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Music festivals Summer 2011

It’s great idea to plan your travel for visiting live music in the outdoors. The varied palette colors Music Festivals are expected us during this summer. So, it’s time to update your calendar and find festival lineups and 2011 festival tickets information online.

Beverley Folk Festival
Start Date: 17th June 2011
3 nights & 2 days of Breathtaking music, dance, comedy, spoken word, acoustic sessions, workshops for all ages, children & family events, craft stalls, Real Ale, camping

GoldCoast Oceanfest
Start Date: 17th June 2011
The GoldCoast Oceanfest is all about good times, great music, keeping fit and looking after the environment. It’s a lifestyle thing.

Winterwell
Start Date: 17th June 2011

Loony Music Festival
Start Date: 17th June 2011
Two day Music Festival in memory of Screaming Lord Sutch based at his ‘second home’ here in Llanwrtyd Wells

Real Farm Festival
Start Date: 17th June 2011
Music & Farming Festival – Forward thinking eco friendly farm meets eclectic musical line-up with workhops and activities in contemporary farming, music and fun

3 Wishes Faery Fest
Start Date: 17th June 2011
3 magical days and nights in the Cornish countryside.

High Definition Dance Festival
Start Date: 18th June 2011
The first CAMPING dance festival EVER to explode into London and Essex with PHAT bass, PUMPING tunes and a COOL collaboration of dance acts old and new.

Alresford Music Festival
Start Date: 18th June 2011
A not-for-profit Charity Festival in Hampshire with 2 stages of Live music for one full day of Entertainment!

Glastonbury Festival
Start Date: 22nd June 2011
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, held on the 22nd – 26th June 2011

Hard Rock Calling
Start Date: 24th June 2011
Celebrating 40 years of hard rock – Hard Rock Calling is back

Dentdale Music & Beer Festival
Start Date: 24th June 2011
FREE 3rd Annual mainly Acoustic Music and Beer Festival

The Eden Sessions
Start Date: 24th June 2011
The Eden Sessions are a series of one-day live music festivals in the spectacular setting of the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Ip-art
Start Date: 24th June 2011
Ip-art is the Ipswich Arts Festival running between the 24th June to the 10th July covering all the arts for a wide range of ages

Sedbergh Folkfest
Start Date: 24th June 2011
Set in a stunning location near England’s Book Town Sedbergh Folkfest is one of the country’s best folk festivals. It has a very friendly atmosphere and a programme of events with something for everyone.

 

Spring Events in Budapest

Budapest is one of the curtular capitals of Europe not to mention that this is one of the moct beautiful cities in the world. Planning to visit Hungary dont forget to include in your travel plan such inportant cultural events as

Museum Festival mid-May, 2011, when more than 100 museums from all over Hungary will be present on this festival and the country will stir up once again, like in previous years, hundreds of thousands will set out into the night to visit a museums. The event takes place in the garden and building of the Hungarian National Museum. There’ll be craft fair, musical programs, folk performances. As the saying is “on this extraordinary night, museums reveal their depths”.

Another event that is worth to visit is BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival that will take place from 1st July to mid-August, 2011
The performances take place at two outdoor venues and in the imposing Opera House (ballet and opera) on Andrássy Avenue.: the Dominican court in the Hilton Hotel in Buda Castle (klezmer and jazz concerts) and at Szt István tér (symphony concerts) in front of St Stephen’s Cathedral.

National Gallop (Nemzeti Vágta) May 2011
Venue: Heroes’ Square, Andrássy Avenue, 56
It’s held for the 3rd time, the National Gallop is a celebration of Hungary’s horse riding traditions that dates back to many centuries.

Apart from the horse riding race to which teams of Hungarian settlements can enter and compete against each other spectacular shows, crafts fair and a range of other interesting programs entertain visitors.

Open Air Summer Festival 1st June-31st August, 2011

The 3-month festival offers cultural entertainment throughout summer. Programs of the Summer Open Air Festival are held in the following venues within Budapest:

Margaret Island Open Air Stage (Margitszigeti Szabadtéri Színpad), Water Tower (Víztorony), St Margaret monastery ruins
Városmajor Open Air Stage, and
Városmajor Park

If you prefer to take a tour you can easily choose the most suited one from a wide variety of Budapest tours. Explore the city from the comfort of an air-conditioned sightseeing bus is perfect idea, to admire the stunning vistas from a boat on the Danube is also great, or just stroll in the city and absorb the rich cultural and architectural heritage is also ma be splendid and unforgettably.

