation
Capitalize: Bacardi
The Extra-Festival Activity Award
Bearded Kitten
Outstanding Contribution to Festival Production
The Event Safety Shop
== 2012 ==
Mondiale Publishing acquires a majority stake in the Awards which returns to The Roundhouse. Conference joins it at the same venue for the first time.
Hosted by: Phill Jupitus.
http://www.festivalawards.com/2012-winners/
Best New Festival
Festival Number 6
Best Metropolitan Festival
Camden Crawl
Best Dance Event
Global Gathering
Best Overseas Festival
Benicassim (Spain)
Best Family Festival
Latitude
Best Breakthrough Act
Jake Bugg
Line-Up of the Year
Download
Headline Performance of the Year
New Order at Festival Number 6
Anthem Of The Summer
Django Django – ‘Default’
Agency Of The Year
William Morris
Promoter Of The Year
Gareth Cooper (Festival Number 6, Beach Break Live, Lollibop, Snowbombing, Lounge On The Farm)
Best Small Festival
Y-Not
Best Medium-Sized Festival
Bloodstock Open-Air
Best Major Festival
Bestival
The Grass Roots Festival Award
Green Man
The Greener Festival Award
Croissant Neuf Summer Party
Concession Of The Year
Paelleria
Best Toilets
Lodestar
Best Brand Activation
The Southern Comfort Juke-Joint
The Extra-Festival Activity Award
Live From Jodrell Bank
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Probyn, Chief Operating Officer, Live Nation
== 2013 ==
Awards returns to The Roundhouse.
http://www.festivalawards.com/2013-winners/
BEST MAJOR FESTIVAL
Download
MEDIUM-SIZED FESTIVAL
Kendal Calling
BEST SMALL FESTIVAL
Bearded Theory
BEST NEW FESTIVAL
We Are FSTVL
BEST DANCE EVENT
Creamfields
BEST METROPOLITAN FESTIVAL
Dot To Dot
BEST FAMILY FESTIVAL
Camp Bestival
BEST GRASSROOTS EVENT
2000trees Festival
BEST TOILETS
ArcTanGent
BEST OVERSEAS FESTIVAL
Snowbombing (Austria)
HEADLINE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Arctic Monkeys – Glastonbury
ANTHEM OF THE SUMMER
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
BREAKTHROUGH ACT OF THE YEAR
Rudimental
Jury-decided Categories:
AGENT OF THE YEAR
CODA
BEST LINE-UP
Latitude
CONCESSION OF THE YEAR
Strumpets with Crumpets
THE GREENER FESTIVAL AWARD
Shambala Festival
BEST BRAND ACTIVATION
Virgin Media
THE EXTRA-FESTIVAL ACTIVITY AWARD
Wilderness
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Paddy Glasgow (Glasgowbury)
BEST USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time (in Hyde Park) Intelligent Venue Solutions
THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Fiona Stewart, Green Man Festival
== 2016 ==
Awards returns to The Roundhouse.
=== 2016 Finalists Shortlist ===
Best Major Festival
British Summertime Hyde Park
Creamfields
Download Festival
Electric Daisy Carnival UK
Glastonbury Festival
Isle of Wight Festival
Reading & Leeds Festival
V Festival
Victorious Festival
Wireless Festival
Best Medium-Sized Festival
Bestival
Beautiful Days
Bloodstock Open Air
Camp Bestival
Green Man Festival
Kendal Calling
Love Supreme Jazz Festival
The Social Festival
We Are FSTVL
Y Not Festival
Best Small Festival
3 Wishes Faery Fest
Acoustic Sundays Summer Sessions
Bearded Theory
Beats Cancer Music Festival
Breaking Bands Festival
Liverpool Music Week
Mammothfest
Northbridge Festival
The Secret Festival
Wildfire Adventure Camp
Best New Festival2Q Festival
A New Day Festival
Afropunk London
Big Family Festival
Bluedot
Joy Festival
Killin Music Festival
Neighbourhood Festival
OnRoundhay Festival
Positive Vibration – Festival of Reggae
Samphire Festival
The Bolton Weekender
Best Dance Event
Beat Herder
Bluedot
Creamfields
Farr Festival
Field Maneuvers
Field Trip
Gottwood Festival
HogSozzle Music Festival
Junction 2
Nozstock: The Hidden Valley
The Social Festival
We Are FSTVL
Best Metropolitan Festival
2Q Festival
Blackpool Music Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Dot to Dot Festival
Grillstock
Just for Laughs London
Live at Leeds Festival
Liverpool Music Week
Liverpool Sound City
Mammothfest
Stockton Calling
Tramlines Festival
Best Family Festival
3 Wishes Faery Fest
Bearded Theory
Beermageddon
Big Family Festival
Camp Bestival
Green Man Festival
Just So Festival
Kendal Calling
Nozstock: The Hidden Valley
Something To Smile About
The Good Life Experience
The Secret Festival
The Grass Roots Festival Award
2000Trees
Balter Festival
Barn on the Farm
Beermageddon
Bloodstock Open Air
Green Man Festival
LeeFest Presents The Neverland
Lindisfarne Festival
New Forest Folk Festival
Samphire Festival
The Secret Festival
Wildfire Adventure Camp
Headline Performance of the Year
American Football at ArcTanGent
Andy C at NASS
Calvin Harris at Creamfields
Elton John at Henley Festival
The Flaming Lips at Wilderness
Jean-Michel Jarre at Bluedot
LCD Soundsystem at Lovebox
Massive Attack at British Summertime Hyde Park
Refused at 2000Trees
Rihanna at V Festival
Line-Up of the Year
ArcTanGent
Bloc
British Summertime Hyde Park
End of the Road Festival
Green Man Festival
Liverpool Music Week
Simple Things Festival
Slam Dunk Festival
The Social Festival
WOMAD
Best Overseas Festival
Altitude Comedy Festival
Bestival Toronto
Blues in Hell
Castlepalooza
Dimensions Festival
Download Paris
Electric Elephant
EXIT Festival
Hideout Festival
Gibraltar World Music Festival
Snowbombing
SXM Festival
== External links ==
UK Festival Awards home page
About SW4 and Lineup 2013 (in Russian) |
1,492 | 66,779,771 | 0 | Unboxed: Creativity in the UK | Kingdom | Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, previously known as Festival UK* 2022 was a national celebration in the United Kingdom first announced in 2018 by the Conservative government following the Brexit referendum. The festival events took place from March to November 2022, at 107 locations across the UK, at a reported cost of £120 million. Organisers announced an audience of 18 million and described the festival as a major investment in areas across the UK that are often underserved by cultural investment.
The concept was first proposed as a Festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and referred to by Jacob Rees-Mogg, later minister for Brexit opportunities, as the Festival of Brexit—a nickname which became widely used—but was later rebranded as Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, with all mention of Brexit being avoided. Unlike the 1951 Festival of Britain, which was focused on a main site in London, the festival comprises ten projects shaped across science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics. It is spread across multiple venues in the four countries of the UK, and accessible in person free of charge, on TV, on radio and online.
== Background ==
Unboxed was a series of 10 art, science and technology projects. The programme was first unveiled in 2018 by then prime minister Theresa May following the Brexit referendum, and was subsequently approved by Boris Johnson. May stated that the project would celebrate our nation's diversity and talent and conjure the spirit of the 1851 Great Exhibition and 1951 Festival of Britain.
Unlike the 1951 Festival of Britain, which despite having events and exhibitions across the country was focused on a main site in London, Unboxed comprised ten projects shaped across science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics and is spread across multiple venues in the four countries of the UK, and accessible in person free of charge, on TV, on radio and online.
In early 2020 it was announced that Martin Green, who previously organised the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics and Hull UK City of Culture 2017, had been selected to head the initiative. Dame Vikki Heywood was appointed chair of the project.
In May 2021 VisitBritain said that major events including the festival were set to be significant tourism draws in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021 the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport announced details of a Tourism Recovery Plan to return tourism levels to pre-pandemic levels, highlighting the festival as a major part of this plan, along with other major national events such as the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The festival's events programme began in March 2022 and concluded on 20 November 2022. The cost of the festival is reported to be £120 million.
== Name ==
Under Prime Minister Theresa May, the festival was provisionally named as the Festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and described as a nationwide festival in celebration of the creativity and innovation of the United Kingdom.
Jacob Rees-Mogg referred to it as the Festival of Brexit; although not the official name the nickname quickly took hold as the popular description of the event, and was widely used by the press, The nickname politicised the festival; this has been cited as a major reason for the failure of Unboxed to attract the hoped-for number of visitors.
The Brexit branding was rejected by the festival's organisers, with the initiative being temporarily branded as Festival UK 2022 until, in October 2021, it was announced that the festival had been rebranded again as Unboxed: Creativity in the UK.
== Projects ==In September 2020 an open call for project applications was issued, with applicants invited to apply to a £3m research and development programme. From this call, thirty teams were to be shortlisted and awarded £100,000 each to further develop their ideas, with a final ten large-scale projects then selected and commissioned. Applicants were expected to platform emerging talent and under-represented voices and include experts from across the core STEAM subjects. Lead bidders were also required to hold experience or the ability to deliver ‘complex, large-scale projects’.
In November 2020 the thirty shortlisted projects were selected from 299 submissions involving almost 3,000 organisations. Jamie Oliver, historian David Olusoga and theatre producer Sonia Friedman were involved in the thirty shortlisted teams to take part in the festival, with these teams involving over 500 creatives. The British Film Institute, British Library, Eden Project, Imperial War Museum and the Tate galleries, along with tech firms Siemens and IBM and organisations including The European Space Agency, the British Antarctic Survey and the Canal and River Trust were also cited as participants in the festival.
The thirty shortlisted teams pitched their proposals to a panel in February 2021. The 10 large-scale projects winning projects were announced in March 2021. Each winning project receiving funding, was required to represent the arts, as well as two other STEAM sectors. It was announced that all 20 of the shortlisted projects that were not selected would continue to receive festival support, and that all 30 shortlisted projects would be turned into a publicly accessible resource under a Creative Commons licence.
Some of the projects selected include an educational focus, such as About Us, which is expected to be a poetry anthology and outdoor installation incorporating the work of young people's around the country and working with artists in Caernarfon, Derry, Hull, Luton and Paisley and Dandelion, where growing cubes will be distributed to 100 secondary schools in Scotland. Other projects include Galwad, a multimedia event hosted by the National Theatre Wales in Welsh and English discussing the future of the country; See Monster, an art installation in Weston-super-Mare converting a decommissioned North Sea offshore rig into a public viewing platform; StoryTrails, which will use technology from Pokémon Go developer Niantic to tell the story of 15 towns and cities across the UK.
Details of the projects are given on the Unboxed website; a critical review with many details was published by Stuart McGurk in The House magazine. The ten major projects were:About Us (Paisley, Derry, Caernarfon, Luton, Hull and Tower of London)
Dandelion (various locations across Scotland)
Dreamachine (various locations across UK)
Galwad (Sky Arts Television, YouTube, Internet)
Green Space Dark Skies (various locations across UK)
Our Place in Space (Northern Ireland, Cambridge and Liverpool)
PoliNations (Birmingham)
See Monster (Weston-super-Mare)
StoryTrails (various locations across Great Britain)
Tour de Moon (various locations across England)
== Audience ==
At the beginning of September 2022, it was suggested in Parliament's The House magazine that 238,000 visitors had attended so far, 0.36% of the 66 million target. However Unboxed responded that this number only counted eight of the 107 physical locations of the programme. It has been proposed that the original political branding as a Festival of Brexit may be behind the failure to attract visitors. The figure for total attendance was eventually revised upwards to a total of 2.8 million physical attendees across all venues over the life of the project, with 13.5 million digital visitors (of which an estimated 6 million were viewers of a single Countryfile episode featuring the festival in a 15 minute segment) and 1.7 million participating in other activities.
In October 2022, the National Audit Office (NAO) was asked to examine the delivery and value for money of the Unboxed festival by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. The NAO was to report in late 2022 on the costs and benefits associated with Unboxed; its management as a programme including accountabilities and decision- making processes; and planning work undertaken, including forecasting of visitor numbers.
The NAO report found that from data so far available, the 18.1 million audience as a whole was close to targets set in early 2022 but lower than that modelled in the 2021 business case by the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport.
== Reaction ==
The Festival as an entity was subject to much critical comment; the ten individual projects received less critical appraisal. The Times opened its review in Cambridge “With “Our Place in Space” the Unboxed Festival comes good.” “PoliNations” was described as “a celebration of colour, beauty, and of natural diversity.” “Dreamachine” received a five-star review in the Standard with the heading “The wildest trip you can take without breaking the law.” Green Space Dark Skies in Scotland was reported on by a participant in the Guardian. “Galwad” was reviewed by Wales Arts Review and Theatre Wales unfavourably.
£120 million of public funds were planned to be spent on the event, with the cost of the project drawing criticism and suggestions that the allocated funds might be put to alternative use. MP Jamie Stone launched a petition to campaign for the festival's cancellation.
The festival was described in Frieze magazine by Tom Morton as being The Spectacular Emptiness of Boris Johnson’s ‘Festival of Brexit'... To expect the progressive, internationalist art world to participate in a celebration of Brexit is to fire a volley into the culture war.
The art group Migrants In Culture wrote an open letter to the festival calling it a nationalistic branding exercise. The letter has been signed by over 750 UK artists to date. A number of commentators and public figures praised the initiative. Kenny Farquharson in The Times argued that [UNBOXED] has…transformed into something that on the face of it seems worthwhile and may yet be something great.
Gaby Hinsliff in The Guardian argued that My hunch is that as a nation we’re going to be rubbishing the festival right up until the day it opens, and will then surprise ourselves by grudgingly quite enjoying it. One Unboxed project, Dreamachine, was indeed praised by a reviewer in The Guardian as the one good thing to come out of Brexit and worth every penny.
Some Brexit-supporting politicians, including Craig Mackinlay and Marcus Fysh, have expressed dismay at the removal of any mention of Brexit from the festival.
A few months before the event was set to take place, in March 2022, a report from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee criticised the event as vague and shape-shifting saying that it lacked clear direction and was an irresponsible use of public money. The report added that the event was confusing and obscure and a recipe for failure.
Naomi Smith, chief executive of Best for Britain group, said the festival was the perfect metaphor for how Brexit itself has turned out – hugely expensive and deeply unpopular with no one really getting what they wanted.
Stuart McGurk wrote a detailed critical review of the festival and of its individual projects in The House magazine. He pointed out that the festival indeed did not mention Brexit; indeed, some projects were protesting the associations of Brexit and Tory government money. Rather than a festival of British creativity, it was described as a festival of creativity almost devoid of place.
In January 2023 the Stage newspaper published two letters on the subject of the festival. Dame Vikki Heywood, the Festival Chair wrote: “Beyond the debate and the rhetoric, the value of Unboxed must be judged in much richer terms than numbers alone: from the blueprint for innovative models of cross-sector commissioning to the skills it enhanced; from the creative businesses it transformed and the new partnerships that live on to the curriculum-based learning activities delivered across education systems.”
Raymond Gubbay, producer and impresario, wrote: “A total and irresponsible waste”.
Great Exhibition
British Empire Exhibition
Festival of Britain
Millennium Dome
2012 Summer Olympics
== External links ==
Official website |
1,493 | 40,676,792 | 0 | 3 October Festival | Netherlands | The 3 October Festival (Dutch : 3 Oktoberfeest or simply 3 Oktober, also Leidens Ontzet) is a festival in Leiden, the Netherlands. It is held annually during the days leading up to the 3rd and often concludes that evening or the following day. Observed since the 1500s, its modern public celebration has been a locally declared holiday since 1886.
== Historical origins ==
The festival commemorates the anniversary of the 1573 - 1574 Siege of Leiden during the Eighty Years' War when the Spanish Army attempted to capture the city. The first siege lasted from October 1573 until March 1574, and the Spanish returned that May for a second attempt. The city had neglected, in the interim, to destroy Spanish fortifications outside of the city's protective walls and failed to acquire enough additional provisions to sustain a renewed siege, even though they were warned in advance of the Spanish forces' impending return.
With food supplies dwindling, Leiden's citizens were in despair as the Spanish attempted to infiltrate the city. Within two months, provisions within Leiden were almost completely exhausted. Desperate to improve morale, then mayor Pieter Adriaanszoon van der Werff went so far as to propose committing suicide so his constituents could eat his own body. That September, the army of Dutch rebel leader William the Silent began formulating a plan to liberate the city.
They began destroying dikes near Rotterdam in order to flood the surrounding countryside. However, it took several days before there was enough wind to direct the water over the land toward Leiden. A fierce storm aided their efforts on the night of October 2nd. The rising tide caused a portion of Leiden's city walls to begin crumbling. That, coupled by the rising water level in their camps, convinced the Spanish troops that an attack was underway and they fled in terror. By that time, hundreds of people within the city had perished due to starvation. According to legend, a boy, usually named as Cornelis Joppenszoon, left the city that night to explore the Spanish troop's now destroyed camps. He found a pot of stew made of carrots, onions, parsnips, and meat, supposedly still warm and undamaged by the water. He then returned to the city and informed everyone that the troops had fled.
William and his soldiers sailed to Leiden as part of a makeshift military fleet dubbed the Watergeuzen (Sea Beggars) on the morning of October 3rd. They headed north along the Vliet canal, which now had water deep enough to support their boats, and brought food and other supplies to Leiden's starving citizens. The food supplies primarily consisted of herring and white bread (haring en wittebrood). To reward the city's steadfast citizens for withstanding the Spanish attack, William established Leiden University the following year.
== Events ==In honor of the liberation of Leiden on October 3, 1574, the day itself was declared an official city holiday in 1886. It is now celebrated with a variety of activities and events that take place in the days leading up to October 3.
Many of the city's residents take October 3rd itself off from work or school to either participate in or enjoy the festivities. Typical traditions include: an evening parade on the night of October 2nd, a carnival and market in the center of the city, various theatrical performances and historical reenactments, and a memorial service in St. Peter's Church (Pieterskerk) that commemorates the traumatic events of the siege. A second parade takes place on the afternoon of October 3rd with a firework display later that evening.The traditional meal associated with the festival is herring and white bread (haring en wittebrood). Cleaned herring along with a small loaf of white bread are handed out to city residents for free at the Weigh House (De Waag) at dawn on the morning of October 3rd, but prior registration and tickets are required. On the evening of October 2nd, hutspot (a dish representative of the stew found in the Spanish troops' camp) is served at an event located on the Hooglandsekerkgracht, a street in the center of the city. Leiden-based band Rubberen Robbie's song Drie Oktober also commemorates the festival, and its lyrics refer to herring, hutspot, drinking, and partying.
In June 2019, the festival was officially added to the Netherlands' National Heritage List. To help combat the large amount of litter created by festival attendees and prevent disposable cups from falling into the canals, organizers switched to cups with deposits that year as well. An estimated 98.2 per cent of these cups were returned to bars. The 2020 edition of the festival largely consisted of remote events including a 3 October Ontzettend Live! internet broadcast due to the Covid-19 crisis.
== Controversies ==
In recent years, 3 October has drawn criticism from local residents and business owners, some of whom opt to leave Leiden during the festival due to noise, public drunkenness, and other concerns. In 2019, eight neighborhood associations in the city's center firmly opposed an extension of its hours of operation. Several businesses and hotels close altogether or discourage tourists from visiting the city while the festival is underway.
Bar and cafe owners have also protested the high fees associated with hosting food carts, outdoor beer taps, and restrooms while expressing concerns over attendees who bring their own alcohol with them from home.
== External links ==Official website (in Dutch) |
1,494 | 26,538,742 | 0 | Boekenweek | Netherlands | In the Netherlands, the Boekenweek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbukə(ɱ)ˌʋeːk] ; English: Book Week) is an annual week of ten days dedicated to Dutch literature. It has been held in March annually since 1932. Each Boekenweek has a theme. The beginning of the Boekenweek is marked by the Boekenbal (book ball), a gathering that is attended by writers and publishers. Events are held across the country during the Boekenweek, such as book signing sessions, literary festivals and debates.
== Publications ==Each year a well-known writer, usually Dutch or Flemish, is asked to write a book, usually a novella, called the Boekenweekgeschenk (book week gift), which is to be given away during the festival. Book shops give a copy of the Boekenweekgeschenk when a customer buys a book in the Dutch language; libraries also give copies of these books when a new person becomes a member. The Boekenweekgeschenk is published by the Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (CPNB, Collective Promotion for the Dutch Book). Some authors invited to write for this event have included Maarten 't Hart (1984), Hugo Claus (1989), Cees Nooteboom, and Harry Mulisch (2000). In 2001, the Boekenweekgeschenk was originally written in English by Salman Rushdie and later translated into Dutch.
In the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, the Boekenweekgeschenk was sometimes published anonymously, with a list of possible authors inside the book. As a competition, readers could submit their guess by postcard as to who the author was. Since 2002, the Boekenweekgeschenk can be used as a ticket to travel for free by train with the Nederlandse Spoorwegen on the final Sunday of the Boekenweek.
Since 1987, an essay, the Boekenweekessay, has been written in addition to the Boekenweekgeschenk. The Boekenweekessay can be purchased in book shops. Some authors include Jan Wolkers (1995), Gerrit Komrij (1997) and Adriaan van Dis (2004).
The curriculum vitae of the author of the Boekenweekgeschenk – called the Boekenweek-cv – is distributed by public libraries among their members.
== History ==
On 15 November 1930, the Dag van het Boek (Day of the Book) was held to protect books from new media, such as radio and cinema. The book De uitgever en zijn bedrijf by Johan Tersteeg was published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Nederlandsche Uitgeversbond. Publishers, booksellers and others interested in supporting books organized a longer event to promote Dutch literature.
In 1932, the first Boekenweek was held and the first Boekenweekgeschenk was published. During World War II, the Boekenweek was not held in the years 1942 till 1945. In 1941, a Boekenweekgeschenk was published but it was withdrawn from the stores due to German occupation of the country.
Despite competition from other media, including new technology since 1932, the Boekenweekgeschenk has grown in popularity over the years. In 2010, during the 75th Boekenweek, 958,000 copies of the Boekenweekgeschenk were produced.
== Boekenbal ==First held in 1947, the Boekenbal (book ball) is an invitation-only event, with the Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (CPNB) deciding the guest list. It is traditionally held in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. The invitation policy of CPNB has sparked some controversy, and another group has organized the independent event called the Bal der Geweigerden (Ball of the Refused). It was first held in 2002 in Paradiso, which is nearby the location of the official Boekenbal, and it can be attended by anyone.
== Kinderboekenweek ==
Since 1955, a book week for children has been held, called the Kinderboekenweek. It is held in October and it also lasts ten days. It opens with a social gathering, called the Kinderboekenbal. Similar to the Boekenweek, a Kinderboekenweekgeschenk is written and published to be given away by book shops to clients purchasing literature for children. Some of the authors include Paul Biegel (1977), Annie M.G. Schmidt (1990) and Thea Beckman (1991). Since 1986, a picture book is published for toddlers.
