Itinerary
Karl Webster on Nov 20th 2009
This is a rough and overstuffed itinerary in progress – I’ll update and finalise it as I go along in the coming weeks. It’s here really for reference
FEBRUARY
LA ENDIABLADA – Cuenca, Castilla y La Mancha, SPAIN
INTERNATIONAL SAILORS’ SONGS FESTIVAL – Krakow, POLAND
SAUTI ZA BUSARA – Stone Town, Zanzibar, TANZANIA
BATTLE OF THE ORANGES – Ivrea, ITALY
FROSTBITE FESTIVAL – Yukon, CANADA
MARDI GRAS – New Orleans, US
THE VENICE CARNIVAL – Venice, ITALY
HADAKA MATSURI (Naked Festival) – Okayama, JAPAN
MARCH
NOCHE DE BRUJAS (NIGHT OF THE WITCHES) – Catemaco, MEXICO
MARDI GRAS – Rio, BRAZIL
HONOLULU FESTIVAL – Honolulu, US
HŌNEN MATSURI – Komaki, JAPAN (Fertility Festival/lots of cocks)
LAS FALLAS – Valencia, SPAIN
MONTE CARLO SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL – Monte Carlo, MONACO TRIANGLE BEACH MUSIC FESTIVAL – Miami, US
HOLI, India
APRIL
BERENGARIA – Limassol, CYPRUS
SONGKRAN – Phuket, THAILAND (Water Festival/Thai New Year)
COACHELLA – California, US (Music)
WORKING CLASS MUSIC FESTIVAL – Liverpool, ENGLAND
THE EASTBOURNE FESTIVAL – Eastbourne, ENGLAND
BERGENFEST – Bergen, NORWAY
SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL – Shetlands, SCOTLAND
MAY
TINKU – Potosi, BOLIVIA (Festival of violence)
THE ANTIGUA SALSA FESTIVAL – ANTIGUA
EUROPAFEST – Bucharest, ROMANIA
YASOTHON – Yasothon, THAILAND
CUBADISCO – Havana, CUBA
BONNIE & CLYDE FESTIVAL – Louisiana, US
ALKANTARA FESTIVAL – Porto and Lisbon, PORTUGAL
AALBORG CARNIVAL – Aalborg, DENMARK
HAY LITERARY FESTIVAL – Hay on Wye, WALES
CHEESE ROLLING – Gloucestershire, ENGLAND
GLASTONBUDGET – Wymeswold, ENGLAND
JUNE
MONTREAL FRINGE FESTIVAL – Montreal, CANADA
THE CAT LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL – Kilkenny, IRELAND
DONIA FESTIVAL – Nosy Be, MADAGASCAR
ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL – Isle of Wight, ENGLAND
HAMMER OPEN AIR METAL FESTIVAL – Lieto, FINLAND
THE DREAMING – Woodford, AUSTRALIA
AMSTERDAM ROOTSFESTIVAL – Amsterdam, HOLLAND
GLASTONBURY – Glastonbury, ENGLAND
ANTARCTIC MIDWINTER FESTIVAL – Hobart, TASMANIA
HARO WINE FESTIVAL – Haro, SPAIN
HENLEY REGATTA – Henley, ENGLAND (Festival of Posh)
THE FES FESTIVAL OF WORLD SACRED MUSIC – Fes, MOROCCO
THE JUDY GARLAND FESTIVAL, Minneapolis, USA
JULY
ROSKILDE – Roskilde, DENMARK
DELTA TEJO – Lisbon, Portugal
EXIT FESTIVAL – Novi Sad, SERBIA
THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS – Pamplona, SPAIN
CACTUS FESTIVAL – Bruges, Belgium
NADAM – Ulan Bator, MONGOLIA
TAMBO TAMBULANI TAMBO – Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique LA TIRANA – La Tirana, CHILE
LARMER TREE FESTIVAL – Wiltshire, ENGLAND
DOUR FESTIVAL – Dour, Belgium
G! FESTIVAL – FAROE ISLANDS
GUILFEST – Guildford, ENGLAND
SUMMER SOLSTICE – Stonehenge, ENGLAND
BLUE BALLS FESTIVAL – Lucerne, SWITZERLAND
THE SECRET GARDEN – Huntington, ENGLAND
