Tag: fairs and festivals
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Today in History: October 1, Las Vegas music festival shooting
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2025. There are 91 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 1, 2017, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a gunman opened fire from a room at the high-rise Mandalay Bay casino hotel in Las Vegas on a crowd of…
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Annunciation Church hosts festival as community works to not be defined by violence
For decades, SeptemberFest has been a hallmark of parish life at Annunciation Catholic Church and School — a weekend of food, music and Mass that brings families, alumni and neighbors back to the campus year after year. But this year, following a deadly shooting at the south Minneapolis church, it wasn’t clear if school could…
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Willie Nelson and Neil Young highlight 40th Farm Aid concert
Farm Aid celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday in Minneapolis
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19th Annual Stand Up for Heroes, Presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival, Returns to New York
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 18, 2025– Stand Up for Heroes, New York City’s highly anticipated night of hope, healing and laughter, presented by the Bob Woodruff Foundation and the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), returns for its 19th year to David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, November 10th, as…
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A Greek island has 1,000 private chapels. Families maintain them for faith and community
There are more than 1,000 whitewashed stone chapels on the Greek island of Tinos owned and cared for by private families as they have in some cases for centuries
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Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments in current political climate
Each year during Hispanic Heritage Month, huge celebrations can be expected across the U
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Belgian festival’s decision to cancel a concert led by an Israeli conductor draws criticism
Belgium’s prime minister has traveled to neighboring Germany for a concert led by an Israeli conductor whose appearance was canceled by a Belgian festival
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RISE FESTIVAL UNVEILS OFFICIAL SCHEDULE FOR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
Full performance schedule details and last chance to purchase tickets October 3–5, 2025 | Mojave Desert, Las Vegas www.RISEfestival.com Link to Assets LAS VEGAS, Sept. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — RISE Festival today revealed the full performance schedule for its landmark 10th anniversary, returning October 3, 4, and 5, to the Mojave Desert just 20 miles…
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Jane Austen fans honor 250 years since her birth with grand costumed balls and dancing
Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the beloved author’s birth with costumed balls and themed events
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Volunteers are the lifeblood of Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane. Will they return?
LOS ANGELES — Altadena’s Christmas Tree Lane Association relies on more than 100 volunteers to install its annual holiday light display and organize its free winter festival and lighting ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 6 this year. But with the community in ruins and more than half of its volunteers displaced by the Eaton fire in…