Art Festivals

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Welcome to 2camels' special take on Art Festivals from around the world. We've got a ton of info on 146 Art Festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Burning Man (Black Rock City, NV, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre, Performing Art
Month: September

To many Burning Man represents an artistic utopia, a successful study of creative co-existence. It's an eight day escape where particpants are free to express themselves almost without bounds. To quote it's organisers, "it's an experiment in community, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance".

Whatever you make of it, it can't be argued that the Burning Man Project is brilliantly unique.

Glastonbury Festival (Glastonbury, England)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Party, Art
Month: June

Glastonbury - or Glasto to it's friends - is a multi-headed behemoth of an event, a legendary hippie gathering and the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.

Today it's headline musicians are plucked from a pouch of the biggest players of the day but it doesn't stop with the live tunes. For four days each and every June 170,000+ festival-goers are treated to over 700 performances of music, dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and a myriad of other arts on the 900 acre grounds - rain, hail or shine, though it's often the former.

So if you're taste in music is eclectic, your need for sleep non-existent and there's a touch of hippie stirring somewhere deep inside, then a trip to Glastonbury is a must at least once in this lifetime.

Art Festivals

Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival Snippet

Adelaide Festival (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Performing Art, Music - Varied
Month: March

Affordable Art Fair - Brussels (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Trade
Month: February

AIA Sandcastle Competition (Galveston, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Summer
Month: June

Alaska Ice Festival (North Pole, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Winter, Snow
Month: February

Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: November

Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Art, Trade
Month: April

Art Car Parade (Houston, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Automobile, Art
Month: April

Art Goes Kapakka (Helsinki, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Performing Art, Art
Month: August

Art Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Art Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Trade
Month: September

Art November (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Photography, Performing Art
Month: November

Art on Cows - Luxembourg (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre
Month: April

ArtCar Fest (Bay Area, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Automobile, Bizarre
Month: October

ArtFutura (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: October

Artisans and the Palace (Florence, Italy)
Festival Types: Art
Month: May

Arts in Marrkech International Biennale (Marrakech, Morocco)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Arts in Marrkech International Biennale Website

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival (Augusta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Family
Month: September

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival Snippet

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival Website

Athens Video Art Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Art, Film
Month: May

Auckland Festival of Photography (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: June

Auckland Festival of Photography Website

AV Festival (NewcastleGateshead, England)
Festival Types: Art, New Media, Film
Month: March

Barcelona International Festival of Contemporary Art (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Barcelona International Festival of Contemporary Art Website

Berlin Photography Festival (Berlin, Germany)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: October

Berlin Tattoo Convention (Berlin, Germany)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: December

Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (Perth, WA, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: September

Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth Website

Brno International Floklore Festival (Brno, Czech Republic)
Festival Types: Folk, Art
Month: August

Brno International Floklore Festival Website

Brussels Antiques and Fine Art Fair (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Art, Trade, Fair
Month: January

Brussels Antiques and Fine Art Fair Website

Brussels Festival of the Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Theatre, Performing Art, Art
Month: May

Brxl Bravo (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Art
Month: October

Bucharest Biennale for Contemporary Art (Bucharest, Romania)
Festival Types: Art
Month: May

Bucharest Biennale for Contemporary Art Website

Budapest Art Fair (Budapest, Hungary)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Budapest Festival of Folk Arts (Budapest, Hungary)
Festival Types: Art, Folk, Historical
Month: August

Bundaberg Arts Festival (Bundaberg, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Literature
Month: October

Caerleon Arts Festival (Caerleon, Wales)
Festival Types: Art, Family, Community
Month: July

Chainsaw Carving Championships (Westport, WA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre
Month: August

Chalk La Strada - Chalking Festival (San Diego, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Chalk La Strada - Chalking Festival Website

China New Year Print Art Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Art, Traditional
Month: January

China New Year Print Art Festival Website

Chinlone (All Areas, Burma)
Festival Types: Sport - Ball, Art, Dance - Folk
Month: Year Round

Chobi Mela - International Festival of Photography (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: February

Chobi Mela - International Festival of Photography Website

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Electronic, Art
Month: April

Contact - Toronto Photography Festival (Toronto, Canada)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

Contact - Toronto Photography Festival Website

Contemporary Istanbul (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Photography, Cultural
Month: November

Copenhagen Photo Festival (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

Cracow Screen Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, New Media, Art
Month: May

Design Festa (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Design, Art
Month: May

