Festivals in September
September Festivals
12 September Festival Articles
48 September Festival Snippets
36 September Festival Photo Galleries
22 September Festival Videos
150 September Festival Websites
Festivals in September - 12 Articles
Article Title: Oktoberfest Doesn't Disappoint, But Show Up Early
Festival Name: Oktoberfest
Festival Country: Germany
Festival Type(s): Beer, Party
Imagine six million liters of beer, enough to fill a small lake or pour a glass for every man, woman and child in Germany. Add a few thousand traditionally-clad, voluptuous Bavarian waitresses carrying up to 22 liters of beer at a time, the equivalent of 66 12-ounce bottles.
Article Title: Spain's Tomato Battle
Festival Name: La Tomatina
Festival Country: Spain
Festival Type(s): Bizarre, Party, Food
But contrary to all this evidence, La Tomatina, an annual, city-wide, tomato riot, remains an inexact science. One would think that after 63 - or is it 64? - years, the residents of Buñol, Valencia, Spain, would have their facts straight. Some say La Tomatina uses 150,000 tomatoes. Other claim the number is over 1 million.
Article Title: The Bird King
Festival Name: Bird King Festival
Festival Country: France
Festival Type(s): Medieval, Re-enactments, Historical
Walk the narrow, cobblestoned streets of the town of Le Puy-en-Velay in mid-September, and you'll swear you are in 16th-century France (if you ignore the cigarettes and cellphones). Aristocrats in fur-lined velvet cloaks stroll alongside peasants in plain tunics leading donkeys, jugglers perform, and vendors hawk meat pies.
Article Title: Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Festival Name: Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Festival Country: Thailand
Festival Type(s): Bizarre, Cultural, Religious
Deafening fireworks, raucous drums, colorful flags, floats and flowers, the pungent smell of Chinese herbs, and a procession of trance-induced young men and women, bodies and faces punctured by objects as diverse and bizarre as swords, mechanical tools or plant life...welcome to Phuket's Vegetarian Festival!
Article Title: Lulworth Castle Medieval Festival
Festival Name: Lulworth Castle Medieval Festival
Festival Country: England
Festival Type(s): Medieval, Historical
Lulworth Castle is a gem though, with round towers at each corner, every child's picturebook vision, and the Festival was arranged to take full advantage of this with the Arena right in front of the main entrance. I had rented a holiday cottage in the village for the weekend, and arrived on the Friday afternoon.
Article Title: America's Farm Aid
Festival Name: Farm Aid
Festival Country: USA
Festival Type(s): Charity, Music - Country, Music - Rock
If you like your rock with an American accent, a country twang or a bluesy rhythm, Farm Aid may just be the gig for you. What began in 1985 as yet another in a long line of the era's aid concerts has not only endured but grown to become a rural American institution. Now into its third decade and with the likes of Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews advocating the event and playing to crowds in the tens of thousands year in year out, Farm Aid's future all seems pretty rosy.
Article Title: Viva Mexico! Viva!
Festival Name: Fiestas Patrias - Independence Day in Mexico
Festival Country: Mexico
Festival Type(s): National, Historical, Party
It's September 15, but it looks more like Christmas on the Paseo de Reforma, all decked out in red, green and white banners and flags as Mexico City readies itself for Fiestas Patrias, Independence Day, the biggest fiesta of the year.
Article Title: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Viewing and Moon Cakes
Festival Name: Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Festival
Festival Country: China
Festival Type(s): Lunar, Harvest, Natural Phenomenon
Some countries call it Harvest Festival; there is a Harvest moon. Others note the autumnal equinox as a sign of the changing seasons. Here in China, they call it the Mid-Autumn festival, celebrated during the full moon that falls between the mid-September and mid-October. On this night of the full moon, tradition says that you sit outdoors with your family throughout the night, admiring the moon, talking, and eating special sweet cakes called Moon Cakes.
Article Title: St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels
Festival Name: St. Michael's Carrots - The Feast of St. Michaels
Festival Country: Ireland
Festival Type(s): Religious, Traditional, Cultural
On the afternoon of the Sunday preceding Michaelmas, women and girls in the Hebrides gather St. Michael's wild carrots. But they don't just dig them up haphazardly - a very special ritual must be observed.
Article Title: Moon Over My Army
Festival Name: Full Moon Party
Festival Country: Japan
Festival Type(s): Lunar, Traditional, Cultural
A popular legend tells a very sad tale. It seems Gosamaru was the lord of the Village of Yamada in Yomitan. He built Zakimi Castle, took part in foreign trade and became very rich and powerful.
Festival Name: Great Canadian Beer Festival
Festival Country: Canada
Festival Type(s): Beer, Party
Okay, I know lederhosen becomes you and slapping those ample red thighs keeps the accordion player in synch, but pull up a barrel and take a breather. It's time you and I talked about beer.
Article Title: Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival - Kamchatka, Russia
Festival Name: Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival
Festival Country: Russia
Festival Type(s): Indigenous, Harvest, Traditional
Out on the tundra, eyes level with the humps of juniper and blueberry bushes, I crouched and surveyed the horizon. The violet, burnt orange, purple, and brick red rolled in waves to the fading blue sky. Sunset on the far eastern reaches of Siberia.
Festivals in September - 48 Snippets
Festival Name
Festival Country
Thailand
USA
Belize
USA
Ireland
USA
Ireland
USA
France
USA
Spain
USA
India
Canada
USA
USA
USA
England
USA
Festivals in September - 36 Photo Galleries
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Festival Country
Australia
Australia
Belgium
England
Australia
Australia
Belgium
Belgium
Taiwan
Germany
England
Thailand
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Singapore
Germany
USA
Australia
Canada
Poland
Festivals in September - 22 Videos
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Festival Country
Finland
England
USA
Iraq
Austria
Niger
England
Spain
Scotland
USA
Colombia
Festivals in September - 150 Websites
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Iceland
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Poland
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