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Summer festivals 2018

Three European festivals to visit this year are the Globaltica World Cultures Festival in Poland, the Salzburg Festival in Austria and the Boom festival in Portugal highlighting diverse music and drama from around the world

23/07/2018

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Astronaut jams live from space with Kraftwerk

Electronic music fans were in for a treat when they went to watch Kraftwerk perform at the Jazz Festival in Stuttgart. When they performed their 1978 song " Spacelab" a German astronaut dropped in from space, on a live feed

23/07/2018

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Mittelfest 2018 dedicated to young artists and European values

Mittelfest is all about Central Europe and the Balkans and this year it's hosted by the town of Cividale in the extreme north east of Italy.

08/07/2018

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Global music blends in at Morocco's Gnaoua World Music Festival

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29/06/2018

Morocco

Morocco's Gnaoua World Music Festival celebrates its African roots

Its songs and rhythms, are a mixture of Islamic Sufist and pre-Islamic African music and are intended to send its listeners into a trance.

25/06/2018

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Star of Asia international music festival wows audiences in Kazakhstan

Regional music takes centre stage at Star of Asia festival in Kazakhstan, featuring folk metal music and other music fusion, including local boy band Mad Men

22/06/2018

France

Lyon Festival of Music underway

The 37th annual event features an eclectic mix

22/06/2018

Morocco

Morocco's hypnotic Gnaoua Music Festival

Morocco's hypnotic Gnaoua Music Festival

22/06/2018

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Another success for Cecilia Bartoli at the Whitsun Festival

150 years ago, the Italian composer Gioachino Rossini died. In his honour, Salzburg's Whitsun Festival presented the opera buffa 'L'Italiana in Algeri' amongst other works of his era.

31/05/2018

United Kingdom

Two dead after falling ill at UK's Mutiny Festival

An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man have died after becoming unwell at Mutiny Festival in Hampshire, UK

27/05/2018

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'Nuits Sonores' 2018: 'Nights of Sound' in Lyon!

They are dancing until dawn at the annual electronic music festival in the French city of Lyon

11/05/2018

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Lyon's Nuits Sonores electro music festival

Festival goers can enjoy DJs and bands from the international music scene

09/05/2018

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Balkan Trafik: building bridges through music

Make peace and not war: That's the principal idea behind Balkan Trafik, which brings together live acts from Serbia, Kosovo and Bosnia Herzegovina.

24/04/2018

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Tallinn Music Week celebrates its 10th anniversary

East meets West, Pop meets Punk, Jazz meets Folk.

10/04/2018

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Java Jazz Festival delights

The three day event attracted some of the world's best known jazz legends from the 70s and 80s.

14/03/2018

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Malta's baroque music festival

Baroque music on the rocky island of Malta.

29/01/2018

Malta

Valletta International Baroque Festival enters its sixth year

Maltese capital will also become a European capital of culture as the festival enters its second week.

19/01/2018

Musica

Medea casts her spell at Wexford

Ireland's Wexford Festival Opera opens its 66th edition with an operatic gem: Luigi Cherubini's 'Medea'.

16/11/2017

United Kingdom

Shawn Mendes shines at EMA awards

British R&B singer Rita Ora hosted the event, but the night belonged to Canadian pop singer Shawn Mendes.

13/11/2017

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Baku Jazz Festival kicks off in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani capital hosted its 12th annual Jazz festival with concerts, exhibitions and workshops springing up across the city.

25/10/2017