 

Festival of Ideas

Where to go? Take inspiration at a day of talks, films and performances hosted by the Observer which will host at King’s Place, London on Saturday March 19. The day of talks, performance and films gathers speakers drawn from a range of disciplines – scientists, actors, philosophers, musicians, neuro-scientists and environmentalists. This ‘Festival of Ideas’ will be a day-long event designed to challenge, engage and inspire. It will feature speakers from Britain, America, France and South Africa delivering talks ranging from 6 to 18 minutes.

Among the speakers will be:
DJ, musician and artist, Goldie; Sarah Brown patron of the White Ribbon Alliance, Cedric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal for mathematics in 2010; Geoff Mulgan, chair of the Young Foundation; Cory Doctorow, sci-fi writer and blogger; René Redzepi, head chef at noma, the world’s best restaurant.Please note: Hall 2 will be running a live stream of the main event TEDxObserver in Hall 1 (all live speakers/performances will take place in Hall 1)

 

Jerusalem street band.

Ben Yehuda street, Jerusalem, cold November evening. These guys played their music so emotional that people around couldn’t stay quietly and started to dance.

 

Barcelona Pastis bar

Santa Monica street 4, near Rambla street
Great small place where we listen very nice songs
Entrance is free but you need to buy 1 beer at least

 

Ljubljana August 2010

Ljubljaba – the capital of Slovenia – is a nice city but I can’t say it has something special you should see.
Maybe old castle is most interested place there.
You can up to old castle by funicular or by walking on steep slope of the mountain.

Many people travel near the river. On one of the bridges we listen at group of young singers and players from Amsterdam.

 

Notting Hill Carnival

The Notting Hill Carnival, one of the the largest festival celebrations in Europe dates for 2010 are August 29th and 30th. Twenty miles of vibrant colourful costumes surround over 40 static sound systems, hundreds of Caribbean food stalls expect you will come to taste of exotic cuisines.

 

Culture events in Slovenia in August

The London Symphony Orchestra feat. Valery Gergiev – classical music concert
19 Aug 2010 at 20:00
Cankarjev dom (cultural and congress centre)

Jure Pukl Group (Slovenia) – jazz concert
20 Aug 2010 at 20:30
Gornji trg square 18

Jan Sever , piano (Slovenia) – classical concert
24 Aug 2010 at 20:30
Cerkev sv. Florijana / Church of St. Florian

Australian Chamber Orchestra – classical music concert
25 Aug 2010 at 20:00
Slovenska filharmonija / Slovenian Philharmonic

Paco de Lucía (Spain) – flamenco concert
25 Aug 2010 at 20:30, 26 Aug 2010 at 20:30
Poletno gledališ?e Križanke / Križanke Summer Theatre

Music on Water – cycle of Saturday concerts by music students
17 Jul 2010 – 28 Aug 2010
Boat sailing between Cobblers’ bridge and Triple bridge on the Ljubljanica river

Nights in Ljubljana Old Town
24 Aug 2010 – 28 Aug 2010
old city centre

 

North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam

North Sea Jazz in Rotterdam is an event that can become real gift for all those good music lovers who want to spend a few days outdoor in an atmosphere of high class music with loved ones or friends. Here is the lest of concerts you can buy tickets to visit right tomorrow, 11 july, the world’s biggest jazz festival!