== List of publications ==
== External links ==Boekenweek website (in Dutch)
Collectieve Propaganda van het Nederlandse Boek (in Dutch) |
1,495 | 2,796,492 | 0 | Cannabis Cup | Netherlands | The High Times Cannabis Cup is a cannabis festival sponsored by High Times magazine. The event features judges from around the world who sample and vote for their favorite marijuana varieties, with cups (trophies) being awarded to the overall winner in the cannabis variety competition. Since 1997, the Cannabis Cup festival has hosted induction ceremonies for the Counterculture Hall of Fame.
Founded in 1988 by High Times editor Steven Hager, the Cannabis Cup is usually held each November in Amsterdam. The first U.S. Cannabis Cup was held in 2010; High Times now holds Cannabis Cups in Northern and Southern California, Denver, Michigan, Seattle, and Oregon . The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup recognizes medical marijuana in states that have passed medical marijuana laws.
The High Times Cannabis Cup also includes live music, educational seminars, and an expo for marijuana-related products from cannabis-oriented businesses.
== History ==
A DVD called High Times Presents: The Cannabis Cup was made after the 2003 festival.
The 20th High Times Cannabis Cup, held in 2007, featured hosts Tommy Chong and Redman; a film of the 2007 festival was released in the summer of 2008.
In 2010, Dutch police raided the Amsterdam Cannabis Cup location. That same year, High Times mounted its first Cannabis Cup in the United States, also inaugurating the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup, an annual event celebrating medical cannabis. The first Medical Cannabis Cup took place in San Francisco, California, on June 19–20, 2010.
In 2014, after 27 years, Amsterdam held what appeared to be its final High Times Cannabis Cup. This decision was partly due to the growing uncertainty about Dutch cannabis laws, the newly available legal cannabis locations in the United States and various other countries, and the after-effects of the 2010 raid. (The Cannabis Cup later returned to Amsterdam.)
In 2017, the festival celebrated its 30th anniversary, with the award show hosted by Danny Danko.
In 2018, the festival was held in the middle of summer, on 13th to 15 July, veering away from its usual schedule.
== Categories ==
Award categories include Best New Product, Best Booth, Best Glass, Best Hash, and Best Nederhash (hashish that is produced only in the Netherlands). A team of VIP judges decides which seed company has grown the Best Indica, Best Sativa, and Best Hybrid Strain, and which company has produced the Best Nederhash and Best Imported Hash.
The U.S. Cannabis Cup recognizes marijuana in states that have passed laws that legalize marijuana for adult, recreational use. Teams of expert judges vote on Best Indica, Best Sativa, Best Hybrid, Best Concentrates, Best Edibles, and Highest Level of CBD in cannabis products (All cannabis products are tested for THC content and CBD content by independent cannabis-testing laboratories). At each U.S. Cannabis Cup expo, festival attendees vote for Best Booth, Best Products, and Best Glass.
== Counterculture Hall of Fame ==The Counterculture Hall of Fame celebrates the history of the counterculture and the people who helped shape it. Previous inductees include Bob Marley (1997), Louis Armstrong (1998), William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac (1999), Bob Dylan (2002), Jack Herer (2003), Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin (2007), Peter Tosh (2008) Tom Forcade (2009) and Coke La Rock (2010). John Griggs, BEL (2011), Steven Hager (2012), Ben Dronkers (2013), and Alexander Shulgin & Ann Shulgin (2014).
== Past winners ==
=== Overall Cannabis Cup ===
1st Cup 1988 — Skunk #1 from Cultivator's Choice
2nd Cup 1989 — Early Pearl/Skunk #1 x Northern Lights #5/Haze from the Seed Bank
3rd Cup 1990 — Northern Lights #5 from the Seed Bank
4th Cup 1991 — Skunk from Free City
5th Cup 1992:
Haze x Skunk #1 from Homegrown Fantasy
Master Kush Winner— Hindu Kush X Skunk #1
6th Cup 1993:
Haze x Northern Lights #5 from Sensi Seed Bank
Master Kush Winner — Hindu Kush X Skunk #1
7th Cup 1994 — Jack Herer from Sensi Seed Bank
8th Cup 1995 — White Widow from the Green House
9th Cup 1996 — White Russian from De Dampkring
10th Cup 1997 — Peace Maker from De Dampkring
11th Cup 1998 — Super Silver Haze from the Green House
12th Cup 1999 — Super Silver Haze from the Green House
13th Cup 2000 — Blueberry from the Noon
14th Cup 2001 — Sweet Tooth from Barney's
15th Cup 2002 — Morning Glory from Barney's
16th Cup 2003 — Hawaiian Snow from Green House
17th Cup 2004 — Amnesia Haze from Barney's
18th Cup 2005 — Willie Nelson from Barney's
19th Cup 2006 — Arjan's Ultra Haze #1 from Green House
20th Cup 2007 — G-13 Haze from Barney's
21st Cup 2008 — Super Lemon Haze from Green House United
22nd Cup 2009 — Super Lemon Haze from Green House United
23rd Cup 2010 — Tangerine Dream from Barney's
24th Cup 2011 — Liberty Haze from Barney's
25th Cup 2012 — Flower Bomb Kush from the Green House
26th Cup 2013 — Rollex OG Kush from The Green Place
27th Cup 2014 — MaraDawg Blue Flake Cheese Pearl from Chopper Special
=== 17th Cup (2004) winners ===
Overall Cannabis Cup
Amnesia Haze by Barney's Breakfast Bar
Killer Green by Katsu
Jack Flash by Sensi Seeds
Indica Cup
God Bud by BC Bud Depot
MK Ultra by TH Seeds
L.A. Confidential by DNA Genetics
Sativa Cup
Love Potion No. 1 by Reeferman Seeds
Arjan's Haze No. 1 by Green House Seeds
Sage 'N Sour by TH Seeds
Import Hash Cup
Caramella Cream by Barney's Breakfast Bar
Royal Cream Gold by Rokerij
Nepal Pollen Shoe by Green House Seeds
=== 18th Cup (2005) winners ===
Overall Cannabis Cup
Willie Nelson by Barney's
Arjan's Schoenmaker Zwevers Ultra Haze 2 by Green House
Silver Haze by Coffeeshop Dampkring
Indica Cup (Seed Company)
Lavender by Soma Seeds
LA Confidential by DNA
Sensi Star by Paradise Seeds
Sativa Cup (Seed Company)
Martian Mean Green by DNA
Nebula by Paradise Seeds
Kushage by THSeeds
Romulan by Meekseeds
Import Hash Cup
Caramella Cream by Barney's
Rifman Malika by De Dampkring
King Hassan by Green House
Nederhash Cup
Waterworks by De Dampkring
Kadni Bubble by Barney's
Arjan's Ultra 2 Haze Hash by Green House
Glass Cup
Triple Perculator by Green Devil
D-Line by DNA
Opal Smooth by ROOR Glass
Product Award
Vapezilla by Wicked Roots
Pollinator by Bubblator
Mini Matches by De Dampkrin
Phil Lesh Kadeshhh by Golden Bud of Unlimited Tokevotion
=== 19th Cup (2006) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Arjan's Ultra Haze #1 - Green House
G13 Haze - Barney's
Martian Mean Green - Grey Area
Sativa Cup
Mako Haze - Kiwiseeds
Opium - Paradise Seeds
Blue Cheese - Big Buddha Seeds
Indica
Big Buddha Cheese - Big Buddha Seeds
Fruity Thai - Ceres Seeds
Night Shade - Barney's
Hash
Sexpot Holland- Netherlands, Holland Home Brew
Carmello Cream - Barney's
Carmello Royale - Green House
Rifman's Noor - De Dampkring
Nederhash
Barney Rubble - Barney's
Water Works - De Dampkring
Master Kush Isolater - Green House
Product
Super Vapezilla - Wicked Roots
Portable Vortex Gravity Bong - Gravity Vortex
Aleda Papers - Aleda
Expo
Barney's Farm
Green House
Wicked Roots
=== 20th Cup (2007) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
G-13 Haze - Barney's
Chocolope - Grey Area
Super Silver Haze - Green House United
Indica Cup
Top Dog - Amnesia Seeds
Crimea Blue - Barney's Farm
Reserva Privada #18 - Reserva Privada
Sativa Cup
Kaia Kush - Apothecary
Tasman Haze - Kiwi Seeds
The Purps - BC Bud Depot
Neder Hash
Violator Ice-o-lator - Barney's
Bubble Mania - Green House United
Grey Crystals - Grey Area
Import Hash
Triple X - Barney's
King Hassan Supreme - Green House United
Rifman's Habibi - De Dampkring
Product Cup
Barney's Gift Bag - Barney's
Portable Vortex Gravity Bong - Gravity Vortex
Vaporstar Vaporizer by Vaporstar
Best Booth
Barney's Farm
DNA Seeds
Green House Seeds
=== 21st Cup (2008) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Super Lemon Haze - Greenhouse United
Utopia Haze - Barney's
Chocolope - The Green Place
Indica Cup
Mt. Cook - Kiwi Seeds
Cheese - Homegrown Fantaseeds
LSD - Amnesia Seeds
Sativa Cup
Utopia Haze - Barney's
DeLaHaze - Paradise
Cannatonic - Resin Seeds
Neder Hash
Royal Jelly - Barney's
Greenhouse Ice - Greenhouse
Grey Crystal - Grey Area
Import Hash
Triple Zero - Barney's
Super Palm - Greenhouse
Shiraz - Amnesia
Product Cup
(tie) 1. BC Chillum - Barney's
(tie) 1. Pocket Alchemy - DNA
2. Bubble Bags - Bubble Bags
3. Glass Vaporizer - Herborizer
Best Booth
Barney's
Glass Cup
AK - DNA Genetics
Mr Nice Custom - RooR
MOE - Green Devil
=== 22nd Cup (2009) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Super Lemon Haze - Green House
Vanilla Kush - Barney's
Head Band Kush - The Green Place
Indica Cup
Starbud - Hortilab
OG18 - Reserva Privada
Kush D - AllStar Genetics
Sativa Cup
Super Lemon Haze - Green House
The Purps - BC Bud Depot
Neder Hash
Royal Jelly - Barney's
Greenhouse Ice - Green House
Grey Crystal - Grey Area
Import Hash
Rif Cream - Greenhouse
Triple Zero - Barney's
Azilla - Amnesia
Product Cup
Vapor Swing - Original Design by HMK
Incredibowl i420 - Incredibowl Industries
Strain Hunters DVD - Green House
Best Booth
Greenhouse Seed co
Barney Farm
Big Buddha Seeds
Glass Cup
RooR Excalibur
shattered dreams
Incredibowl i420 - Incredibowl Industries
=== 23rd Cup (2010) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Tangerine Dream – Barney's Coffeeshop
Super Lemon Haze – Greenhouse United
L.A. Cheese - The Green Place
Indica Cup
Kosher Kush – Reserva Privada
Cold Creek Kush - TH Seeds
White OG - Karma Genetics
Sativa Cup
Acapulco Gold – Amnesia Seeds
Chocolope – DNA Genetics
Sour Power - Hortilab
Neder Hash
Tangerine Nectar Ice-O-Lator - Greenhouse
Tangerine Nectar Iceolator- Barney's
Grey Area Crystal - Grey Area
Import Hash
Caramella Cream- Barney's Coffeeshop
Rif Cream – Greenhouse United
Twizla – The Green Place
Product Cup
Barney's Bud Scope – Barney's
Strainhunters India DVD - Greenhouse Seed Co.
NO2 Vaporizer- Vapir
Best Booth
Barney Farm
Greenhouse Seed Co.
Attitude Seed Bank
Glass Cup
Ghost - RooR
The Klingon – The Cali Connection
Dragon Bong – Dragon Bong & Earth Spirit
Freedom Fighter of the Year
=== 24th Cup (2011) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Liberty Haze – Barney's Coffeeshop
Hawaiian Snow – Greenhouse United
Buddha Tahoe - The Green Place
Indica Cup
Kosher Kush - Reserva Privada
Star Bud - Hortilab
Tahoe OG - Cali Connection
Sativa Cup
Moonshine Haze - Rare Dankness Seed co
Electric Lemon Haze - TH Seeds
Dominator - Karma Genetics
=== 25th Cup (2012) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Flower Bomb Kush - the Green House Coffeeshop
Shoreline - the Green Place
Evergrey - the Grey Area
Indica Cup
Kosher Kush – Reserva Privada
True OG - Elemental Seeds
SFV OG Kush - Cali Connection
Sativa Cup
Amnesia Haze - Soma's Sacred Seeds
Sour Amnesia - Hortilab
Green Shack - Strain Hunters Seedbank
Hybrid
Loud Scout - Loud Seeds
Rock Star - Bonguru Seeds
Rug Burn OG - Rare Dankness Seedse
Neder Hash
Lemon Crystal - the Green House Coffeeshop
Grey Crystal - the Grey Area
M.O.G - the Green Place
Seed Company Hash
The Wheezy - Reserva Privada
Tangerine Compound - Rare Dankness Seeds
The Tangie - DNA Genetics
Import Hash
Sharkberry Cream - the Green House Coffeeshop
Twizzler - the Green Place
Maroc Lemon Haze - The Bushdocter
Product Cup
Big Buddha Seeds Goodie Bag - Big Buddha Seeds
PUFFiT Inhaler/Vaporizer - VapoShop and Discreet Vape
Tiny Sister - Roor
Best Booth
Big Buddha Seeds
Cali Connection
Roor
Glass Cup
Drill Bill - Roor Glass
Puk Pipe - Puk Pipe
The MF Doom Borch - DNA Genetics and Hitman Glass
CBD Award
Lion's Tabernacle - Cali Connection
Freedom Fighter of the Year
Mason Tvert
Dutch Master Honorees
Wernard Bruining and Nol van Schaik
=== 26th Cup (2013) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Rollex OG Kush – the Green Place
Flowerbomb Kush – the Green House
Tangie - the Bushdoctor Coffeeshop
Indica Cup
Whitewalker OG – Gold Coast Extract
True OG - Elemental Seeds
KnightsBridge OG – Lady Sativa Genetics
Sativa Cup
Tangie – Reserva Privada
Sour Power - Hortilab
Headbangar- Karma Genetics
Hybrid
Somari – Soma's Sacred Seeds
Girl Scout Cookies – Tahoe Wellness Cooperatives
Dieseltonic – Resin Seeds
Neder Hash
Lemon Crystal - the Green House Coffeeshop
Shoreline Solventless - the Green Place
Tangie Wax – the Bushdoctor Coffeeshop
Seed Company Hash
Lemon Cleaner OG Nectar – TCLabs/TerpX/EmoTex
Whitewalker OG – Gold Coast Extracts
Chemblend Solventless Wax – Elemental Seeds/Essential Extracts/ Johnny Trill
Import Hash
Twizzla - the Green Place
Chemdog Cream- the Green House
Maroc Lemon Haze - The Bushdocter
Product Cup
Buddha Giftbag - Big Buddha Seeds
Cloud V – Cloud V
Sublimator - Sublimator
Best Booth
Big Buddha Seeds
Devil's Harvest
Sensi Seeds
Glass Cup
Master Yoda/Big Buddha Seeds – Honey Collabs Collection
Loud/Silka – Sika Glass
Ray Pack - Roor
CBD Award
Cannatonic- Elemental Seeds
Inductee High Times Hall of Fame
Ben Dronkers
=== 27th Cup (2014) winners ===
Cannabis Cup
Best Coffeeshop FlowersBarney's Coffeeshop- Cookies Kush
Green Place - OG Reekn
The Green House - Pure Kush
Best Sativa by a Seed CompanyCrockett Family Farms - Tangie Crockett's Cut
DNA Genetics - Tangie
PhenoFinders - Lemon Bubble
Best Indica by a Seed CompanyThe Vault Genetics - Colorado Bubba
True Canna Genetics - The Truth
DNA Genetics - Kosher Kush
Best Hybrid by a Seed CompanyThe Vault Genetics - Larry OG
Rare Dankness Seeds - Star Killer
BC Bud Depot - Night Nurse
Best Import Hash (Concentrates) by a Seed CompanyLoud Pack Extractions & Greenwolf, LA - Super Lemon OG Concentrate
Oasis Medical Seeds in Flint, MI - Paris OG Shatter Dab Vader
DNA Unlimited - Lemon OG 18 Live Resin
Best Neder Hash by a CoffeeshopBarney's Coffeeshop - Cookies Ice-Cream
The Green House -Green House Ice
The Grey Area - Grey Crystan
Best Import Hash Coffeeshopthe Green House - Super Lemon Haze Cream
Barney's Coffeeshop - Carmella Cream
The Green Place - Twisla
Best Neder Hash by a Seed CompanyThe Vault Genetics - The Kong 73 Non-Solvent Hash
DNA Grow Your Own - Betty Ross
Drysift by House of the Great Gardener -Barb 99
CBD FlowersHouse of the Great Gardener - CBD ReneCBD ConcentrateCannaVest - CBD Simple
Best ProductThe Loud Seeds Gift Bag
Devil's Harvest
Sensi Seeds
Best GlassRoor
Flav421 History in the Making by the Dampkring Gallery
Team Japan Onigari/ Demon Hunter by the Dampkring Gallery
== Australian Cannabis Cup ==
The Australian Cannabis Cup is an annual cannabis competition held in Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia. It has been celebrated since before 1995 and is known for recognizing excellence in cannabis produce.
The event features judges from around Australia who sample and vote for their favourite cannabis varieties, with cups (trophies) being awarded to the overall winner in the cannabis variety competition and in the best wax , dabs and rosin categories.
=== History ===
The Australian Cannabis Cup gained national attention in 1995 when it was featured in a documentary by 60 Minutes. Over the years, the event has evolved, with a focus on two primary categories: buds/flowers and extracts like oils and hash. In recent years, Alec ‘Craze’ Zammitt and Will Stolk, members of the 420 cannabis protest group 'Who Are We Hurting?,' have documented the event through video coverage.
=== Categories ===
Award categories include Best Flower, Wax or Dab, Best Hash, (hashish that is produced only in Australia). A team of judges decides which grower has grown the Best Indica, Best Sativa, and Best Hash.
The U.S. Cannabis Cup recognizes marijuana in states that have passed laws that legalize marijuana for adult, recreational use. Teams of expert judges vote on Best Indica, Best Sativa, Best Hybrid,
While in Australia the illegality of Cannabis has made the Cannabis Cup more of an underground hush ,hush affair for members of the tight nit cannabis community.
=== Impact ===
This event has played a significant role in showcasing and pushing for change within the cannabis community in Australia and raising awareness about medicinal cannabis, which began being prescribed en masse to the public in 2018.
=== Community Involvement ===
More than just a competition, the Australian Cannabis Cup fosters community and camaraderie among cannabis enthusiasts and positively impacts the local Nimbin community.
=== Legal Considerations ===
The event operates in a legal landscape where recreational cannabis remains illegal at the federal level in Australia. Nevertheless, changing attitudes toward cannabis legislation and the growing medicinal cannabis industry have influenced the event's reception and its role in the broader discourse on cannabis in Australia.List of cannabis competitions
== External links ==
Official website
YouTube site
Cannabis Cup Winners, Awards & History
The story of the Cannabis Castle, run by Neville Shoenmaker a.k.a. The King Of Cannabis
The 1st European Tour Operator for the HTCC Amsterdam |
1,496 | 33,166,967 | 0 | Castlefest | Netherlands | Castlefest is a medieval/fantasy festival in the Netherlands, held in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse since 2005.
== History ==
During the first edition in 2005, 3,500 visitors attended the event, in 2007 the festival attracted 16,000 visitors and in 2011 more than 24,000 visitors entered the gates of Castlefest. In August 2015 the festival attracted a record number of 35,000 visitors. At the 14th edition in 2018, more than 40,000 people attended the festival. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled. The 2020 edition was replaced by a three-day online event with music and guests, and the regional television station TV West aired a programme looking back at the 2019 edition.
Along with the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig, Germany, Castlefest has played an important role in the establishment of a community for neopagan music in Europe.
== Activities ==Castlefest is held on the first weekend of August in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse, the Netherlands. It takes part during three days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with an opening concert on Thursday (since 2011). There are several folk and neo-medieval bands performing each year at the festival. In addition to music, there are workshops, stands with medieval food and drinks, medieval dancing and writers of fantasy literature present. The festival is based on the Celtic feast of Lughnasadh and Saturday night is the Pagan Night (most notable for the wicker burning each year).
Elf Fantasy Fair
Renaissance fair
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
== Further reading ==
Ramstedt, Martin (2007). Metaphor or invocation? The convergence between modern Paganism and Fantasy fiction. Journal of Ritual Studies. 21 (1): 1–15. JSTOR 44368765.
== External links ==Official website
(in Dutch) Castlefest 2011 at Fok!nieuws |
1,497 | 31,213,992 | 0 | Elfia (festival) | Netherlands | Elfia, formerly known as the Elf Fantasy Fair is a fantasy-themed cosplay festival held twice a year in the Netherlands.
For the first time, it was organized in 2001 in the historical theme park Archeon. From 2009 Elfia (also known as the Kingdom of Elfia) appears twice a year, in April at Castle de Haar, Haarzuilens and in September at Castle Arcen, Arcen. The Haarzuilens event is the largest fantasy & costume event in Europe and attracts some 27,000 visitors every year. Elfia has been created by Stefan Struik but is now managed by his sister Helena Struik with the support of a group of small companies. Elfia is actually a cross-section of genres: next to fantasy, there are also themes from science fiction, LARP, gothic, manga, cosplay and historical reenactment genres. But most of all it is a costume event with (fantasy and historical) costume parades. Elfia also characterizes herself as a kingdom with a real flag, a border with fantasy customs officers, and royal elections. There are ambassadors appointed in seven different countries.
Previous guests of honour included Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Tarja Turunen, Stanislav Ianevski, Brian Froud, Brian Muir and Christopher Paolini. The German band Faun often headlined the event and the English lecturer Professor Rotherham regularly gives lectures in the castle's chapel.
== Other events ==
Since the Elf Fantasy Fair proved to be a success there have been other fantasy related events held in The Netherlands such as the Gothic & Fantasy Beurs at De Broodfabriek in Rijswijk (Gothic & Fantasy Exhibition, since 2003, now Fantasy Fest), the Midwinter Fair at the Archeon, Alphen aan den Rijn (since 2003), Castlefest at the Keukenhof, Lisse (since 2005), the Gothic & Fantasy Fair in Arnhem (between 2007 and 2009), Keltfest near Dordrecht (since 2008, now near Amsterdam), the MysticFair in Rotterdam (in 2008 and 2009), Nox Obscura (in 2008), Phantasium in Eindhoven (between 2009 and 2013), Fantastic Amsterdam in Amsterdam (in 2009 and 2010) Fantastyval (between 2009 and 2014). and the Midzomer Fair (Midsummer Fair, between 2010 and 2012)
Renaissance fair
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
== External links ==
Official website |
1,499 | 26,861,807 | 0 | Festival aan de Werf | Netherlands | The Festival aan de Werf is a theater and visual arts festival that takes place every year in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands. The first edition of the festival took place in 1986, to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Utrecht University. The first edition of the festival was a three-day event that took place in the Oudegracht. Current editions of the festival usually last ten and include music, visual arts, performances, and installations.
