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Dubai's eclectic music scene

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Dubai has welcomed some of the biggest names in the music business in 2019, from Jamiroquai to Fatboy Slim to Phantom of the Opera, illustrating the emirates eclectic music scene.

Cult

Global artists celebrate musical freedom at the Baku Jazz Festival

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Audiences were amazed as musicians who had never met before improvised and jammed together during an eclectic celebration of music

Cult

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra opens Bucharest's George Enescu festival

The concert halls in Bucharest will see over 2,500 musicians of 50 nationalities go on stage for 84 concerts and recitals

Musica

Kosky’s Orphée aux enfers: “visual and vocal pyrotechnics” in Salzburg

This year marks the 200th anniversary of composer Jacques Offenbach's birth. To commemorate this, director Barrie Kosky has reinvented the artist's famous operetta - Orphée aux Enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld) - being performed at the Salzburg Festival until the 30th of August.

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USA

Watch: Fans celebrate 50 years since Woodstock music festival

The 1969 extravaganza, which happened on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York, became one of the most significant counter-culture events in history.

World

Woodstock fifty years on: legacy celebrated despite lack of official anniversary event

Fifty years ago, the landmark Woodstock Festival was taking place in upstate New York. No official anniversary eventis taking place, but its legacy is commemorated in various ways including a new documentary.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The Edinburgh Fringe is white, middle class and elitist ǀ View

While the Fringe is something Britain should be proud of, we must also recognise that a disproportionate number of the performers (and even the audience) will be white, middle class and wealthy.

USA

Watch: Woodstock album cover couple still together 50 years on

"Just getting up in the morning, standing up, giving my girlfriend a hug. I don't even remember the picture being taken honestly," said Nick.

World

Khalil Gibran musical The Broken Wings makes regional debut at Lebanon's Beiteddine Art Festival

Lebanon’s iconic 19th century palace of Beiteddine, was the setting for the regional debut of The Broken Wings musical at the annual Beiteddine Art Festival.

World

How is the Beitedinne Art Festival bringing tradition and youth culture together?

The Beiteddine Art Festival is one of the most prestigious annual music festivals in the Middle East.

France

People demand #JusticeforSteve after French festival-goer's body found

After the body of a man who went missing during a police operation at France's Fete de la Musique last month was found on Tuesday, people took to social media to demand answers.

Green News

Attending a music festival this summer? Read our eco-friendly guide

Our top tips will enable you to have a fun festival experience but leave behind a minimal trace.

Cult

The hottest acts of today and the past light up the stage in Portugal

Euronews meets the headliners of NOS Alive festival and finds there really is an act for everyone.

Green News

Pete the Monkey: A revolutionary eco music festival in France

Europe's most sustainable music festival takes over Normandy with a fresh, green approach to recycling, water, energy and plastic on site!

Europe Decoded

Hip-hop festival evacuated as nearby forest fire threatened revellers

Police advised organisers to act after heavy winds threatened to push the blaze closer to the festival site on the island of Pag.

USA

Watch: Underwater music festival fills ocean with sound

The musical performances were ocean-themed, filling the seas with 'Yellow Submarine', 'Fins' and the theme from Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'.

Musica

The life and death experience of Mozart's Requiem at Festival Lyrique

Siobhan Stagg sings soprano in Romeo Castellucci's production of Mozart's Requiem at the Festival Lyrique in Aix-en-Provence

Green News

Tried and tested: Was Glastonbury Festival 2019 really plastic-free?

I visited the UK's most iconic music festival that decided to ban plastic this year! Did they achieve their goal?

Europe Decoded

Belgium festival cancelled on same day as event | #TheCube

"We came in festival clothes and nothing else, so we couldn't go anywhere," a festival goer who travelled from the UK to Belgium told The Cube.

United Kingdom

Rapper Stormzy wears Banksy vest, delivers political Glastonbury show

Stormzy's performance was hailed as a defining moment for British rap.