Katie Melua
14:45 – 16:00
Buddy Guy
16:15 – 17:30
Joss Stone
17:45 – 19:00
Ben Harper and Relentless7
19:15 – 20:30
WK Finale
20:30 – 23:00
Stevie Wonder
23:00 – 01:00
Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek
15:45 – 16:45
Philip Jeck
17:15 – 18:15
Bown Britton Ohlmeier Arthurs
19:15 – 20:15
Fennesz, Brandlmayr & Dafeldecker
21:00 – 22:00
Knalpot
22:30 – 23:30
Franz von Chossy Trio
15:30 – 16:45
Michael Moore Fragile Quartet
17:15 – 18:30
Alfredo Rodriguez Trio
19:00 – 20:15
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
20:45 – 22:00
Koos Wiltenburg Group featuring Eef Albers
22:30 – 23:45
Anouar Brahem Quartet
16:00 – 17:15
Andy Sheppard – Movements in Colour
18:00 – 19:15
Van Ruller, Roelofs, Van der Feen – Chambertones
20:00 – 21:15
Ron Carter “Golden Striker Trio” featuring Ron Carter, Russell Malone & Mulgrew Miller
21:45 – 23:00
Jaga Jazzist
17:00 – 18:15
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
19:00 – 20:15
Eivind Aarset Sonic Codex Orchestra
21:00 – 22:15
Stanley Clarke Group featuring Hiromi
15:15 – 16:30
Ornette Coleman Quartet meets Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians Of Jajouka and James Blood Ulmer
17:15 – 18:30
McCoy Tyner Trio with special guest Joe Lovano
19:00 – 20:15
Dave Holland y Pepe Habichuela Flamenco Quintet
20:45 – 22:00
Maraca & Monterey Latin Jazz All Stars with special guest David Sánchez
22:30 – 23:45
New Niks & Artvark Saxophone Quartet – ‘Busy, Busy, Busy’
16:00 – 17:15
Gretchen Parlato Band
17:45 – 19:00
Vijay Iyer Trio
19:30 – 20:45
TrioVD
21:30 – 22:45
Sonny Rollins 80th Birthday Tour
16:00 – 17:15
Afro-Cubism featuring Eliades Ochoa, Toumani Diabaté, Bassekou Kouyaté, Kassé Mady Diabaté & Djelimady Tounkara
18:00 – 19:15
Diana Krall
20:00 – 21:15
Joe Sample Trio & Randy Crawford
22:00 – 23:15
Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes
16:00 – 17:15
Richard Bona
18:00 – 19:15
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
20:00 – 21:15
Nas & Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley
22:00 – 23:15
Richard Galliano, Biréli Lagrène, Didier Lockwood
15:45 – 17:00
Paul Acket Award Winner 2010 Quincy Jones “The Low Down: Conversations with Christian”, Quincy Jones in conversation with Christian McBride (interviewer)
17:15 – 18:15
Karsu Dönmez with special guest Yuri Honing
19:00 – 20:00
Rickie Lee Jones
20:45 – 22:00
Carmen Souza
22:30 – 23:45
Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra
16:30 – 17:45
Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra featuring Jason Lindner
18:30 – 19:45
Colin Towns’ Mask Orchestra
20:30 – 21:45
Spok Frevo Orquestra
22:30 – 23:45
Royal Conservatory Big Band, tribute to Jerry van Rooyen
14:45 – 16:00
Drake University Jazz Ensemble One
16:45 – 17:45
Sven Hammond Soul
18:30 – 19:30
Cuby+Blizzards
22:30 – 23:30
Joost Zoeteman Gipsy Quartet
14:00 – 16:00
Spok Frevo Orquestra
14:30 – 15:15
Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians Of Jajouka
23:15 – 00:00
NRC meets the Artist
16:30 – 17:15
NRC meets the Artist
17:30 – 18:15
Clinic: Biréli Lagrène – 100 years of Django
18:45 – 19:30
Clinic: Maraca, Harold Lopez Nussa & Robby Ameen – The latin influence in jazz
19:45 – 20:30
Clinic: Jason Lindner – Exploring the boundaries of jazz
21:00 – 21:45
NRC meets the Artist
22:15 – 23:00
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (’88)
15:00 – 16:30
Historic jazz registrations & rare footage
16:30 – 20:00
Soundies
20:00 – 21:15
Soundies Live: Joe Lovano
21:15 – 22:00
Blue Flamingo
16:00 – 18:45
Spok Frevo Orquestra
18:45 – 19:30
Da Sole Selecta’s Collective
19:30 – 22:15
Jazz Art & Photography
14:30 – 23:00

 

Palacio del Flamenco Barcelona

Palacio del Flamenco Barcelona located on Balmes, 139 near Diagonal metro station (L3 green line).
We did order for this great show in our hotel, we paid 5€ in the hotel and 22€ in the entrance of theatre. The price includes the cost of 1 glass of sangria – national spain fruit wine plus and the show.

It was real fun to listen Spain music and songs and to watch magnificant dance of the artists.