== Notes == |
1,500 | 42,965,601 | 0 | Floriade 1960 | Netherlands | Floriade 1960 was a horticultural exhibition and garden festival held in Rotterdam, Netherlands which took place from 25 March to 25 September 1960 in Het Park near the Meuse River. It was the first edition of the Floriade to be organised under the auspices of the Association of International Horticultural Producers (AIPH) and also the first international horticultural exposition to be recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions .
To mark the occasion of the Floriade, the Euromast was built and inaugurated. The tower was 107 meters high, making it the tallest structure in the city. The tower's height was increased after the end of the Floriade.
== Gallery ==
== External links ==Official website of the BIE |
1,501 | 40,940,611 | 0 | Floriade 1992 | Netherlands | Floriade 1992 was an international garden exhibition held in Zoetermeer, Netherlands, recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and organized under the authority of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Floriade ran from April 9 to October 10, 1992, and was held on a converted pasture outside Zoetermeer near The Hague. The exhibition covered 168 acres and had participants from more than 20 countries. Thirteen foreign countries participated (Germany, India, Japan, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Thailand and Indonesia). The Floriade hosted 3.36 million visitors.The Floriade site was also the setting for a sculpture exhibition, in which many artists including Rob Scholte helped construct an exhibition called The Colossus of Zoetermeer. The exhibition was officially opened by Queen Beatrix. A special tram line was built to service the exhibition.
== External links ==
Official website of the BIE |
1,502 | 40,843,741 | 0 | Floriade 2002 | Netherlands | The 2002 Floriade international horticultural exposition took place from April 6 to October 20, 2002, in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, with a theme of Contribution of Horticulture in the quality of life in the 21st century. Recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the festival covered 65 hectares and had 30 participating countries.
Across the Floriade site is the Geniedijk, part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, while the Lake Side was located in the Haarlemmermeer Woods. From the artificial mountain, visitors had a substantial view of the area. The Zuidtangent was opened around the same time as the Floriade, with temporary additional stops opened along the north and south entrances to the festival. The north stop is still occasionally used during events and festivals held on the site of the Floriade. The 2002 Floriade was also the site of the Spike and Suzy album, The Bright Floriade.
== Gallery ==
== External links ==
Official website of the BIE |
1,503 | 40,469,340 | 0 | Floriade 2012 | Netherlands | The Floriade 2012 was a Dutch horticultural exposition held in Venlo, Netherlands. It was the sixth Floriade and was held from April 5 to October 7, 2012. The Floriade 2012 was opened by Queen Beatrix. The exposition's theme and slogan was Be part of the theatre in nature; get closer to the quality of life.
== Preparation ==
The Dutch Horticultural Council selected a number of candidates starting in June 2004 for the organization of the Floriade 2012. The official candidates were:Arnhem
Drechtsteden (Alblasserdam, Dordrecht, 'S-Gravendeel, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Papendrecht, Sliedrecht, Zwijndrecht)
NoordWest 8 (a partnership of several organizations in the field of thirty municipalities in the region of Alkmaar, Hoorn and Den Helder)
Region Venlo
Rotterdam
Tilburg / Brabantstad
District Amsterdam-Noord
The municipalities of Rotterdam and Arnhem had in earlier decided to withdraw the candidacy because the financial risks were deemed too high. In Drechtsteden, the five participating municipalities failed to make a positive decision. In Drechtsteden, the concerns of high costs, environmental impact and disruption of Sunday rest were reasons against hosting the festival. The board of the Dutch Horticultural Council announced on December 8, 2004, that the plan of the only remaining candidate, Venlo, met the criteria.
The official preview event, named Floriade Invites, hosted 22,000 visitors on June 20, 2010. A cable car by Doppelmayer was part of the Floriade Preview Centre which operated in 2011. The Floriade, which was designed by landscape architect John Boon, made prominent use of Cradle-to-cradle design.
== The festival ==The Floriade Park covered a total of 66 hectares (163 acres), including 22 hectares (55 acres) of forest, two and a half acres of buildings and four acres of water. Organizers of the festival planted 1,700 trees, 20,000 shrubs, 200,000 perennials, 65,000 water plants, one and a half million bulbs and 95,000 annuals. There were 60 charging stations for electric cars in the parking lot of the Floriade.
The park consisted of five themed areas, separated by woodland. Each theme area had its own decor, program and activities.Relax & Heal
Green Engine
Education & Innovation
Environment
World Show Stage
The Floriade contained two imposing buildings. The design was created between 2007 and 2010 and the first tree planting was in 2008. The same year also saw construction of the theme field, Relax & Heal, and a year later the shrubs were planted. In 2010, the perennials were placed and planted borders. The last theme field Green Engine was built.
Villa Flora was one of the biggest crowd pullers at the Floriade. The fully energy-neutral building is a symbol of sustainability, innovation and the green economy. Villa Flora is a design by the architect Jón Kristinsson. The Innova has been designed by former government architect Jo Coenen. The building is 70 meters (230') high and has 16 floors, with exhibition rooms on the 16th floor, and has been redeveloped to become part of the Venlo GreenPark, a green business park. A 1,100 meter (1200 yard) long cable car system running through the park opened on April 16, 2011.
Queen Beatrix visited the Floriade a second time during the state visit of President Abdullah Gül of Turkey, in which the president opened the Turkish pavilion.
== Aftermath and legacy ==
Management had estimated a total of 2.3 million visitors would come to Floriade 2012. During the closing ceremony on October 7, 2012, CEO Paul Beck announced a total 2,046,684 guests were welcomed. Initially media falsely reported a loss of 9 million Euros. In 2013 Floriade reported a loss of 5.5 million Euros, later this was adjusted to 5.4 Million Euros. Later the legacy and spin-off of the expo were valued at 350 Million Euros and local and regional entrepreneurs noted an increase in spending during and after the expo. The site of the expo is now home to Greenport Venlo, a variety of new companies are now located in the former entrance building and Villa Flora and large logistics centers occupy the site of the former parking lot.
== Gallery ==
== External links ==
Official website of the BIE |
1,504 | 41,170,625 | 0 | GLOW Festival Eindhoven | Netherlands | The GLOW festival is a light art festival held every November in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Artists and designers from home and abroad present light art and design applications by using new media technologies, such as computers, sensors, animations, and also the well-known projection techniques.
The GLOW festival was held for the first time in November 2006. The festival is an outdoor exhibition in public space of national and international light artists. The light artworks are connected by a walking route of approximately 5 kilometres which runs through the city centre. During the festival artworks can be seen in the city and on the banks of the Dommel. The festival route changes every year to give attention to different areas and neighborhoods of Eindhoven.
GLOW-Next is all about brand new light projects that are exhibited for the first time. In Eindhoven, engineers, designers, scientists and artists work together to create innovative light concepts and -techniques as well as new insights. In 2016 these projects were exhibited at the Eindhoven University of Technology campus for celebrating the 60th anniversary of its founding.
Eindhoven was known as the City of Light before Philips existed. For many years it was the largest producer of matches, possibly because of the local tobacco industry. Due also to the Incandescent light bulb production by Philips in Eindhoven, the city has always had something to do with light. The city also has a strong presence of local developments and lighting research, including De-Escalate, a laboratory that is a collaboration of the Intelligent Lighting Institute and the Technical University.
== Pictures ==
== External links ==
Official website (Dutch)
GLOW Eindhoven in beeld: 2013 drukste editie ooit
GLOW Eindhoven: zes hoogtepunten die je niet mag missen
GLOW Eindhoven |
1,505 | 5,999,878 | 0 | Hartjesdag | Netherlands | Originally Hartjesdag (Day of Hearts) was a festival celebrated on the third Monday in August in the Dutch areas of Haarlem and Bloemendaal and in various parts of Amsterdam, particularly around the Haarlemmerplein, in the Jordaan, and in the Dapperbuurt. On Hartjesdag fires were kindled and children collected money. Later it developed itself into a type of cross-dressing carnival, where men dressed as women, and women dressed as men. A typical scene was captured in the oil painting entitled Hartjesdag, by the artist Johan Braakensiek in 1926.
== Origin and development ==
Where the name Hartjesdag comes from is not clear. Probably it has arisen in the Middle Ages. It is suspected that the name is a bastardisation of 'hertjesdag' (Deer Day). This was a festival where in the forests around Haarlem deer (herten) hunting could be done by the ordinary people, which was normally reserved for nobility. The deer were then taken to Amsterdam and roasted in the streets.
During the German occupation in 1943 the Hartjesdag became prohibited, and after the war it eventually became obsolete.
In 1997 a local committee in the Zeedijk, Amsterdam, decided to see if they could revive the tradition. Each year since then, the festival has flourished into a two-day event on the 3rd weekend in August.
== Photo-impression ==
Some photos of the Hartjesdag celebration in 2005:
Transvestism
== External links ==
Webpage of the Hartjesdagen |
1,506 | 2,368,869 | 0 | Heideweek | Netherlands | Heideweek is a week of festivities in Ede, Netherlands. Each year, the blossoming of the heath is celebrated. The people of Ede choose a heath queen and princess. A parade goes through the centre and suburbs of Ede, and festivities are scheduled for the Museum square area, including live music.
== History ==
In 1935 the chairman of the local VVV decided to organize a Heideweek. The purpose of this was to attract more tourists to Ede and thus provide more income for the local shopkeepers. It became a great success and the event was organized annually until mobilization in 1939. From 1946 to 1977, a Heideweek was not organized every year, but from 1978 it was again uninterrupted. |
1,507 | 2,392,231 | 0 | Huntenkunst | Netherlands | Huntenkunst is an annually recurring international art event held in the Dutch town of Doetinchem in May. At the event, artists present modern visual art, diverse in styles and techniques, from photography to painting and sculpture to video art. The art event is well known for its quality, variation and attendance of large numbers of artists from many different countries.
== External links ==
Huntenkunst official website |
1,508 | 24,499,730 | 0 | Impakt Festival | Netherlands | The Impakt Festival is a yearly manifestation on media art, founded in 1988 in the city of Utrecht, Netherlands.
It showcases films, video art, performances, music, conferences and other special events with works from international artists. Dealing with questions about society, digital culture and media, the festival aims to tackle pressing questions from an interdisciplinary perspective.
== History ==
The Impakt Festival started in 1988 as a festival for experimental arts. Since its first edition the Impakt Festival has been offering a variety of events including video and film screenings, exhibitions, conferences, talks, concerts and dance nights. Besides the annual Panorama program, which is still Impakt's official selection of recent film and video productions, the festival also has a thematic program that is focused on contemporary matters. Interdisciplinarity is embraced and efforts for balance and multi-perspectiveness is preferred. Over the years, the festival has taken the form of a more thematic program. Impakt also operates an artist-in-residency scheme, outside of the annual festival, along with year-round events.
== 1990s ==
The 1990s editions were characterized by an, already proven, experimental research that formed a positive stimulus to the past image and soundculture and a necessary supplement to the mass media’s supply of entertainment.
During those editions were screened works from Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman, Mathias Muller, Bruce Conner, Bill Viola, Kurt Kren, Dereck Jarman and William Wegman.
== 2000s ==
As Impakt Festival's prestige as a European media art festival grew, the turn of the millennium saw a turn to focusing on a more specifically on an annual thematic program. Themes included:
2001 Group Formation
2002 Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World?
2003 It's Happening Again: Fashion, Music, Politics
2004 Cultural Autopsy
2005 Adventures in Sound and Image
2006 The Great Outdoors
2007 Adventures in Sound and Image
2008 Yourspace
2009 Accelerated Living
During the 2000s editions, works from Annika Larsson, Magnus Wallin, Norman McLaren, Miranda July, Matthew Barney and Reynold Reynolds were screened at Impakt Festival, in addition to many others.
== 2010–present ==
=== Impakt Festival 2010 ===
Matrix City focused on the various different perceptions of what elements constitute a city and what a city should look like. Considerations, not only on geographical matters, but additionally on Utopianism were addressed through the programme.
=== Impakt Festival 2011 ===
2011 focused on the theme The Right to Know, in which Impakt dove into all dilemmas inherent in our modern data society, with conspiracy theories and cover-ups, digital dissidents and banned videos, data journalism and fear management, fine print messages and big secrets. The theme transpired to be extremely apt, as 2011 saw the onset of the Arab Spring and the prominence of WikiLeaks' rise.
The Centre for the Humanities (CfH) at Utrecht University, in collaboration with the department of New Media and Digital Culture and the Impakt Festival, initiated the CfH-Impakt Festival Fellowship. Mercedes Bunz acted as the festival fellow.
=== Impakt Festival 2012 ===
No More Westerns explored the decline in dominance of Western media culture. The programme explored shifting geopolitical landscapes on the world stage and aimed to preview the imminent changes in visual culture. Guest curators included Samantha Culp and Cher Potter, they stated that: We hope to share some of the isolated charges and momentary signs we’ve noticed that indicate a new and imminent awareness – a set of cultural and social movements emerging from regions operating along alternative storylines to the west, in the spaces between pre-modernism and postmodernism.
Speakers of note included Parmesh Shahani, along with another collaboration with The Centre for the Humanities (CfH) at Utrecht University.
=== Impakt Festival 2013 ===
In 2013 the Impakt Festival investigated capitalism and the current economic crisis under the theme Capitalism: Catch-22 It asked questions, such as: whether capitalism is at the root of crises or actually the driving force behind progress? And, are there any viable alternatives?
Impakt selected three curatorial parties, representing a diverse programme: Amsterdam-based collective Monnik, British curator Benjamin Fallon and German film curator Florian Wüst.
=== Impakt Festival 2014 ===
Soft Machines: Where the Optimised Human Meets Artificial Empathy celebrated Impakt Festival's silver jubilee, in addition to probing the relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence. A. E. Benenson, Ken Farmer, Noah Hutton and Dr. Leah Kelly acted as guest curators for the programme.
Highlights included Bruce Sterling, pioneer of the Cyberpunk literary genre, presenting the key-note speech of the festival, in collaboration with the Studium Generale Utrecht University, as well as a presentation of new work by Floris Kaayk (recipient of the 2014 Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs). Additionally, Dutch graphic design team, Metahaven's music video for Holly Herndon's Interference, premiered alongside other Impakt Festival commissions.
=== Impakt Festival 2015 ===
Impakt Festival 2015 took place from 28 October- 1 November 2015, under the title The Future of History (in a World Well Documented). It offered reflections and new ideas on the future of history and on the future of the future, within the themes of ´The Better You´, ´Colossal Data´ and ´The Memory of Technology´.
The festival deviated from its traditional form in that the opening was conducted over two evenings, with keynotes from Daan Roosegaarde(in collaboration with HKU) and Evgeny Morozov (in collaboration with Hacking Habitat).
The rest of the festival was divided temporally between past, present and future over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Additional keynote lectures on these days were: Evan Roth, Cécile B. Evans and Jason Scott, founder and maintainer of textfiles.com.
Additional artists and speakers over the weekend included: Olia Lialina, Geert Lovink, artistic director of Transmediale Kristoffer Ganzing, Mirko Tobias Schäfer, among many others.
=== Impakt Festival 2016 ===
Impakt Festival 2016 took place from 26–30 October 2016, under the title Authenticity?
It researched authenticity's various understandings and meanings, reflected upon its relevance as a business strategy; and instead of representing its suggested meaning, it functioned as a catalyst – reflecting and producing a theoretical background for authenticity in the post-digital age. During the festival the film programme Portraits was curated by Fireflies magazine and consisted of films by Pedro Costa and Ben Rivers, while the festival's exhibition called Authenticity is Dead, Long Live Authenticity! included works by Amalia Ulman, DIS (collective) and General Idea. Speakers during the festival were Franco Berardi, Chus Martínez, David Joselit among others.
=== Impakt Festival 2017 ===
The Festival took place from 25 until 29 October 2017 under the title Haunted Machines & Wicked Problems, and was curated by Natalie Kane & Tobias Revell.
=== Impakt Festival 2018 ===
The Festival of 2018 took place from 24 until 28 October 2018 under the title Algorithmic Superstructures, and was curated by Luba Elliott, Alex Anikina and Yasemin Keskintepe. The festival featured talks by Eliot Higgins of investigative collective Bellingcat, Adam Greenfield, Metahaven, Julia Kloiber, Evgeny Morozov a.o.
=== Impakt Festival 2019 ===
The 2019 Festival will take place from 30 October until 3 November.
== Festival Format ==
=== Location ===
The city of Utrecht, The Netherlands, provides the landscape for the festival. Events and screenings occur in various venues across the city. Popular, and often re-used, venues include Theatre Kikker, T’Hoogt and Ekko. The latter of these was one of the venues used when the festival was founded and is now used for live music and night-life events. In the past few years Impakt has made use of other venues for exhibitions, talks, conferences as Academie Galerie, Studio T (Utrecht University).
=== Festival Components ===
The main body of Impakt Festival is composed of its screening programmes. In recent years this has comprised around thematic focus in addition to a Panorama programme which showcases the best in innovative visual art. Speakers and panels, performances (often interactive) tend to focus on the year’s theme. Music nights are an integral part of the festival program: in the past years Toro y Moi, Kode9, James Blake, DJ Spinn and DJ Rashad, Demdike Stare and more played at Impakt Festival.
The closing night of the festival has seen a new tradition in the form of a YouTube battle. Festival participants and guests are invited to out-do one another using YouTube as a medium in a rap battle format.
== Additional Activities ==
=== Residency Programme ===
Impakt runs a year-round operation with a residency programme for artists. Previous artists in residence have included: James T. Hong (2011) and Andrew Norman Wilson (artist) (2013), among many others. Additionally, Impakt collaborates with LabMis, the production and research centre at São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, in a two-way residency exchange between Brazil and The Netherlands. Previous exchange artists have included Rosa Menkman (2013).
=== Impakt Online ===
Impakt are in the process of digitising their screening history online. They include curatorial highlights from previous years, and additionally new commissions of Internet Art projects on their web gallery.
=== Non-festival Events ===
Impakt organises year-round events in addition to the annual festival. Past events have included a Film club, interactive lectures and performances by current artists-in-residency.
March 2015 saw an event, 'Land of Desire', showcasing the work by Dutch Impakt artist-in-resident Donna Verheijden, and featuring a talk by eminent media theorist and founder of the Institute of Network Cultures Geert Lovink.
Additional events in 2015 have included showcases of work by Thiago Hersan and Dutch filmmaker Douwe Dijkstra.
Impakt curatorial programmes have also been screened at other festivals. A selection of highlights from the 2014 Soft Machines programme was screened at Athens Digital Arts Festival.
== External links ==
Official website |
1,509 | 19,346,966 | 0 | Lichtjesroute | Netherlands | The Lichtjesroute (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɪxtɕəsˌrutə, ˈlɪxjəsˌrutə]; Route of Lights) is a festival held every autumn in Eindhoven of the southern Netherlands. It starts with a parade on 18 September, celebrating the liberation of Eindhoven during World War II on the same date in 1944. The Lichtjesroute is celebrated not only to commemorate the liberation, but also to create an illusion of fairytales in light.
== Origin ==
During the first commemoration of the liberation of Eindhoven, following the Battle of Eindhoven in September 1944, a Feestverlichtingscomité (Committee of Party Lighting) was formed. The festival committee members included the Municipal Energy company Gemeentelijk Energiebedrijf, Philips, the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations (Federatie van Buurtverenigingen), the Eindhoven Installer Association (Eindhovensche Installateursvereniging), and the tourist board Association for Foreign Traffic (Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer). The committee had the idea to utilize the lights for the celebration. The inhabitants of Eindhoven were asked to help by making their houses shine in any way possible for one day. Because electricity were still in short supply after the war, lights came from candles at the windows.
After 1947, the Foundation for Liberation Commemoration (Stichting Bevrijdingsherdenking) took over coordination of all festival activities. The original day of lights was transformed into a route of lights. In several places throughout the city, dubbed Focal Points or Fire Points (Brandpunten), celebration lighting illuminated the area for four days, between 20:00 and 24:00 each day.
In the following years, the number of Fire Points grew steadily. By 1969, 25 years after the liberation, the route had grown to a length of no less than 40 kilometres (25 mi). This would be the last year the Lichtjesroute was celebrated for more than a decade.
In 1984, a number of enthusiasts decided it was time to give the Lichtjesroute a new life. Through a mailing, a thousand corporations were asked for financial support, and the local media called for volunteers to help make the new Lichtjesroute a reality.
== The route today ==The Lichtjesroute, as revived in 1984, consists of a route through the centre of Eindhoven and through the suburbs of Stratum, Strijp, and Woensel. The route is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) long and is especially popular with smaller children. Families usually travel the route by car; officials have also made it friendly for cyclists who want to follow the route. The route is indicated by reflecting pointer signs that show an arrow and a red picture of a light bulb. On some signs, the text fietsroute (cycle route) is also added, to indicate areas where cyclists should follow an alternate route.
Along the route, various frames with ornaments made from lights are mounted onto lamp posts. The ornaments depict various objects and animals; some have World War II–themed imagery. Ornaments are usually grouped by common themes—all animals are located together, for example. The placement of the ornaments changes each year, but in some places, the same ornaments are shown each year. For example, Halvemaanstraat (Half-moon Street) is always decorated with half-moon crescent shapes. The Vaartbroek area always has ornaments of astrological signs, because the streets there are named after characters from Greek and Roman mythology. In Witte Dorp (White Village), there are no ornaments—but red, white, and blue lamps, symbolic of the flag of the Netherlands, are placed on the bay windows, where they shine onto the white houses.
Special resting places are designated on the route, where people can stop for a snack or walk around; one such area is Hendrik de Keyzerplein, a square and small park in a residential area. These points are usually the busiest on the route, and as a result, traffic jams are common there.
== Sustainability ==
In 2006, the Foundation started replacing the incandescent light bulbs with light-emitting diodes (LEDs); an initial batch of one thousand LED bulbs was installed. Over time, the incandescent lights will be retired; wholesale replacement of the existing bulbs would be too expensive. Compact fluorescent lamps, used to save energy in other applications, are not a viable solution because they are not suitable for outside lighting.
== External links ==
De Lichtjesroute |
1,510 | 6,831,568 | 0 | Oerol Festival | Netherlands | Oerol (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈuːrɔl]) is a cultural festival on the island of Terschelling in the Netherlands that is held annually in June. The ten-day festival is focused on live, public theatre as well as music and visual arts. This festival was founded in 1981 by Joop Mulder, then owner of café De Stoep in Midsland. The first edition took place on June 18, 1982.
