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Music FestivalA Music Festival is a musical event where live music is played, typically by multiple Musical Artists. A festival may be a singular event or a recurring one.This type has no properties of its own.
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| x Woodstock Festival |
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Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally, Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha, 0.94 mi²) dairy farm near the hamlet of...
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| x Big Day Out |
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The Big Day Out (BDO) is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994....
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| x Glastonbury Festival |
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The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. The festival is best known for its contemporary music, but also...
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| x Lollapalooza |
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Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. Lollapalooza has featured a...
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| x Roskilde Festival |
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Roskilde Festival is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the five biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe (the other four being the Sziget Festival, the Glastonbury Festival, the Paleo Festival and Rock Werchter). It was created in...
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| x Pinkpop |
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Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is an annual rock festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest annual festival in the world. It is held annually on the Pentecost weekend (Pinksteren in...
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| x Bonnaroo Music Festival |
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The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual, four to five-day music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002. The festival is held at Great Stage Park on a 700 acre (2.8 km²) farm in...
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| x Montreux Jazz Festival |
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The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland and one of the most prestigious in Europe; it is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva.
The Montreux Jazz Festival was founded in 1967 by...
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| x The Big Chill |
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The Big Chill is an annual festival of alternative, dance and chill-out music and comedy, held in the grounds of Eastnor Castle during early August.
Founded in 1994 by Pete Lawrence and Katrina Larkin. The Big Chill began as a series of ambient...
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| x Reading and Leeds Festivals |
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The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in the United Kingdom and are run by Festival Republic (itself owned by Live Nation and MCD). The events take place simultaneously on the...
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| x Rock Werchter |
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Rock Werchter is a Belgian annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Brussels, since 1974. It is one of the four biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe (the other three being the Sziget Festival, the Glastonbury Festival and...
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| x Oxegen |
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Oxegen is an annual Irish music festival held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. Now Ireland's biggest festival and the largest 100% CarbonNeutral event in Ireland, it was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness...
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| x Download Festival |
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The Download Festival is a three day music download festival held annually at Donington Park, England (which hosted Monsters of Rock between 1980 and 1996, and 2002's Ozzfest). It takes place at the end of spring, and is owned and managed by Live...
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| x Viljandi Folk Festival |
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The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music. It is traditionally held in late July, when the otherwise quiet city of Viljandi is completely transformed as the small city center is...
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| x Witnness |
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Witnness was an Irish music festival, sponsored by Guinness, which ran for four consecutive summers from 2000 to 2003. Originally it was held at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County Meath, but it was moved to Punchestown Racecourse in County Kildare for...
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| x Curiosa |
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Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto (Canada), organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29.
The...
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| x T in the Park |
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T in the Park is a major music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, but since 1997 has been held at a disused...
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| x V Festival |
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The V Festival is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. Organised by SJM Concerts, the event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and...
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| x Fuji Rock Festival |
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Fuji Rock Festival is an annual rock festival held in Naeba Ski Resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The 3 day event, organized by Smash Japan, features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians making it the largest outdoor music event in...
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| x Area Festival |
The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular electronic musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music...
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| x HFStival |
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The HFStival was an annual rock festival sponsored by Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland radio station WHFS. In the 1990s and early-mid 2000s, the HFStival was the largest yearly music festival on the East Coast. 55,000 to 90,000 people attended...
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| x EXIT |
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EXIT (also known as State of EXIT) is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days (since 2003).
Held in the picturesque setting of an eighteenth...
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| x Truck Festival |
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Truck Festival is an annual independent music festival in Oxfordshire, England. It was started in 1998 by the Bennett family (including the brothers Robin and Joe of the band Goldrush), who decided that mainstream festivals such as Glastonbury had...
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| x Hultsfred Festival |
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The Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfredsfestivalen in Swedish) is an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It takes place at the lake Hulingen during three days in the middle of June, from Thursday to Saturday. Since the first festival in 1986,...