FULLMOON FESTIVAL – near Berlin, GERMANY
ANGUILLA SUMMER FESTIVAL – Anguilla, WEST INDIES
SINGING STICKS DIDGERIDOO FESTIVAL – Northampton, ENGLAND
NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL – Georgetown, SOUTH AFRICA
AIRBOUND FESTIVAL – Petrcane, CROATIA
BALTIC BEACH PARTY – Otepaa, ESTONIA
AUGUST
LOLLAPALOOZA – Chicago, US
HAVANA CARNIVAL – Havana, CUBA
DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL – Dublin, IRELAND
EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL – Edinburgh, SCOTLAND
ELVIS WEEK – Memphis, US
BIRGITTA FESTIVAL – Tallinn, ESTONIA
SUMMER SUNDAE WEEKENDER – Leicester, UK
FLOW FESTIVAL – Helsinki, Finland
HUAMANTLA BULL RUN – Huamantla, MEXICO
GREEN MAN – Brecon Beacons, WALES
FERRARA BUSKERS FESTIVAL – Ferrara, ITALY
RED SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL – Eilat Harbour, ISRAEL
SHAMBALA – Northampton, UK
BURNING MAN – Nevada, US
LA TOMATINA – Valencia, SPAIN
LAS BOLAS DEL FUEGO – 31st, Fireball Festival. El Salvador
SEPTEMBER
LISDOONVARNA MATCHMAKING FESTIVAL – Lisdoonvarna, IRELAND
END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL – Dorset, ENGLAND
BESTIVAL – Isle of Wight, ENGLAND
GOROKA SHOW – Goroka, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
KUTA KARNIVAL – Bali, INDONESIA
FESTES DE LA MERCE – Barcelona, SPAIN
PCHUM BEN – throughout CAMBODIA
NAVRATRI – throughout INDIA
OCTOBER
COPENHAGEN BLUES FESTIVAL – Copenhagen, DENMARK
FEST ‘N’ FURIOUS – Dundee, SCOTLAND
BONN PCHUM BEN FESTIVAL – throughout CAMBODIA
BON OM TUK – throughout CAMBODIA
PHUKET VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL – Phuket, THAILAND
ICELAND AIRWAVES FESTIVAL – Reykjavík, ICELAND
OKTOBERFEST – Munich, GERMANY
BLACK CHRIST FESTIVAL – throughout PANAMA
CORK JAZZ FESTIVAL – Cork, IRELAND
DIWALI – global (Indian religious festival)
NOVEMBER
DAY OF THE DEAD – throughout MEXICO
COPENHAGEN IRISH FESTIVAL – Copenhagen, DENMARK DÜSSELDORF CARNIVAL – Düsseldorf, GERMANY
PIRATES WEEK – throughout CAYMAN ISLANDS
THE CANNABIS CUP – Amsterdam, HOLLAND
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL – Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
THE QUIET FESTIVAL – New Jersey, US
DECEMBER
THE PENANG ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL – Penang Island, MALAYSIA
QUEMA DEL DIABLO – GUATEMALA
FULL MOON PARTY – THAILAND
FIESTA DI SANTO TOMAS – Chichicastenango, GUATEMALA
FIESTA GRANDE ANDACOLLO – Andacollo, CHILE
SANTACON – wherever
JUNKANOO – Nassau, THE BAHAMAS
NEW YEAR – HOGMANAY or TIMES SQUARE
JANUARY 2012
FESTIVAL AU DESERT – Timbuktu, MALI
ATI-ATIHAN – Kalibo, Aklan, PHILIPPINES
SINULOG FESTIVAL – Cebu City, PHILLIPINES
BARBADOS JAZZ FESTIVAL – various, BARBADOS
LA TAMBORRADA – San Sebastian, SPAIN
JAMAICA JAZZ AND BLUES – various, JAMAICA
THAIPUSAM – Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
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