== Festival ==
Oerol has grown into one of the largest location theater festivals in Europe, Oerol is programmed at the beginning of the summer, when the island is full of greenery. All of Terschelling forms the location for the Festival, working intensively with one of the partners: Staatsbosbeheer. At Oerol there is room for the experimental and young makers, but there is also room for established groups that premiere at Oerol. Every year some 55,000 visitors come to the Dutch and international theater performances, music, Expeditions, Talks and Pop-up Performance during this temporary society on an island.
The premise of the Festival is to use the entire island as a stage, although two primary stages (Groene Strand and Westerkeyn) are set up. Beaches, woods, dunes and other landscapes can function as performance spaces, and shows have also taken place in farm sheds, boathouses and an army bunker. Tickets are sold in the form of passports allowing access to the island for part or all of the week, and then tickets are available for the individual performances. Street theatre acts, art, and podium musical performances are free during the festival. Over 50,000 people visited the island and some 95,000 tickets were sold for the 2007 festival.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical Festivals of 2020 and 2021 were cancelled. In a short time Oerol developed 'Imagine Your Island', an online environment where visitors could still experience Oerol. Special performances, talk shows and podcasts were produced for this online platform. Radio Oerol was also created and the online Dagkrant (the daily paper) was available for everyone to read. In 2021 the focus was mainly on the 15 makers who worked together during the Oerol Lab, a number of additional residencies and the possibility for groups to finish the performance for future play locations.
== Naming ==
In the Terschelling dialect, Oerol means everywhere or literally overall in the sense of covering the entire land (oeral in standard Frisian). Oerol takes its name from an old Terschelling tradition, when for a short time in early spring cattle were allowed to roam freely on the island, grazing on any and all available greenery. The oerol tradition continued until the arrival of paved roads, since cars and bicyclists collided at night with sleeping cattle; it was finally ended during the German occupation of the island in World War II.
== Funding ==
Over the years, the Festival faced financial difficulties several times. The lowest point was the 1993 edition, when Festival director Mulder announced during the opening that negotiations with the Ministry of WVC and the provincial government of Friesland had failed, and that this time the Festival would be held for the last time. Believing it to be the last time, visitors left the island disappointed. However, a solution was found shortly thereafter.
On the final day of Oerol in 2004 Mulder again announced that the continued existence of the Festival was threatened. Although a record number of visitors (55,000) had come, the organization was once again in financial difficulty. The subsidy of € 180,000 was not enough to continue to organize and finance the festival in the following years. We want at least € 400,000, otherwise it won't happen next year, Mulder said on the closing day of the 23rd Oerol edition. In 2005, structural support for the festival was actually extended and the 24th edition was secured.
Since 2017, Oerol has a solid position in the system and is part of the Basic Infrastructure (BIS) with a modest structural subsidy. Thanks to the extra subsidies during the COVID-19 pandemic, Oerol was not in financial jeopardy and staff and creators were still able to claim (part of) the agreed fees.
== Passing away Joop Mulder ==
On 10 January 2021, Joop Mulder, the Festival's founder, passed away at the age of 67.As a tribute to Joop Mulder, Marc van Vliet's artwork De Streken will be placed in the Wadden Sea during the summer in the coming years with the help of private donations. On the other side of the Wadden Sea, Sense of Place has placed a bench, titled: whatdataangaat. This is a famous quote by Mulder.
== External links ==Official website |
1,511 | 19,407,501 | 0 | Redhead Day | Netherlands | Redhead Day (Roodharigendag in Dutch) is the name of a Dutch summer festival that takes place each last weekend of August in the city of Tilburg. The festival started in 2005 in the small city Asten, and was held from 2007 up to 2018 in the city of Breda, in the Netherlands. The three-day festival is a gathering of tens of thousands of people in the city center of Tilburg, including many thousands of people with natural red hair, from more than 80 countries.
== Philosophy of the festival ==
The festival is based on three core values: connection, pride, and recognition. Each activity at the festival includes one or more of these values.
== Origins ==In 1979, Dutch public broadcaster VPRO organized a 'redhead day' in Baarn, Utrecht. Hosted by Djoeke Veeninga, it was attended by hundreds of redheads.
== 2000s ==
=== 2005 ===The festival was started in 2005 unintentionally by the Dutch painter Bart Rouwenhorst in the small Dutch city of Asten. As a painter, he was inspired by artists like Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Gustav Klimt. Both of these artists created dramatic portraits of women, and both artists made famous paintings depicting redheaded women.
To follow in the footsteps of his favourite painters, Rouwenhorst planned an exhibition of fifteen new paintings of redheads. Finding models was problematic, since redheads are rare in the Netherlands where only two percent of the population has natural red hair. To find models, an advertisement was placed in a local newspaper. However, instead of 15, 150 models volunteered.
Not wanting to turn down so many potential models, Rouwenhorst decided to choose 14 models, organise a group photo shoot for remaining redheads, and have a lottery to decide by chance who would be the 15th and final model. Thus began the first Redheadday.
That year, the focus was on red-haired women only, since they were asked to volunteer to pose for the paintings. At the events in later years, the aim was to attract redheaded men as well as women, but still the sexes are not equally distributed. The first meeting attracted 150 natural redheads.
=== 2007 ===The second event was organised in 2007, in and around the main church of Breda. On 2 September 2007, 800 redheads including Evelien went to the city. The dress code was white. The festival was opened by the mayor of Breda, unveiling a painting of fifty redheads. The festival poster contained a picture of a redheaded model (Milanne) in a wedding dress. Redheaded children were allowed off school for a week because of this event. This holiday still continues for some schools in The Netherlands.
=== 2008 ===
On 7 September 2008, about 1,500 to 2,000 redheads from 15 countries went to Breda to celebrate the third Redhead day. The programme consisted of 42 activities, including exhibitions of forty artists. The dress code was black. The programme was multi-lingual for the first time and the press coverage was worldwide. Articles appeared in newspapers from Norway to Hong Kong and Chile. In 2008 some Dutch calendars started noting the first Sunday of September as the official Redheadday, a day honouring redheads. It complements Mothers Day and Father's Day, the celebrations honouring parents.
=== 2009 ===
The 2009 event took place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September. The location was again the city of Breda. On Saturday, the focus was on visitors from abroad. On Sunday, the main event took place, with the traditional group photo in the main city park of Breda. There were about 50 activities, ranging from large artistic photo shoots by artists, to workshops with children, and lectures on different aspects of red hair.
== 2010s ==
=== 2010 ===
The 2010 event took place on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September. Again there were about 50 activities, ranging from large artistic photo shoots by artists, to workshops with children, and lectures on different aspects of red hair. This year however, the nature of the event was more international. Program booklets were provided in three languages (Dutch, English and German) and groups of redheads appeared with T-shirts and flags reflecting their home country, like Germany, France and Italy. This year, all hotels in the city center were booked full. The organisation estimated that 4,000 people with natural red hair came from thirty countries.
=== 2011 ===The 2011 event lasted from Friday September 2 to Sunday September 4. On Friday, an unofficial opening was held for the volunteers and some visitors from the Netherlands, Germany, UK, Ireland and the US. This year, there were more photoshoots. The organisation estimated that despite the forecast rain, the same number of visitors came to Breda, this time from over fifty countries.
=== 2012 ===
Breda played host to the 7th edition of the Redhead Days from 31 August to 2 September 2012. Owing to its large global appeal this festival officially changed its name from the Dutch Roodharigendag to the Redhead Days. The event started with a Kick-off party at the Mezz in Breda on Friday evening 31 August where participants were treated to an abridged version of the documentary Being Ginger and a performance by the band Convoi Exceptional.
The world record for the number of redheads in one place was also broken in this year with a total of 1255 redheads standing together for 10 minutes. According to the organisation approx 4 to 5 thousand from 60 countries attended the event. The media was represented from around the world including a documentary team from Australia.
=== 2013 ===
The 8th edition of the Redhead Days took place from 30 August to 1 September 2013. For the first time in this event's history the activities were partially sponsored by means of crowdfunding. For the second time the festival opened with a kick-off party at the Mezz in Breda during which the film LUIM MC1R by director Tjepke Zijlstra was shown and Vanessa Voss and Band performed.
The documentary Being Ginger in a sold-out Chasse Theatre was shown twice during this year's event. Once again on Sunday 1 September the 2012 record of redheads in one place was broken. Under the watchful eye of an official Guinness Book of Records official the total number of 1,672 redheads in one place was recorded. The organisation confirmed that more than 5,000 redheads from 80 countries attended the event. Media teams from around the world also attended.
=== 2015 ===In 2015 the Redhead Days celebrated its 10th anniversary with the special theme of Vincent van Gogh, exactly 125 years since the Dutch Grand Master's death. 2015 anniversary edition took place on 4–6 September 2015 in Breda.
=== 2016 ===
The 11th edition was held in Breda, and the year color was red. The group photo was made from the direction of the train station to the Valkenbergpark.
=== 2017 Global Friendship edition ===
The 12th edition of the festival had as theme Global Friendship and the color was green.
=== 2018 Umbrella edition ===
The 13th edition of the festival was the last one in Breda and was sponsored by insurance company AON. Owing to rain, this edition was named the umbrella edition.
=== Moving to a new city ===
The festival organisation decided to move the festival from Breda due to long lasting irregularities in the subsidies department at the local government of Breda. According to Dutch newspapers, advice on subsidies were given by people that had a personal interest in the outcome. In 2019 the local government Breda was found guilty in a lawsuit on this matter. The festival organisation visited several Dutch cities to look for a suitable new city to host the festival: Amersfoort, Dordrecht, Leeuwarden, Tilburg and Utrecht. Tilburg was chosen due to location, openness to new plans, new area developments like the Spoorzone and Spoorpark, and integrity of the local government: recently the Tilburg government won a prize for its integrity.
=== 2019 Tilburg edition ===The 14th edition of the festival was the first time the festival was held in Tilburg. The color was blue and the main festival location was at the Pieter Vreedeplain. Other locations of activities were the Spoorpark (campsite), Heuvel, LocHal (lectures), and 013 (parties). Two group photos were made, the first one was in the form of a T, honouring Tilburg.
== 2020s ==
=== 2020 ===
In 2020 the event, scheduled for 30 of November, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
=== 2021 14.5 edition ===
In 2021 it was long unsure whether the event could take place, due to COVID-19. Therefore, the festival was named the gathering, or the 14.5 edition and lasted from Friday evening August 27 to Sunday August 29. Also, several rules from the Dutch government had to be followed to keep the visitors safe. Owing to these rules, the traditional group photo had to be done while sitting down. Although severe travel restrictions were in place, the festival welcomed redheads from five continents and the group photo depicted 240 natural redheads. The festival was sponsored by 51 Hz and the local government of Tilburg. At this edition, some new activities were organized, like shared diners and a workshop model drawing.
=== 2022 Anniversary edition ===In 2022 the event celebrated its 15th anniversary. The organization created a record-breaking festival with many activities, ranging from pub-crawls to lectures, photo-shoots and workshops. For this edition, the festival campsite tripled in size.
=== 2023 Anniversary edition ===
In 2023, the festival was held in the Spoorpark in cooperation with City Camping Tilburg. After last year's anniversary, the goal was to top it. Not only were there more activities (including laughter yoga, portrait drawing workshop, dance classes). But also performances by GINGE, a redhead Dutch singers and Jackie T, a world-renowned trumpeter. That Redhead Days is known far and wide is evidenced by the visit of Peet Montzingo. Peet is best known for his videos with his family on Youtube and Tiktok. He comes from a family where everyone has dwarfism except himself. In addition, he is also the only one in the family with red hair.
== External links ==Redhead Day Official Website |
1,512 | 74,751,577 | 0 | Where the Sheep Sleep | Netherlands | Where the Sheep Sleep is an annually Burning Man summer event in the Netherlands since 2016. The Netherlands was the first country outside the United States to have an event officially associated with Burning Man.
As the festival is contested, it led to protests before the first edition and due to commotion it was moved from Apeldoorn to Zeewolde in 2019. The event has been held over the years in Kootwijk, Apeldoorn and Zeewolde. |
1,513 | 30,419,523 | 0 | World Port Days | Netherlands | The World Port Days, also known as the World Harbour Days, (Dutch: Wereldhavendagen) is a large, festive maritime event held annually in Rotterdam. It is one of the most highly attended events in the Netherlands.
== Highlights ==
World Port Days is a large annual multi-day event in the first weekend of September in the port of Rotterdam. The aim is to introduce the public to and give a glimpse behind the scenes of the port of Rotterdam, for example through ship visits, demonstrations on the water and presentations by port companies. The event attracts many visitors every year. Nowadays an important attraction is also the musical show and the fireworks on Saturday evening on the Nieuwe Maas, near the Erasmus Bridge.
The locations are: the Nieuwe Maas as a demonstration area, Katendrecht, Wilhelminapier, Wilhelminaplein, Willemsplein, Willemskade, Veerkade at the Veerhaven, Westerkade and Parkkade. The International Shantyfestival Rotterdam will also take place during the event. Many shanty choirs from all over the world will perform at various locations in the Oude Haven and Leuvehaven.
Regular participants are the providers of port services, such as tugs, pilots, rowers, water ships, and so on. The Port Authority, the Sea Police, Customs and the Royal Navy are also always present. The number of visitors runs into the hundreds of thousands, but also depends on the weather conditions. For example, there were 450,000 in 2014, but due to bad weather 'only' 320,000 the following year in 2015.
== History ==
Even before World War II, Harbor Days were organized to advertise the Port of Rotterdam. At the time, these were one-day events organized by the Rotterdam department of the Dutch company for industry and trade and the board of the Havenbelangen Foundation. The target group was not the general public, but a collection of prominent domestic and foreign business relations. The first Port Day was held on September 12, 1935 as part of the 'VVV week'. The program included a boat trip through the ports, a lunch in the former officers' society in Het Park and a tea in the Boyman Museum. During the third Harbor Day in 1937, the 375 guests were offered lunch in the civic hall of the town hall, after which they took a cruise on the Nieuwe Waterweg.
After the Second World War, it took until September 1978 when the organization of Rotterdam Maritime 78 brought the Harbor Days to their current public-oriented character. It was a major event with a fleet show on the Nieuwe Maas with 180 ships, including the popular Charlotte Rhodes from the series The Onedin Line. The Royal House was also present with Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard, Princess Beatrix, Prince Claus and the princes aboard the Piet Hein and the Groene Draeck.
In 1979, the Open Port Day was held under the motto 'Hallo Haven', whereby the public was given access to normally closed industrial areas in the port, such as refineries and container terminals. In 1980 the decision was made to make Port Day an annual event. Eventually it also became the multi-day Harbor Days, which now take three days during the first weekend of September.
The Port Days were held for the 30th time on 7, 8 and 9 September 2007, with the theme Working on World Class. There was also Admiral De Ruyter Homeport Race. In connection with the 30th anniversary, there was an opening port song by Gerard Cox and an evening program on September 8 with Gloria Estefan, among others. The Port of Rotterdam Authority also celebrated its 75th anniversary. There were various demonstrations including the Royal Navy, a Maas race, the Cat Logic sailing race, a Motorsloepenparade and the World Port Parade. In the Maritime Hotel / Zeemanshuis Rotterdam there were performances by various Shanty choirs.
In the years that followed, the themes Green Light for the Port followed during the Rotterdam Green Year 2008; Rotterdam harbour; New energy aimed at new energy sources and at young people in the context of Rotterdam Youth Capital of Europe 2009. At the Wilhelminapier the Grand Princess, one of the largest cruise ships, came to Rotterdam center.
The theme of the 40th edition of the World Port Days in 2017 was Rotterdam World! and attracted 430,000 visitorsPort of Rotterdam
== External links ==
Wereldhavendagen |
1,514 | 35,473,245 | 0 | Zwarte Cross | Netherlands | The Zwarte Cross Festival is the largest paid festival in the Netherlands, and the largest motor event in the world. The 19th edition in 2015 had 197,450 visitors and the 20th edition in 2016 numbered 220,000 visitors. The festival is a combination of motorcross, music, theatre and stunts.
'Zwarte Cross' literally means 'black cross'; it is a reference to the illegal motocross races in the 1960s.
== History ==The first edition of the Zwarte Cross took place in 1997. It was a motorcross in which anyone could compete on a motorcycle, moped or scooter. About 150 people competed, and there were 1000 visitors. The day was concluded with a concert of the organizing rock band, Jovink en de Voederbietels. Although the name suggested the race was illegal, the organisation had all the needed permits.
The festival proved to be successful, and the second edition had 350 competitors, and 4000 visitors, but a lot of people got injured. Therefore, the organisation decided to cooperate with a professional motorcross-club, HALMAC in Halle. The third edition was held on their official Grand Prix circuit.
In 2007, the festival moved to Lichtenvoorde.
The mascot and logo of the Zwarte Cross is 'Tante Rikie', Rikie Nijman, the mother of Jovink's manager, André Nijman. She is the unofficial festival CEO and is well-known by the visitors. During the festival, she is carried around in a sedan chair, and visitors kneel for her.
== Editions ==
=== 2010 ===
The 14th edition took place 15 July - 18 July. Performing bands were: Airbourne, Band Zonder Banaan, The Baseballs, Big Shampoo and the Hairstylers, Black Spiders, Caro Emerald, Coparck, DeWolff, Di-rect, Jon Oliva's Pain, Guus Meeuwis, Kamelot, K's Choice, Mala Vita, Marike Jager, Moss. 148,000 people visited the festival.
On 12 July, only a few days before the festival, a storm hit the festival-terrain. 4 people were injured. All of the already built tents were blown over, some destroyed. The damage was over 1 million euro. The scenery of the mega-tent (the biggest on the terrain, was replaced by an outdoor-stage.
Saturday 17 July, an employee of a fairground attraction was killed in an accident, while testing the ride.
=== 2011 ===
The 15th edition had 152,500 visitors. Some of the bands performing were: Blondie, Anthrax, Disabuse, Ilse de Lange, Jacqueline Govaert, Life of Agony, Miss Montreal, the Black Crowes, Helloween, Sepultura, Vanderbuyst, De Staat, Go Back to the Zoo and Annihilator. About 150 bands played on 20 stages.
=== 2012 ===
The 16th edition took place from 20 July - 22 July. The registration for competitors was closed in a record time, within ten minutes. Some of the bands were: Kaiser Chiefs, Within Temptation, DeWolff and Direct.
=== 2020-2021 ===
Editions 2020 and 2021 were not held because of the Covid pandemic.
=== 2022 ===
The 2022 edition was held from 15 to 17 July. Main acts at this 24th edition were Dropkick Murphys, Kensington, Claw Boys Claw and Katchafire.
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1,522 | 8,053,520 | 0 | List of Bohol festivals | Philippines | Every year, each town and barangay or even sitio / purok celebrates its fiesta in honor their patron saints.
During this time, streets are often filled with colors, lights, and banners to signify the fiesta season. It's been a tradition for Boholanos around the world to return to their respective hometowns during fiesta for homecoming and family reunions.
== List of Festivals ==
== List of Fiesta Dates == |
1,523 | 47,896,399 | 0 | Abaca Festival | Philippines | The Abaca Festival, formally known as Catanduanes Abaka Festival, is a festival held each year in Virac, Catanduanes, Philippines. The celebration happens every year during the fourth week of May. It recognizes the importance of the abacá fiber and the Manila hemp industry for the local economy. The festival also celebrates the resilient spirit and culture of Catanduanes.
== Background ==
Catanduanes Island is the native habitat of the endemic abaca plant (a banana relative) which is cultivated for its strong fiber. In fact, the Philippines FIDA (Fiber Industry Development Authority) declared the island as the highest abaca producing province in 2010. In 2009-2013, The Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) and the Department of Agriculture, Bicol Region had 39% share of Philippine Abaca production, emerged as the biggest produce while overwhelming 92% comes from Catanduanes the biggest abaca producing province in the country. But majority of the fiber produced here are of 3rd class and wide strips.
On April 15, 2022, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Republic Act No. 11700 declaring Catanduanes province as the Philippines Abaca Capital.
== Events ==
The main features of the festival are: Padadyaw Ginamlangan or Padadyaw kan Abaka, Pinukpok Fashion Show, Urag Catandungan sports competitions, Kantang Catandungan or Musika kan Isla, Festival Dance Competition, Binibini and Ginoong Bikol, Hagyan sa Kabitoonan and Jobs Fair.
Virac, Catanduanes
Catanduanes
Catandungan Festival |
1,524 | 1,401,102 | 0 | Agawan Festival | Philippines | Agawan Festival is an annual harvest festival held in Sariaya, Quezon, Philippines every 15 May in
honor to Saint Isidore the Laborer, the patron saint of agriculture and good harvest.
The celebration is known as the Happy Pandemonium and one of the four harvest festivals celebrated in the province of Quezon every May 14 or 15th.
== Etymology ==
The festival name, Agawan, was the idea of Rev. Fr. Raul Enriquez, the former town's parish priest and former president of Sariaya Tourism Council and the proponent of the town's Quadricentennial celebration in 1999.
== Events and Highlights ==
The main feature of the fiesta procession as the parade winds its way through the streets, people snatch the goodies and other produce hanging on the houses they pass by or on a pabitin, specially made for the parade. At the same time, people in the houses throw food, fruits and money into the parade. Before the parade, nearby residents decorate the outside of their homes. Colorful buntal hats are festooned all over the façade of houses. String beans are draped on windows to make curtains and banana trees are used to adorn fences. The primary, and most traditional, element in the decoration was the bagakay, or young bamboo branches from which junk food, native delicacies such as the kiping, fruits, candies and money were hung for people to snatch as they pass by. The term agawan, which is based on the Tagalog word for snatch, also pertains for the passerby's scramble to get these goods from the bagakay.
Pahiyas, another feast dedicated to Saint Isidore the Labourer that coincides with the Agawan Festival |
1,525 | 1,178,793 | 0 | Ati-Atihan festival | Philippines | The Kalibo Santo Niño—Ati-Atihan Festival, also simply called Ati-Atihan Festival, is a Philippine festival held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) in several towns of the province of Aklan, Panay Island. The biggest celebration is held during the third Sunday of January in the town of Kalibo, the province's capital. The name Ati-Atihan means to imitate the Ati people.
The festival consists of religious processions and street-parades, showcasing themed floats, dancing groups wearing colorful costumes, marching bands, and people sporting face and body paints. The street parade is known as Sadsad, which is also what the locals call their way of dancing where the foot is momentarily dragged along the ground in tune to the beat played by the marching bands.
Being believed to be the oldest festival in the Philippines and having inspired other popular Philippine festivals such as Dinagyang of Iloilo and Sinulog of Cebu, it is thus known as the Mother of All Philippine Festivals.
