The festival is held on the weekend closest to Guthrie's birth date ( July 14 ) in Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma.

* December 11 – A surprise attack by forces under the command of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva ( This actually took place after midnight, in the early morning of December 12, but commemorations / celebrations on Fête de l ' Escalade are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend ).

Stoughton is known for its Norwegian heritage: It hosts a citywide celebration of Syttende Mai, the Norwegian constitution day, on the weekend closest to May 17.

The weekend closest to May 17, Norweigan Constitution Day, marks Stoughton's Syttende Mai festival.

Wright-Patterson is the host of the annual United States Air Force Marathon which occurs the weekend closest to the Air Force's anniversary.

A holiday that falls on a weekend is usually observed on the closest weekday.

Since 1999 Croyde has hosted an annual surfing and music festival ( GoldCoast Oceanfest ) on the weekend closest to the summer solstice.

* Manassa, Colorado, celebrates Pioneer Days on the weekend closest to July 24th.

* St. Anthony, Idaho, celebrates the annual Fremont County Pioneer Days celebration on the weekend closest to July 24th.

The festival occurs the weekend closest to May 17 and includes a parade, Leikarring dancers, herring toss, Norwegian pastries such as lefse and even a pack of Vikings and Valkyries.

In Argentina, some national holidays that occur on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday ( sometimes even on a Saturday ) are officially moved to the closest Monday in order to create a long weekend.

Every year on the weekend closest to his death, April 18, there is a memorial service.

The celebrations and other commemorative activities are usually held on 12 December or the closest weekend.

Although the armed conflict actually took place after midnight, in the early morning on December 12, celebrations and other commemorative activities are usually held on December 11 or the closest weekend.

The battle is re-enacted annually on the weekend closest to 6 June.

A big festival, called Miaoulia, takes place in Hydra every year the weekend closest to the 21st June, to honor Admiral Miaoulis, a most important man of the Greek Revolution in 1821.

The convention is generally held over the weekend of the new moon closest to the height of the Perseid meteor shower ( usually early August ).

Many members of today's Canadian army regiment, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, return to the Ridgeway battle site each year on the weekend closest to the June 2 anniversary for a bicycle tour of the battle sites.

Windycon is a science fiction convention currently held in Lombard, Illinois, on the weekend closest to Veterans Day.

With the cups removed from the priority list, the league became Coventry ’ s main focus for six months, and the race for its title was to become one of the closest fought for years, going all the way to the final weekend.

Every year since 1999, on the weekend closest to his birthday ( December 11 ), Knowles hosts an event called Butt-Numb-A-Thon ( BNAT ).

Started in 1991, the festival falls on the Saturday closest to the 4th of July and attracts around 50, 000 people from all over the Midwest for the weekend.

There are a number of small resorts on the island, typically used as a weekend or short vacation destination from Singapore, since the closest mainland jetty Tanjong Leman is only a roughly 3 hour drive from Singapore via Johor Bahru.

* In Newark, New Jersey, the Portugal Day Festival in Newark is held on the weekend closest to 10 June.

, 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.

Each weekend in the summer it is a lucrative source of income due to tourists visiting the castle, and in an effort to keep revenues high there is some overlap.

Brainstormed by John Romero, Id Software held a weekend session titled " The Id Summer Seminar " in the summer of 1991 with prospective buyers including Scott Miller, George Broussard, Ken Rogoway, Jim Norwood and Todd Replogle.

While Labour Day parades and picnics are organised by unions, many Canadians regard Labour Day as the Monday of the last long weekend of summer.

Currently, Militia troops usually train one night a week and every other weekend of the month, except in the summer.

According to the American calendar, the U. S. summer season is commonly regarded as beginning on Memorial Day weekend ( the last weekend in May ) and ending on Labor Day weekend ( the first weekend in September ), more closely in line with the meteorological definition ; the similar Canadian tradition starts summer on Victoria Day one week prior ( although summer conditions vary widely across Canada's expansive territory ) and ends, like the United States, on Labour Day.

