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The Gentse Feesten is a music and theatre festival in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Besides stage events there are random small street acts such as mimickers, buskers, etc. It starts on the Saturday before July 21 (Belgium's national holiday) and lasts ten days. The last day (always a Monday) is known as De dag van de lege portemonnees (The day of the empty purses) alluding to the fact that many people have spent their last penny at the festival, and is by the people of Ghent seen as their day while the stream of visitors from other places ceases. Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province East Flanders Arrondissement Ghent Coordinates , , Area 156. ...
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A street musician with accordion in Bremen A performance comprises an event in which generally one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for the benefit of another group of people (the viewer or viewers, or audience). ...
is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
History
The first Gentse Feesten were held in 1832 in celebration of the first anniversary of the creation of Belgium in 1831. The intensity of the festivities changed throughout the years, sometimes very strong and radiant (e.g. the 100-year anniversary was said to be very festive and lively), but sometimes also very low-key. Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The modern day Gentse Feesten were started in the sixties by Ghent singer Walter De Buck and the people from the Trefpunt cafe. In the beginning the festival consisted of one stage near the Saint Jacob Church, but from the late eighties the festival has grown enormously and now covers the whole inner city of Ghent.
Although the festival has become a mass event, it has retained some of the rebellious and anarchistic atmosphere of the early days. Public drunkenness is not entirely unseen.
Size About 2 million visitors attend the festival every year, making it one of the biggest cultural and popular festivals in Europe. The number of unique visitors on top nights surpasses 250.000. In a 2005 ranking by www.localfestivities.com, the Gentse Feesten was called the third biggest city festival in Europe, only preceded by the Fallas in Valencia and the Oktoberfest in Munich. A Falla prior to being burned Falles (in Catalan/Valencian) or Fallas (in Spanish) is a Valencian tradition which celebrates Saint Josephs Day (March 19th) in Valencia, Spain. ...
Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Catalan) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ...
Inside a typical Oktoberfest tent Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September and early October. ...
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Festivals within the Gentse Feesten Traditionally the shows at the festival have been free, but in the later years a number of side festivals have chosen the period of the Gentse Feesten to organize separate events. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 499 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Overview of the Pole Pole section of the city festival Gentse Feesten, organised every year during the second halve of July. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 499 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Overview of the Pole Pole section of the city festival Gentse Feesten, organised every year during the second halve of July. ...
- Blue Note Festival [1] (since 2002): jazz festival, the first years in the Castle of Counts and then in the Bijloke abbey.
- Comedy Festival Gent [2] (since 2007): comedy festival at JOC Rabot, which also hosts a few English-speaking shows.
- International Puppetbuskerfestival: festival for puppet players spread over the whole city.
- International Street Theater Festival:[1] street theater
- Polé Polé Festival (since 2003): World Music at the Korenlei and Graslei.
- Ten Days Off [3] (since 1995): electronic dance music in the Vooruit. Around 20.000 visitors in 2005.
- Boomtown (since 2002): Alternative music.
The Gravensteen is a castle in Ghent originating from the middle ages. ...
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