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| x Damnation festival |
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The Damnation Festival is a one day music festival currently held annually at Leeds University, Leeds, England. The 2009 edition of the festival will be held on October 24. Originally was held in Manchester.
The first Damnation Festival was held on...
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| x Vallenato Legend Festival |
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The Vallenato Legend Festival (Spanish: Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata) is one of the most important musical festivals in Colombia. The Festival features a vallenato music contests for best interpreter of accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca,...
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| x Rock am Ring |
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The Rock am Ring (Rock at the Ring) and Rock im Park (Rock in the Park) festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany. While Rock am Ring takes place at the Nürburgring racetrack in the west of Germany, Rock im Park...
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| x Tibetan Freedom Concert |
Tibetan Freedom Concert is the name given to a series of rock festivals held in North America, Europe and Asia between 1996 and 2001 to support the cause of Tibetan independence. The concerts were organized by the Beastie Boys and the Milarepa Fund....
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| x Street Scene |
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Street Scene is a music festival held each summer in San Diego, California. Street Scene has now become one of America's largest annual music festivals, including over 70 musical acts covering different musical genres and styles on multiple stages....
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| x Midtfyns Festival |
Midtfyns Festival was a famous rock festival in Denmark. It was closed before the 2004 festival started, due to declining ticket sales. In the festival's heyday it was competing with Roskilde Festival to be the biggest music event in Northern Europe...
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| x Summer Sonic Festival |
The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and near Tokyo. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa.
The line-up contains many...
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| x Coleford Music Festival |
The Coleford Music Festival is a free two day rock/metal/punk and ska influenced festival held annually in Coleford, Gloucestershire in the heart of the Forest of Dean in the UK. It takes place in late May every year and has been running since 1999....
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| x Vale Festival |
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The Vale Festival, commonly abbreviated to Valefest, is a music festival that takes place on the campus of University of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England. Uniquely, it is planned, organised and largely staffed by volunteer students - it is...
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| x Electric Picnic |
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Electric Picnic is an annual boutique arts-and-music festival which has been staged since 2004 in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois in the Republic of Ireland. It is currently organised by Pod Concerts and Festival Republic, who purchased...
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| x Latitude Festival |
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The Latitude Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, England. It was first held in July 2006.
Latitude is said to be more similar to continental European festivals; as well as a comprehensive bill of...
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| x Orange Evolution Festival |
The Evolution Festival is a music festival held annually in venues across Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, England since 2005. Its centre-piece is a two-stage event held on Spring Bank Holiday Monday at two sites beside the River Tyne, though the...
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| x Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival |
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Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a four-day music festival held in early June at Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. The festival has been held annually since 2004.
The 2009 festival was the first held at its present location. From 2004...
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| x Download Festival Ireland |
In 2006, Download Festival Ireland hosted a 2-day event in Dublin at the RDS showgrounds. This event was co-ordinated by Aiken Promotions and was headlined by rock acts Guns N' Roses and Metallica. The event, although smaller than its Donington...
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| x Virgin Festival |
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The Virgin Festival (known from 2008 as the Virgin Mobile Festival in the United States) is a rock festival held in the United States and Canada, a spin-off from the V Festival held in the UK. In North America the Virgin name, and recently the...
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| x Hard Rock Laager |
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Hard Rock Laager is a two day rock and metal festival held annually in a field in the small Estonian village of Vana-Vigala. It is the largest alternative music festival in Estonia and draws a crowd of approximately 2000 people each year.
The first...
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| x Scribble Jam |
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Scribble Jam was an annual hip hop music festival hosted in Cincinnati, Ohio, which has been called "America's Largest Hip Hop Festival." The festival was founded in 1996 by Fat Nick, Founder of Scribble Magazine. In 2000 with the addition of new...
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| x Arvika Festival |
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Arvika Festival (Swedish: Arvikafestivalen) is an annual music festival held in Arvika, Sweden. It takes place during three days in the middle of July, from Thursday to Saturday, with camping available from the beginning of the week. The non-profit...