DigiFestival.net (Florence, Italy)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film - Animation, Art
Month: May

Dis-Patch Festival (Belgrade, Serbia)
Festival Types: Art, Performing Art, Music - Electronic
Month: October

Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival (Alamos, Mexico)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Art, Cultural
Month: January

Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Cultural Festival Article

Dragon Edong Saipan International Tatu and Arts Fest (Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands)
Festival Types: Art
Month: October

Dragon Edong Saipan International Tatu and Arts Fest Website

Drawing Day (Worldwide)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Edinburgh Art Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Festival Types: Art
Month: August

Expotrastiendas Art Fair (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Festival Types: Art, Trade
Month: October

Festival Couleur Café (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Art, Performing Art
Month: June

Festival of Carving (Clarksville, MD, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: October

Festival of the Masters (Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Festival/Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance, Art
Month: December

Florentine Genius (Florence, Italy)
Festival Types: Cultural, Historical, Art
Month: May

Frankston Sand Sculpting Exhibition (Frankston, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Art
Month: January

Frankston Sand Sculpting Exhibition Photos

Hanna Hanna Festival (Guta, Slovakia)
Festival Types: Art, Music - Varied, Environmental
Month: August

Havana Biennial (Havana, Cuba)
Festival Types: Art
Month: March

Hell City Tattoo Festival (Phoenix, AZ, USA)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: August

Hereford Photography Festival (Hereford, England)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

Hong Kong International Art Fair (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, Convention, Trade
Month: May

Hong Kong International Art Fair Website

International Art and Antiques Fair (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Art, Trade, Convention
Month: March

International Art and Antiques Fair Website

International Festival of Film, Art and Culture (Asunción, Paraguay)
Festival Types: Film, Art, Cultural
Month: September

International Festival of Film, Art and Culture Website

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International Istanbul Bienniale (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Cultural
Month: September

International Istanbul Bienniale Website

International Jewellery Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Art, Trade, Fair
Month: January

International London Tattoo Convention (London, England)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: September

International London Tattoo Convention Website

International Snow Sculpture Championships (Breckenridge, CO, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Winter, Snow
Month: January

International Snow Sculpture Championships Snippet

Istanbul Art Fair (Istanbul, Turkey)
Festival Types: Art, Convention, Trade
Month: October

Italian Body Painting Festival (Verona, Italy)
Festival Types: Nude, Adult, Art
Month: September

Jue Music and Art Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Theatre, Art
Month: January

Kinsale Arts Week (Cork, Ireland)
Festival Types: Art, Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles
Month: July

Kyiv Photo Fair (Kiev, Ukraine)
Festival Types: Photography, Art, Trade
Month: May

Le French May (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, Multicultural, Performing Art
Month: May

Le Petit Festival du Théâtre (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
Festival Types: Theatre, Performing Art, Art
Month: August

Les Nuits Electroniques de L'Ososphere (Strasbourg, France)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Art
Month: September

Les Nuits Electroniques de L'Ososphere Website

Limeira Tattoo Fest (Limeira, Brazil)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art
Month: October

Lisbon Village Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Art, Film, Music - Varied
Month: June

Lodz International Festival of Photography (Lodz, Poland)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

Lodz International Festival of Photography Website

Made in Hawaii Festival (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Festival Types: Trade, Convention, Art
Month: August

Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Art
Month: February

Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair Website

Maun Festival (Maun, Botswana)
Festival Types: Art, Cultural, Music - African
Month: April

Melbourne Art Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Family
Month: April

Melbourne International Arts Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Theatre
Month: October

Melbourne International Arts Festival Website

Mexico's Silver Fair (Taxco, Mexico)
Festival Types: National, Art, Cultural
Month: November

MiArt (Milan, Italy)
Festival Types: Art, Fair
Month: March

Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: November

Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Website

Montana World of Wearable Art Show (Wellington, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Art, Fashion, Bizarre
Month: September

Montana World of Wearable Art Show Website

Museumsuferfest (Frankfurt, Germany)
Festival Types: Cultural, Family, Art
Month: August

MUTEK (Montreal, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, New Media, Art
Month: May

New York Photo Festival (New York, NY, USA)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

PAF Graffiti and Music Festival (Pelekas, Corfu, Greece)
Festival Types: Art, Music - Electronic, Party
Month: July

Pasadena Chalk Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Community, Family
Month: June

PhotoEspaña (Madrid, Spain)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: June

Photokina (Cologne, Germany)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: September

