Local festivals need more volunteers
Not only do volunteers for the city?s two major summer festivals get prime viewing for the Canada Day Parade and the Legacy Park Family Festival, they also get to be a part of city tradition, say representatives for the events.

Garden City Primary Schools Celebrate Winter Festivals
Dressed in their holiday finest, kindergarten and first grade students at Garden City's Hemlock, Locust and Homestead Schools performed at their annual Winter Festivals during the week prior to the holiday recess. The students, under the direction of music teacher, Mrs. Katherine Riker, sang holiday favorites for attending parents, grandparents and siblings.

Philippine Christians Asked To Cancel Festivals In South
MANILA (AFP)--Authorities have asked local officials in the southern Philippines to cancel or downsize Christian festivals that might otherwise provoke Muslim militants, the region's top policeman said Thursday.

Festivals are major tourist draws
UNL Journalism Student WAYNE - When John Agler went on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson in 1986, it wasn't because he was an actor, musician or even comedian, it was because of his skillful impersonation - of a chicken

Mount Clemens combines summer festivals
In another sign of forced downsizing due to the economy, promoters this week announced the merging of the Stars & Stripes Festival with the Bath City Festival in downtown Mount Clemens.

Dance Celebration Set at FSC
A dance celebration, a classic Elvis Presley movie, an art workshop, fairs, festivals and an event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. are some of the entertainment events planned for this weekend.THE CENTRAL FLORIDA DANCE CELEBRATION is performed at Florida Southern College's Branscomb Auditorium in Lakeland today.

City's Free Festivals Face Cutbacks
CHICAGO (WBBM) - The party's not over, but Mayor's Office of Special Events is tightening its belt, and is warning that Chicago's slate of free summer festivals may take a hit unless new sponsors sign on soon.

Aurora music festivals to grow by leaps and bounds
After posting record attendance in 2008, Aurora's two biggest weekend music festivals have outgrown their roots.

Coming up: what's on in the world of travel
A roundup of the week's best travel events festivals and shows.

Weird and wild festivals of 2009
THROW fireballs and jump over babies in our collection of the strangest and most extravagant festivals of 2009.

Area festivals expected to go on as planned
LAS CRUCES ? This year's Mesilla Valley Balloon Rally has been postponed ? but Doña Ana County festival organizers say that will be the exception. The balloon rally relied mostly on participation from balloonists from Albuquerque and farther away.

Town Hall Gives Clues to Future Directions for Expo
Future Macworld Expos could embrace film or music festivals. Or they could return to East Coast destinations like Boston or...

KTAR Story Archives
America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" may soon start calling himself the country's toughest talk-show guest. A Gilbert "agritainment" farm where visitors can go peach picking and attend harvest festivals is in jeopardy.

Cannes, Toronto big contributors to Palm Springs International Film Festival
The two biggest sources of material for this festival, other than its 1,100-plus submissions, are the Cannes and Toronto film festivals.

Isle of Wight pair deny festival fraud
By County Press Reporter - Friday, January 9, 2009 A FRAUD which may have netted up to £1 million profit from the sale of counterfeit wristbands to the Isle of Wight Festival, Bestival and the V Festivals in Staffordshire was uncovered by Island police, a crown court jury was told this week.

Festivals bowing to fan pressure
Organisers of some of the UK's biggest music events are letting fans have a bigger say in how the festivals are run.

Winter Warmer beer fest coming this month
ASHEVILLE ? Thirst may know no season. Beer is enjoyed all year long. But beer festivals? Most likely they're going to be in the spring, summer or fall. Or in other words, about anytime other than the dead of winter.

Bernie Senensky Music Instrument | Piano
Toronto keyboardist Bernie Senensky has earned the reputation of being one of Canada's premier jazz artists. His playing has been featured internationally in many concerts & festivals, and he is recognized and respected as one of the foremost jazz pianists anywhere.

COMMUNITY FESTIVALS APLENTY
Agler, a Wayne farmer, earned the right to meet the king of late night when he won the national cluck off at the annual Wayne Chicken Show. Now 53, Agler said his experience on the ?Tonight Show? was one of the most memorable and fun moments of his life.

Gilbert 'agritainment' farm now in jeopardy
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) - A planned "agritainment" farm in Gilbert where visitors can go peach picking and attend harvest festivals is in jeopardy. The town's planning commission has voted to deny a use permit