The angriest young man in Newport last night was at the Playhouse, where `` Epitaph For George Dillon '' opened as the jazz festival closed.

To help him on this religious aspect of primitive jazz he had `` Big '' Miller, as a preacher-singer and Hannah Dean, Gospel-singer, while Oscar Brown Jr., an extremely talented young man, did a slave auctioneer's call, a field-hands' work song, and a beautifully sung Negro lullaby, `` Brown Baby '', which was one of the truly moving moments of the festival.

She glanced at the man nodding beside her, a man with weather cracks furrowed into his lean cheeks, with powdery pale eyes reflecting all the droughts he had seen, reflecting the sky and the drought which must follow now in August -- yes, with eyes predicting the drought and here it was only June, only festival time again and thoughts of Gratt Shafer would not leave her.

Initially the festival was held in October, but due to the inclement weather and local heavy clay soil ( like the battle ) making the festival difficult it was moved to July.

Ajax, who in the post-Homeric legend is described as the grandson of Aeacus and the great-grandson of Zeus, was the tutelary hero of the island of Salamis, where he had a temple and an image, and where a festival called Aianteia was celebrated in his honour.

At this festival a couch was set up, on which the panoply of the hero was placed, a practice which recalls the Roman Lectisternium.

Alcaeus was a contemporary and a countryman of Sappho and, since both poets composed for the entertainment of Mytilenean friends, they had many opportunities to associate with each other on a quite regular basis, such as at the Kallisteia, an annual festival celebrating the island's federation under Mytilene, held at the ' Messon ' ( referred to as temenos in fr. s 129 and 130 ), where Sappho performed publicly with female choirs.

An ancient Roman festival, Actia, was named after Actium, in Nicopolis, the new city ( today Preveza, Greece ).

The name Van Mahotsava ( the festival of trees ) originated in July 1947 after a successful tree-planting drive was undertaken in Delhi, in which national leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Rajendra Prasad and Abdul Kalam Azad participated.

The festival of Artemis Orthia was observed in Sparta.

Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.

Still extant echoes of these celebrations are found in the mid-autumn Thanksgiving holiday of the United States and Canada, and the Jewish Sukkot holiday with its roots as a full-moon harvest festival of " tabernacles " ( huts wherein the harvest was processed and which later gained religious significance ).

In the Anglosphere, most notably in Anglo-America, autumn is also associated with the Halloween season ( which in turn was influenced by Samhain, a Celtic autumn festival ), and with it a widespread marketing campaign that promotes it, in the U. S. A.

Beltane was an ancient Gaelic festival celebrated in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

Beltane and Samhain were the leading terminal dates of the civil year in medieval Ireland, though the latter festival was the more important.

According to Nora Chadwick, in Celtic Ireland " Beltine ( or Beltaine ) was celebrated on 1 May, a spring-time festival of optimism.

Like the festival of Samhain, opposite Beltane on 31 October, Beltane was also a time when the Otherworld was seen as particularly close at hand.

Another common aspect of the festival in early 20th century Ireland was the hanging of May Boughs on the doors and windows of houses and the making of May Bushes in farmyards, which usually consisted either of a branch of rowan / caorthann ( mountain ash ) or more commonly whitethorn / sceach geal ( hawthorn ) which is in bloom at the time and is commonly called the ' May Bush ' or just ' May ' in both Ireland and Britain.

, a medieval festival commemorating local history has been held in the village once in every year since 2004, on a July weekend in the summer.

Every four years, the Athenians held a festival called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity.

Groups often join one another in on-campus concerts, such as the Georgetown Chimes ' Cherry Tree Massacre, a 3-weekend a cappella festival held each February since 1975, where over a hundred collegiate groups have appeared, as well as International Quartet Champions The Boston Common and the contemporary commercial a cappella group Rockapella.

The Donkey brae run is held on the first Sunday of the festival and is popular nationwide, with a 7-mile race, 2-mile run and a 1-mile run for children.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

Beltane () is the anglicised spelling of the Goidelic name for either the month of May or the festival held on the first day of May.

However, this depends on when exactly the Spartans held their festival and it is possible that the Spartan calendar was one month ahead of that of Athens.

Similarly, after the victory the festival of the Agroteras Thysia (" sacrifice to the Agrotéra ") was held at Agrae near Athens, in honor of Artemis Agrotera (" Artemis the Huntress ").