Photomonth in Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: May

Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: September

Pingyao International Photography Festival Website

PLAI Festival (Timisoara, Romania)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Art, Music - Traditional
Month: September

Port Adelaide Sand Sculpting Exhibition (Port Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Port Adelaide Sand Sculpting Exhibition Photos

Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, France)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: September

Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo, Japan)
Festival Types: Snow, Art, Winter
Month: February

Sausalito Art Festival (Sausalito, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Fair
Month: September

Sawdust Art Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Family
Month: November

Scarecrow Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Art
Month: October

Seattle Tattoo Expo (Seattle, WA, USA)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: August

Secret Garden Party (Huntingdon, England)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Performing Art, Art
Month: July

Shanghai eArts Festival (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: October

Shanghai Fine Jewellery and Art Fair (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Art, Trade
Month: October

Shanghai Fine Jewellery and Art Fair Website

Singapore Street Festival (Singapore City, Singapore)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Music - Varied
Month: November

Singapore Tattoo Show (Singapore City, Singapore)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art
Month: January

Six Days in November (Winston-Salem, NC, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Community, Family
Month: November

Snow and Ice Brugge (Brugge, Belgium)
Festival Types: Art, Winter
Month: November

Sónar Festival (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Art, Music - Varied
Month: June

Sphinx Festival (Cairo, Egypt)
Festival Types: Science, Art, Historical
Month: December

St. Kilda Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Community, Art, Summer
Month: February

St. Petersburg Tattoo Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: June

State of the Art Tattoo, Body Art and Muisc Festival (Derby, England)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Music - Rock
Month: July

State of the Art Tattoo, Body Art and Muisc Festival Website

Streatham Festival (London, England)
Festival Types: Community, Art, Performing Art
Month: July

SWELL Sculpture Festival (Currumbin, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Family
Month: September

SXSW Interactive (Austin, TX, USA)
Festival Types: New Media, Advertising, Art
Month: March

Sztuka Ulicy - Street Art Festival (Warsaw, Poland)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Dance - Various Styles
Month: June

Sztuka Ulicy - Street Art Festival Website

Tattoofest (Tampa, FL, USA)
Festival Types: Tattoo, Art, Bizarre
Month: March

Texas Clay Festival (Gruene, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Family
Month: October

Texas SandFest (Port Aransas, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: April

The Festival - Central Hawkes Bay (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Art, Food, Music - Varied
Month: September

The Festival - Central Hawkes Bay Website

The Wickerman Festival (East Kirkcarswell, Scotland)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Alternative, Art
Month: July

Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival (Thirroul, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Community, Family
Month: April

Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival Website

Tokyo International Anime Fair (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Art, Film - Animation, Convention
Month: March

Valley of the Arts (Kapolcs, Hungary)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Cultural
Month: August

Venice Film Festival - Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy)
Festival Types: Film, Theatre, Art
Month: September

Venice Film Festival - Venice Biennale Website

Visit Venice Film Festival - Venice Biennale on Twitter

Visa pour l'Image (Perpignan, France)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: August

Vivid Sydney (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Environmental, Art, Family
Month: May

Warsaw International Poster Biennale (Warsaw, Poland)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Warsaw International Poster Biennale Website

Wearable Art Show (Ketchikan, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre
Month: February

Wood Festival of Wales (St. Asaph, Wales)
Festival Types: Art, Sport - Strength, Community
Month: June

World Bodypainting Festival (Seeboden, Austria)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Art, Dance - Various Styles
Month: July

World Bodypainting Festival - Latin America (Panama City, Panama)
Festival Types: Art, Adult, Bizarre
Month: March

World Bodypainting Festival - Latin America Website

Visit World Bodypainting Festival - Latin America on Twitter

World Championships of Sand Sculpture (Harrison Hot Springs, Canada)
Festival Types: Art
Month: September

World Championships of Sand Sculpture Website

World Ice Art Championships (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Winter, Snow
Month: March

World Pastry CupWorld Pastry Cup - Coupe du Monde de la Patesserie (Lyon, France)
Festival Types: Food, Trade, Art
Month: January

World Taxidermy Championships (St. Charles, MO, USA)
Festival Types: Animal, Art
Month: May

World Wildfowl Carving Championships (Ocean City, MD, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre
Month: April

World Wildfowl Carving Championships Snippet

ZONAmaco - Mexican Contemporary Art Fair (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Art
Month: April

ZONAmaco - Mexican Contemporary Art Fair Photos

ZONAmaco - Mexican Contemporary Art Fair Website

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