== History ==The origins of the Ati-Atihan celebration date back to 1212 AD, after a group of 10 Malay chieftains called ‘Datus’ fleeing from the island of Borneo settled on the island of Panay in the Philippines and were granted settlement by the Ati people. The celebration with a relation to Santo Niño known as the Fiesta de Santo Niño, dates back to at least the 17th century. It was part of the Catholic fiesta system employed by the Spanish colonial government to reinforce the reducciones policy that aimed to resettle natives on planned settlements built around a local church. In the 1950s, the festival, along with similar fiestas around the country celebrating the Santo Niño (like the Sinulog and Dinagyang) increasingly began to resemble the Brazilian Carnival and the New Orleans Mardi Gras, incorporating music, street dancing, and body painting. By the 1960s, the festival became even more commercialized as the Philippine Department of Tourism heavily promoted local festivals to national prominence. The festival now included elaborate exotic costumes (inspired by tribal attire from Papua New Guinea, Africa, and India). It culminated in 1972, when the festival's name was officially changed to Ati-Atihan.
The festivity is claimed to be originally a native animist celebration of the anito (ancestor spirits), to which Spanish missionaries gradually added a Christian meaning. The festival is also linked to the epic Maragtas. The epic claims that a group of 10 Malay chieftains, led by Datu Puti, fled the island of Borneo in the 13th century and landed on the island of Panay. Datu Puti made a trade with the Ati people and purchased the lowlands for a golden salakot, brass basins and bales of cloth. They gave a very long necklace to the wife of the Ati chieftain. Feasting and festivities followed soon after. Some time later, the Ati people were struggling with famine as the result of a bad harvest. They were forced to descend from their mountain village into the settlement below, to seek the generosity of the people who now lived there. The datu obliged and gave them food. In return, the Ati danced and sang for them, grateful for the gifts they had been given.
However, the historicity of the Maragtas epic is now questioned by modern historians, despite being once widely included in school textbooks and associated with the Ati-Atihan Festival. The claim of its origins from the Maragtas or the Ati people is a modern addition, like its name.
In 2012, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the ICHCAP of UNESCO published Pinagmulan: Enumeration from the Philippine Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The first edition of the UNESCO-backed book included the Ati-atihan Festival, signifying its great importance to Philippine intangible cultural heritage. The local government of Aklan, in cooperation with the NCCA, is given the right to nominate the Ati-atihan Festival in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
== Events ==The formal opening mass during the first day of the celebration emphasizes the festival's religious event. The mass is followed by a procession accompanied by rhythmic drumbeats and dance parades along the street. The second day begins at dawn with a rosary procession and ends with a community mass and another dance parade. The highlight of the festival occurs on the last day, the third Sunday of January, when groups representing different tribes compete for tourists' attention and prizes. The festival ends with a procession of thousands of people carrying different kinds of images of the Santo Niño.
== Celebrations in other places ==
Other towns in Aklan that celebrate the Ati-Atihan festival are Ibajay, Lezo, Malinao, Makato, Batan, Altavas, and Malay (Boracay Island). Several nearby towns of Antique and Capiz also hold the Ati-Atihan festival.
Other festivals held in the region with similar themes include the Dinagyang of Iloilo, the Halaran of Capiz, and the Binirayan of Antique.
== Controversies ==
The initial Ati-Atihan is believed to not originally include the Ati people (commonly misidentified with the Aeta people of Luzon) in the dances as the dancers were traditionally non-Ati natives who danced to give their gratitude towards the Ati people after the Ati welcomed them to the Ati homelands. In later years, Ati people also participated in the dance. The festival is viewed by some people living outside the Philippines, notably Filipino-Americans who call themselves Filipinx, as controversial, allegedly for the use of blackface. This has been disproved, as the coloring of the face and body of non-natives is an Ati-atihan tradition that predates the blackface phenomenon in the West. In fact, the coloring, by tradition, is meant to honor, not slander, the Ati people for their compassion towards non-Ati natives as recorded in the indigenous people's local history.
Ati people
Dinagyang
Sinulog
Santo Niño (disambiguation)
== External links ==Kalibo Ati Atihan Photographs Archived January 5, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
Ati-Atihan Festival Schedule
Ati-atihan Festival Photos |
1,526 | 27,255,725 | 0 | Binalbal Festival | Philippines | The Binalbal Festival is an annual festival held on the first of January in Tudela, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. It is a unique celebration of welcoming the new year for the townsfolk of Tudela.
Participants are disguised through the use of masks which allow them full freedom of inhibition during the new year celebration.
In the celebration, people or spectators wear masks and outfits that would represent their own definition of Binalbal.
Binalbal is derived from the local dialect Balbal which is Cebuano; it refers to a supernatural genus of strange-looking lifeforms: imps, witches, ogres, and the likes of them. Very much like a giant Halloween costume party, the Binalbal Festival is a very important cultural celebration where many revelers are clad in gory costumes.
== The Celebration ==
Since its early beginnings, the celebration traditionally starts on the evening until midnight of December 31 (known as the Masquerade Ball) and continues on the noon time of January 1, which is the grand parade of Binalbal Festival.
== Origin ==
It all started as simply wearing masks on New Year's Day to disguise the identity of a person. In the early 1920s, prominent people of Tudela participated in this affair, including Gregorio Aborka, Sofronio Inting, Edmundo Ruiz Sr., Gregorio Nebre, Florentino N. Olarte, Jose Singson, Alberto Raagas and other unrecorded personalities in metro barangays of Tudela.
It is associated with the wearing of Maskara (mask) at the outset of New Year. With bizarre make-up, the Binalbal roamed the street, visiting friends and relatives and asking gifts biko or suman, and other native delicacies.
This unique cultural tradition was handed down from the fathers of Tudelanians with its center theme focused on love, unity and prosperity with the hope of ultimately re-committing the individual to the spiritual and social codes of the past: a combination of merrymaking, thanksgiving, and prayers for a good harvest, good health and good luck. It is also an occasion of fun for everyone.
The word Binalbal, according to its official history published by the Local Government of Tudela dated January 1, 2003, does not carry unsavory connotations. It did not originate from the word Balbal (witch), or denoting evil spirit, nor was it coined to mean the Municipality of Tudela is inhabited by balbals (witches). Cebu has Sinulog, Aklan Ati-Atihan, the Illongos in Iloilo Dinagyang, all rolled into one Binalbal in Tudela.
Binalbal Festival has some semblance with Halloween practices in the British Isles. The ancient Celts then believed that in the evening of October 31, Samon, ‘Lord of the Dead’, called forth many evil spirits. To ward off these supernatural creatures of darkness, the “Druids” (ancient religious leaders among the Celtic peoples) made great bonfires.
Also, the similarity of Binalbal Festival with Mardi Gras—whose origins can be traced to medieval Europe, passing through Rome and Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries to the French House of the Bourbons—portrays merrymaking with parades, masked balls, street dancing and Halloween parties. These led to Binalbal's imitation of witches, ghosts, all kinds and shapes of animals, and the so-called fallen angels. Akin to its customs and beliefs, Tudelanhons sometimes offer treats or gifts to prevent evil spirit from doing harm.
In this part of Northwestern Mindanao only the municipality can claim originality on this festival. In the perpetuation of this tradition, the Municipality of Tudela, through Sanggunian Resolution, has created the Municipal Council for Local Culture and the Arts, for the purpose of ensuring the preservation, enrichment and promotion of Binalbal Festival as a distinct cultural heritage of the Tudelanians for the past 90 years.
Binalbal, as a cultural festival, has been supported by the provincial and local government units. In 1960, through the Municipal Council resolution by then Mayor Antero Singidas, the festival was recognized and given financial support.
During the time of Mayor Bernadette Paredes-Encinareal, the festival was given recognition by the Department of Tourism. The project proposals and request for funding support from the national government, through the Department of Tourism, were duly furnished but somehow it did not materialize. It was highly suggested by then Mayor Encinareal the creation of a special committee to specifically formulate plans, programs, sources of funds, and other innovative concerns to ensure the continuity of this yearly tradition. |
1,527 | 268,028 | 0 | Binirayan festival | Philippines | The Binirayan Festival is an annual month-long cultural festival in the province of Antique, Philippines, held every December.
The festival commemorates the arrival of Malay migrants prior to the Spanish conquest, as documented in Maragtas, a compilation of legends and oral history by Pedro Alcantara Monteclaro.
== Etymology ==
Binirayan comes from the Karay-a word biray, which translates sailboat. The word Binirayan literally means where they sailed to.
== Date of celebration ==
The festival was conceived by Governor Evelio Javier, and first celebrated on January 11–13, 1974. In 1975, the festival was moved to April 25–27, but in the succeeding years was celebrated in December to coincide with the Christmas celebration in the province. In 1981, with the assumption of Governor Enrique A. Zaldivar, it was moved back to April. The festival was not celebrated in 1980, 1984–1987, and 1995 due to political crises. Consequently, the dates of the festival, which has become one of the major festivals in the Western Visayas region has suffered inconsistency with the every change of leadership of the province. In 2002, however, the provincial board of Antique passed a resolution fixing the date of the celebration in April, and when the management of the festival was given to Binirayan Foundation, Inc. the dates were set on the third weekend of April.
In 2011, the date was again changed to December, and ever since, it is being celebrated every December.
== Purpose ==
The Binirayan Festival commemorates the legend of the arrival of the ten Bornean datus on the island of Aninipay now known as Panay. (See the legend of Maragtas.) As Governor Evelio B. Javier, the Father of Binirayan Festival, reminded the Antiqueños during the earlier celebrations, let us gather the strands and memories of our past, as we look back with pride, that we may look ahead with confidence to Antique tomorrow.
Binirayan Festival's permanent theme is Retracing Roots, Celebrating Culture and Greatness.
== Events ==
The festival opens with a fluvial parade from the Pantalan port to Malandog Beach in Hamtic, believed to be the original settlement of the Bornean datu. In Malandog is a historical marker commemorating this legendary event. There are beauty pageants, cultural shows, street dancing, parades, and arts and crafts local products exhibits. In 2006, the Binirayan Foundation introduced the Komedya Antiqueña as a sub-festival to promote the komedyas traditional folk theater.
=== From Ati-ati to Malay-ati ===
The ati-ati, now popularly known as ati-atihan in Philippine fiestas, used to be one of the main events of the festival. Patterned after the famous ati-ati of Aklan, the Binirayan ati-ati is participated in by people of all walks of life painting their faces with black soot. A tribe competition is held among towns and barangays. The popular tribes during the first decade of the festival were Tribu Kamihanon (Bgy 8), Tribu Bukaka (Bgy 2), Tribu Karintukay Dagatnon (Marina) and Tribu Campan (Kampo-Pantalan). Tribu Kaunlaran (Bgy 3) of Comon under then tribe trainer and choreographer Herman Cortez became a regular winner, that they represented the province in 1981 in the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City as Tribu Binirayan. Tribu Binirayan emerged Champion in 1983, the first-ever non-Ilonggo tribe to win the competition. It also boosted the popularity of Binirayan Festival as a major festival in Region VI. In later years, however, the high cost of maintaining tribes, prevented many tribes join the ati-ati competition. In 2001, the Binirayan Executive Committee repackaged the competition as Malay-Ati competition to introduce the idea that the Malays and Ati are the ancestors of the Antiqueños. Current Malay-Ati performance show historical events, folk practices and lifestyles in Antique. The competition in April 2008 was a best of the best among festivals in the province.
=== Lin-ay kang Antique ===
== Antique International Marathon ==
This year, 2017, a new event is being slated, the Antique International Marathon (AIM). It aims to showcase the pristine nature and hassle free lifestyle of the Antiqueños. It also intends to put the province at the center of sports tourism in the country. AIM will also spark the enthusiasm of the Antiqueños and everyone else to get into sports, go outdoors and have a healthy lifestyle.
Part of the Registration Fee (10.00) will go to the beautification/upkeep of the Malandog River. Malandog River is the site where the Landing of the Ten Malayan Datus took place.
== The Binirayan Confab ==
In 2007, Binirayan Foundation convened the Binirayan Confab (initially billed as Binirayan Summit) as a gathering of scholars, academicians, researchers, artists, cultural workers, and almost anyone interested in Antiqueniana. The confab serves as the intellectual strand of the festival, because according to the organizers, to make the Binirayan Festival closer to its vision of bringing together Antiqueños to look at their past with pride, and look ahead with confidence. The Binirayan festival is not all raucous revelry, but also a time to think about which direction the province takes.
== External links ==
Antique International Marathon. race.ph. Retrieved May 10, 2021. |
1,528 | 61,617,761 | 0 | Cañao | Philippines | Cañao or Kanyaw is a festival or a ceremony of the indigenous mountain people of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is a socio-religious ritual where chickens, pigs and/or carabaos are butchered as a sacrifice and feasted on.
This is usually a thanksgiving to their god Kabunyan.
These indigenous mountain people believe in the existence of supernatural beings that they call Anito which have power over man. With the use of prayers and material offerings in the ritual, the people believes to win the favors of these spirits.
The festival was an ancient tradition celebrated long before Spain reached the Philippines. Today, Igorots and Filipino of Igorot ancestry a still practice this traditional feast wherever they are.
Grand Cañao is celebrated by the Igorot people of the Cordilleras yearly
== Practice ==
There are different kinds of rituals of Cañao. Such rituals are: for illness, good harvest and for progress. It is a festival, a liturgy and offering where animals are offered in thanksgiving. In marriages, healing, birth, burial and voyage, a prayer is offered.
Dancing during the ritual is also a practice. A two-person (a man and a woman) dance in a circular steps by hopping and skipping in a tempo of the sticks and gongs. A group dance is performed in two lines with the men and women separated and from opposite direction moving towards each other forming a circle. Women dances in the inner circle while the men dances on the outer circle moving on opposite direction.
Tapuy (rice wine) is served during the feast aside from the meal.
Cañao is not complete without animal sacrifices. Goats, chickens, carabaos and pigs were commonly used. Large animals were killed, then chopped to pieces, boiled in water with little spice, called watwat, which commonly pigs were used. Chickens were cooked pinikpikan. |
1,530 | 71,856,494 | 0 | Cimarrones Festival | Philippines | The Cimarrones Festival is an annual festival in the municipality of Pili, Camarines Sur in the Philippines. The municipal government hosts the religious-based town fiesta in the town proper.
The festival is a celebration of the feast of San Rafael Archangel, the patron saint of Pili. It is celebrated annually every October 23–24 since the parish was founded in 1819. The festival is an annual cultural festival held throughout the month of October in Pili. It is celebrated by the six barangays of Pili Centro District. Through Presidential Proclamation 685, October 24, 2024 was declared a special non-working day to commemorate the Cimarrones Festival.
== Etymology ==The word Cimarrones came from during the promulgation of Christianity in the early 1770s by the Spanish missionaries, when the town houses the “Cimarrones” or the “Remontados” who resisted the foreign rule of the neighboring Hispanic city of Nueva Caceres (which is now Naga City). The early center of settlement in the town was located in Binanuaanan (from banwaan which means town in the Bikol language) until missionaries transferred it to the present site of the town proper where the St. Raphael Archangel Church is located.
== History ==
In 1998, Mayor Tomas P. Bongalonta, Jr. encouraged all the public schools of Pili to present their different styles of street dancing in connection with the history of cimarrones tribes. The festival features the town's cultural heritage through the conduct of various activities which includes cultural presentation, sports festival and civic parade. |
1,531 | 29,784,576 | 0 | Coconut Festival | Philippines | The Coconut Festival is a week-long celebration in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines, in honor of their patron Saint Paul the Hermit. It is held every first to second week of January. It is a celebration started in 1996. The festival consists of Street dancing, float parade, street concerts, nightly programs before the city fiesta and some other important events like the yearly Mutya at Lakan ng San Pablo.
San Pablo City's Coconut Festival also known as Coco Fest gives more colors to the city fiesta which is held every 15 January. It attracts people nearby towns and foreigners as well as local and national media. This boosts the culture and traditions of San Pablenos. The festival also earned citation from the Association of tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) as the best tourism Event for Festival Category City Level for Calendar Year 2010-2011-2012-2013 (PIA) which placed San Pablo City, a tourist destination.
The city's Coconut Festival garnered 2013's Pearl Award as Hall of Famer during the 14th National Convention of the Department of Tourism (DOT)–Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines (ATOP) held in Legazpi City, Albay.
== Street Dancing ==
The Coconut Festival Street Dancing is a competition among schools within San Pablo City. The competition is divided in three divisions: Elementary, Secondary and the College Divisions. During the early festivals, costumes were 90% made from coconut trees. But later on, it was decided that costumes may not be much from coconut. Also, music used in the early festivals is different. It is more on a tribal beat. Some of the used music/songs in the street dancing were: Follow the Leader in 1998; Da Coconut Nut in 2000-2002 and some remix songs on 2003–2008. But in 2009 and until now, San Pablo City Coconut Festival street dancing is using Mabuhay ang San Pablo (Long live the city) song and its remix versions.
== Street Dancing Winners ==- In 2024, there is no College/University Division.
1 - Representative to the 1st La Laguna Festival Street Dancing Competition. Laguna is the province where San Pablo City belongs.
2 - Only one delegation participated in the College/University Division
3 - Invited to perform at the SMX Travel Tour Expo to be held on 14 to 16 February 2014.
== Street Dancing Special Awards ==- In 2013 and 2017, only one delegate participated in the College/University Division.
- In 2024, there is no College/University Division.
== Binibining San Pablo ==
== Float Parade ==
The street dancing competition is preceded by the float parade. It was first held in 1996. It is also a competition open to local and private sectors including schools and organizations. During the 90's, Coconut Festival float parade was held a day before the street dancing competition. It was a separate event but due to the growing number of events and programs during the long-week festival, organizers joint the float parade and the street dancing competition in a one big spectacular day usually held on 13 January.
== Coco Art Festival ==
diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
== Coco Carnival Queen ==
The Coco Carnival Queen during the Coco Fest also takes the limelight of the festival. The event showcases the creativity of San Pablo by making festive gowns and costumes purely made from the coconut tree. In the early Coco Festivals, this was not a competition. And as time lapses, costumes for the Coco Carnival Queen become bigger, bolder and impressive.
== External links ==
Official Website of San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines |
1,532 | 42,319,182 | 0 | Davao City Torotot Festival | Philippines | The Davao City Torotot Festival is a festival celebrated in Davao City every New Year's Eve which involves the blowing party horns, or what are more commonly known to Filipinos as torotots. It was first held during the city’s 2014 New Year’s eve celebration at the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue from 1 pm on December 31, 2013 to 1 am on January 1, 2014. The first celebration of the annual festival was also an attempt of the city to break Japan's world record for the most people simultaneously blowing party horns
Event organizers Local Government of Davao and Smart Communications expected an estimated number of 10,000 attendees to gather for the festival but official records tallied a total number of 7,568 people. Davao City beat the world record of 6,900 people set by Japan.
The Torotot Festival was organized in line with the city’s firecracker and pyrotechnic ban.
== Background ==
=== Firecracker and pyrotechnic ban ===
The Davao City Council, under the leadership of then-Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, passed Ordinance 060-02, more commonly known as the firecracker ban, on October 15, 2002. The ordinance prohibits the manufacture, sale, distribution, possession, or use of firecrackers or pyrotechnic devices in the city.
Penalties for non-compliance of the ordinance are as follows: a fine of P1,000 or a 20- to 30-day imprisonment for the first offense, a fine of P3,000 or a one- to three-month imprisonment for the second offense or both, and a fine of P5,000 or a three- to six-month imprisonment or both for third and succeeding offenses. Business establishments will also suffer business permit cancellation on their third offense.
In the ordinance’s 12 years of implementation, Davao City has recorded five straight injury-free years, starting on the New Year’s eve of 2010.
== 2014 festival ==
=== Organizers ===
Telecommunications company Smart Communications partnered with the Local Government Unit of Davao in organizing the festival. To make the Torotot Festival possible, it provided free party horns to its subscribers. The provided party horns are machine readable for registration and official record-keeping.
Smart also gave out cash prizes to the villages with the most contingents and to the village with the most creative party horns. The village with most registrants received P50,000 while the winners of the most creative party horns were awarded P25,000 for the first prize, P15,000 for the second prize, and P10,000 for the third prize.
In the most creative party horns contest, Barangay Angliongto, Barangay 21-C, and Barangay Los Amigos won first, second, and third places, respectively. In the most contingents category, Barangay Communal, Barangay Buhangin, and Barangay Lapu-Lapu won first, second, and third places, respectively.
=== World record ===
Once officially validated and recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records, the Davao Torotot Festival will be the region’s second world record, next to the Monfort Bat Sanctuary’s record on being home to about 2.4 million Rousette fruit bats, the biggest colony of the fruit bat in the world. The Monfort Bat Sanctuary is in the Island Garden City of Samal.
Kadayawan Festival |
1,533 | 14,100,898 | 0 | Dinagyang | Philippines | The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year.
The festival is well-known for its Ati Tribes Competition, featuring various tribu or tribe performers in Ati warrior costumes, presenting traditional choreographed formations, patterns, and rhythmic chanting to the beat of loud drums and improvised percussion instruments, that narrate different iterations of the history of Panay. Another highlight is the Kasadyahan Festival, where different cultural festivals from various places in Western Visayas come together to compete.
As the most awarded festival in the country and having been named the best tourism event by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP) for many years, the festival is often hailed as the Queen of All Philippine Festivals.
== Etymology ==
The word Dinágyang came from a Hiligaynon word extrapolated from dágyang, meaning “merrymaking.” The festival hosts a celebration of the Santo Niño (Holy Child or Infant Jesus) and the pact between the Datus and the locals after the arrival of Malay settlers and the legendary barter of Panay Island from the natives called Ati.
== History ==Dinagyang, initially known as Iloilo Ati-Atihan, began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez, the first Filipino Rector of the Augustinian Community and Parish Priest of the San Jose Parish introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in November 1967 after observing the Ati-Atihan Festival in the province of Aklan. On 1968, a replica of the original image of the Santo Niño de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez.
The people of Iloilo welcomed the image, along with followers from Cebu, upon its arrival at Mandurriao Airport.as a gift to the Parish of San Jose. The faithful, led by members of Confradia del Santo Niño de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked to give the image a fitting reception starting at the Iloilo Airport and parading down the streets of Iloilo.
In the beginning, the observance of the feast was confined to the parish. The Confradia patterned the celebration on the Ati-Atihan of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance in the streets, their bodies covered with soot and ashes, to simulate the Atis dancing to celebrate the sale of Panay. It was these tribal groups who were the prototype of the present festival.In 1977, the Marcos government ordered the various regions of the Philippines to come up with festivals or celebrations that could boost tourism and development. The City of Iloilo readily identified the Iloilo Ati-Atihan as its project. At the same time, the local parish could no longer handle the growing challenges of the festival. The late Ilonggo broadcaster and writer Pacifico Sumagpao Sudario coined the term in 1977 to differentiate it from Kalibo's Ati-Atihan. In that particular year, the Dinagyang organizers and by the Regional Association of National Government Executives invited an actual Ati tribe for the first time from the mountains of Barotac Viejo, and showcase their native dances during the event.
