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When the weather gets warm, festival season gets underway. Whether you gather for music, art, dance, theater, food — or any combination of these — tell us about your experiences at festivals around the world.

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Mardi Gras Beads

Photo by John Nye, 6 July 2008
A Little Night Music

Photo by Liz Padawer, 25 June 2008

Fans cheer as Death Cab for Cutie takes the stage at Bonnaroo 2008 in Manchester, TN.
Slamdancing with Sta Rita: The Batalla Festival of Macabebe, Pampanga

Article by Karlo Samson, 25 June 2008

Folk superstition meets the Catholic religion in this cultural mashup of rowdy religiosity.
Piercing Palooza

Article by Sherry Ott, 23 June 2008

The Thaipusam festival is not for the weak.
Meeting Corner

Photo by Julio Perez, 21 June 2008

Harajuku, Japan, this is perhaps why many tourists come to harajuku in the 1st place, costume play, japanese teens get into a certain character that is appealing to them, from manga to their regular school uniform, wearing all kinds of colors contac lenses, and dye their hair for the weekend as a fashion statement, tourist enjoy this very much.
Montreal's Tam Tam Jam: Free-Spirited Festival Extraordinaire

Article by Jessica Feis, 21 June 2008

Exploring the Tam Tam Jam, a weekly summer festival in Montreal encompassing the 60s ideals of peace, love, freedom, happiness, and so much more.
Folklorico

Photo by Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid, 30 March 2008

Every year, one of Tucson's oldest barrios holds a "Fiesta Grande".
Fireworks

Photo by Faith, 15 June 2008

New Years Eve at the Neuwmarkt, Amsterdam.
Drunk Gunfighter during Heritage Days celebration

Photo by Eleanor Caputo, 15 June 2008

A drunk gunfighter accidentally shoots everyone at the card table during a shootout at heritage Days in Jackson, CA
Mikoshi at Enoshima, Japan

Photo by David Fugazzotto, 14 June 2008

Three girls precariously balanced on the mikoshi as it is bounced up and down by the men carrying it.