With most school-age children and college students ( except those attending summer school ) on summer vacation during the summer months, especially in the United States, travel and vacationing traditionally peaks during the summer, with the volume of travel in a typical summer weekend rivaled only by Thanksgiving.

In the summer, there are festivals almost every weekend, including Mountainfilm in Telluride, the Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Mushroom Festival, Nothing Day Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

During the summer and fall months, entire families traveled together in their trucks and buses, parked at Renaissance Pleasure Faire sites in Southern and Northern California, worked their crafts during the week, and donned Elizabethan costume for weekend performances, and to attend booths where handmade goods were sold to the public.

In past years, as many as 1, 000 hikers per day have sometimes climbed the dome on a summer weekend, and about 50, 000 hikers climb it every year.

On the weekend of 30 June 1934, he gave order to the SS to seize Röhm and his lieutenants, and to execute them without trial ( known as the Night of the Long Knives ).

SuperStation WTBS launched Night Tracks on June 3, 1983, with up to 14 hours of music video airplay each late night weekend by 1985.

On 30 June 1934 the SS and Gestapo acted in coordinated mass arrests that continued throughout the weekend.

On the weekend of June 23, 2006, a century-old American Elm ( Ulmus americana L .) tree on the north side of the building, came down during one of the many storms amid intense flooding.

Aniston's next film, The Break-Up, which was released on June 2, grossed approximately $ 39. 17 million during its opening weekend, despite lukewarm reviews.

On June 3, she sought out Girodias, who was gone for the weekend.

Taking part the first full weekend of June is the Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest bluegrass music festival.

* The Artists Market: A small display of arts and craft booths which is set up concurrently with the Farmer's Market each Saturday from the first weekend in June through the last weekend in August.

Similar to the Queen's Official Birthday, the " Fourth of June " is no longer celebrated on 4 June, but on the Wednesday before the first weekend of June.

A weekend of live broadcasts in June 2003 was preceded by a week of daily short programmes.

Backnang's cultural highlight is the annual Strassenfest during the last weekend in June.

In general, the summer season runs from June through Labor Day weekend, coinciding with the months most American children are not in school.

Many of the channel's earliest original movies ( particularly those made from 1997 to 2002 ) have seldom been aired by Disney Channel in recent years, except for some holiday-themed movies ; in January 2009, the channel began airing these older original movies on Friday and Saturday nights at 3 am ET / PT ; since June 2010, movies also air on Sundays in late night and since July 2010, the movies start at 2: 30 am ET / PT and some of the late-night weekend movies are aired without promo breaks.

The firm of Canson Mongolfier continues making paper to this day and on the anniversary every year on the first weekend in June a large hot air balloon gathering celebrates the event of the first journey.

The town hosts the regional finals of the Rose of Tralee ( festival ) in June and the Halloween Howls Comedy Festival on the October bank holiday weekend.

Annual events include the Carshalton Fireworks a charity fireworks display at Carshalton Park on the Saturday nearest to Guy Fawkes Night, a summer carnival on the second Saturday of June, a beer festival over the first Bank Holiday weekend in May, the Environmental Fair also held in Carshalton Park on the August Bank Holiday Monday.

The Morengo Swamp Mudride, the world's largest four-wheeler mud ride in the world, is held the first weekend in June.

Speed was released on June 10, 1994 in 2, 138 theaters and debuted at the number one position, grossing $ 14. 5 million on its opening weekend.

* Three Rivers Race ( usually first weekend in June )-premier sailing event, over 24hrs

Columbiana holds the annual Liberty Day celebration on the last weekend in June, which was first held in 1986 to honor the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

Every year on the last weekend of June, Malvern hosts the Brickfest, an event that fills the city with music, food and activities that include a brick toss, brick car derby, and a best dressed brick contest.

* Butterfly Festival-Next to last weekend in June, honors the multitudes of butterflies ( both rare and nonrare ) found in the bluff region of Mount Magazine, founded in 1997.