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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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Created by the legendary musician Smokey Robinson, Father-Daughter Day celebrates the special bond between fathers and daughters and the essential role fathers play in the daughter's development. This e...
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Felabration is an annual music and arts festival held in Lagos, Nigeria, created in memory of Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician and human rights activist who was a significant figure in African music and the...
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The Trenton Marching Band Festival is part of the Missouri Day Festival. For over 30 years, the community in and around Trenton has celebrated Missouri Day on the third weekend of October. Over the years,...
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Fine-tune your shucking skills and get ready to celebrate everything, oyster. Created in 1966, The US Oyster Festival in Leonardtown, Maryland, is a two-day event featuring a cook-off, shucking contest, m...
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On October 23, 2001, the iPod premiered. This simple portable music player changed how we listen to music and turned the radio and record industry upside down. Here is the original press release from O...
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Join 175,000 of your closest friends for the Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers' Festival in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It's the biggest Halloween hoedown on the East Coast and features everything from peopl...
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Be a Punk for a Day celebrates the music form known as Punk Rock. Punk rock was popularized in the late 1970s and 1980s by bands including the Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, and MC5. It greatly impact...
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THE MERCURY PRIZE: BRITISH MUSIC EXCELLENCE The Hyundai Mercury Prize promotes the best of UK music and the artists who produce it by celebrating the 12 Albums of the Year. The event recognizes artistic...
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Classical Music Month commemorates the beauty of classical music and its contributions to civilization. Proclaimed by then-President Clinton on August 22, 1994, this month honors the many composers, singe...
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September is the National Gospel Music Heritage Month. Pioneered by Alvin V. Williams in 2007, this awareness month aims to educate and celebrate gospel music's forms and heritage. Established in the...
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National Piano Month honors one of the most diverse musical instruments ever created, the piano. This large instrument is the invention of Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, which originated in Italy...
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International Square Dancing Month honors the square dance, a favorite pastime since the early days of the colonization of the United States. The square dance originated in England in the 1600s and was i...
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MUSIC UNDER THE STARS AT LAKE OF STARS Lake of Stars is Malawi's foremost music festival, created in 2004 by Will Jameson, a British ex-pat. After spending a year in Malawi, he fell in love with the pla...
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Lollapalooza Berlin launched in 2015 and features two days of incredible music and fun-loving fans. Created in 1991 in Chicago, Lollapalooza is an art and music festival that travels worldwide.
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Line Dancing, as we see it today, began in the 1970s with the Disco movement. The most famous line dance at the time was "The Hustle." Line dancing gained popularity in Country Western clubs during the...
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The date for this event is set in the spring. Current date is estimated. MTV Music Video Awards, known as the VMA, is held either in late August or mid-September. The MTV channel sponsors this award sho...
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Canadian Country Music Week began in 1977 by highlighting Canada’s country music artists. Canadian Country Music Week has three components: A music festival A full day of concerts known as FanFest And...
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OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR: A STATEHOOD TRADITION The Oklahoma State Fair, held every September, is an annual celebration that offers a vibrant mix of entertainment, agricultural exhibits, and culinary delights...
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Defender's Day in Maryland is a state holiday marking the Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry, September 12-15, 1814. This battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem, "The Star Spangle...
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The Big E is considered one of the largest country fairs in the United States. Visitors enjoy horse shows, parades, a big top circus, and Springfield, Massachusetts attractions.