The Chopard sponsored Cannes Film Festival is where the world’s cinema elite get together every Spring to see what is new in the world of movie making and fashion. The festival began in 1946, and has grown over the last 62 years into an event the world takes note of in terms of entertainment and fashion. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago

One of the owners of a local pub in Huntley, Ill., said the village's annual Turkey Testicle Festival is a thrilling time for all involved. The event includes an abundance of turkey testicles for festival veterans and first-timers to sink their teeth into. Website picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A demonstration of how expectations can be formed, communications directed and patterns established from Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

What do the Spanish do when they are not bull-fighting? They wrestle wild horses. The Rapa das bestas is an ancient festival in Galicia, Spain. People gather all the untamed horses in a corral, where men and women of all ages wrestle them to the ground with their bare hands to cut their manes and tales out and brand them. This fiesta goes on for about three days starting the first Saturday of July... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The first High Line Festival, an 11-day series of music, film, comedy and art in New York will feature artists that Bowie would like to see perform.

The festival is named for the 1.45-mile elevated train line on the city's West Side. The line has not been used since 1980, and is to be developed into a green corridor . picked by suebe 3 years ago

An Austrian town whose main claim to fame is that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once stopped there to urinate by the side of the road is organizing a festival to celebrate the event. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

ANIMAL rights groups are up in arms over an annual festival in Peru that serves up hundreds of fried CATS to locals.

There's a video, but can't bring myself to watch it. Careful at work. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Other cultures may celebrate the harvest and fertility with cornucopias, but the recently completed Japanese Honen festival gets a little more graphic, as partiers play with a 13 ft. penis statue and eat penis shaped food. (Slightly NSFW) picked by tigertony 2 years ago

It's an annual event, and usually draws about 450, er, hardy souls. It's the Oakdale Testicle Festival, where diners chow down on, well, testicles. picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Turkish film about fear overwhelming a true believer when he is caught up in religious corruption has been chosen as the best movie at the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival, earning prize money of 25,000 euros ($33,920) picked by trotim 2 years ago

Jason Solomons presents a special edition from the Edinburgh film festival, featuring animation legend Ray Harryhausen and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor picked by eyanna7 1 year ago

A Herefordshire beer festival has been stopped early after it was "drunk completely dry", said organisers. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

The 5th annual Central Park Film Festival is coming soon. Every night from August 21 to 25th, there will be a movie shown which features scenes from the Park. Visit the link for the schedule. They're giving you a chance to vote on the movie that will be shown on the final night, aka Viewers' Choice Night, of the festival. You have three choices: Barefoot in the Park, Hitch and The Way We Were. ... read full post picked by MissParker 2 years ago

Sure there are kids that don't take the science fair seriously and end up feeding Mountain Dew to a plant for 30 days to see what happens (yay science!), but there are also kids that go well above and beyond. Here are 10 that won with extremely brainy projects that have real world applications. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu, has run out of goats to sacrifice just days before the country's biggest religious festival of the year picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

If you live in a large, multi-ethnic city virtually anywhere in the world it is a possibility that in the last week you have seen groups of people in parks merrily spattering each other with paint. The throwing of multi-colored water and powder is in fact the popular Hindu spring Festival of Colors, also known as Holi. picked by bingo 9 months ago

A Huge draw in our local small town. The university is famous for their Shakespearean Festival. picked by diva0714 3 years ago

At least 11 people died and more than 100 people were injured at an annual spring festival in eastern Pakistan celebrated with the flying of thousands of colorful kites. picked by Neiako 3 years ago

You would be forgiven for being curious about the title of this article because even though Spain boasts some of the most unusual and bizarre festivals compared to the rest of the world. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

To celebrate the fact that there will be two Guitar Hero performances on the main stage at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival, Activision has re-branded the bronze statue of Hendrix that sits in the grounds of the island’s Dimbola Lodge, turning Jimi’s guitar into the aforementioned video game peripheral. picked by punthe 1 year ago