Since 1978, the Dinagyang Festival has grown into a significant religious and cultural event. The festival has now diversified to include other cultural presentations, sports competitions, food festivals, a beauty pageant, car shows, music festivals, and various side events. The Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) currently manages and organizes the festival. They took over the responsibility from the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (IDFI) in 2019 and also manage other major festivals in Iloilo, such as the Paraw Regatta.
== Celebration ==The Dinagyang season officially begins during the Pamukaw (awakening), held annually in December, one month prior to the main celebration in January. This event signifies the official start of the festival.The Opening Salvo of Dinagyang, which takes place annually on the second Friday of January, serves as a proclamation of the official beginning of the highlight week or the main celebration of the festival. It is also a preliminary to the three major events, which held annually every fourth weekend of January: the Ati Tribes Competition (held on a Sunday), the Kasadyahan Festival (held on a Saturday), and the ILOmination and Floats Parade of Lights (held on a Friday).Other events that are highly celebrated during the highlight week of the festival are Sadsad (merrymaking), Food and Music Festivals, Fluvial and Motorcade Parades, and Miss Iloilo.
=== Kasadyahan Festival ===Kasadyahan Festival is one of the most anticipated events during the Dinagyang celebration. It is a competition among cultural festivals from different places in the Western Visayas region.
As an added attraction to the Ati Tribes competition, the Kasadyahan Cultural competition was added to the festival from the 1980s to 2019 to showcase the talents of the students as well as the rich cultural heritage of the province of Iloilo. In the first few years of this event, schools from various towns and cities in the province participated in this competition, but in recent times, the cultural competition confined only to the province has become a regional event, accepting entries from other provinces of the region, showcasing the best of Western Visayas cultural and historical heritage.
Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) announced that the Kasadyahan Festival would no longer be part of the Dinagyang Festival starting in 2020. It was replaced by merry making or the sadsad that has been the central feature of the Ati-Atihan Festival of Kalibo, Aklan. Meanwhile, the Kasadyahan Festival was said to be celebrated in a separate month or possibly incorporated into the celebration of Iloilo City’s Charter Day. However, these plans got canceled due to the pandemic. The Kasadyahan Regional Cultural Competition returned to Dinagyang in 2023 on Saturday preceding the main highlights of the mardi gras celebration the following day. In the last quarter of 2023, the Iloilo provincial government announced they will organized the Kasadyahan Festival and will name it Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahan which was launched on December 13, 2023, which will showcase different town festivals in Iloilo province competing for the title replacing the previous year's regional competition.
=== ILOmination and Parade of Lights ===ILOmination is an additional Dinagyang tribes competition where warriors wear colorfully lit costumes. First added in 2023, it showcases seven competing tribes representing the seven districts of Iloilo City, namely the City Proper, Arevalo, Jaro, La Paz, Lapuz, Mandurriao, and Molo. It is a parade-type street dance competition that allows spectators to witness every performance from the tribes. The Floats Parade of Lights is also featured during the event, where gigantic and colorful floats of the sponsors for the Dinagyang Festival are going by the parade. It was first added in the 2018 edition during the 50th anniversary of the Dinagyang Festival.
=== Ati Tribes Competition ===The main highlight of the festival, which is the Ati Tribes competition held at Iloilo Freedom Grandstand, consists of a number of warrior dancers (who hold a shield in one hand and a spear in another) in a tribe (locally called tribu) dancing in a choreographed formation and patterns as well as chanting to the sound of loud drum beats and improvised percussion instruments innovated by the respective tribes. In the early years, a number of tribes were created, founded and organized by some of the barangay or communities around the city, but through the years, as the Dinagyang evolves and the competition becomes more competitive, gaining worldwide fame and attention, schools are starting to create and organize tribes, introducing dynamic new dance patterns, formations and choreography, soliciting sponsors from private companies for expenses and the cost of participating in the competition.
No actual Ati are involved, nor do they benefit in any way from this event. There are a number of requirements, including that the performers must paint their skin black and be indigenous; other kinds of materials can be used for the costumes. All dances are performed to drum music. Many tribes are organized by the local high schools, and in recent times, some tribes came from as far as Batanes in Luzon and Cotabato in Mindanao. The tribes receive a subsidy from the IFFI and the city government of Iloilo and recruit private sponsors, with the best tribes receiving the most. The current Ati population of Iloilo is not involved with any of the tribes nor are they involved in the festival in any other way, although recently the original Atis from the hinterlands of Panay, specifically from the mountains of Barotac Nuevo and Anilao, came to participate non-competitively for recognition and to give them importance as being the characters symbolically portrayed in the festival.
==== Grand Champions ====The grand champion of the Ati Tribes Competition receives a ₱1,000,000 cash prize and a trophy, and also gets a chance to perform at the year’s Philippine Independence Day rites in New York City. They will also represent Dinagyang in the annual Aliwan Fiesta held in the Star City Complex in Pasay, Metro Manila, where they will compete in the dance competition category against other winning groups from festivals across the country.
As of Dinagyang 2024, the reigning grand champion is Tribu Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School.
== Dinagyang Legacy ==
Dinagyang, as one of the most popular festivals in the Philippines, is honored and recognized for many different aspects, from its innovations and awards to its popular catchphrase, Hala Bira, Iloilo! Viva Señor Santo Niño!
Hala bira is a Hiligaynon phrase that means dispense all means, which is a popular catchphrase among Ilonggos to show enthusiastic involvement in the Dinagyang. During the celebration, the phrase is always heard attributed to the festival theme song, Hala Bira, Iloilo! played on every street in the city. The song was composed in the early 2000s by Rommel Salvador N. Chiu and an award-winning musician and lyricist Dante M. Beriong. It is one of the first and most recognizable festival theme songs in the Philippines.
=== Innovations ===Dinagyang festival has brought a lot of innovations throughout the years. These innovations has influenced the way other festivals in the country is run. Among these are the following: Carousel Performance - Dinagyang initiated the simultaneous performance of the competing tribes in different judging areas.
Mobile Risers - Mobile risers is prominent feature of Dinagyang choreography today. It was introduced by Tribu Bola-bola in 1994. The risers has added depth and has improved the choreography of the dance movements.
Dinagyang Pipes - First used by Tribu Ilonganon in 2005, the Dinagyang pipes are made of PVC pipes and are hammered by rubber paddles. Each pipe produces a distinct sound depending on the length and diameter of each pipe.
Dagoy - The official mascot of Dinagyang and the first festival mascot in the Philippines. He was born from the promotional sketches of Dinagyang in 2002. The caricature was later adopted as the official logo of the festival. He was introduced to the public on December 14, 2004 in The Fort, Taguig, and December 18, 2004 in Iloilo City. Depicted as a young Ati warrior, Dagoy symbolizes the jollification and friendship of the Ilonggo and the other thousands to millions of tourists flocked to witness the festival. Dagoy stands six feet and nine inches tall. He has a dark brown skin tone and wears a headdress with an image of Santo Niño. He is garbed with a camel-colored loincloth which is the typical attire of an Ati. Dagoy is holding a drum made of fiberglass with the logo of the Iloilo City Government printed at the center. His hands and feet are adorned with multi-colored bracelets, similar to these being worn by a Dinagyang warrior. Dagoy's winsome smile is popular among children as such miniature version of the mascot is marketed as Dagoy Dolls. Dinagyang tribe costumes in a variety of colors
=== Recognitions and awards ===
Dinagyang is the most awarded festival in the Philippines. It has been recognized as the country's best tourism event by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines (ATOP) for three consecutive years in 2006, 2007, and 2008. In 2020, it received another ATOP's Best Tourism Event Award (as Contemporary/Non-Traditional Expression Category). Its Dinagyang Digital edition in 2021 has also won as the Grand Winner of ATOP's Pearl Awards and Best Tourism Practice during the Pandemic, which was the only award given by ATOP during that year. In 2022, it was declared as the grand winner of the Best Cultural Festival Award-City category. In the 2024 Philippine LEAF Awards, Dinagyang has been awarded as the Best Festival in the Visayas. Dinagyang was also the first ever Philippine recipient of the Asia-Pacific Folklore Festival award by the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), held in February 2024 in Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand.
It is one of few festivals in the world to get the support of the United Nations for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals, and cited by the Asian Development Bank as Best Practice on government, private sector & NGO cooperatives.
Dinagyang also holds the record for the highest number of grand champions in Aliwan Fiesta, an annual “festival of festivals” competition showcasing diverse cultural festivals from across the Philippines. It bagged the titles in 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2023 and 2024.
Kasadyahan
Ati-Atihan Festival
Sinulog
== External links ==
Media related to Dinagyang Festival at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc.
Dinagyang on Facebook
Dinagyang on Instagram
Dinagyang on TikTok |
1,534 | 49,853,533 | 0 | Dinamulag Festival | Philippines | The Dinamulag Festival also known as the Zambales Mango Festival is an annual festival held in the province of Zambales in the Philippines to celebrate or encourage bountiful harvest of the province's mangoes. The festival was first held in 1999. The mascot is a mango.
== Background ==Mangoes are a primary crop of the province of Zambales. Mangoes harvest in the town of Palauig are mostly exported to other provinces and Metro Manila. The festival is held to celebrate bountiful harvest of mangoes in the provinces.
Mangoes cultivated in Zambales particularly the Dinamulag variety of Carabao mangoes were cited as the world's sweetest mangoes by Guinness World Records in 1995 and the country's sweetest mangoes by the Department of Agriculture in 2013.
In 2015, other events unrelated to the province's mangoes such as sports events were introduced while the province's fruit remain the centerpiece of the festival.
== 18th Dinamulag Festival ==
The 18th Dinamulag Festival was held on April 4-8, 2017 at Iba People's Park in Iba, Zambales.
One of the highlights of the festival was the Street Dancing Competition, which The Masinloc Street Dancers won. They also have the most titles with seven on the event.
Some of the guests of the that event were Senator Teofisto TG Guingona, Chicser Group among others. Also came to the said festival are some local officials of Zambales like Iba Mayor Rundstedt Ebdane, Botolan Mayor Bing Maniquiz, Candelaria Mayor Napoleon Edquid, Board Member Renato Collado, Board Member Sancho Abasta Jr.
=== Events and highlights ===
Street Dancing Competition, a street dancing Event.
Binibining Zambales, A beauty pageant Event.
LARONG LAHI
Pet Show,
Likhang Buhangin Sand Sculpting Competition
Mr & Ms Body Beautiful, A beauty pageant event.
Zamba Tuklas Talento, a talent event,
FUN RUN
Zambales Cookfest
Bayle Zambales Street Dancing Parade and Showdown
Fireworks Display, A fireworks display event
== Results ==
=== Street Dancing Competition ===
=== Binibining Zambales ===
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1,535 | 5,305,736 | 0 | Dinengdeng | Philippines | Dinengdeng (also called inabraw) is a dish of the Ilocano people of the Philippines, similar to pinakbet. It is classified as a bagoong (fermented fish sauce) soup-based dish. Unlike pinakbet, dinengdeng contains fewer vegetables more soup base.
A simple meal to prepare was necessary for the Ilocano, who often labored in labor-intensive agriculture industries. Another characteristic of Ilocano cuisine is that dishes are either salty or bitter which means dishes that went well with rice. Dinengdeng, like its more festal sibling pinakbet, is a dish best enjoyed with rice. However, because dinengdeng requires fewer ingredients, it is able to be prepared daily.
== Vegetables ==
Many of these vegetables are easily accessible and are grown in backyards and gardens of most Ilocano households. The dish may contain a numerous combination of the following vegetables:Dried shrimp are dried fish often added to season the fish broth. Leftover stale meats can be added to ameliorate the dish, known as sagpaw or garnish, that would be otherwise simple such as: fried or roasted fish, bagnet, lechon, or even fast food fried chicken. It could be seasoned with aromatics like bawang (garlic), sibuyas (native shallots), or laya (ginger), or soured with kamatis (tomatoes) or pias (bilimbi).
== Variations ==
In variations where kamotig (sweet potato tubers) are featured as a main ingredient, it is called buridibod. The sweet potato tubers may sometimes be cooked to the point where it disintegrates creating a thicker soup.
In Hawaii, despite the Tagalog sounding name, it is known as sari-sari (Tagalog lit. 'variety'), referring to the various Ilocano vegetables the dish may contain as a result of the strong Ilocano diaspora. The term was coined in 1974 by Theo Butuyan of Pangasinan at he and his wife's restaurant Elena's in Waipahu. His version contains eggplant, bottle gourd, water spinach, tomatoes and onions, simmered with shrimp and crispy pork belly.
== In popular culture ==
=== Dinengdeng Festival ===
The annual Dinengdeng Festival is the official festive event of the municipality of Agoo, La Union, Philippines held in the summer. The festival is held in celebration of the dish and to promote tourism. A large banga (clay pot) is used symbolize the festival, called the Big Banga. It is used during the event in cooking the dinengdeng.
This festival replaces the old theme of tobacco, an important agricultural crop of Agoo. However, tobacco festivals are commonly celebrated throughout the country in different towns. The goal of the local government desired this festival to be comparable to other prominent festivities in the region, such as the Panagbenga.
Sinabawang gulay
Binagoongan
Kinilnat
== Bibliography ==
Cacatian, Shella B., and John Lester T. Tabian. Floristic composition and diversity of indigenous wild food resources in northwestern Cagayan, Philippines. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 24.4 (2023).
Bajet Jr, Manuel, and Engr Norma Esguerra. Prototyping of a Mechanized Bagoong Squeezer. The Vector: International Journal of Emerging Science, Technology and Management 17:.1 (2008).
== External links ==
Dinengdeng, glorious dinengdeng! - an essay about dinengdeng and samples of various dinengdeng.
Pinakbet Republic - foodblog that demystifies Ilokano food and features rave and rants on food and cuisine of the Ilokanos |
1,537 | 27,689,160 | 0 | Kaamulan | Philippines | Kaamulan Festival is an ethnic cultural festival held annually in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon in the Philippines from the second half of February to March 10, the anniversary date of the foundation of Bukidnon as a province in 1917. It is held to celebrate the culture and tradition of the seven ethnic tribal groups—Bukidnon, Higaonon, Talaandig, Manobo, Matigsalug, Tigwahanon and Umayamnon—that originally inhabit the province.
Kaamulan comes from the Binukid word amul meaning to gather. Kaamulan is gathering for a purpose—a datuship ritual, a wedding ceremony, a thanksgiving festival during harvest time, a peace pact, or all of these together.
Kaamulan started as a festival on May 15, 1974, during the fiesta celebration of the then municipality of Malaybalay. A town official thought of inviting some indigenous people to town and made them perform a few dance steps at Plaza Rizal to enliven the fiesta celebration. The celebration however proved very popular and together with national coverage the Kaamulan festival has become the regional festival of Northern Mindanao, as declared by the Regional Development Council of Region 10 on September 16, 1977. Kaamulan was formerly held in the first week of September but in 1996, it was transferred to the present date to synchronize it with the foundation celebration of the province until in 2014 it was moved to the month of August in light of the 100th Founding Anniversary of Bukidnon. The festival was cited for having a great potential to be included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
== History ==Late 1960s-Early 1970s – Several efforts were made by different individuals in the province to organize a celebration to honor the contribution of the indigenous peoples of Bukidnon to the culture of Bukidnon. Some organize celebrations in Barangay Kalasungay in Malaybalay.
May 15, 1974 – Kaamulan was conceptualized by the Vice Mayor of the then municipality of Malaybalay, Mr. Edilberto Mamawag who invited some indigenous Bukidnon tribespeople during the celebration of the town fiesta in honor of Malaybalay's Patron Saint San Isidro Labrador. Mamawag thought that few dance steps by the natives at Plaza Rizal would enliven the fiesta-goers.
September 16, 1977 – Kaamulan was adopted as the regional festival of Northern Mindanao through a Regional Development Council resolution
November 25–27, 1977 – The first organized Kaamulan Festival was held in the province of Bukidnon and sponsored by the provincial government. Marks the formal establishment of the festival in the province.
1978-1998 – Kaamulan was held every first Friday of September
1999 – Date of Kaamulan was moved from September to the second half of February up to March 10, the Foundation Day celebration of the Province of Bukidnon
2002 – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo graced the celebration, where several native women dressed on her in an ethnic costume. First Kaamulan Off-Road Challenge and First Kaamulan Invitational Shoot Fest were added to the activities of the festival. Bansagen, an exhibit of Bukidnon contemporary art done by a group of Bukidnon-based artists, was done for the first time.
2006 – The First National Folklore Conference was held in consonance with the celebration of the Kaamulan Festival. An indigenous song writing clinic for students and the general public was held. The champion for the street dancing competition is the municipality of Malitbog.
2007 – Marks the 30th year celebration by the province of the Kaamulan Festival from its formal date of establishment (1977). Theme of the celebration is Spiritual Awakening. Also marks the 90th Foundation Day celebration of the province of Bukidnon. The municipality of Kibawe won the street dancing competition, followed by Talakag and Malaybalay City. Kitaotao won the Float Competition, followed by Kadingilan and Kibawe.
== The Seven Tribes Of Bukidnon ==
The typical Indigenous People of this Province are broadly identified into two ethnical origins namely: the Bukidnon and the Manobo. The Bukideño have distinct physical characteristics whom may be describe as with slight build bodies, slanting eyelets, relatively high noses with lips that ranges from medium and brown to light skin color. They speak binukid, which is distinctive with up and down tone unlike other dialects. While the Manobo is a Negrito mixture and resembles to have small bodies, dark skin, curly hair with broad to flat noses. Socially, the so-called Bukidnon live in the relative flatlands of the Bukidnon plateau and have already adopted Christian ways and utilized modern technology while the Manobos live in the mountains and do not want to mingle with the Christians and other people. It is believed that Bukidnon have a more advanced stage of development and who have developed their own culture and traditions.
The Bukidnon tribes were classified as lowlands and socially acculturated Christians adopting modern technology through educational enhancement. These are the following:
== Gallery ==
== External links ==
Media related to Kaamulan Festival at Wikimedia Commons
Official Website of the Province of Bukidnon
Official Website of the City of Malaybalay |
1,538 | 58,496,894 | 0 | Kabyawan Festival | Philippines | null |
1,539 | 5,401,003 | 0 | Kaogma Festival | Philippines | The Kaogma Festival marks the foundation day (May 27, 1569) of Camarines Sur in the Philippines. Former Governor Luis R Villafuerte started this festival; he sent researchers, including Prof. Danny Gerona, Dr. Primo Joaquin and Dr. Juan Pablo, to Spain to determine the foundation day of Camarines Sur. The researchers found that the birth date of the province is May 27, 1589. It originated in Naga City, and for several years, it was also held there. It was only transferred to Pili when Luis Raymund Villafuerte became governor in 2004. The word kaogma is derived from the Bicolano word meaning “happy.”
Kaogma Festival is a week-long pageant of colorful activities. The Kaogma Festival title has been modified to Kaogma Mardi Gras: the World's Hottest Festival. Kaogma translates to a good time in the local dialect.
The festival was first celebrated on May 15, 1989. But before, it was just a one-day celebration. However, it was extended into three days in 1999 by Former Governor Luis R Villafuerte. Through the efforts of the Villafuertes in Camarines Sur, Kaogma Festival became famous, and it also became the biggest festival in Camarines Sur.
Its May 2005 celebration featured an array of events such as the Hot Banda Jam, Hot Buys, Buruntolan, Hot Kids Starquest, the Hot New Singing Star Search, Miss Camarines Sur 2005, Camarines Sur bids for Guinness World Record, Silliest Plaza Contest, a thanksgiving Mass, Hot Grand Parade, and a Hot Party. That was the first time when all main activities of the Kaogma Festival were held within the Provincial Capitol Complex in Cadlan, Pili, Camarines Sur.
The festival features numerous cultural activities such as expositions, sports events, beauty pageant, singing competition, processional grand parade and street dance competitions. This series of events are mounted to create an excellent opportunity and platform for Camsur talent, craftsmanship and creativity. Since 2017, the free festival is now celebrated for 10 days every last week of May, held at Pili Freedom Sports Complex, featuring live bands, celebrity guesting concerts and carnival rides.
== External links ==
/ Camarines Sur Official Website |
1,540 | 63,754,358 | 0 | Karabaw Festival | Philippines | The Karabaw Festival (English: Carabao Festival; Filipino: Písta ng Kalabaw) is a festival of Gandara, Samar, Philippines. |
1,541 | 75,672,514 | 0 | Kasadyahan | Philippines | The Kasadyahan Festival is a cultural festival that is part of the larger Dinagyang Festival held annually on the fourth Saturday of January in Iloilo City, Philippines. It precedes the main highlight of Dinagyang, the Ati Tribes Competition, which takes place the following day on Sunday. It is a competition among cultural festivals from different cities and towns in the Western Visayas region.
== Etymology ==
The word Kasadyahan is derived from the Hiligaynon word sadya, which means joy, merriment, or happiness.
== History ==The Kasadyahan Festival was first celebrated on January 26, 1968. It became part of the Dinagyang Festival in the 1980s to showcase the talents of the students as well as the rich cultural heritage of the province of Iloilo. In the first few years of this event, schools from various towns and cities in the province participated in this competition, but in recent times, the cultural competition confined only to the province has become a regional event, accepting entries from other provinces of the region, showcasing the best of Western Visayas cultural and historical heritage.
In 2010, there was a proposal to separate the Kasadyahan from the Dinagyang Festival, but it was never finalized. The proposal came up again in July 2019 when the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) announced that, starting in 2020, Kasadyahan would no longer be part of Dinagyang. Instead, they brought in the sadsad, a merry-making tradition from the Ati-Atihan Festival of Kalibo, Aklan. Considerations were made for the celebration of the Kasadyahan Festival in a separate month or possibly incorporated into the celebration of Iloilo City's Charter Day. However, these plans got canceled due to the pandemic.
Subsequently, in 2023, the festival returned as Kasadyahan Regional Cultural Competition into the Dinagyang Festival schedule, taking place on the Saturday preceding the main events of the mardi gras celebration or the Ati Tribes competition on Sunday.
For the first time in Dinagyang 2024, the Iloilo provincial government was hosting the 2024 edition of Kasadyahan, which showcased different competing festivals in the province.
== Competition ==
The Kasadyahan Festival officially begins during its Opening Salvo on the first Friday of January. This marks the introduction to the main event of competition, where participating festivals from various parts of the region provide a sneak peek of their performances.
Kasadyahan is mainly divided into two segments for cultural street dance performances: the competing groups and the guest performers or non-competing groups, featuring entries from different parts of Western Visayas. The winning group from each festival is designated as the official entry to the Kasadyahan event.
Participating festivals showcase their dance skills, narrating stories related to their local culture. The lineup includes well-known festivals like Ati-Atihan of Kalibo, Aklan, MassKara of Bacolod, and Manggahan of Guimaras, as well as lesser-known but equally captivating celebrations such as Kasag of Banate, Iloilo, Pinta Flores of San Carlos, Negros Occidental, and Sugilanon of Roxas City, Capiz. Entries from festivals in other parts of the country, particularly in Hiligaynon-speaking provinces in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao, are also accepted, such as Talakudong of Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, and Hinugyaw of Koronadal, South Cotabato.
