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The Music Category features events celebrating music, musicians, composers, songs, and the industry producing each. This is where music-focused concerts, fairs, and festivals will also be found.
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Musical Instrument Gift Day is celebrated in the United States each year. Sponsored by the National Pawnbrokers Association and coinciding with St. Nicholas Day, (which commemorates the death of Nikolao...
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The People's Choice Awards have been held since 1975. They are one of the several most popular award shows in the United States. Movies, actors, TV, music and musicians, games and celebrities - the People...
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Italian Andrea Amati of Cremona (1511-1577) created the first four string violin, the type still used today in 1555. The oldest original violin in the world was created by Amati in 1560 and is currently...
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Held annually at Cambridge's Kings College in England, the Kings College Christmas Carols & Festival of Nine Lessons has been a Christmas Eve tradition since 1918 and a live broadcast since 1928. Each yea...
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Lucky you if you are privileged to spend Christmas in the Bahamas because the day after, December 26 is the Junkanoo Festival. Think of rolling Christmas, Mardi Gras and African celebrations into one big,...
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Over 2000 artists, 30 events and 20 venues, Celtic Connections is the largest music festival in the United Kingdom each winter. It features a variety of music genres from Indie and Fusion to Rock, Gaelic...
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National Disc Jockey (DJ) Day celebrates DJs in all of their artistic glory and the joy they bring to us. Professional DJs have been a part of the entertainment scene since 1909.
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Today is the birthday of "the King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977). Known as Elvis, he was an American singer and actor who is regarded as one of the most signifi...
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The recording industry's most prestigious award, the GRAMMY, is presented annually by The Recording Academy. A GRAMMY is awarded by The Recording Academy's voting membership to honor excellence in the r...
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National Kazoo Day celebrates an instrument created during the nineteenth century in United States. Celebrated on January 28th (or on the fourth Thursday in January), National Kazoo Day was founded by C...
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Attracting over 100,000 people each year this 120-year-old+ tradition features over 10,000 men, women and children dressed in ostentatious costumes twirling, sashaying, pirouetting and strutting down the...
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This Bohemian dance, the polka, originated in the early nineteenth century in today’s Czech Republic. It is rumored a teenager by the name of Anna Slezak invented it in 1834. The simple, vivacious dance...
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Pop Music Chart Day marks the anniversary of Billboard magazine's publishing of its first music hit parade, or chart of the most popular songs on January 4, 1936. This day marks the advent of ‘pop’ or ‘p...
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Public Radio Broadcasting Day marks the anniversary of the first public radio broadcast on January 13, 1910. This broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live broadcast of performance of opera s...
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Sarswati Puja is celebrated on Vasant Panchami in the Hindu faith. Saraswati Puja is dedicated to the goddess of music, art and knowledge, Sarswati. Yellow is the signature color of Sarswati Puja. Clot...
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Stephen Foster Day is a historic anniversary marking his death January 13, 1864. Born in July 4, 1826, Stephen Foster is an American songwriter, known as 'the father of American music. Foster wrote over...
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The nation of Germany is sharing its pride and love of a national treasure with the world through a year-long celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven during the 250th anniversary of his birth. Tourists to Ger...
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The Yuan Xiao Lantern Festival dates back to 100 BC and is one of the more colorful events in China. It always occurs fifteen days after the Chinese New Year, (usually in February or early March). Celebr...