June Events 2010 |
| Date |
Events |
| 5 -25 June TBC |
FRANCE, Festival de Musique de Strasbourg, an international contemporary music festival. |
| June - July TBC |
GREECE Athens Festival - drama, dance and music in the 2,000 year old outdoor Odeion theatre at the base of Acropolis Hill. Location, location. |
| 15 - 19 June |
ENGLAND, Ascot, Berkshire Royal Ascot Horse Racing - The poshest of posh UK events, with mad hats de rigeur for ladies and tails for gents. |
| 18 June - 11 July TBC |
SWITZERLAND, Zurich Festival - international artists perform drama, music, opera. |
| 21 June [same date every year] |
ENGLAND, Wiltshire Stonehenge Summer Solstice - midsummer night ritual with all sorts of druids, hippies and new age wackos. |
| 21 June [same date every year] |
FRANCE, Paris Fete de la Musique - free! A monster musical celebration all over this lovely city. Professionals mix with amateurs playing different sounds in different locations. |
| 28 May - 20 June [Festival] 19 June for the Parade |
GERMANY Christopher Street Day [Berlin CSD Parade] and Lesbian and Gay Festival [Berlin Pride Festival] in Berlin - probably the biggest European gay parade and street party. |
| 21 June - 4 July |
ENGLAND, London Wimbledon Tennis Championships - the most prestigious tennis event in the world. |
| 24 June [same date every year] |
ITALY, Florence Festival of Saint John - parades, dances and more. |
| 23 - 27 June |
ENGLAND Glastonbury Festival, Somerset, England - a massive, multiple music event, with different stages featuring different music, but heavy on soft/hard rock variations. The closest to Woodstock most of us will ever get. |
| 25 June - 11 July |
SPAIN, Granada International Festival of Dance and Music - a superb event in varied, amazing locations such as the Alhambra. |
| 24 - 26 June |
ITALY, Florence, Calcio Storico - crazed and brutal but traditional 15thC costumed football matches with 4 teams, 27 players each side and no effective referee. |
| June - August TBC |
SPAIN, Barcelona The Grec Summer Festival - theatre, dance and music. |
| 30 June - 7 July TBC |
TURKEY Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Festival in Edirne - 1,000 oily fat boys get a good slapping. |
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