The Salzburg Festival is to opera and theatre what Wimbledon is to tennis. So it’s fitting that tickets are allocated in a similar method: by lottery, with members enjoying priority before the public. Get your application in by January 7 (salzburgfestival.at) and you could be on your way to Austria. Winners will be notified by the … Read more
Hay on WiFi! Literary festival goes virtual and will be free to view online thanks to £350,000 in donations Hay Festival forced to go online amid pandemic but still features famous lineup Some 80 live broadcasts and events to take place which are all free to view The festival was once described by Bill Clinton … Read more
Left-wing Remainers force gay pride festival to cancel its virtual event – because its organiser is a Tory-backing Brexiteer Labour adviser Linda Riley objected to Virtual Pride 2020 organiser Charlie Shakespeare being right-wing so would rather have the event cancelled Linda Riley, the publisher of DIVA magazine, was appointed as an LGBT+ adviser by Jeremy Corbyn … Read more
Cheltenham landlord, 67, who was pulling pints for masses at horse-racing festival dies from coronavirus after 250,000 were allowed to pack into event despite warnings Alexander Grierson, 67, died in hospital after a two-week battle with coronavirus ‘Boyzie’ ran the bar at The Beehive pub while the Cheltenham festival was on Andrew Parker-Bowles and comedian … Read more
Spain’s best-known bull running festival in the northern town of Pamplona has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, Pamplona city hall said today. The San Fermin celebration is centuries old and typically attended by hundreds of thousands of people. During the celebration half-tonne fighting bulls chase hundreds of daredevils, many of whom wear traditional … Read more
Oregon’s annual UFO festival is just the place to channel your inner green man UFO Fest, in McMinnville, Oregon, will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in May In 1950, the small town was the location of an alleged UFO sighting by a farmer The highlight of the wacky festival is a parade where people dress … Read more
Billy McFarland, the convicted organizer of the failed Fyre Festival, has requested early prison release due to coronavirus concerns at his Ohio jail. He is pictured leaving Manhattan federal court in 2017, the year of his conviction Billy McFarland, the convicted organizer of the failed Fyre Festival, is making a bid to get out of … Read more
7 Events: From a Titian exhibition to Belgravia on TV and the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 01:18 BST, 15 March 2020 The Art Show: Titian – Love, Desire, Death For … Read more