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.
Photo by Matthew Barnhart, 25 March 2008
At the Florida Strawberry Festival - part of my obsession with the American midway.
Photo by Mytho Leal, 26 March 2008
Red Bull Air Races at Porto - 2007.
Photo by Valery Rizzo, 26 March 2008
A parade of mermaids, sea creatures, and very often lots of pasties proceed down Coney Islands historic boardwalk every summer.
Photo by James Hannibal, 26 March 2008
This is the ferris wheel at the boardwalk in Santa Cruz, CA.
Photo by aldo monteforte, 29 March 2008
This outdoor show from a local artist was presented at the grounds of the Vancouver International Children's Festival which happens every year in May, at Vanier Park, in Vancouver, BC.
Photo by ron lodi, 30 March 2008
This parade,which takes place at Brooklyn's Coney Island is a festival of letting yourself go.
Photo by arctangent, 30 March 2008
Participants in the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade waiting to get tattoos.
Photo by Audrey Kanekoa-Madrid, 30 March 2008
Every year, one of Tucson's oldest barrios holds a "Fiesta Grande".
Photo by Joseph Pickard, 30 March 2008
A Buddhist monk steps toward the flame with a bucket of water at the Hiwatari Matsuri, or fire walking festival, at Mount Takao outside of Tokyo, Japan.
Photo by Leandro Fornasir, 31 March 2008
Echo Park Lotus Festival.