Callatis Festival, the largest music & culture festival held in Romania.

The 2004 Callatis festival poster

Location

Every year the location is the same - a barge that is docked into the touristic harbor of Mangalia, barge that consits of a huge scene, and a very large backstage area, enough to hold over 200 people. The spectators are sitting on tribunes across the harbor, about 20 meters away from the scene. Mangalia (population:40,000) is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. ...

History

The Callatis Festival began in 1999, and has expanded ever since. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

When?

The Callatis Festival is held every summer between August 8th and August 15th. The main part of the festival, that is, the concerts on the stage take place beggining with 2100 hrs. untill after midnight. This part of the festival is aired live on TVR 2 and TVR International. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...

Hosts

Gabriel Cotabita and Sorana Belciu, the two host of the Callatis Festival

From 1999 to 2003 the hosts of the Callatis Festival have been always different. From 2004 the organizers have opted for continuance, so the permanent festival hosts are Gabriel Cotabita and Sorana Belciu. Callatis Club, the after-show of the festival is hosted by Catalin Maruta, a young, talented presenter, with lots of new ideas. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Schedule

Every year the Callatis Festival has a few themed nights. There is Europa Top Hit night, where all the major Romanian music stars gather, the folk music night, the Miss Diaspora night, where Romanian girls living in foreign conutries compete each other in a Miss contest. August 15th is the St. Mary's day in the Orthodox religion, in romania also corelated with the Sailor's Day. This last day is the one when huge fireworks are used to light up the Mangalia sky. Folk can refer to a number of different things: It can be short for folk music, or, for folksong, or, for folklore; it may be a word for a specific people, tribe, or nation, especially one of the Germanic peoples; it might even be a calque on the related German... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Gabriel delivering the Annunciation to Mary. ... Separate articles treat Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Orthodox Judaism. ... The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 A fireworks event (fireworks display, fireworks show) is a spectacular display of the effects produced by firework devices on various occasions. ... Mangalia (population:40,000) is a city and a port on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. ...

Foreign artists

In 2003 Al Bano came to the festival, in 2004 Punjabi MC, and in 2005 the big foreign star at the festival is In-Grid, the French chantouse. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...