The 32nd annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville will feature the work of a diverse array of 17 emerging and established playwrights, Marc Masterson, the company's artistic director announced today. The festival, slated for February 24 - March 30, is acclaimed worldwide as America's preeminent showcase of professional stage premieres.

Southbank Centre welcomes a host of top writers, poets, performers and children’s authors for its annual Imagine: Children’s Literature Festival.

Predicted rain will not dampen this year's Woodford Folk Festival in south-east Queensland, Australia, with more than 130,000 people expected at the six-day event, which begins today.

Ever since 1850, when P. T. Barnum helped to make Swedish soprano Jenny Lind a household name, America has been a vital destination for classical musicians. Some have come to advance their careers, others to escape political strife. All have contributed to the unparalleled richness of American concert life.

Atlanta Dogwood Festival - Celebration of Spring
Bring the family for a weekend of arts, music, food and entertainment!
April 4, 5 & 6, 2008
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA

To mark the centenary of Messiaen's birth, From the Canyons to the Stars is a major Southbank Centre celebration (2 February - 10 December) of this truly inspirational composer (1908 – 1992).

Multi – Grammy Award winning Brazilian guitar duo and Brothers Sergio and Odair Assad will perform two special concerts with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in November and December as part of the first Adelaide Guitar Festival and orchestra’s Master Series program.

Carrying on the legacy of the legendary gypsy guitarist, the Django Reinhardt Festival Band-featuring the talents of guitarist Dorado Schmitt, performs at the Napa Valley Opera House on Saturday, November 3 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35.

The Dadaists did it. Warhol did it. Artists from Negativland to Kanye West do it. Appropriation is an artistic practice in which a previously existing form, image, or sound is reused, resulting in a strangely familiar, yet altogether new creation.

The Walker Art Center presents Festival of Lies, a combination soukous party and contemporary dance performance by Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula and his ensemble, Les Studios Kabako, Thursday-Saturday, November 1–3, at the Cedar Cultural Center.

Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles L. Mee, a premiere from the 2006 Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville's internationally celebrated showcase of new stage work. The play is part of the highly regarded Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music, which features some of the world's most innovative artists working in music, theater and dance.

The Chandler Circle Fest is coming and I just cant wait, last years Chandler Circle Fest was one of the best but this years Chandler Circle Fest promises to be the best ever. In this years Chandler Circle Fest the traditional wine tasting will be earlier and they moved the pumpkin competition for the last day.