Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France
Feb 15, 2013 —
Europe has without question dominated the world of art and culture in the Western world. Names like Michelangelo and Picasso as well as art movements like the Renaissance and Cubism and even the Eiffel Tower itself, are all just a line’s worth of remark in the endless volume that is art in Europe.
Along with its artistic prominence, the Continent is teeming with art aficionados and culture buffs, and the art festivals that bring these groups together have become some of the most highly regarded in the world. You can visit a winter tent-city exhibiting everything from painting to photography to theater and music. Or travel to London for a favorite of Classical and Modern painting fans.
All across the Continent are gatherings displaying all forms of self-expression. We at Party Earth might know how to party, but we also have impeccable taste (or at least one person here does), and picked out a diverse mix of impressive festivals to please the tastes of any appreciator of art.
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Arts Festival / Concert / Dance Performance / Fair / Carnival / Street Fair
Every year in September
In 1997, the Thames Festival was born when Didier Pasquette and Jade Kindar-Martin – two tightrope walkers – tiptoed for 430 meters across the River Thames at a height of 30 meters; at the time, that set a Guinness World Record.
The Thames Festival Trust (a non-for-profit charitable trust) has put on the Thames Festival as a celebration of
London
Throughout the city
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Film Festival
Every year in May
There are film festivals, and then there is the Cannes Film Festival, the single largest international showcase of cinematic art in the entire world.
Held in mid-May since it debuted in the 1940s, the vast majority of the Cannes Film Festival’s two-week schedule is reserved for industry-only attendees, attracting nearly 30,000 film industry
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Arts Festival / Party
Every year in February/March
Twelve solid days of costumed chaos awaits during the Carnival of Venice, an annual event that combines the proper traditions of baroque dress with the inherent nuttiness of Brazil’s own Carnival celebrations.
As with other Carnival festivities that take place all over the world, the Carnival of Venice (Carnevale di Venezia) begins two Fridays
Venice
Throughout the city
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Arts Festival / Music Festival / Performing Arts
Every year in January
UltraSchall is an international celebration of classical concert music. Held each year over the course of ten days in January, UltraSchall features tributes to modern music giants as well as world premieres of new works by established and emerging composers. UltraSchall is hosted at RadialSystem V in Berlin and brings out a bustling crowd of
Berlin
RadialSystem V
Holzmarktstraße 33
10243 Berlin, Germany
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Arts Festival / Concert / Food & Drink Event / Theatre Festival
Every year in June/July
The Germans know how to throw a party -- six million people head to Munich annually in the fall to celebrate Oktoberfest, a beer festival that is widely considered the best fair in the world. The festival has spawned thousands of variations across the globe and, regardless of where you live, you should be able to stumble upon an Oktoberfest
Munich
Olympiapark
Olympiapark Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21
80809 Munich
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Art Exhibit / Arts Festival / Expo
Every year in February
For five days in February, art lovers of all sorts come to the annual Art Madrid. Held each year at the Ático de la Estación de Chamartín (Penthouse Chamartín Station) in Madrid, Art Madrid features great works by over thirty international art galleries.
Since 2006, Art Madrid has featured works by iconic artists like Joan Miró, Pedro
Madrid
Ático de la Estación de Chamartín
28036 Madrid, Spain
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Arts Festival / Community Festival
Europe is quickly changing as it adapts to waves of international migration. That’s why the Council of Europe and the European Commission started the European Heritage Days, or Doors Open Days, back in 1991 under the unifying motto of “Europe: a common heritage”. The European Heritage Days celebrate the shared histories of European countries
Paris
Throughout the city