Dinagyang
== External links ==
Media related to Kasadyahan Festival at Wikimedia Commons |
1,542 | 75,772,850 | 0 | Manggahan Festival | Philippines | The Manggahan Festival (transl. Mango Festival) is an annual month-long cultural, agricultural, and food festival held in the province of Guimaras, Philippines, every May. It is a celebration of the mango fruit, which the province is known for, emphasizes its significance in the local economy of the province alongside agriculture and tourism.
Guimaras mangoes are famous for being the sweetest variety in the country, earning the province the title of the mango capital of the Philippines.
== Etymology ==
The word Manggahan comes from the word mangga, which translates to mango.
== Guimaras Mango ==Guimaras stands as one of the country's major mango producers, yielding over 12,000 metric tons annually.
Its Guimaras Super, also known as Galila, stands out as the sweetest mango variety among those registered with the National Seed Industry Council. The island's unique soil composition and prolonged sunshine contribute to this sweetness. The mango trees and fruits are remarkably free from common agricultural pests, making them export-quality products sold globally, including in the United States of America and Australia.
== Events ==
The inaugural Manggahan Festival took place on May 22, 1993, coinciding with the founding anniversary as a province of Guimaras.
Highlights of the festival include an Agri-trade fair, Anniversary Parade, Mango eat-all-you-can, Street Dancing and Cultural Competition, Mr. Guimaras, and Mutya ng Guimaras. |
1,543 | 77,269,954 | 0 | Pintados de Pasi | Philippines | The Pintados de Pasì Festival is a cultural festival held annually during the third week of March in the City of Passi, Iloilo, Philippines. This celebration honors the tribal tradition of body painting known as pintados and commemorates the historic elevation of Passi from a municipality to a city on March 14, 1998.
== Etymology ==
The name Pintados de Pasi derives from the word pintados, which was used by Spanish colonizers to refer to the inhabitants of the Visayas who had permanent and intricate tattoo art on their faces and bodies. Pasi is the old spelling of the city before the Spanish added another S, resulting in the modern name Passi.
== History ==
The Pintados de Pasi Festival was inaugurated in March 1998 to mark Passi City's elevation to cityhood. Over the years, it has grown into one of the most popular festivals in the Visayan region. The festival features theatrical street dances characterized by robust and dynamic movements, where participants adorned in traditional body tattoos portray ancestral narratives and local heritage.
Tattooing holds a significant place in Visayan culture, contrasting with its recent adoption in other nations. In the Philippines, particularly in the Visayas, tattooing has been practiced for millennia. Early accounts of Visayan tattooing date back to Spanish explorers in 1590 and 1608. Tattoos became a form of personal adornment, with designs symbolizing strength, personal achievements, familial or village permanence, as well as attributes like desirability and fertility. This ancient art form remains integral to the cultural identity and heritage of the Visayan people. The celebration is a week-long, dedicated to honoring and showcasing traditional tattoo artistry.
In 2005, Pintados de Pasi was declared cultural dance category champion at the Aliwan Fiesta. |
1,544 | 23,440,190 | 0 | Pintados-Kasadyaan | Philippines | The Pintados Festival is a cultural-religious celebration in Tacloban, Philippines, based on the body-painting traditions of the ancient tattooed pintados warriors. In 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was formed by the people of Tacloban to organize this festival in honor of Sr. Santo Niño. Years later, it was merged with the Kasadyaan Festival which is always held on June 29.
== History ==
Pinados, or piatos people, is a term that refers to the native Filipinos who Spanish colonizers encountered in the 16th century. Centuries of Spanish occupation affected Filipino culture and much of the history surrounding tribal tattoos is concentrated on the Visayan (including the people of Tacloban) and Igorot peoples. Due to their relative isolation, ethnic groups such as the Ifugao have resisted Spanish cooptation more so than others in the Philippines.
== Events ==
The Pintados-Kasadyaan festival includes multiple events throughout the celebration. These events are called the Festival of festivals of Leyte, the Ritual Dance Presentation of Pintados Festival, and the “Pagrayhay” during the Grand Parade.
Sangyaw |
1,545 | 77,225,140 | 0 | Regada Festival | Philippines | Regada Festival known as Cavite City Water Festival (Spanish and Chavacano: Festival de Regada) (literally: to water or to sprinkle) is a festival in honor to Saint John the Baptist, patron saint of Barangay 20- (Virgo) in Cavite City, and of many other communities throughout the Philippines, held every 24 June.
Other festivals in honor of Saint John the Baptist inclkude Wattah Wattah Festival in San Juan, Metro Manila, Taong Putik Festival in Barangay Bibiclat, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija and Lechon Festival in Balayan, Batangas. |
1,546 | 447,495 | 0 | Sinulog | Philippines | The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu, with the center of the activities being in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Christian celebrations in the Philippines.
The festival is considered to be the biggest festival in the Philippines, with every celebration of the festival routinely attracting between 1 million and 1.5 million people each year. Aside from the religious aspect of the festival, Sinulog is also famous for its street parties, usually happening the night before and the night of the main festival. The festival is nicknamed the Grandest Festival in the Philippines.
Other places in the Philippines also celebrate their own version of the festival in honor of the Santo Niño, both within Cebu like Carmen, and outside Cebu, including Tondo, Manila, Kabankalan, General Santos, Maasin, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Pagadian, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental and Don Carlos, Bukidnon.
== Etymology ==The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog, roughly means water current describing the forward-backward dance movements. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, free-interpretation, and street dancing. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs sang in Cebuano.
Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring the Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. An image of the Child Jesus is said to be the baptismal gift the Ferdinand Magellan gave to Hara Amihan (Humanay) of Zebu (now Cebu) in April 1521. The image, believed to be miraculous, is housed at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City.
The Sinulog dance moves are often identified to be two steps forward and one step backward as the dancer sways to a distinct rhythm of drums. This movement is made to resemble the current (sulog) of what was known as Cebu's Pahina River.
According to historical accounts, Cebuanos had already performed dances similar to the Sinulog to honor animist idols long before the introduction of Christianity to the Philippines, which arrived in Cebu with the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan who led a Spanish expedition on April 7, 1521. The original image of Santo Niño was said to have been left by members of the Magellan expedition, and were said to be rediscovered when the Spanish returned in 1565 in an expedition led by Miguel López de Legazpi, which eventually led to the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines.
Today the Sinulog commemorates the Filipino people's acceptance of Christianity and their rejection of their former animist beliefs (worship of nature). The first of these conversions happened in 1521 on the island of Cebu, when Indianized-Sanskritized ruler Rajah Humabon and his queen Amihan (Humamay) were baptized along with their subjects, becoming Carlos and Juana of Cebu.
== History ==On March 16, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan arrived and planted the cross on the shores of Cebu, claiming the territory for Spain. He presented the image of the Child Jesus to the Rajah Humabon. Hara Humamay (or Amihan in some versions) was later named Queen Juana after Juana, mother of Charles I of Spain along with the rulers of the island and some 800 natives were also converted to the Christian faith.
This event is frequently used as basis for most Sinulog dances, which dramatize the coming of the Spaniards and the presentation of the Santo Niño to the Queen. A popular theme among Sinulog dances is Queen Juana holding the Santo Niño in her arms and using it to bless her people who were often afflicted with sickness believed to be caused by demons and other evil spirits.
The Sinulog dance steps are believed to originate from Rajah Humabon's adviser, Baladhay. It was during Humabon's grief when Baladhay fell sick. Humabon ordered his native tribe to bring Baladhay into a room where the Santo Niño was enthroned, along with the other pagan gods of the native Cebuanos. After a few days passed, Baladhay was heard shouting and was found dancing with utmost alertness. Baladhay was questioned as to why was he was awake and shouting. Pointing to the image of the Santo Niño, Baladhay explained that he had found on top of him a small child trying to wake him and tickling him with the midrib of the coconut. Greatly astonished, he scared the child away by shouting. The little child got up and started making fun of Baladhay. In turn, Baladhay danced with the little child and explained that he was dancing the movements of the river. To this day, the two-steps forward, one-step backward movement is still used by Santo Niño devotees who believe that it was the Santo Niño's choice to have Baladhay dance.
=== Arrival of López de Legazpi ===The expedition led by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi bombarded the native settlement when they arrived on April 28, 1565. In one of the burning huts, one of Legazpi's men, Juan Camus, discovered the image of the Santo Niño inside a wooden box beside other idols. This time however, Legazpi discovered that the natives already dance the Sinulog honoring the Santo Niño.
The Augustinian friars that accompanied López de Legazpi in his expedition built a church on the site where it was found. The church was called San Agustin Church, later renamed to Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
=== Letter to the King of Spain ===
After Juan Camus found the Santo Niño in the burning village, López de Legazpi was said to have included the incident in his report, entitled Relation of Voyage to the Philippine Islands:Your Excellency should know that on that day when we entered this village (Cebu City), one of the soldiers went into a large and well-built house of an indio where he found an image of the Child Jesus (whose Most Holy Name I pray may be universally worshipped). This was kept in its cradle, all gilded, just as if it were brought from Spain: and only the little cross, which is generally placed upon the globe in his hands, was lacking. The image was well kept in that house, and many flowers were found before it, and no one knows for what object or purpose. The soldier bowed down before it with all reverence and wonder, and brought the image to the place where the other soldiers were. I pray to the Holy Name of his image, which we found here, to help us and to grant us victory, in order that these lost people who are ignorant of the precious and rich treasure, which was in their possession, may come to knowledge to him.
=== Today ===Since the 16th century, there is great devotion to the Santo Niño in Philippine popular piety, particularly in the Visayas. Pilgrims from different parts of Cebu and the rest of the Philippines make their yearly journey to the church to take part in the procession and festival. Starting in 1980, the Cebu City government organized the Sinulog Festival and eventually gave incentives also to tribal dance groups. The first Sinulog parade was held on January 20, 1980, organized by Dávid Odilao, then Regional Director of the Ministry of Sports, and Youth Development, with the Sinulog conceptualized to be a true Cebuano festival, comparable to the Dinagyang of Iloilo and the Ati-atihan of Aklan, both of which also celebrate the feast of Sto. Niño. The parade was composed of students dressed in Knitted Filipiniana costumes, dancing the Sinulog to the beating of drums.
The idea caught and thus, under the direction of then-Cebu City Mayor Florentino Solon with the help of several influential Cebuanos, Odilao turned over the Sinulog project to the Cebu City Historical Committee under Kagawad Jesus Garcia. It was the task of the committee to conceptualize the Sinulog festival and make it into a yearly event from then on.
In 1981, the concept of the Sinulog Parade was actualized involving not just Cebu but also representatives from other provinces in the Philippines. Marking its difference from another popular Visayan festival, the Ati-Atihan, the Sinulog focuses not on the ritual itself but on the historical aspects of the dance, which, as it has been said, represents the link the country's embrace of Christian faith.
In the 2000s and the early 2010s, law and order during the Sinulog celebration was an issue for years. Large street parties were celebrated throughout the city, notably along General Maxilom Avenue (also known as Mango Avenue) and the Baseline area along Juana Osmeña Street. Some rowdy party-goers have run into trouble, and many have been found sleeping along the city's streets due to intoxication. In 2016, street parties along the Sinulog carousel route were banned in an effort to control most of the disturbances caused by these street parties.
The Devotee City, a temporary accommodation place consisting of reused shipping containers, has also been launched since 1996 to accommodate devotees from far-flung areas who do not have any accommodation within Cebu City or other nearby areas. It is usually located in the open space surrounding the Compania Maritima building, and is only a few meters away from the Magellan's Cross and the Basilica del Santo Niño.
The festival was cancelled in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and again in 2022 due to the devastation caused by Typhoon Rai to Cebu. Since 2023, the grand parade has been moved to the South Road Properties (SRP) instead of the Cebu City Sports Center (CCSC), its long time home, by Cebu's current mayor and the overall chairman of the Sinulog Foundation Incorporated (SFI), Michael Rama, largely against the interest and welfare of the Cebuanos. The Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan and the Sinulog sa Lalawigan, which are qualifying events for the main Sinulog event, however, still remain at the CCSC.
Two guest contingents had registered from other festivals with one national festival from MassKara Festival in Bacolod City and one international from South Korea.
The festival, for the first time, had two major parades in 2024. The Sinulog sa Lalawigan, which was originally the preliminary competition Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Lalawigan, was transformed into a Sinulog parade for provincial contingents since they could not, once again, dance in SRP. The Sinulog sa Lalawigan was held in the CCSC, the old venue of Sinulog. The other contingents from Cebu City and out-of-town danced in the Sinulog parade on the 3rd Sunday of January in SRP.
On the 21st of August, this year, Cebu City Acting Mayor, Raymond Alvin Garcia declared that Sinulog Festival 2025 will return to CCSC.
Cebuanos also celebrate the Sinulog worldwide in Filipino communities in other countries such as the Winter Sinulog (which is celebrated in January in cold countries) and Summer Sinulog (which also celebrated in August) in Philadelphia from United States.. Sinulog has also been performed in international competitions in South Korea and Philippine Independence Day Parade in New York and Winter (which celebrate in January) and Summer (which also celebrated in August) Sinulog in Philadelphia, United States.
== Qualifying Week ==
Two traditional qualifying events at the Cebu City Sports Complex mark the week before Sinulog.
The city qualifying event, the Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan (Sinulog for the Youth of the City), is the first qualifying event and is a competition exclusive to schools and community troupes from Cebu City. The second one, the Sinulog sa Lalawigan (Sinulog of the Province), is organized by the Cebu provincial government which is participated by school and cultural groups from all over Cebu province.
The champions of the two qualifying events advance to the main Sinulog grand parade. The activities during at Sinulog
== Grand Parade winners ==
== Logo ==The Cebu City Historical Committee, which was responsible for the conceptualization of the Sinulog as a provincial event, decided to adopt a logo to identify it as an institutionalized yearly event. They turned to the coat of arms of the Santo Niño which consisted of a two-headed hawk that was the mark of the ruling House of Habsburg in Europe. The emblem represented the twin purpose of the Habsburg dynasty as Champion of Catholicism and Defender of the Faith. At the time when Spain sent expeditions to the Philippines, they were under the Habsburg dynasty. The committee viewed that using the image of the Santo Niño as part of the symbol as sacrilege.
The Sinulog committee then incorporated the two-headed eagle to a native warrior's shield. The native shield is supposed to symbolize the Philippines resistance to colonization while the Santo Niño's coat of arms printed on its face represented the country's acceptance of Christianity.
Sinulog idol
List of Sinulog Festival Winners
Basilica del Santo Niño
Santo Niño
Dinagyang
Ati-Atihan Festival
== External links ==SinulogFestival.com - Sinulog sa Sugbo Philippines 2024
Sinulog.ph
Sinulog Foundation Working Committee |
1,547 | 50,626,825 | 0 | SumBingTik Festival | Philippines | The SumBingTik Festival is an annual cultural festival held on December 1 in Cainta, Rizal. The festival starts on the feast day of Cainta's first patron saint, Saint Andrew the Apostle, on November 30, and continues on the day of the town's founding anniversary and feast of Our Lady of Light, the principal patron saint of the town, which is celebrated on December 1. The festival was first celebrated in 2014.
== Etymology ==
The term sumbingtik is a portmanteau of suman, bibingka, and latik, the town's native delicacies. |
1,548 | 77,157,149 | 0 | Metro Manila Pride March | Philippines | Metro Manila Pride March and Festival is an annual pride parade in Metro Manila, Philippines organized by the Metro Manila Pride (MM Pride) organization.
== History ==
=== Reach Out Foundation era (1996–1998) ===
The first Metro Manila Pride was held in 1996. This edition is often regarded as the first ever pride parade in the Philippines, with the 1994 Stonewall Manila parade by the MCC and Progay and the Lesbian March of 1993 as contenders for this recognition. The 1996 march banks on having relatively more larger amount of attendees.
The Reach Out Foundation (ROF), a HIV/AIDS network, was originally the lead organization for the Metro Manila Pride march. ROF provided the funding while other affiliate organizations were relegated to providing logistical support.
The inaugural march named Solidarity 96, was dubbed by its organizers as the first gay and lesbian pride march in Southeast Asia with 30 organizations in attendance. After 1998, ROF relinquished its role from leading the march's organization.
=== Task Force Pride era (1999–2015) ===
When Akbayan gained a seat in the House of Representatives in 1998 through the party-list system, it had consultations with various LGBT organizations which led to the creation of LAGABLAB which is advocacy group which focused on lobbying legislation and Task Force Pride (TFP) which would take over pride march organizing duties from ROF starting 1999.
The Metro Manila Pride march would deal with the withdrawal of funding from the ROF, relying on donations from LGBT groups. LAGABLAB would deal with several years of inactivity and the TFP would have times having only three active members.
In 2003, the TFP moved the annual event's date to December. From the 2015 edition, the pride march is held every June once again. This is when attendance started to rise exponentially.
=== Current iteration (2016–) ===The Metro Manila Pride (MM Pride) would be organized, and would take over the conduct of the pride march from Task Force Pride since the 2016 edition.
The 2019 edition would see 70,000 attendees and the Metro Manila Pride march by this time would be branded by its organizers as the largest in Southeast Asia.
For 2020 and 2021, the event would be held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
== Editions == |
1,549 | 77,158,812 | 0 | Pride PH Festival | Philippines | Pride PH Festival is a pride parade and festival event in Quezon City, Philippines.
== History ==
Pride PH Festival is organized by Pride PH, a network of LGBT organizations, in partnership with the local government of Quezon City (QC). During its launching, an estimate of 5,000 participants marched from the North Avenue gate of the Quezon Memorial Circle. The whole event was attended by 25,000 people.
Like the first Pride PH Festival, the 2nd edition was once again held in Quezon City. In the 2023 Pride PH Festival, the local government unit of QC launched the Right to Care card, a healthcare proxy card for LGBT couples. The event was dubbed as the Largest Pride March in Southeast Asia after setting an attendance record of 110,752.
The third edition in 2024, was attended by 200,000 people. The concert in the evening was paused midway at 6:30 PM (PHT) due to inclement weather, and was later cancelled, with G22, Bini and Vice Ganda supposed to perform.
== Editions ==
== External links ==
Pride PH Festival on Facebook |
1,550 | 3,801,909 | 0 | Obando Fertility Rites | Philippines | The Obando Fertility Rites are a dance ritual, Anitist in origin, that later became a Catholic festival celebrated every May in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines. Locals and pilgrims, sometimes dressed in traditional costume, dance and sing in the town's streets to honour and beseech Obando's three patron saints: San Pascual (Paschal Baylon), Santa Clara (Clare of Assisi) and Nuestra Señora de Salambáo (Our Lady of Salambao).
== Origin ==The fertility rites were initially done in honour of the anito Diyan Masalanta, the Tagalog goddess of love, Lakapati, the Tagalog fertility deity, and Bathala, the supreme deity of the Tagalog people. The rites were performed within the vicinity of a dambana. When the Spanish arrived, they forcibly converted the natives to Roman Catholicism and changed their religious beliefs regarding the fertility rites.
== Festivities ==
The rites are observed in a triduum: 17 May for St. Paschal Baylon, 18 May for St. Clare of Assisi, and 19 May for Our Lady of Salambáo. Each of the three days usually begins with a morning Mass said by the parish priest. A procession, held immediately thereafter, consists of the three saints' images followed by bands playing instruments made of bamboo or brass, and devotees who dance the fandango while singing the hymn, Santa Clara Pinung-Pino (Saint Clare, Most Refined). The image of each saint leads the procession on his or her designated feast day.
The rites, especially the fertility dance, are popular with pilgrims from all over the Philippines, most of whom supplicate the triad of saints for a child, a spouse, or general good fortune. Throughout the three days, devotees joyously dance in the streets as a form of prayer, asking for the spirit of life to enter into the wombs of women.
== The patron saints ==
=== Saint Clare ===
St. Clare of Assisi is the oldest saint declared patroness of Catanghalan (the town's former name), her image first enshrined the chapel built by missionaries of the Order of Friars Minor in the town. St. Clare was a 13th-century Italian nun, who founded the Poor Clares according to the rule and teachings of her contemporary, St. Francis.
St. Clare became the patroness of good weather because her Spanish name, Clara, also referred to clearer skies after a storm. This formed the basis for the Filipino custom of offering chicken eggs to St. Clare to ensure good weather, as the Spanish word for egg white or albumen, clara, is also a pun on her name. Devotees participating in the rites would sometimes hold eggs as they sway to the fandango.
The introduction of St. Clare by Spanish Franciscans as a replacement for pre-colonial Tagalog gods, especially the deity of conception Diyan Masalanta, transformed the old, animist Kasilonawan dancing ritual into the offering of the fandango to the saint to prevent or cure sterility in women. Eventually, St. Clare evolved into the patroness of individuals seeking a mate and to have children, particularly daughters.
==== Santa Clarang Pinong-pino ====
Santa Clarang pinong-pino / Ako po ay bigyán mo / Ng asawang labíntatló / Sa gastos 'di magreklamo!
(Saint Clare, most refined / Unto me bestow / Spouses, thirteen in all / For the expense, I shan't complain!)
A variation: Santa Clarang pinong-pino / Ang pangakò ko ay ganitó / Pagdatíng ko sa Obando / Sasayáw ako ng pandanggo.
(Saint Clare, most refined / My promise is like so / When I arrive at Obando / I shall dance the fandango.)
=== Saint Paschal ===
During the 18th century, the Franciscan missionaries built the town church and introduced the veneration of Saint Paschal Baylon. His surname, Baylon, was taken to mean one who likes dancing, ultimately derived from Spanish bailar (to dance). Like St. Clare, the saint also became a patron invoked for fertility, wealth and abundance.
An anecdote tells of how a childless couple from the neighbouring town of Hagonoy met a youth selling crabs. The young man told the couple to visit Obando and participate in the rites to ameliorate their condition. Upon entering Obando Church, the couple were amazed by the sight of Saint Paschal's image, for its face looked exactly like the young crab vendor. This is the origin of St. Paschal's patronage of childless couples who wish to have children, particularly sons.
=== Our Lady of Salambáo ===
On 19 June 1763, the image of Our Lady of Salambáo (formal title: Our Lady of Immaculate Conception of Salambáo), was the last saint whose cultus was introduced to Obando.
Legend tells of three fishermen named Juan, Julián, and Diego dela Cruz, who caught the Virgin Mary's image in their salambáw, a fishing net supported with bamboo crosspieces and mounted on a raft. They were fishing at a place known as Hulingduong, Binwangan (now part of Malabon), and, when they decided to bring the image to the neighbouring town of Navotas, their boat suddenly grew heavy and immobile. When they eventually decided to bring the image to Obando instead, their boat quickly lightened and became easy to paddle. This was taken a sign that the Virgin wanted to be enshrined in Obando Church. She is still venerated there as the local patroness of fishing and of good harvests.
