France Les Rencontres d'Arles: pictures from the edge The renowned photo festival Les Rencontres d’Arles closes its doors this weekend and this year’s exhibitions were, like the town itself, remarkable 18/09/2015
no comment Riotous scenes of colour at Portugal festival These are the colourful and energetic scenes from Happy Holi festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Around 15,000 people attended the extravaganza on Sunday 15/09/2015
no comment Cascais: Lumina Light Festival The fourth instalment of the Lumina Light Festival excites spectators, who are impressed by the flames, artwork and installations in the Portuguese 13/09/2015
Culture news Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial addresses modernity The Lyon contemporary art biennial, now a must-see event on the contemporary art scene, is open. For this 13th edition under the theme “La vie 11/09/2015
Culture news Crete celebrates traditional dance and music This year, for the first time, Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, played host to the Pancretan Dance Festival and Cantata. Eleni Fasoula 09/09/2015
no comment “A Chiena” water festival Every summer, the streets of the village of Campagna, on the hills near Salerno, become a stream where locals and tourists bathe, refresh themselves 03/09/2015
USA Burning Man 2015: what we are missing, and how we can catch up No, we are not at Burning Man, and if you’re reading this then you probably aren’t either as there’s virtually no mobile network or Internet at Black 02/09/2015
Culture news Culture by the Black Sea at Bulgaria's Apollonia festival The Apollonia Festival of Arts in the city of Sozopol is hailed as the most important cultural event in Bulgaria. Every August artists from all 31/08/2015
India Hindus launch Kumbh Festival with mass bathing Millions of Hindus have plunged into the Godavari River in the west of India to celebrate the first bathing day of the Kumbh Mela festival in a 26/08/2015
Culture news Hungary's Sziget festival final day underway in Budapest The final performances at Hungary’s Sziget festival will take place on Sunday night (August 16). Over the last seven days the international music 16/08/2015
no comment High spirits as Hungary hosts one of Europe's biggest festivals These are the exuberant scenes from one of Europe’s biggest festivals. Sziget, which is taking place from August 10-17, has seen around 400,000 13/08/2015
musica Watch Fidelio at the Salzburg Festival with Jonas Kaufmann & Adrianne Pieczonka The Salzburg Festival presents Ludwig van Beethoven’s one and only opera, his masterpiece: Fidelio, in a new production staged by Claus Guth 13/08/2015
Culture news Fans gather Budapest's Island of Freedom for 23rd Sziget Festival The 23rd Sziget Festival kicked off on Sunday in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Since its birth in 1993 it has become one of the most popular 11/08/2015
Hungary Sziget 2015 - all the latest from the festival! The 2015 Sziget festival begins on Monday, August 10. Hundreds of thousands of people will meet on an island in the middle of the Danube river in the 05/08/2015
no comment Nebuta Festival kicks off in Japan The Nebuta festival, one of Japan’s largest summer events, has started in the northern city of Aomori. It take place from August 2-7. Historians 04/08/2015
Sport European Youth Olympic Festival - day three Georgia’s Robinzon Beglarishvili thrilled the partizan crowd on Wednesday when he won the – 60kg judo title at the European Youth Olympic Festival in 29/07/2015
Romania Red-hot bargain: 'Blood for discount' tickets at Transylvania festival Blood donors are being offered discounts on tickets to a music festival in Transylvania, in a move that would make Count Dracula himself proud. The 27/07/2015
no comment Samurai parade in Japan Soma in the Fukushima region is famous throughout the country for its festival dedicated to traditional Japanese warriors, the Samurai. A horseback 26/07/2015
no comment Paleo festival in Switzerland A taste of the fifth day of the Paleo festival in Nyon, with performances from Joan Baez and Patti Smith. 26/07/2015
focus Europe's young Olympic hopefuls compete in Tbilisi The Olympic flame in the centre of the Georgian capital Tbilisi welcomes young athletes from all over Europe to compete in the European Youth Olympic 25/07/2015
no comment Playing in a plastic sea in Washington D.C. People of all ages frolicked in a 10,000 square foot “ocean“ of translucent plastic balls in downtown Washington, D.C., on Wednesday (July 22) instead of going to a sun-drenched beach. There’s plenty of splash to go around. “The BEACH“ will last at the museum until September 7, 2015. 23/07/2015
Culture news Quiet 'Cannonball' - Damien Rice overwhelms Lyon crowd I confess that I have long cherished an image of Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice as a gentle poet of romance and struggle. A night with Rice at 23/07/2015
Culture news 'The Last Supper' - Egypt's upper class amid social upheaval “The Last Supper,” directed by Egyptian Ahmed El Attar, depicts a society that fails to get rid of a tyranical figure – and all forms of despotism 21/07/2015
no comment Filthy fun for mud-lovers in South Korea Revellers in South Korea have had some summer fun getting messy at a popular mud festival. The annual spectacle in Boryeong, 190km south-west of 19/07/2015
India India: Two dead in stampede at Hindu religious festival A stampede at a chariot festival in the eastern Indian town of Puri has left at least two people dead and 15 others injured. Police struggled to 19/07/2015
no comment Beats on the beach in Portugal The biggest Sunset in Europe, one of the world’s largest: RFM SOMNII 2015 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal 75,000 people, two day’s beach party, sun 16/07/2015
