Since conference and of the Food and Agriculture Organization's publication World Festival of Trees, and a resolution of the United Nations in 1954: " The Conference, recognising the need of arousing mass consciousness of the aesthetic, physical and economic value of trees, recommends a World Festival of Trees to be celebrated annually in each member country on a date suited to local conditions "; it has been adopted by the Netherlands.

The Festival of the Forks has been held annually since 1967 to celebrate Albion's ethnic heritage.

A Beltane Fire Festival has been held every year since 1988 during the night of 30 April on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland and attended by up to 15, 000 people.

Since 2011 the town has also been host to the annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival, which was founded to celebrate Chaplin's legacy and to showcase new comic talent.

Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Since then, the annual Cityfolk Festival has continued to bring the best in folk, ethnic and world music and arts to Dayton.

The Dayton Celtic Festival attracts more than 30, 000 people yearly and has Irish dancing, food, crafts, and performers such as Gaelic Storm.

Dublin also has many acclaimed dramatic, musical and operatic companies, including Festival Productions, Lyric Opera Productions, The Pioneers Musical & Dramatic Society, The Glasnevin Musical Society, Second Age Theatre Company, Opera Theatre Company, and Opera Ireland.

The International Festival has since been overtaken in both size and popularity by the Edinburgh Fringe.

The Royal Lyceum Theatre has its own company, while the King's Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, and Edinburgh Playhouse stage large touring shows.

However, in 2008 the Food Festival was cancelled due to numerous complaints of disruption to residents and some businesses in the immediate proximity ; it has been replaced by a series of smaller events, spread out over the year.

Meanwhile, the New York Film Festival only shows a few films in each year, but it still has big impact in the United States.

The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival has been held since 1975 in that Spanish city.

* African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

The Friends of Ted Festival, better known as Ted Fest, has been held annually as Father Ted fan convention since 2007 after the show achieved a cult following.

He has been dating Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, since 2006 and she has accompanied him to several events including the 79th Academy Awards ceremony in February 2007, an American Film Institute event in October 2007, the 2008 Cannes Film Festival held in May, and the 2010 Golden Globes.

The institution has collaborated since the beginning with the Rossini Opera Festival.

The Shaw Festival, an annual theater festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada began as an eight week run of Don Juan in Hell ( as the long third act dream sequence of Man And Superman is called when staged alone ) and Candida in 1962, and has grown into an annual festival with over 800 performances a year, dedicated to producing the works of Shaw and his contemporaries.

Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This film has received many awards and was shown at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Five Rivers Metroparks, from 1996 to 1998, Dayton hosted the National Folk Festival.

The Arts Lab hosted a free festival in a local park, later immortalised by Bowie in his song " Memory of a Free Festival ".

This year, Sydney hosted the world ’ s largest Lebanese Film Festival.

The Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival is held regularly ; in 2008 it was hosted by China.

Shortly after opening, the building hosted the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students.

Since 1999, he has hosted the annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in Champaign, Illinois.

During the 1990s, Haifa hosted the Haifa Rock & Blues Festival featuring Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Blur and PJ Harvey.

That same year, Laughton hosted the first of two programs devoted to classical music entitled " Festival of Music ", and telecast on the NBC television anthology series Producers ' Showcase.

The venue has also hosted the All Ireland Confined Drama Finals ( 2008 ) and is the current home of the North West Music Festival, The Stage Write Schools Drama Festival, Sounds Like Summer Music Festival, Strabane Drama Festival and the Johnny Crampsie Music Festival.

The film ( which shares the name " I'm with Phil ") won numerous awards including Best of Show at its premier in the George Lindsey Film Festival hosted by the University of North Alabama.

In 2007, Jerome became a sponsor of The Sedona Plein Air Festival, and hosted some of the best-known plein air painters in the country.

The town hosts an annual 49er Festival on the 3rd Saturday of September, hosted by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce,.

It is also currently the location of independent label No Idea Records and the former home of Plan It X Records, which moved to Cairo, Ill. For two years, the Gainesville non-profit organization called Harvest of Hope Foundation hosted the Harvest of Hope Festival in St. Augustine, Florida.

* The Spring Arts Festival, hosted each year, usually in early April, by Santa Fe College ( formerly Santa Fe Community College ), is one of the three largest annual events in Gainesville and is known for its high quality, unique artwork

* The nationally recognized The Downtown Festival and Art Show, hosted each fall by the City of Gainesville, attracts award-winning artists and draws a crowd of more than 100, 000.

Since 1992, the city has hosted the Deland Fall Festival of the Arts, a two-day event in the historic downtown area.

Since 1993, the theater had hosted the Hāmākua Music Festival every Fall.

The Burgoo Festival is a fundraising event hosted by the LaSalle County Historical Society.

Every year since 1957, Baldwin City has hosted the Maple Leaf Festival during the third full weekend in October.

The City of Ravenna hosted the Ravenna Railroad Festival in August 2008, to showcase the history of the railroad, and included tours of the historic Fitchburg & Cottage Furnaces.

Since 1987, Bunkie has hosted the annual Louisiana Corn Festival during the second full weekend of June.