Festivals
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Where was the ashram the Beatles visited, where does Calypso come from, and where is Jim Morrison's grave? Our quiz tests how much musical knowledge you've picked up on your travels
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The inaugural Winchester Wine Festival takes place this weekend – a great excuse to visit this pretty cathedral city
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As London prepares to host the Ja Ja Ja festival – a celebration of music from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland – five performers reveal the places back home that inspire them
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Brighten up your winter with a trip to a music festival, whether it’s in a hip European city, amid the crisp air of the ski slopes or long-haul to Australia and beyond
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Memories of partying in fields may be fading, but there are plenty of winter music festivals in Britain to ward off the chill. Olivia Palamountain rounds up the best, from riotous disco to folk and baroque
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Lieven Bertels says the 2015 programme challenges ideas of what the festival should look like, starting with a plus-sized dance performance, Nothing to Lose
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The biennial Salone del Gusto offers the chance to sample an astonishing array of artisan food created by passionate producers from around the world
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When its long-term sponsor pulled out the film festival faced a fight for existence - until a crowdfunding campaign went viral on social media
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The tradition of building human towers, or castells, dates back to the 18th century and takes place during festivals in Catalonia, where teams compete to build the tallest and most complicated towers
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From Marx and Engels to John Cooper Clarke, Manchester has a radical literary history. Ahead of the city’s literature festival, David Atkinson discovers its bookish haunts on a walking tour
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It’s not a coastal honeypot, but the Pembrokeshire hub of Narberth makes up for that with a busy arts scene, great shops and, this weekend, its annual food festival
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The annual Porthcawl Elvis festival draws thousands of the King lookalikes to the small coastal town. Here are some snaps from last year’s celebrations
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SALT festival is a unique arts festival that takes place on the beach of a small island in the Arctic Circle. These photographs reflect the remoteness of the site, the creativity that is on display – and the spectacular landscape that surrounds it all
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Food festival in Gloucestershire to offer alternative to the standard beef patty
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Charreada is the national day of the charro (traditional Mexican horse riders). This celebration takes place a day before Mexico marks the 204th anniversary of its independence. Dozens of groups hold colourful parades and demonstrations of riding skill against a backdrop of mariachi music.
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Bath festival reclaims world record from American Austen fans
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At a year-long arts festival in northern Norway, Will Coldwell finds that it’s nature that remains the headline act
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At Austria’s Grafennegg festival brand new architecture and brand new composers rub shoulders with world-classs soloists and orchestras in the heart of old Europe. Imogen Tilden talks to this year’s composer in residence, Jörg Widmann
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The best retro and vintage events around the world
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We want to hear about your summer festivals across the former USSR. From traditional music fairs to midsummer celebrations, share your pictures with GuardianWitness
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Ahead of Bestival, which takes place next weekend on the Isle of Wight, festival founder and DJ, Rob da Bank, shares his exclusive summer mixtape inspired by Ibiza sunsets
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Salt festival will take place on remote island celebrating an 'Arctic state of mind' through art, music, architecture and food
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From the uplifting story of a paralysed surfer to terrifying tales of adventure gone wrong, we take a look at the sea-themed short films that will be touring UK venues from Cornwall to Inverness
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Most people know that a certain west London district will be full of crowds and colourful costumes this weekend, but can you name all of these carnival locations? Answers at the end
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From seaside fun for kids to food and music festivals for grown ups, here are loads of ideas for making the most of the last bank holiday weekend of the year
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Taking over Morocco’s capital each year, the Mawazine brings international music to the masses and provides a platform for homegrown talent
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Kosovo is known more for conflict than culture, but at a film festival in the country’s prettiest town, Kim Willis finds partying and arts mix to great effect
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Attending the Burning Man festival in Nevada is like landing on another planet: a vast desert populated by a peaceful, friendly, out-there people, with a culture all its own. If you’ve been lucky enough to bag tickets, what’s the next step?
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This mammoth production of the neocon classic shifts the focus to its enthralling and predatory femme fatale, writes Andrew Todd
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We throw away mountains of disposable cups every year. It's time to address our ineptitude and carry a cup with us, argues Ed Gillespie
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It's the best gig around: getting a job at a music festival. But how do you do it, and what's it really like?
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With Glastonbury kicking off today, test your knowledge of the world's famous music festivals
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South Africa’s vast, semi-desert Karoo region is the setting for AfrikaBurn, an offshoot of the Burning Man at the heart of the Africa's emerging music festival scene