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Resonate 2016 Hits Belgrade April 12

2016-04-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Resonate 2016

Coming up from April 12-16 Belgrade’s Resonate Festival 2016 brings its fifth installment of avant-garde electonic music and events to Serbia’s capital.

Tags: Ali Guney, Dadub, music festivals, Omar Souleyman, Resonate 2016, Resonate Belgrade, tech culture, techno, technology, We Are Europe

This Month: Dimensions Festival Pula, Croatia

2014-08-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy Dimensions Festival Google +

Coming up August 27th thru August 31, the Dimensions Festival in Pula, Croatia will light up the city’s 2000 year old amphitheater there.

Tags: Croatia travel, Dimensions Festival 2014, Europe fests, music, music festivals, Pula

Coming in July – Serbia’s EXIT Festival 2014

2014-04-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Courtesy EXIT 2014 Facebook

Initiated by students against Serbia’s Milosevic regime back in 2000, the Exit Festival has since become a one of Europe’s most massive music events. EXIT 2014 runs from July 10th thru 13th, bringing the world’s most formidable performers together with a record crowd of fans.

Tags: Afrojack, Damon Albarn, DIMENSION, Exit Festival, music festivals, pop fest, Serbia festivals, The Afghan Whigs

Dubrovnik Carnival Fest 2013 Arrives Next Month

2013-01-21 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Dubrovnik Carnival Fest

Coming up next month in Dubrovnik, Carnival is the city’s version of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras. Visitors to Old Town in this fabulous Croatian seaside wonder will be treated to colorful parades, bands, masked balls, dancing, and a fantabulous end all party at Revelin Fort.

Tags: Carnival, Croatia fests, Croatia travel, Dubrovnik festival, Dubrovnik tourism, Europe fests, festivals, music festivals

PORTA Hits Latvia November 1

2012-10-27 by Phil Butler

The PORTA festival 2012.

Coming to Riga, Latvia next month the 12th annual PORTA music festival is an event visitors will not want to miss. Artists from around the world are slated to perform.

Tags: Latvia tourism, music, music festivals, PORTA, Riga travel

Sziget Festival 2012 Fires Up Budapest

2012-08-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sziget Music Festival

Today, August 6, the renowned Sziget Festival kicks off the greatest party-filled week on the Obudai Island in Budapest. Featuring big names such as Placebo, The Killers or Snoop Dog and an impressive agenda jam-packed with quality music, theater, dance, cabaret, crafts, various sports and many other exciting performances, the festival is ready to welcome over 400,000 visitors from all over the world.

Tags: Budapest festivals, Budapest news, camping festivals, culture festivals, European festivals, music festivals, Sziget Festival 2012

Positivus 2012 – The Best Music Festival in the Baltics

2012-07-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Music Festival Latvia

Taking place in Salacgriva, Northern Latvia this weekend, Positivus Festival kicked off fun in the Baltics today at 12:00 local hour, with an impressive line-up of artists and plenty of entertaining activities such as theatre, circus, cinema, food and drinks. Photo by Positivus Festival via Flickr Combining a variety of music genres including indie, folk, […]

Tags: camping festivals, Latvia, Latvia festivals, music festivals, Positivus Festival, Positivus Festival 2012, Salacgriva

Jazzkaar 2012 Kicks Off This Month

2012-04-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Laupäev, 21. aprill 2012, kell 12:00, Merepaviljon DJANZZ (Taani) + Piip ja Tuut

Coming up in Tallinn, Estonia, the Jazzkaar Festival runs from April 20-29, promising the biggest International Jazz music cornucopia so far this year. The capital will be aglow with performers entertaining all around the city. From American sensation Christian McBride Trio, to Estonia’s own Vigleik Storaas Trio + Duo Tafenau-Vind, some of the genre’s greatest stars will be on stage.

Tags: Amadou & Mariam, Das Kapital, Estonia, Estonian Folk Orchestra, Europe festivals, Jazz, Jo Stance, Lizz Wright, music festivals, Spring festivals, Tallinn, The Flow, Tingvall Trio

“Hope and Heroes”- the 40th Istanbul Music Festival

2012-04-11 by Phil Butler

Giya Kancheli

Coming soon, the Istanbul Music Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary from May 31st until June 29. The first festival of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), the event has seen some 3000 plus performances over the last 4 decades, and this year’s festivities promise a memorable event for those in attendance. This year’s theme is “Hope and Heroes.”

Tags: Ece Bozkurt, Europe festivals, Fazıl Say, Giya Kancheli, Istanbul events, Istanbul travel, music festivals, Turkey festivals

Three Awesome Eastern European Music Festivals of 2012

2012-03-28 by Guest Author

Postivus Festival in Latvia

Eastern Europe boasts active musical festivals featuring the top international indie-rock bands and dance vibes signifying a people and culture really ready to rock.

