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Category: Music
Highlighting global events relating to music and its industries.
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.
Music Events
The Day the Music Died (1959): February 3
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On February 3, 1959, Richie Valens age 17, Buddy Holly, age 22, and JP Richardson, age 24, three 1950s-era Rock-n-Roll singers, died in a plane crash on their way to a performance. This night became know...
January
Ukulele Day, World: February 2
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The late ukulele teacher and musician Mike Lynch created Ukulele Day. Over 40 years of his life were devoted to teaching music, with his favorite instrument, the small four-string guitar-like instrument c...
January
Welsh Language Music Day (UK): February 9
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Welsh Language Music Day, known in Welsh as "Dydd Miwsig Cymru," is an annual celebration dedicated to promoting and celebrating music in the Welsh language. Initiated in 2016, the event is held every Feb...
January
Yuan Xiao Lantern Festival (CN/TW/KP): Feb...
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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 occurs fifteen days after the Chinese New Year (usually in February or early March). Celebrations i...
January
Calibash (US-CA): January 18
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Calibash is an annual music festival featuring Latin American and Hispanic artists. First held in 2007, attendance has increased year-on-year, making it one of the most anticipated music festivals of the...
January
Sydney Festival (AU): January 4-26
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<span>The Sydney Festival is a major summer music and cultural festival in the nation of Australia's largest city, Sydney. It takes place on land previously owned by the first nation people of the Eora Na...
January
Western Week (US-AZ): January 25 - Februar...
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Have you ever dreamed of going back in time and living during the old west days of the United States? If you have, Scottsdale, Arizona, has a treat for you in its annual Western Week Festival. Music, Nati...
January
Celtic Connections (UK): January 16 - Febr...
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Featuring 2000+ artists, 30 events, and 20 venues, Celtic Connections is the largest music festival in the United Kingdom. Fans will find a variety of music genres, from indie and fusion to rock, Gaelic,...
January
Disc Jockey (DJ) Day, Ntl.: January 20
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National Disc Jockey (DJ) Day celebrates DJs in their artistic glory and the joy they bring to us. Professional DJs have been a part of the entertainment scene since 1909.
January
Elvis Presley Day, Ntl. (1935): January 8
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Today is the birthday of "the King of Rock and Roll," Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977). Elvis was an American singer and actor who is regarded as one of the most significant cultura...
January
Kazoo Day, Ntl. (1852): January 28
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National Kazoo Day celebrates an instrument created during the nineteenth century in the United States. Celebrated on January 28th (or on the fourth Thursday in January), National Kazoo Day was founded...
January
Mummers Parade (US-PA): January 1
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Attracting over 100,000 people annually, the Mummers Parade is a 120-year-old+ tradition featuring over 10,000 men, women, and children dressed in ostentatious costumes twirling, sashaying, pirouetting, a...
January
Polka Month, Ntl.: January
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This Bohemian dance, the polka, originated in the early nineteenth century in today's Czech Republic. Legend states that a teenager named Anna Slezak invented the polka in 1834. The simple, joyful dance q...
January
Pop Music Chart Day (1936): January 4
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Pop Music Chart Day marks the anniversary of Billboard Magazine publishing its first music hit parade, or chart of the most popular songs, on January 4, 1936. This day marks the advent of "pop" or popular...
January
Public Radio Broadcasting Day (1910): Janu...
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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 performance of opera singers Riccar...
January
Stephen Foster Day (1864): January 13
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Stephen Foster Day is a historic anniversary marking his death on January 13, 1864. Born on July 4, 1826, Stephen Foster is an American songwriter known as 'the father of American music. Foster wrote ov...
January
Tom Sawyer Days, Ntl.(US-MO): July 1-4
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Fence painting contests, 19th-century food, music, arts, crafts, and culture are just some of the things you'll discover at Hannibal, Missouri's Tom Sawyer Days Festival. Mark Twain's beloved characters c...
January
Eastport Old Home Week (US-ME): July 2-7 (...
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Embracing Canada Day (July 1) and the Fourth of July, Eastport, Maine, the easternmost city in the United States surrounded by the Canadian Islands of the Atlantic and Bay of Fundy, celebrates both nation...
January
Ommegang Pageant (BE): July 2-4 (est)
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The Ommegang Pageant in Brussels, Belgium, includes a historical reenactment of the feast given June 2, 1549, by the Magistrate of Brussels in honor of Emperor Charles V, his son Philipe, Duke of Brabant...
January
Calgary Stampede (CA-AB): July 4-13
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The Calgary Stampede is the world's largest annual rodeo, drawing over 1 million people annually and nicknamed "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth." The event's roots date back to 1886 when the Calgary a...
January
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