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San Diego Restaurant Week (San Diego, CA, USA) 1.27 - 2.1
Diners can enjoy special three-course meals from San Diego County's top 130 restaurants for the knockdown price of US$30 or US$40 per person during the annual San Diego Restaurant Week, held twice a year in February and June. Now in its fourth year, the culinary event is organised by the California Restaurant Association in collaboration with the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau and San Diego magazine. Please visit the Restaurant Week Website for more information. |
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Carnaval Brasiliero (Palmer Events Centre, Austin, TX USA) 2.2
Austin's annual Carnaval Brasilerio combines the uninhibited sprit of Mardi Gras with colourful Brazilian flamboyance to offer 5000 partygoers an unforgettable night at the Palmer Events Centre. The festival was first organised in 1975 by a number of homesick Brazilian students and has since sealed its reputation as one of the best and biggest of such festivities outside Brazil. |
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Budapest International Circus Festival (State Circus, Budapest, Hungary) Jan. - Feb.
Budapest, now reputed to be the circus capital of Europe, is hosting its fourth International Circus Festival. The exciting range of acts will be competing in front of an international jury made up of well known representatives of the profession, making it an eagerly-awaited and prestigious event for circus professionals and their spectators. The event will take place in Budapest's State Circus, one of the few purpose-built circus venues in the world. Here, as ever, the big tent is pitched in the heart of the City Park. |
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Monte Carlo Historic Car Rally (Automotive Club de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco) Jan. - Feb.
Historic sports cars come out of storage, are spruced up and prepared for this challenging rally, which starts in Valence, pauses in Gap and ends in Monaco. 2008 is the eighth year of the rally, which ends, as usual, in Monaco. A smart black tie dinner at Sporting Monte Carlo welcomes the winners and their old-fashioned motors. e-mail:info@acm.mc
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Abelaide's Big Day Out (Royal Adelaide Showground, Adelaide, Australia) 2.1
Australia's huge touring music festival, Big Day Out, hits Adelaide at the Royal Adelaide Showground. The festival begins its tour in Auckland, New Zealand then explodes into Australia over the following three weekends. Established in 1992, the festival has grown steadily each year to reach its present status as Australia's biggest music event, attracting top bands from around the world, as well as the finest Antipodean talent. |
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The Police (Members Equity Stadium (formerly Perth Oval), Perth, Australia) 2.1
The Police are back together and on a world tour. This date finds them performing at the Members Equity Stadium in Perth. |
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Glamarama (Empire, Belfast, Northern Ireland) 2.1
Spike up your hair, put on your platforms and silver jumpsuit and head down to the Empire every Friday for Glamarama, a night of glamrock. As well as DJs spinning classic glam tunes from The Sweet to Marc Bolan, there are dancing girls and a live glam band. Phone: +44 (0) 2890 249 276
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Starry Nights (American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA) 2.1
On the first Friday of the month a collection of jazz musicians plays for two hours in the fabulous airy surroundings of the Rose Center. In good cocktail hour style, a bar serves drinks and tapas. The concerts are free, though we suggest you combine your drinking with a visit to the space show if you haven't done so before. The Rose Center is the space section of the American Museum of Natural History, which is located beside Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Phone:212 769 5000 & 5100
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Vinter Jazz (Denmark) 1.25 - 2.3
VinterJazz is an important feature on Denmark's musical calendar, with performances at a number of the best indoor venues across the nation. The emphasis is on Scandinavian talent, but the event also features some international artists. The festival website publishes full details of this year's programme as soon as they are available. |
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Sunday Social (The Arches, Glasgow, Scotland) 2.1 (Monthly)
At the Sunday Social, music is music and the programme is wide open. Expect inter-planetary retro and futuro sounds from new jazz, funk and soul to electronic and ambient, from Latin to hip-hop, classical to Afro-beat, pretty much aimed at everyone and anyone. Add to this the all day comforts of hot food by Crepe a Croissant with table service, papers and games and you'll start to get the idea. e-mail:info@thearches.co.uk / Phone:+44 (0) 901 022 0300 (box office)
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San Valentine at Renoir Café (Renoir Café, Milan, Italy) 2.1
Every February, the Renoir Cafe in Milan offers specially-organised dinners on the theme of love. The cafe's unique atmosphere, characterised by ornamental rose petals, candlelight, romantic tunes and lavish Victorian furniture, welcomes a loved-up public for four nights around Valentine's Day. A personalised service allows visitors to dine to their favourite song played on the piano, order tailor-made cakes and get their special presents delivered to the table at an appropriate moment. For bookings, please contact the venue directly. Phone:+39 02 93541760