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| x Trowbridge Village Pump Festival |
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Trowbridge Village Pump Festival is an annual music festival held at Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, England.
All events take place in marquees and the compact site includes camping, car parking, three separate stages plus children's tent,...
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| x Wickerman Festival |
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The Wickerman Festival is an annual music festival held near to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dubbed 'Scotland's Alternative Music festival', in 2009, it was held of Friday 24th & Saturday 25th of July 2009.
For 2010, the dates are...
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| x Augustibuller |
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Augustibuller (Swedish for ’August sound pollution’) is a festival in Sweden, hosted by Lindesberg, Örebro County. The festival takes place first weekend in August, hence the name. It was first hosted in 1996, featuring only demo bands, mostly local...
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| x Country Stampede Music Festival |
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The Country Stampede Music Festival is an outdoor country music and camping festival held at Tuttle Creek Lake State Park, north of Manhattan, Kansas. The festival has been held annually since 1996, on the last weekend in June.
It is the largest...
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| x X-Fest |
X-Fest is an annual music festival held each year in various venues throughout the U.S. by Clear Channel Communications radio stations. It features alternative rock, hard rock, heavy metal, grunge, and industrial rock bands.
The event is hosted by...
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| x Copenhagen Jazz Festival |
Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual Jazz event held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 2006 edition comprised around 850 concerts, and in 2005 240,000 people attended the festival."
Musicians who have performed at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival include...
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| x Munkyfest |
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Munkyfest was an independent, NPOV, DIY music festival held in Cheshire, England. The festival grew from a small private party to a nationally-known event held on a farm. The festival hosted a range of bands, from local unsigned artists, to better...
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| x Buzzfest |
Buzzfest is the name of two unrelated music festivals held in Houston and Nashville. The Buzzfest in Houston is a bi-annual show hosted by the radio station 94.5 The Buzz while the Buzzfest in Nashville is an annual show (usually in the late summer)...
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| x G! Festival |
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The G! Festival (commonly known as G!) is held annually at the seaside village Gøta on Eysturoy. It is one of the two largest music festivals on the Faroe Islands, the other being Summarfestivalurin. It was founded by Sólarn Solmunde and musician...
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| x Peace & Love |
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Peace & Love is the biggest festival in Sweden and the only one with an outspoken message of Solidarity, Diversity and Understanding, which runs through the whole event. It started in 1999 and is located in Borlänge, Sweden.
The 2009 years event...
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| x Gurtenfestival |
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The Gurtenfestival is a music festival in Switzerland. It is held annually in middle of July on top of Berne's local mountain, the Gurten.
Nazareth, Donovan, Ralph McTell, Flying Pickets, Konstantin Wecker
(July 4 - July 5): Little Village feat. Ry...
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| x Wacken Open Air |
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Wacken Open Air (W:O:A) is one of the leading summer open air heavy metal music festivals. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With 70,000 festival visitors, and including personnel a total of...
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| x Graspop Metal Meeting |
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Graspop Metal Meeting is a hard rock festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festival draws a large number of international...
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| x Kazantip |
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KaZantip (also known simply as "Z") is an electronic dance music festival held every year on the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. The entrance ticket is called a "viZa". It takes place for 5-6 weeks in the summer and more than 150,000 "paradiZers"...
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| x Beverley Folk Festival |
The Beverley and East Riding Folk Festival is a three day celebration of music, workshops, comedy and spoken word that is held in and around Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The Festival Village is an outdoor marquee area offering a...
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| x Musicport World Music Festival |
Musicport World Music Festival is the UK's largest annual indoor world music festival. It was held in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, from 2000-2007. In 2008 it moves to The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire with a main hall capacity of 3...
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| x Rise: London United |
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Rise was a free annual music festival held in London, England from 1996 to 2008. Originally organised as a anti-racism festival by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), it was revived as such by the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. In June 2008...
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