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4Sziget Festival Hungary (August 8th- August 15th)
Discover new music and enjoy old time favourites at Sziget. Europe’s globally renowned festival has it all: an exciting line-up of international acts, a great party atmosphere and uninterrupted sun.
The Sziget Festival (Sziget is the Hungarian for “Island”) is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. It is held every August in Budapest, Hungary, on Obudai- sziget (“Old Buda Island”), a massive tree-filled island (almost 300 acres) on the Danube.
Over 1,000 performances take place each year on the island to suit all tastes and ages. The week-long festival has grown from a relatively low-profile student event in 1993 to become one of the prominent European rock festivals , with about half of all visitors coming from outside of Hungary.
Labeled the Euro Woodstock, it has been ranked as one of the five best festivals in Europe. The 2011 festival won the European Festivals Award in the category of Best Major European Festival in early 2012.
5Notting Hill Carnival United Kingdom
(August 26th-August 27th)
Europe’s largest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival, originated in 1964 as a means for Afro-Caribbean communities to rejoice in and celebrate their own traditions.
Taking place every August Bank Holiday weekend in the streets of London W11, the festival is an amazing array of sounds, colourful sights and social solidarity.
At the roots of the Notting Hill Carnival lie the Caribbean carnivals of the early 19th century - a particularly strong tradition in Trinidad - which were all about celebrating the abolition of slavery and the slave trade.
The very first carnival was an attempt to showcase the steel band musicians who played in the Earl’s Court of London every weekend. When the bands paraded through the streets of Notting Hill they drew black residents out on to the streets, reminding them of the Caribbean homes they had left behind.
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