Pageants, Parades, Festivals

Architecture and Cultural Continuity explores a dynamic way of viewing architecture arguing that all architecture is best evaluated through active...

  There's a naughty Santa Claus out to sabotage Christmas! How can the real Santa expect boys and girls to be good when there ...

Did You Know? No one knows the origin of the word Hogmanay. Until late in the twentieth century, Hogmanay was celebrated on two distinct dates, ...

A century and a half ago, extravagant costume balls and skating carnivals were the pinnacle of societys entertainment, bringing forth a kaleidoscop...

In recent times, festivals around the world have grown in number due to the increased recognition of their importance for tourism, branding and eco...

The entire town is disguised, declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters,...

This book presents a contemporary overview of our most ubiquitous cultural phenomena - festivals. It is able to do so by taking a powerful and uniq...

Focus on World Festivals: Contemporary case studies and perspectives provides the reader with a contemporary overview of festival activity from aro...

This book presents a contemporary overview of our most ubiquitous cultural phenomena - festivals. It is able to do so by taking a powerful and uniq...

Principles of Festival Management is a complete guide to developing and running a festival from inception to evaluation, covering all aspects of fe...

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakesp...

Critical Brass tells the story of neofanfarrismo, an explosive carnival brass band community turned activist musical movement in Rio de Janeiro, as...

Critical Brass tells the story of neofanfarrismo, an explosive carnival brass band community turned activist musical movement in Rio de Janeiro, as...

Capturing the spirit of every Glastonbury since 1992, this coffee table book from award-winning photographer Liam Bailey brings together three deca...

The BBC Proms is the worlds biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. Held every summer ...

Principles of Festival Management is a complete guide to developing and running a festival from inception to evaluation, covering all aspects of fe...

To what extent is queer anti-identitarian? And how is it experienced by activists at the European level? At queer festivals, activists, artists and...

The importance of citywide festivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta for the LGBTQ community Festivals like Mardi Gras and Fiesta have come to be annual...

Described in the Radio Times (27 July 2015) as 'A remarkable, unique institution lying at the heart of British life', the Three Choirs Festival cel...

In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly populara...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN THE TIMES: 'Captivating'A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR: 'In-depth and inspiring''Beautifully ...

Potted history, quirky facts, sayings, hints and tips about Ireland's celebration and the saint it commemorates.The Little Book of St Patrick's Day...

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has invited some of the world's greatest living artists to delight and often challenge crowds in spaces of ...

Revel in the power of human creativity with this completely revised and expanded edition of Burning Man: Art on Fire, illustrated with over 250 gor...