== Gallery ==
== Ban and post-War revival ==
During World War II, the church and a large portion of Obando were ravaged by fire; included amongst the damaged property were the images of the three patron saints. A few years after the war's end, both the Archbishop of Manila and the vicar of Obando Church forbade the fertility dance due to its pagan origins. During the prohibition, normal religious processions were still held on the triduum, but without the lively street dancing.
In 1972, parish priest Rev. Fr. Rome R. Fernández and the Komisyon ng Kalinangan (Commission on Culture) of Obando helped in having the ban lifted and in reviving the ancient dance ritual, which is still practised to this day.
== In popular culture ==
In his 1887 novel Noli Me Tángere, José Rizal, the Philippine national hero, has a character in Chapter 6 (Captain Tiago) attribute her long-sought pregnancy to the rites. The pregnancy results in the birth of one of the novel's principal characters, María Clara.
In 2012, the rites were featured in the pilot episode of the Filipino teleserye Ina Kapatid Anak, which used fertility issues as a plot device.
Colegio de San Pascual Baylon
Folk Catholicism
Religion in the Philippines
Sexuality in the Philippines
Single mother phenomenon of Philippines.
=== Footnotes ===
=== Bibliography ===
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Liong, Ricardo. Obando Church – For Those Who Hope, The Beaten Path, Tsinoy.com, retrieved on: 9 June 2007
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Claridades, Alvin. Obando: Alamat ng Isang Sayaw (Obando: The Legend of the Fertility Dance), Language:Tagalog, Geocities.com, retrieved on: 10 June 2007
== External links ==
Media related to Obando Fertility Rites at Wikimedia Commons
Laya, Jaime C. and Michael Van D. Yonzon. Through the Years, Brightly: The Tadtarin, and Joaquin, Nick. The Summer Solstice, PIA.gov, retrieved on: 9 June 2007
Obando Fertility Rites, Around the World in 80 Faiths at BBC.com |
1,551 | 9,355,725 | 0 | Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta | Philippines | The Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is an annual four-day air-sporting event held between January and February at the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. It was initiated by Nelson Mayo in the late 1900s. As one of the longest-running aviation sports events in the Philippines, it features participation from over a hundred balloon pilots worldwide and attracts an audience of more than 100,000 visitors from various locations.
== Program ==
The Fiesta's programming has changed and developed over the years. In addition to hot air balloons, some of the attractions present have been:Skydiving
Flag jumps
Microlight demonstrations
Rocketry demonstrations
Small plane fly-bys and fly-ins
Remote-control airplane and helicopter flying exhibitions
Freestyle aerobatics
Precision maneuvers
Light airplane balloon bursting
Ultralight flying formation and flour bomb dropping
Kite-making and choreographed kite-flying
Hi-start launch gliding
Control-line aircraft flying
Pylon racing
Banner towing
An aeromodelling symposium
Races between ultralights and motorcycles.
== History ==
=== Opening: 1994 ===
In 1994, three years after the eruption of the Mount Pinatubo volcano, the tourism secretary Mina Gaborand, Sang-kee Paik, British Airways General Manager John Emery, and the German aviation enthusiast Max Motschmann engineered the first ever Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta to help jumpstart the local economy and spirit of the Central Luzon region. They attempted to do this with the commitment of developing hot air ballooning as an aviation sport in the country and to try and help develop the Philippines into one of the leading sports aviation and travel destinations in the Asia Pacific region.
==== Organizers ====
Department of Tourism (DOT)
The Hot Air Balloon Club
The Clark Development Corporation
British Airways
==== Participants ====
21 balloon pilots from 10 countries
One entry from the Philippines, Captain Joy Roa, who was the only registered Filipino balloon pilot at that time.
=== 1995 ===
The success of the festival in 1994 brought about an increase in the number of participants in 1995 to 27 balloons, including a basketless one-man balloon and two entries from the Philippines. The 1995 festival also saw the introduction of ultralight planes to the events.
=== 1996-1998 ===
By 1996, responsibility of the event was transferred from the Department of Tourism to Air Ads, Inc. under Captain Joy Roa. Between 1996 and 1998, the growing popularity of the festival was expanded to include other aero-sports activities:
==== Additions ====
Skydiving
Paragliding
Motorized hang gliding
Remotely controlled model aircraft
Kite flying.
Aerobatic stunts and precision maneuvers courtesy of the Blue Diamonds and later the Red Aces of the Philippine Air Force also became a regular attraction of the festival.
=== 1999 ===
Financial challenges faced in 1999 led to the discontinuation of the festival.
=== 2000 ===
However, a resurgence occurred in 2000 when a total of 12 balloons and 18 light planes hailing from Thailand, Japan, and Singapore, contributed to an air rally that has since become a regular element of the overall celebrations.
=== 2003 ===
The year 2003 marked a significant departure from the conventional ballooning format. This departure was manifested through the introduction of specially crafted balloons, including ones shaped as a flying newspaper from South Korea and a large dog from Japan.
==== Countries Represented ====
Malaysia
South Korea
Japan
Germany
The United Kingdom
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
The Netherlands
=== 2006 ===
The 2006 festival featured 30 multicolored hot air balloons and more than a hundred balloon pilots. It also drew approximately 60,000 visitors to the event.
==== Countries Represented ====
Finland
Sweden
The Netherlands
Germany
The Czech Republic
The Slovak Republic
Hungary
The United Kingdom
Canada
The United States
Japan
South Korea
Malaysia
Singapore
Thailand
The Philippines.
=== 2017 ===
In 2017, the 21st Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta showcased 30 hot air balloons. The award-winning Twinz Aerobatic Paragliders, as well as former members of the British Red Devils participated in the event. The Fiesta's main theme was Exchange of Cultures, a tribute to aviation's contributions in making the world smaller. Apart from aviation enthusiasts, the Fiesta also invited artists and performers from around the world including Turkish folk dancers, carpet makers, and ceramic masters; international singers from South Africa, Samoa, New Zealand, and Zimbabwe; and the Amganad Music and Dance Ensemble from Banaue, Philippines.
==== Countries Represented ====
The United States
Canada
Switzerland
Sweden
Belgium
Germany
The United Kingdom
Netherlands
Hungary
Turkey
China
Japan
Thailand
The Philippines
=== 2020 ===
In 2020, the PIHABF was not held at its usual venue in Clark, Pampanga citing a lack of government commitment to be involved in the event amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the organizers held a hot air balloon festival, which they dubbed as Flying Carnival 2020, at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.
=== 2021-2023 ===
This fiesta went on hiatus in 2021.
=== 2024 ===
The 24th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta was held in New Clark City from February 16 to 18, 2024 with the inaugural Skydiving Philippine Flag Jump ceremony.
==== Attractions ====
Parachute gliding
Helicopter flying
Jet exhibitions
Drone racing
Ultralight airplane flying
Air shows by Jetpara Hawk Paramotor flying by the Global Stars Team Aerobatic from the United Kingdom
Kite Flying Exhibition
Fireworks display
==== Countries Represented ====
The United States
The United Kingdom
The Netherlands
Spain
Brazil
Austria
Hong Kong
The Philippines
18 hot air balloons participated. Each balloon reached sizes of up to 30 meters and soared up to 12,000 feet.
Hot air balloon festivals
== External links ==
Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Official site
Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark Freeport Zone at WN
gmanews.tv/video, 1st Pinoy-made hot-air ballon shown off in Pampanga - 29 January 2008 (in Filipino) |
1,552 | 9,672,853 | 0 | Artomatic | States | Artomatic is a multi-week, multimedia arts event held in the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It was founded by Washington, D.C. artist and arts activist George Koch. The non-juried, open event has provided a forum for artists of all types (visual, performance, and literary) and abilities (from novice to professional). There are also arts education and professional development workshops and discussions. Events were held from 1999 up to 2017 at intervals from one to three years, depending upon the availability of a site. Unable to have in-person events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an online event was held in 2020. The organization has remained active in the local arts community.
== Structure ==
A steering committee comprising local artists, arts administrators, and community activists develops outreach procedures and participation guidelines to ensure the broadest possible artistic representation from the Washington metropolitan area. Each participant pays a fee and commits to volunteering for 15 hours. Most participants, however, give much more of their time; volunteers execute every task, from hauling trash and building exhibit structures to maintaining the website. As a result, the show draws artists and visitors of different races, cultural backgrounds, ages and experience levels.
Artomatic provides a mechanism for emerging and established artists to have the chance to work with and learn from one another. The diversity of artwork and performances attract a broad range of people, providing a forum to build institutional connections; linking public and private schools, universities, community development organizations, human service organizations, corporations, foundations, and cultural organizations.
Artomatic Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that organizes Artomatic events. Artomatic, Inc was incorporated on April 22, 2005.
Artomatic Inc is overseen by a volunteer board of directors, led by Co-Presidents Jamila Canty and Olivia Garcia. Artomatic hired Natalie Graves Tucker as its first executive director in October 2019.
== History ==
The first Art-O-Matic, as it was spelled then, ran from May 21 to June 19, 1999. It started as a fairly spontaneous event in the Manhattan Laundry buildings on Florida Avenue in Northwest Washington. The location, in an old laundromat, accounts for the name. The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities acquired about $25,000 of artwork from this show for permanent display in the capital's public buildings through its Art in Public Places program.
The second Art-O-Matic was held from September 29 to October 28, 2000. This time, it was held in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest Washington, in a then vacant building that had at various times been a Sears and a Hechinger. Artist Tim Tate's artwork at Artomatic 2000 was seen by the curator of the Smithsonian's Renwick Museum, and that show both got his work into the Museum's permanent collection, and his sales at the show provided the seed money that started the Washington Glass School.
October 31 to November 30, 2002 saw the third Art-O-Matic, in a former EPA building in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C., at 401 M Street SW, adjacent to Waterside Mall (the EPA building and the mall were both later demolished). At this Art-O-Matic, for the first time, the Figure Models Guild of the Washington, D.C., area sponsored open life drawing events. There would be live, often nude, models posing, and artists drawing.
The fourth Artomatic, as it was now spelled and has been spelled since, was held from November 12 through December 5, 2004, at the old Capital Children's Museum in the H Street Corridor of Washington, D.C. Blake Gopnik, art critic for The Washington Post, wrote that the majority of the show's work was mediocre or worse, and decryed the waste of money and effort that could have gone to worthwhile, professional arts activities in Washington, D.C.
The fifth Artomatic was held from April 13 to May 20, 2007. This was the first time Artomatic was held outside Washington, D.C.. It occupied two floors of a vacated office building in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia. The space had previously been occupied by the Patent and Trademark Office.
Artomatic returned to Washington, D.C., with the sixth iteration, held from May 9 through June 15, 2008. This time, they occupied 10 floors of Capitol Plaza I, a new – not yet completed – office building in the NoMa neighborhood.
In February 2009, Artomatic collaborated with the Pink Line Project for Luck of the Draw: An Art and Music Experience. This event attracted over 1,500 people and was held at the Capitol Riverfront Neighborhood. Also in this seventh version of the event, several artists received interesting letters from someone who called himself The Benefactor, causing both admiration and alarm in several of the artists.
The seventh Artomatic was also the tenth anniversary event. It ran from May 29 to July 5, 2009 in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It occupied a brand new building, 55 M Street SE, in a development near the new Washington Nationals ballpark located right over an entrance of the Navy Yard Metro Station. Over 76,000 visitors attended.
The eighth Artomatic was held from May 18 to June 23, 2012, in Crystal City, Virginia. It was held in a 320,000-square-foot (30,000 m2) vacant office building..
The ninth Artomatic was held in New Carrollton, Maryland, from October 30 to December 12, 2015.
The tenth Artomatic was held in Potomac, Maryland, in November 2016. Diane Tuckman, a pioneering silk artist and author on the same genre exhibited and taught classes at this Artomatic.
The eleventh Artomatic returned to Crystal City, Virginia running from March 24 to May 6, 2017. It was staged using seven floors of an empty office building.
The artfair organizers wanted to mark the 20th anniversary year in a meaningful way. However, 2019 came and went without finding a location to host the exhibition, so anniversary plans were moved to 2020, only to be upended by the outbreak of COVID-19. It was announced that for 2020, the production of Artomatic would be a totally online exhibition.
The organization remained in existence to promote local art, but had not been able to hold any in-person events until 2024, when a twelfth Artomatic was announced, to take place in Washington, DC from March 9 to April 28, 2024. The 2024 Artomatic is in the largest building ever at over 400,000 square feet. The opening remarks ceremony by Washington, DC mayor Muriel Bowser made national news when her remarks were interrupted by Gaza protesters who rushed the stage.
=== Licensed events and partnerships ===
The Artomatic concept has been licensed out to other places, including Frederick, Maryland, in October and November 2011, and Toledo, Ohio, in April 2015.
In 2005 the Fraser Gallery of Bethesda, MD exhibited Artomatic Top 10. The show was curated to exhibit the work of the top ten artists selected by the gallery director from the 2004 Artomatic, and included work by Mark Jenkins, Michael Janis, Tim Tate and others. The show was selected as a Hot Pick of the week by The Washington Post. Also in 2005, the Anne C. Fisher Gallery in Georgetown selected an exhibition selected from Artomatic artists titled 10 Most Wanted. The exhibition was curated by Fisher and by F. Lennox Campello, and included work by Frank Warren, the creator of the PostSecret project.
In 2007, three art galleries in Bethesda, Maryland, put on a coordinated selected show of artists who had taken part in Artomatic. The galleries mounted the art for their monthly Bethesda Art Walk of January 12, 2007.
In 2009, this was repeated by the Fraser Gallery in Bethesda, with a second curated exhibition of Artomatic artists.
Smaller events and partnerships have also happened in following years, including a small display in the oldest wing of National Airport in 2011 and select Artomatic artists were featured with poetry by BRASH at Studio Gallery on R Street NW in Washington, D.C., in 2010.
In 2013, thirty-five artists who participated at Artomatic 2012 were curated by juror F. Lennox Campello to show work at the PEPCO Edison gallery in Downtown Washington, D.C.
Artomatic has also partnered with art groups from other cities and countries, specifically glass studios from England for the 2009 iteration, in order to bring work from elsewhere into the DC art scene. The 2009 Artomatic included of one of Washington, DC's Sister Cities: Sunderland, England. Thirty seven artists and businesses from Sunderland participated in Artomatic including glass artists and musical acts.
== Notable artists ==
Michele Banks exhibited in Artomatic 2024
Robin Bell exhibited in Artomatic 2008
Joan Belmar exhibited at Artomatic 2009
BRASH, a mysterious poet who has left poems for the exhibiting artists, many of whom choose to display the poems with their artwork
Clark V. Fox exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000 under the name Clark Hogan
F. Lennox Campello exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Shanthi Chandrasekar exhibited in Artomatic 2012
Anne Cherubim exhibited in Artomatic 2015
Mary Early exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Dana Ellyn exhibited at Artomatic 2004
Ric Garcia exhibited in 2008, 2009 and 2012
Patricia Goslee exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000 and 2002
Michael Janis exhibited at Artomatic 2004 and Artmatic 2024
Barbara Januszkiewicz exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Mark Jenkins exhibited at Artomatic 2004
Nate Lewis exhibited in Artomatic 2012
Percy Martin exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Sandra Perez-Ramos exhibited at Artomatic 2016
Raquel Partnoy exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Amber Robles-Gordon exhibited in Artomatic 2007
Erik Sandberg exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Nicolas F. Shi exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000 and Artomatic 2009
Dan Steinhilber exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Lou Stovall exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000
Tim Tate, whose artwork The Rapture disappeared under dramatic circumstances during Artomatic 2007, and later a ransom demand (for Monopoly money) was sent to The Washington Post. The demands were met and parts of the artwork were returned by the thief, named The Collector, along with his manifesto about society failing to value its art.
Erwin Timmers exhibited in Art-O-Matic 2000, Artomatic 2012, and Artomatic 2024
Diane Tuckman exhibited in Artomatic 2016
Frank Warren's PostSecret project began at Artomatic 2004
Colin Winterbottom exhibited in Artomatic 2024
== External links ==
Artomatic home page
Artomatic@Frederick - Frederick, MD
Artomatic419 - Ohio
Fraser Gallery Artomatic Top 10 Show *Artomatic Thinks Small in Bethesda, Washington Post, January 11, 2007; Page C13.
'Artomatic (2007)': Treasures Hiding in Plain Sight, Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, May 4, 2007; Page WE53
'Art in focus: Artomatic @ Frederick (2011)', Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, October 20, 2011 |
1,553 | 24,727,769 | 0 | Bentzen Ball | States | The Bentzen Ball is a comedy festival held in Washington, D.C., first in 2009, and then in 2013. It is produced by the D.C.-based online magazine and event company Brightest Young Things (often abbreviated as BYT) and curated by Tig Notaro.
Named for Ollie Bentzen, a Danish man who allegedly laughed himself to death during a screening of the film A Fish Called Wanda, the inaugural festival featured 60 comedians and 26 shows from October 22, 2009 to October 25, 2009. The second festival was held October 10–13, 2013, and was jokingly billed as the Fifth Annual Bentzen Ball, referring to its hiatus.
== History ==
=== 2009 ===
The 2009 Bentzen Ball consisted of 26 shows and 60 comedians. The festival opened on October 22 with an opening night headlined by Patton Oswalt with Rory Scovel and Kyle Kinane at the Lincoln Theatre and closed with a Sarah Silverman headlined-show featuring Chelsea Peretti, Steve Agee, Laura Silverman and Tig Notaro at the 9:30 Club on October 25. Shows were also held at the Studio Theatre, HR-57 Center for the Preservation of Jazz and Blues, Bohemian Caverns and Black Cat as well as a drop-in open mic show at Ben's Chili Bowl hosted by Justin Cousson and Vish Bhatt.
==== 2009 performers ====
=== 2013 ===
The 2013 Bentzen Ball opening night was headlined by Notaro once again, joined by Doug Benson, Wyatt Cenac, Everything is Terrible, Heather Lawless and others on October 10 at the 9:30 Club. A live episode of Doug Loves Movies was taped as part of the festival at the Sphinx Club on October 11, and the festival closed with an Ira Glass and Friends show at the Lincoln Theatre on October 13.
Other acts who performed at the 2013 festival were Nick Offerman, Nick Kroll, Garfunkel and Oates, Moshe Kasher, Megan Mullally, Brody Stevens, Kate Flannery, Sara Schaefer, Martha Kelly, Rachel Dratch, Michael Hitchcock, Janet Varney, Jessica Makinson, Cole Stratton, Graham Elwood, Brandon Wardell, Andy Wood, Jena Friedman, and others, plus DJ sets by They Might Be Giants and Animal Collective.
== Record label ==
In 2016, Notaro released the first comedy album on Bentzen Ball Records on July 8, Aparna Nancherla: Just Putting it Out There.
Later that year on August 5, the second release on the label was Tig's own third album, Boyish Girl Interrupted, released jointly with Secretly Canadian.
== External links ==
Official Bentzen Ball site
Official Bentzen Ball Records site Archived May 12, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
BrightestYoungThings |
1,554 | 16,472,898 | 0 | Blossom Kite Festival | States | The Blossom Kite Festival, formerly the Smithsonian Kite Festival, is an annual kite event usually held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in late March during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. The event's organizers cancelled all kite festivals since 2020 because of concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
== Organization ==
The festival was founded in 1967 by aviation pioneer Paul E. Garber, the first curator of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Until 2010, the Smithsonian Associates, the cultural, educational, and membership division of the Smithsonian Institution organized and sponsored the festival. The National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. began producing the festival in 2011 and renamed the event to the Blossom Kite Festival.
== Past Festivals ==
Sponsored by the Smithsonian National Associate Program (see S. Dillon Ripley Center) and the NASM, the first annual Smithsonian Kite Carnival (later referred to as the Kite Festival) took place on the National Mall on March 25, 1967. Individuals could compete in contests with homemade kites as well as ready-made ones. The festival also included kite-making workshops led by Paul Garber, a lecture series, and a special display of kites made by Garber and his wife.
However, an 1892 law that was still in effect barred the flying of kites, balloons and parachutes within the city limits of Washington, D.C. In 1970, the Smithsonian Institution was therefore denied a permit to hold its annual kite flying carnival on the National Mall. On April 18, 1970, police arrested 11 people who were protesting the law by flying kites near the Washington Monument. As kite enthusiasts were not allowed to have the kite carnival that year in D.C., they moved the event to Fort Washington in Prince George's County, Maryland. The law was subsequently changed, permitting the kite carnival/festival to again be held on the National Mall.
The 2008 Smithsonian Kite Festival was held on Saturday, March 29 on the National Mall. The festival, which was tied to the 2008 Summer Olympics to be held in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008, highlighted the art and history of Chinese kites. The Smithsonian stated that the Chinese introduced the first kites more than 2,000 years ago. According to the Smithsonian, the Chinese first used kites in military affairs for estimating distances and carrying propaganda leaflets, but the kites' influence gradually spread to Western countries to become what the Smithsonian called a “familiar artistic and cultural icon.” The Smithsonian stated that kites continue to play an important role in China.
The 2009 Smithsonian Kite Festival was held on Saturday, March 28, on the Washington Monument grounds. The theme of the festival was Going Green. Participants were encouraged to create environmentally and thematically “green” kites from renewable resources such as bamboo and recyclable goods such as paper and cloth. Organizers expected to distribute 1,000 free kites to children on a first come, first served basis.
The 2010 Smithsonian Kite Festival, which the Smithsonian Associates and the NASM presented, took place on Saturday, March 27. The theme was CRAFTed for Flight. Events included the competitive Rokkaku Battle, Hot Tricks Showdown and Ground Display. The festival also featured a kitemaking competition that was open to any hand-made kite. Adult competitors and a team of judges ranging from kitemaking experts to local celebrities to museum staff chose the winners of awards in each category. Kitemakers were grouped according to experience and age: kitemaker, master kitemaker, age 11 and under, age 12–15. The event also encouraged non-competitors to make and fly kites on the Washington Monument grounds.The first Blossom Kite Festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Sunday, April 10, 2011, following a postponent from March 27 because of forecasted inclement weather.
The 2012 Blossom Kite festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 31.
The 2013 Blossom Kite Festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 30.
The 2014 Blossom Kite Festival was originally scheduled to take place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 29. However, the event's organizers first postponed the event to Sunday, March 30, because of rain and then cancelled the Sunday event because inclement weather had saturated the Monument grounds.
The 2015 Blossom Kite Festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 28.
The 2016 kite festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, April 2. The organizer's announcement for the festival stated: Please note: drones are prohibited at this event.
The 2017 kite festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, April 1.
The 2018 kite festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, March 31.
The 2019 kite festival took place on the Washington Monument grounds on Saturday, 30 March.
All festivals have been on hiatus since 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
== Gallery ==
== External links ==Kite-Flying Contest Part of U.S.-China Friendship Series - www.america.gov
The Smithsonian Associates
National Air and Space Museum
Photos From The Smithsonian Kite Festival, Rachel Levitin, March 27, 2010 |
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