Music Midtown, popular Atlanta music festival, canceled this year
The music festival that draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park will not be held this year. Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival canceled due to Georgia gun ban, reports say A post Wednesday on Music Midtown’s Instagram page and website, a longtime staple for pop music lovers, said the festival is “on hiatus […]
‘An exceptional experience’: Adrian Dunbar to curate Samuel Beckett festival in Liverpool | Theatre
Adrian Dunbar has been appointed to curate a festival dedicated to the work of Samuel Beckett in Liverpool. This program includes four specially commissioned works of his, one of which relates to his Prisoners of HMP Liverpool. The Line of Duty actor said of Beckett: Unbound 2024: “Engaging with Beckett makes you think about the […]
Readers Take Denver likened to ‘Fyre Festival of books
A bibliophile conference in Colorado turned into an unfortunate disaster that some people called a “book fire festival,” leaving even some bibliophiles with black eyes. As a result, he has been trolled on social media. Last month’s Readers Take Denver event was billed as a four-day reader’s paradise filled with popular authors, signed books, and […]
Cannes Film Festival Facing Possible Labor Strikes and Protests
With just two weeks left until this year’s Cannes Film Festival in France, festival officials plan protests and strikes that threaten celebrity red carpet events and the premieres of several highly anticipated films. It is reported that he is doing so. According to Deadline, as many as 200 French film festival officials, including those involved […]
Six Shot After Two Men Open Fire on Each Other at San Antonio Festival
Two men shot each other shortly after midnight Sunday in San Antonio, killing two and injuring four others. San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus posted the following comment to X regarding the incident: I’m at the scene of an OIS that occurred just before the end of the Market Square Fiesta event. The two men […]
Video shows San Antonio cops shoot gunman at festival
Shocking video shows the moment a police officer opens fire on two men who begin a gunfight at a crowded festival in San Antonio. The footage shows people enjoying the final day of Fiesta San Antonio in the market square as screams and gunshots can be heard. Police said two men were killed and four […]
Judge Won’t Dismiss Hundreds of Lawsuits Against Travis Scott Over Deadly Astroworld Festival
HOUSTON (AP) — A judge will rule on hundreds of lawsuits filed against rap star Travis Scott over his role in the disastrous 2021 Astroworld festival, where 10 people were killed in a stampede. refused to dismiss it. State District Judge Kristen Hawkins issued a one-page order denying Scott’s request to remove him and his […]
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Israeli Film Festival Says UK Cinema Chains Dropped Hosting Roles over ‘Safety Concerns’
A major British cinema chain has been accused of declining to host an Israeli film event, with organizers citing “safety concerns”. Israel’s global film festival, the Seret International Film Festival, criticized the alleged actions of its long-time UK partners Picturehouse and Curzon Cinemas. The apolitical and secular festival was launched in 2012 by Odelia Haroush, […]
France’s annual lemon festival struggles with scarcity of prized crop
More than 140 tons of citrus fruits are collected for elaborate floats and displays at France’s Lemon Festival, but the rare Menton lemon is none of them. Menton was once one of Europe’s leading lemon producing regions, but due to tourism and other factors, the lemon orchards have declined. Currently, there are only 56 small-scale […]