Tags: KaZantip Republic, music festivals, Positivus Festival 2012, Rabarock 2012

Sofia INTRO!FESTIVAL 2012 – Days Away

2012-03-28 by Phil Butler

Intro!Fest Bulgaria

In 44 days the very first Sofia INTRO!FESTIVAL kicks off May 10 to May 12. To begin the Bulgarian season of entertainment, music, and fun this year, organizers have put on this new music fest at the Sofia Airport, with a big focus on bands.

Tags: Bulgaria culture, Bulgaria events, Bulgaria festival, Bulgaria music, Club RockIT, Doctors Gogo Band, Doomfoxx, Europe events, Jerihon, Maze, music fest, music festivals, My Disorder, Shum, SUNRISE AVENUE, THE SLOT

Audioriver Hits Poland Next Week

2011-07-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Audioriver 2011

Next Friday Poland’s Audioriver 2011 festival on the Vistula River beach takes place over the weekend. This three day international music festival offers the best performances by world renowned electronica performers. Last year, 15,ooo people attended each day of the 5th installment of the awaited event, and even more are expected for 2011.

Tags: Andy C feat. MC GQ, Audiodriver Poland, Bomb The Bass live, Brandt Brauer Frick live, Chris Liebing, DJ Marky, electronica, Ernesto Ferreyra, Europe festivals, Kryptic Minds, Loadstar, Modeselektor, Modestep, music festivals, music performances, Nu:Tone feat. Natalie Williams, Pan-Pot, Paul Kalkbrenner live, Plock, Poland Festivals, Poland tourism, Reboot live, Reso, Robag Wruhme, Seth Troxler & Shaun Reeves, Son of Kick feat. Grems, Stamina MC., Supermayer, The Qemists live, travel ideas, Trentemøller Live In Concert, Vistula River, Vitalic V Mirror live, Walkner & Moestl feat. Tania Saedi

Monegros Desert Festival Begins Today

2011-07-24 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Monegros Festival

The Monegros Desert Festival, the biggest rave event in Spain this year, kicks off today for a weekend to remember in Spain. Tickets are still available for the 17 version of the event featuring world class performances across many genres.

Tags: Benga & Youngman, Boyz Noize, Busta Rhymes, David Guetta, Frivolous, Monegros Desert Festival, Monegros Festival, music festivals, Paco Osuna, Popof, Spain events, Spain travel, Steve Lawler

Soundwave Croatia 2011 – Not Like Any Other

2011-07-16 by Phil Butler

Soundwave Croatia

Soundwave Croatia 2011 kicks off next weekend. Described as “the perfect music festival” by many, this Croatian all weekend party is not your ordinary jam packed beach event. It’s a closely jam packed excitement and relaxation break for music lovers.

Tags: Belleruche, Bonobo, concerts, Croatia events, Croatia travel, Eastern Europe travel, Europe festivals, Europe july, European festivals, European travel, festivals, Hexstatic, July festivals, Little Dragon, music festivals, Petcrane, Roots Manuva, Soundwave, Soundwave 2011, Soundwave II

Exit Fest 2011 – Serbia Rocks for All Europe

2011-07-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Dance Arena - Courtesy Exit Fest Flickr aspect

Summer is music festival time across Europe, but nowhere more prominently than at Serbia’s Exit Festival. Beginning next Thursday, July 7th, through Sunday July 10th, Novi Sad, Serbia will be the center of Europe’s music universe. The biggest festival of sound in South Eastern Europe, kicks off at the wondrous Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad.

Tags: arcade fire, Beirut, Carl Craig, Deadmau5, Digitalism live, DJ Sneak, Europe festivals, Exit, Exit Fest, Exit Festival, Fedde Le Grand, Gramophonedzie, Grinderman, Hadouken!, James Zabiela, Joachim Garraud, Joris Voorn, Magnetic Man, Marco Carola, music festivals, music tourism, music travel, Novi Sad, Partibrejkers, Paul Kalkbrenner, Petrol, Portishead, pulp, Serbia festivals, Serbia travel, Serbian travel, Steve Aoki, Svi Na Pod, The Good Guys, Tiga, tINI, top festivals, Underworld

Destination Hungary: Balaton Sound Festival 2011

2011-06-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

balaton sound festival

Balaton will host the fifth Heineken Sound Festival at Hungary’s fanciest beach, Zamárdi. The festival takes place July 7-10, 2011.

Tags: Balaton, Balaton Sound Festival 2011, music festivals

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