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| | This is a [[calendar of events and festivals]] in the month of '''June'''. | | This is a [[calendar of events and festivals]] in the month of '''June'''. |
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| | + | * 16 June 2007 '''Escape into the Park''' [http://www.escapefestival.com/], Singleton Park, [[Swansea]], [[UK]]. An annual pop and dance extravaganza. Capacity 25,000. Mid-day to midnight. £34:50. |
| | + | * 19 June 2007 '''Dragon Boat Festival''', [[Taiwan]] and [[Hong Kong]] |
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| | + | ==[[China]]== |
| | + | * '''Dragon Boat festival''', in [[China]] and [[Taiwan]] |
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| | + | ==[[Finland]]== |
| | + | * Mid June: '''Midnight Sun Film Festival''', [http://www.msfilmfestival.fi] in Sodankylä, [[Finnish Lapland]] |
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| | + | ==[[Hungary]]== |
| | + | * Mid-June: '''Tiszavirágzás''', the natural spectacle of emerging mayflies, happens on the Tisza River |
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| | + | ==[[Italy]]== |
| | + | * 2nd: festival to mark the founding of the Republic (Italian: '''Festa della Repubblica''') in [[Italy]] |
| | + | *[http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/intoscana2/export/TurismoRTen/sito-TurismoRTen/Contenuti/Eventi/Musica-e-spettacoli/visualizza_asset.html_183963781.html Tuscany Walking Festival] |
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| | + | ==[[South Africa]]== |
| | + | * Mid June: '''Comrades Marathon''',[http://www.comrades.com/], [[Durban]] to [[Pietermaritzburg]] (or downhill the other way round on odd numbered years) |
| | + | * 16th: '''Youth day''' (''Public holiday'') |
| | + | * Late June: '''National Arts Festival''', +27 (0)46 603-1103, (''email:info@nafest.co.za[mailto:info@nafest.co.za]'') [http://www.nafest.co.za/], [[Grahamstown]] |
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| | + | ==[[Sweden]]== |
| | + | * Late June: '''Midsummer Solstice''' (Swedish: ''Midsommar'') celebrations held in [[Stockholm]] |
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| | + | ==[[United Kingdom]]== |
| | + | * Mid June: '''Isle of Wight Festival''', [http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/] on the [[Isle of Wight]] |
| | + | * Late June - early July: '''Wimbledon Tennis Championships''' [http://www.wimbledon.org/] in [[London]] |
| | + | * Late June: '''Midsummer Solstice''' Neo-pagans and druids gather at the ancient site of [[Stonehenge]] |
| | + | * Late June: '''Glastonbury Festival''', [[http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/] a huge weekend music festival in [[Glastonbury]] |
| | + | * Late June: '''Royal Highland Show''', [http://www.royalhighlandshow.org/] in [[Edinburgh]] |
| | + | * '''Trooping the Colour''', in [[London]] |
| | + | *'''Escape into the Park''' [http://www.escapefestival.com/], [[Swansea]] - one of Europe's largest urban dance and rock festivals. |
| | + | * The '''Three Peaks Yacht Race'''[http://www.sleepmonsters.co.uk/site_3peaks/], starts in [[Barmouth]] and visits [[Caernarfon]], [[Whitehaven]] and [[Fort William]]. Runners from each boat ascend the highest mountains in [[Wales]], [[England]] and [[Scotland]] en route. |
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| | + | ==[[United States of America]]== |
| | + | * Early June: '''Portland Rose Festival''', [http://www.rosefestival.org/] in [[Portland (Oregon)|Portland]], [[Oregon]] |
| | + | * Mid June: '''North Beach Festival''', [http://www.northbeachfestival.com/] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]] |
| | + | * Mid June: '''Rochester International Jazz Festival''', [[http://www.rochesterjazz.com/] in [[Rochester (New York)|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]] |
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