A youth sports festival was held on Sharpham Road Playing Fields in 2009.

A " Days of Syn " festival is held even-numbered years by Dymchurch residents for fund-raising.

The style of Miyake Taiko has developed as a music for Gozu Tenno Sai — a traditional festival held on July in Miyake-jima since 1820.

In an elaborate festival held on the anniversary of the revolt that brought the monarchy to its knees, David's Hercules figure was revealed in a procession following the lady Liberty ( Marianne ).

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932 ; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival ( 1946 ), Festival del film Locarno ( 1946 ), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( 1946 ), Edinburgh International Film Festival ( 1947 ), Melbourne International Film Festival ( 1951 ), Berlin International Film Festival ( 1951 ) and Toronto International Film Festival ( 1976 ).

The first North American high film festival was the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, also known as The Chris Awards, held in 1953.

While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

* Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil

A music festival called Gram Fest or the Cosmic American Music Festival was held annually in honor of Parsons in Joshua Tree, California, between 1996 and 2006.

Brian Ritchie curates the annual international arts festival MONA FOMA, held in Hobart.

Hillbilly Days is an annual festival held in mid-April in Pikeville, Kentucky celebrating the best of Appalachian culture.

It has grown since its beginning in 1976 and now is the second largest festival held in the state of Kentucky.

Each summer solstice he held a festival dedicated to the god, which became popular with the masses because of the free food distributed on such occasions.

The Thai zodiac includes a Naga in place of the Dragon and begins, not at Chinese New Year, but at either on the first day of fifth month in Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran festival ( now celebrated every 13 – 15 April ), depending on the purpose of the use.

In modern Hinduism slaughter according to the rituals permitted in the Vedic scriptures has become less common, though, the world's largest animal sacrifice occurs at Gadhimai, a Hindu festival which takes place every 5 years.

The consumers ' organization PINT holds a bok festival every winter at the Beurs in Amsterdam.

The Feriale Duranum, probably identical to the festival calendars of every regular army unit, assigns him a sacrifice of a steer on his birthday, the Kalends of August.

The London Short Film Festival is a BAFTA-affiliated festival which takes place in January every year and is dedicated to finding and showcasing the work of new UK talent, including specific screenings for low budget work.

The Carnival Procession is around long and consists of 3. 000 participants, around 30 festival vehicles and around 20 bands and takes place every year.

Most famous Serbian ham ( pršut in Serbian ) is produced in Zlatibor mountain region, especially Mačkat village, where annual ham festival is held every January.

* Adur festival The first two weeks of June every year.

The Keystone Kops re-emerge every year in the town of Cedar Springs, Michigan during their Red Flannel Festival, and also in Sitka, Alaska during the annual Alaska Day festival.

The Tall Stacks festival celebrates the Cincinnati riverboats and the Ohio River every three or four years.

The Perdonanza Celestiniana festival is celebrated in L ' Aquila every 28 – 29 August in commemoration of this event.

And after the observance of the Sabbath, let every friend of Christ keep the Lord's Dominicam as a festival, the resurrection-day, the queen and chief of all the days.

the weekend festival dedicated to smelt, every early January.

In 2009 the band played at the biggest open-air festival in Europe ( 400. 000-500. 000 rock fans every year )-Przystanek Woodstock in Poland

Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the " Esposizione Internazionale d ' Arte Cinematografica ", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice, Italy.

* Heb Sed, a similar festival in ancient Egypt, marking the 30th year of a pharaoh's reign ( and every few years thereafter )

Celebration hosts many events every year, including community-wide yard sales, an art show, an exotic car festival, an annual Radio Disney Holiday concert, an Oktoberfest Celebration, the " Great American Pie Festival " ( televised on The Food Network ), a " Posh Pooch " festival, and downtown events for the Fall and Christmas seasons when autumn leaves and " snow " ( small-scale soap flakes ) are released into the Town Center.

Saturn reigned in Latium during a mythical Golden Age reenacted every year at the festival of Saturnalia.

In April of every year, the Foundation for Pierce College hosts Farmwalk, an outdoor festival including animals, activities, displays, games and music.

The Palio of St. George is a typical medieval festival held every last Sunday of May.

At the nearby town of Torre del Lago, there is a Puccini opera festival every year in July / August.

The Monmouth Festival, a free nine day music festival, has been running every year since 1982 and is one of the largest free music festivals in Europe.