The 2nd Annual Colorado Photography Festival will be held from August 10-16, 2012. Eight of the nation’s premier photographers will give instruction in the classroom and in the field on numerous aspects of professional photography, from capturing your images to optimizing them in Lightroom. This year’s instructors are Marc Muench, Grant Collier, Colby Brown, Mark S Johnson, Stephen G Weaver, Russ Burden, Glenn Randall, Dan Ballard, and Charles Zimmerman.
The indoor classes at this festival will take place at the Auraria campus in downtown Denver. On Saturday, August 11, five of the instructors will give talks on a different theme related to photography. On Sunday, each instructor will lead a workshop with up to 12 participants at one of the many scenic locations ... Go to event
The Athens International Film and Video Festival was founded in 1974, and since then has presented independent films from around the world. The Festival is sponsored by the Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University.
Each year, a Prescreening Committee comprised of artists, students, and community activists watch all the films and videos entered in the competition.
After all entries have been watched, the prescreeners evaluate all entries to determine films to include in public screenings. Competition films are then programmed around various themes that emerge from the films selected; our intention is to group films into shows that reflect a common thematic thread.
When: April 13-19, 2012
Where: Athens, OH
The 55th International Pittsburgh Folk Festival will be held May 18, 19, & 20, 2012, at the Monroeville Convention Center.
The Pittsburgh Folk Festival Inc., is a non-profit organization that began in 1956 with seventeen nationalities whose purpose was to promote “Unity in Diversity” by presenting an annual festival of cultures. The festival now highlights the cultural diversity of more than 30 nationalities in the Pittsburgh area.
When: May 18-20, 2012
Where: Latin American Cultural Union,
Pittsburgh, PA
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Willkommen to Frankenmuth’s 54th Annual Bavarian Festival It’s not just an event… it’s a feeling of “Gemutlichkeit”, combined with the warmth and friendship of Michigan’s charming Bavarian Village. It all started in 1959 with a Grand Opening Celebration of the Bavarian style addition to Fischer’s Hotel on Main Street. Back then “Tiny” & Dorothy Zehnder gambled on “Bavarianizing” their restaurant and re-naming it Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn. Several years later the event out-grew the parking of the restaurants. The Civic Events Council of Frankenmuth took over the operation of what has become an annual Bavarian Festival! Come and enjoy the Gemutlichkeit of Old Bavaria blended. Bavarian Festival is not just an event…it’s a feeling, a spirit, a ... 
The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free blues festival in the world and remains the largest of Chicago’s Music Festivals. During three days on five stages, more than 500,000 blues fans prove that Chicago is the “Blues Capital of the World.” Past performers include Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the late Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and the late Koko Taylor.
When: 8-10 June, 2012
Where: Grant Park, Chicago
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Gospel singers have something new to praise — the Chicago Gospel Music Festival is back for 2012 after being folded into the Taste of Chicago last year.
The festival returns as an expanded stand-alone event with a new Bronzeville location, the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events announced Wednesday.
The 27th Chicago Gospel Music Festival will run June 21-24 at a variety of locations around the city. The main stage events will take place the weekend of June 23 and 24 on the former site of the Ida B. Wells public housing project, on South Martin Luther King Drive between 37th and 39th streets.
When: 21-24 June, 2012
Where: varies locations around Chicago
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Camp Bisco celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary in 2011. “Camp Bisco is an outdoor music festival held at the beautiful Indian Lookout Country Club, a world-class property located near Albany, NY. Camp Bisco is a 3 day rain-or-shine event with camping”…. Bisco Ten will feature 3 days and 3 nights of music on 5 stages, including 2 side-by-side MAIN STAGES, two afternoon and late night DANCE TENTS featuring top international Dance acts, a SILENT DISCO and an UP & COMING stage.
When: July 12-14, 2012
Where: Indian Lookout Country Club
1142 Batter St., Mariaville Lake, NY
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French Quarter Festivals, Inc. Presents The 12th Annual Satchmo SummerFest!
The premier American jazz festival dedicated to the life, music and legacy of New Orleans’ native son, Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong .
This free community event is produced by French Quarter Festivals, Inc.
Music all weekend on festival stages featuring traditional jazz, contemporary jazz, brass bands & children’s programming. A sampling of performers who play the festival include Leroy Jones, Jeremy Davenport, Connie Jones’ Crescent City Jazz Band, Yoshio Toyama and the Dixie Saints, The Palmetto Bug Stompers, Shamarr Allen, Rebirth Brass Band, Tim Laughlin, Soul Rebels, Treme Brass Band, Leah Chase, James Andrews, Lars Edegran’s New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, New Orleans Jazz ... 
From Ala Moana Park, along Kalakaua Avenue to Kapiolani Park the annual Hawaiian Floral Festival will be once again presenting the best Hwaii has to offer.
A colorful equestrian procession of female and male pau riders, extravagant floats with cascades of Hawaiian flowers, hula Halau and marching bands will brighten Kalakaua Avenue from Ala Moana Park to Kapiolani Park. This is a “must see” event!
When: September 22, 2012
Where: Kalakaua Avenue from Ala Moana Park to Kapiolani Park,
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Welcome to the Annual French Quarter Festival presented by Capital One Bank!
The largest FREE music festival in the South!
Featuring over 800 local musicians, more than 65 of New Orleans finest restaurants, free special events, family fun with two exciting kids areas for 2012, and the return of FIREWORKS on the Mississippi River (Saturday April 14 at 9 pm), sponsored by Tropical Isle.
When: April 11-14, 2013
Where: different locations in New Orleans.
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