Instead, the proceedings became notorious for the large number of demonstrators and the use of force by the Chicago police during what was supposed to be, in the words of the Yippie activist organizers, “ A Festival of Life .” Rioting took place between demonstrators and the Chicago Police Department, who were assisted by the Illinois National Guard.

which is home to the annual Bourbon Festival held each September, and has been called the " Bourbon Capital of the World " by the Bardstown Tourism Commission and the Kentucky Bourbon Festival organizers who have registered the phrase as a trademark.

In 1991, Cornerstone moved near the town of Bushnell, Illinois where the organizers of the Festival purchased a large piece of land, which is now called " Cornerstone Farm ".

Gallagher reportedly blasted the organizers of the 2008 Glastonbury Festival for scheduling Jay-Z as a headliner for the traditionally guitar-driven festival:

Yippie organizers hoped that well-known musicians would participate in the Festival of Life and draw a crowd of tens if not hundreds of thousands from across the country.

Festival organizers schedule nationally known acts like Ernest Borgnine, Gloria Estefan, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Lorrie Morgan, The Neville Brothers, and Huey Lewis and the News to perform at the festival.

" The confab serves as the intellectual strand of the festival, because according to the organizers, to make the Binirayan Festival closer to its vision of bringing together Antiqueños to look at their past with pride, and look ahead with confidence.

When Turbonegro were approached by the organizers of the Norwegian Quart Festival about a possible participation in 2002, Turbonegro agreed.

Festival organizers sometimes encounter difficulty booking performance spaces, largely because of the Vision Festival's rejection of commercial sponsors.

Festival organizers recently began asking that buskers donate 15 % of their earnings ( from any album sales ) to the festival, which is the same asked of vendors.

Festival organizers saw a need to move the festival outside of the downtown area since the festival-caused gridlock there was a contentious point in the community.

The festival ’ s closing ceremony features live entertainment, awards, and a special thank you to sponsors, suppliers, artists, performers, paddlers, volunteers and organizers who contributed and helped make the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival a tremendous success.

The organizers faced pressure from the rest of the industry, with some even claiming that the Download Festival would " destroy the music industry ".

Although this idea has been dropped in subsequent years, the festival organizers have nurtured an online community through the Download Festival Forums.

And with the fast development of Chinese festivals, more and more festival organizers engage Painkiller to be their booking agent and / or production team, e. g. Westlake Festival, Kama Love Festival and Yixian Music Festival.

Prior to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, similar " New Orleans Jazz Festivals " were held by different organizers in the 1960s.

The New Orleans Fair Grounds and Racetrack is a much larger venue than Congo Square, and was chosen to hold the Festival when organizers realized how successful and popular the event was and could potentially grow to be.

The 2008 Midi Modern Music Festival was cancelled ( cancellation note ) and delayed to October 2008, the Soilwork gig ( preannouncement ) had to be cancelled, as the band did not receive their visas and the German Esplanade in Chongqing was stopped by the organizers ( change note ).

Festival organizers collect significant funds so they can add to their accumulation of statues, flags and banners.

The Burning Man Festival was influenced by Cacophony and many former Suicide Club members were crucial organizers in the early days of the desert event.

Festival organizers said that without the sales the festival couldn't turn a profit, so they canceled it.

City Stages ' organizers announced in November 2007 that they hired AC Entertainment, one of the co-producers for the successful Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to help produce the Birmingham festival and will advise them for the next three years.

Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America.

* Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, " Flower Festival " ( Japan )

He also wrote an orchestral tone poem on A Shropshire Lad ( first performed at Leeds Festival under Arthur Nikisch in 1912 ).

It was also nominated Best Film at the Sitges-Spanish International Film Festival.

He also had a fruitful songwriting collaboration with Lasse Berghagen, with whom he wrote several songs and submitted " Hej, Clown " for the 1969 Melodifestivalen-the Swedish Eurovision Song Festival finals.

In 1986, the film was featured in the syndicated series, the Canned Film Festival and was later featured on the comedy series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, which also featured other Wood films.

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.

By then, early dance camps, retreats, and weekends had emerged, such as Pinewoods Camp, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, which became primarily a music and dance camp in 1933, and NEFFA, the New England Folk Festival, also in Massachusetts, which began in 1944.

His bands have included Watt 4 ( 1980 ), in which he played keyboards and provided voice, Craig Charles and the Beat Burglars ( 1989 ), The Sons of Gordon Gekko ( 1989 ), where he wrote lyrics and also composed tunes for the band, and The Eye ( 2000 – 01 ), with whom he released the rock album " Giving You The Eye, Live at the Edinburgh Festival ".

They also run the Great British Beer Festival, a yearly event held in London at which a large selection of cask ales and ciders are tasted.

The Campaign also organises an annual Great British Beer Festival in August, in London.

It also won the Golden Dove Award at the Leipzig DOK Festival.

Hanukkah (, Tiberian:, usually spelled, pronounced in Modern Hebrew ; also romanized as Chanukah, Chanukkah, Chanuka, or Khanukah ), also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple ( the Second Temple ) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.

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.

Alongside these major festivals, there is also the Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival ( moved to June from 2008 ), the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, and the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

As well as the various summer festivals there is also the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

At the beginning of October each year, the Dussehra Hindu Festival is also held on Calton Hill.

He also took part as a special guest at the 46th International Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece.

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

There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.