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Art Explora: Frédéric Jousset's fantastic voyage to celebrate culture

The festival includes a bouquet of free events, exhibitions and concerts and takes place at the E8 gate of the port of Piraeus until 12/10

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Slovenia’s R.o.R. festival concludes with a tribute to Earth

The R.o.R. Festival, part of the European Capital of Culture GO! 2025 programme, concluded on Sunday in Nova Gorica after four days of exhibitions, performances and installations exploring humanity’s connection with the universe.

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Bukhara Biennial: Healing through art and culture on the Silk Road

In partnership with Islamic Civilization Center in Uzbekistan

The inaugural Bukhara Biennial, themed “Recipes for Broken Hearts”, brings over 200 artists from 40 countries to the Silk Road city, blending art, healing and heritage in Uzbekistan.

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Love Twin Peaks? A David Lynch festival is coming to London

'A Gathering of the Angels' will include an immersive Mulholland Drive Dreamscape, Q&As with Lynch's collaborators, and lots of damn fine coffee...

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The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Regency balls at the Jane Austen Festival, cosy crime with 'Only Murders in the Building', and dystopian terror in Stephen King-adaptation 'The Long Walk'. Here are this week's cultural highlights.

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Culture on the streets of Molenbeek with an eye on the ECOC2030

Molenfest2025 is a multidisciplinary festival celebrating Molenbeek's diverse community. It's part of the Brussels neighbourhood's drive to change its image, that's often associated with violent crime, as it bids to become the European Capital of Culture in 2030 (ECOC2030).

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Hong Kong hosts first hot air balloon festival

Hong Kong is hosting its first international hot air balloon festival in the city’s business district, and colourful displays are lighting up the skyline over Victoria Harbour.

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Cultural Agenda September: A month full of exhibitions, biennials and art

Throughout September, biennials, exhibitions, museums and festivals take place across Istanbul, transforming the city into an open-air art map.

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Croatia hosts fourth open hot air balloon championship in Prelog

In the northern Croatian town of Prelog, balloon crews from around the world gathered for a race that has become one of the country’s most distinctive annual events.

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Giant bamboo snake parades through Japanese village

A giant straw and bamboo snake over 80 metres long was paraded through a Japanese village on Sunday as part of a festival first held in 1988.

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Water jousters battle on Sète’s Royal Canal in 300-year-old festival

For more than 300 years, the town of Sète in southern France has hosted its legendary Saint-Louis tournament, where jousters battle on the waters of the Royal Canal.

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India begins ten-day Ganesha festival with processions and prayers

The annual Ganesha festival began across India on Wednesday, as millions of Hindu devotees prepared to celebrate the elephant-headed deity’s birthday with prayers, processions and rituals lasting 10 days.

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Tomatina Festival soaks Buñol in red for 80th anniversary

The streets of Buñol in eastern Spain were drenched in red on Wednesday as thousands joined the world-famous Tomatina, an hour-long battle fought with tomatoes.

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Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast hosts annual kite festival

Kites in different shapes and colours float over Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast as the International Kite Festival Via Pontica returned to Varvara and Sinemorets.

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Sri Lanka’s International Kite Festival returns after six-year break

Colourful kites in the shapes of animals, flowers and comic characters filled the skies above Colombo on Sunday as Sri Lanka’s International Kite Festival made its return.

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Romania welcomes the world to celebrate composer Georges Enescu

The 27th edition of the George Enescu International Festival is underway with classical music, opera, interactive events and much more taking place throughout Romania as the country marks the 70th anniversary of the death of its most famous composer.

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In Pictures: Ballerinas take centre stage on iconic Bucharest avenue

Ballerinas performed outside Romania’s National History Museum this weekend as part of Dance Night - a festival that brings a mix of dance styles to Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei avenue.

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Jongo festival in Rio calls for cultural preservation

Dancers from 18 communities rooted in Brazil’s history of slavery gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to perform Jongo, a traditional dance with African origins.

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At Pukkelpop, people with disability are also part of festival crowd

The Flemish agency Inter works with roughly sixty festivals to make music and festivals accessible to all.

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Awa Odori festival continues with nightly so-odori performances

Hundreds of dancers are filling the streets of Tokushima this week as the Awa Odori festival’s full-scale outdoor performances take place across multiple venues in western Japan.