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Madrid International Fashion Week (Parque Ferial Juan Carlos 1 (IFEMA), Madrid, Spain) 2.15 - 2.17
The Juan Carlos I Exhibition Centre in Madrid hosts International Fashion Week (SIMM), the most important female fashion exhibition in the country. SIMM represents all areas of the fashion industry, from vanguard designers and party clothes to city and rural wear, everyday wear, sportswear, underwear, fashion for large women and teen fashion. Models also take to the catwalk, showcasing collections by up-and-coming and some more well-known designers. |
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Maricao Coffee Festival (Maricao, Puerto Rico) 2.1
Under President Roosevelt, Puerto Rican coffee formed part of every White House breakfast. The people of the island's important Maricao Coffee district celebrate the end of the annual harvest with music, vibrant parades and arts and crafts stalls. Revellers can take advantage of everything from craft exhibitions and regional foods to music as well as, of course, a cup of coffee fit for a president. |
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Sotheby's Sale in St. Moritz (Hotel Kulm, St. Moritz, Switzerland) 2.1
Join the international jet set at the Sotheby's annual jewellery sale, held at the luxurious Hotel Kulm in the chic Alpine resort of St Moritz. In this lush setting, some 400 pieces of fine contemporary and period jewellery - with estimated values ranging from SFr45,000 to SFr1,300,000 (US$2500-US$750,000) - go on view beforehand, with the auction scheduled for the last day. This is the place to seriously impress your girlfriend with a Valentine's Day present to remember. |
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Sony Tropfest Film Festival (The Domain, Sydney, Australia) 2.1 (Monthly)
The lazy daydreaming of an out-of-work filmmaker in 1993 has resulted in the most popular short film festival in the world. Taking place for one night only in the open air of the Domain in Sydney Botanical Gardens, the Sony Tropfest Film Festival is beamed simultaneously across the capital cities of Australia. The festival is a competition of shorts. Seven minutes is the maximum length of time you get to thrill - or bore - your punters. It has inspired some real gems in its brief career, and doubtless will not fail to deliver this time around. Audiences of over 150,000 attend the festival across the country, watching 16 films judged by the five judges to be the best of 700. |
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Chinese New Year Spectacular (Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY USA) 2.1 (Monthly)
The Chinese New Year Spectacular at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall is presented by New Tang Dynasty TV, a multilingual, non-profit TV network based in New York. The performance itself draws from many cultures, bringing together world-class Asian and Western performers of music and dance. It has become an important bridge between cultures as well as an enjoyable family event. |
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International Short Film Festival (Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, France) 2.1 (Annual)
The festival kicks off with the spectacular Nuit Visio Sonik, a night where groups of musicians, artists, DJs and VJs combine to create an unforgettable visionary experience into the early hours. The 100 best short films of the year are screened over five days, set to three themes: fiction, animation and experimental. An international judging panel then decides the top 12 winners. A full programme is published on the festival website as soon as it is available. |
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Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale - Palast, Berlin, Germany) 2.1
Featuring a juried international competition, a market and a very large number of screenings arranged under various categories, the Berlin International Film Festival is the biggest movie event in Germany and one of the most important film festivals in Europe. As well as its competition and main screenings, the festival also hosts an annual competition of "shooting stars" - 18 filmmakers who have made their names in their respective countries - as well as the increasingly popular Forum of Young Cinema and the children's film festival. |
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Art Deco Weekend (Deco House, Napier, New Zealand) 2.1 (Annual)
Napier's Art Deco Weekend is held every year on the third week of February, celebrating the extraordinary Art Deco splendour that characterises this unique North Island east coast town. Known for the greatest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world, built post-1931 after a terrible earthquake devastated the area, Napier celebrates its swinging heritage with wining, dining, jazz, dancing, film, theatre, house tours, vintage cars, plane rides and plenty more. |
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Jerez Flamenco Festival (Teatro Villamarta, Jerez de La Frontera, Spain) Feb. - March (Annual)
This flamenco festival in Jerez has become one of the most important in the world, with a programme of internationally-renowned stars. There are performances by singers, dancers and guitar players at the principle venue, the Villamarta Theatre, and other venues around the city, as well as dance courses, concerts and exhibitions. The whole city snaps awake to the clack of castanets, the stomp of tacones (heels) and the distinctive melancholy of flamenco. |
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