What is your favorite local festival or event?
Hello Everyone,
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I work in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Right now everyone is getting ready for Oktoberfest and if I'm right, I believe Kitchener has the largest Oktoberfest celebration outside of Germany.
My question to everyone is... What is your favorite local festival or event that happens year year? I'm talking about the things you look forward to participating in each year so you start planning for them well in advance!
Now, I really enjoy Oktoberfest and I'm really looking forward to taking part in some of the festivities this weekend and all next week. But, I enjoy Ribfest just a little be more only because Back Ribs are my Kryptonite. Also, our local Ribfest is also a Craft Beer festival as well!
Show me all of your wonderful food, drinks and activities!
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My favorite is Atlassian Summit ;)
Work conferences aside, my family and I attend QuakeCon every year in Dallas, and I have been attending consecutively since 2002. QuakeCon is a huge event were ~3000 people bring their full gaming desktops and setup for 4 days of non-stop 24/7 gaming action at North America's largest LAN Party.
The experience of being in the BYOC hearing all of the shouting and excitement is very similar to the "energy" that you feel going into the Vendor hall at Summit when it first opens, plus you get to check out cool vendors, upcoming games and hardware releases, and watch some cool professional e-sports tourneys.
Oh, there are so many for me. The main one is Austin's Dia de Los Muertos parade! Hands down. It's a part of my culture and want my daughters to continue to understand and appreciate the richness of the celebration. Plus, they dress up and have a lot of fun every time we go. It becomes a larger event every single year, and really brings so many people together. This year we are doing our first ofrenda (means offering in Spanish, but used as an altar to celebrate your loved ones who have passed).
As you can tell my youngest wasn't very happy with taking a photo...
Also, here's an example of an "ofrenda" at the local Mexican American museum that hosts the parade (a very detailed and immaculate version)...
Great post @Jimmy Seddon ! I love Fall Flavours Feed Your Soul and all of the signature festivals, including the PEI Shellfish Festival! Most involve seafood! :)
My favorite must be the 1024 Geek Cultural Festival held at the company on October 24th every year.
This is a festival for dedicated technicians, programmers, test engineers, UI designers, product managers, and more.There are still 12 days, we will usher in the 2019 Geek Cultural Festival！
It is not long until the Melbourne Cup Carnival. It is not uncommon for this to be a workplace social event in New Zealand where people pay $2 for a horse drawn out of the hat, dressing up, and having nibbles and drinks while watching the race at 5pm local time.
I have a personal tradition of dressing up and wearing a fascinator or sun-hat to work on the first Tuesday of every November whether anything is organised at work and even if (especially if) no-one at work is acknowledge the race day/
![Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]](https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5a9d81984d8ce72a74a3825c/be7fb72b-1f6e-41b6-a92f-31bd639b7ca7/128 "Jack Nolddor [Sweet Bananas]"){kind=avatar}
Mine is 'La Tomatina' here is Spain
Unlike a majority of Spanish fiestas, the famous tomato throwing festival has neither a religious or political slant. And, while stories of how it all began do vary, it is widely agreed that the first iteration of the event took place in the 1940s.
One of the most common versions understands that an impromptu food fight broke out between a group of teenagers in the town’s main square. The ammunition: tomatoes from salads. They enjoyed flinging their food around so much that the following year they returned to relive the experience, this time bringing their own tomatoes.
Have you guys ever tried a food fight? 🍅 🍅 🍅
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@Davin Studer - Yes! My wife comes from a farming family so we usually end up going to one or more of the fairs that one of our family members is showing/competing in, this year our niece was showing one of the younger calves as a part of 4H.
In Portland, Oregon we have "Sunday Parkways" events in neighborhoods around the city where 5 to 10 mile routes are closed to car traffic, and people can walk, ride bikes, roller skate, skateboard, or dance in the streets.
There are lots of fun events along the way, with food, music, and kid's activities. My family loves participating because it's a great opportunity to see different parts of the city at a slower pace, fun to ride on streets that are usually filled with fast-moving car traffic, and fun to see all the decorated bikes!
One week later I'm joining the game! Can't miss a topic from @Jimmy Seddon ♡
And yep, sorry to disappoint but I don't have any festivals or yearly events which I find curious to participate in Sofia :(
I'm so dull that the one thing that can grab my interest is some sports activity or natural causes like planting trees or cleaning the mountains.
Here I am, with my favorite shovel. :D
I have two must attend festivals.
First one - Vrbovské vetry is a small festival in small town Vrbové. This festival is fdsdsfull of great music and silly sport disciplines such as rocking horse race or Formula Zero.
The other festival - Pohoda is a small tradition for me and nowadays also for my family. I attended this festival for straight 13 years. After small pause I've started to attending it with my whole family. This year was my 15th. It's nice opportunity to meet old friend with their families at place that we love. And more than 100 music bands are just a bonus. We love this festival so much that we always buy ticket for next year in first day of this year festival.
I went to Keltfest and Castlefest for the first time this year. They are annual festivals held here in the Netherlands. They're a sort of blend between a music festival and a Renaissance fair. Keltfest has a focus on Celtic culture, and Castlefest is more mainstream fantasy. Amazing costumes and cosplays! Plus just a great chill atmosphere overall. Immediately became my favourite event and I'm definitely going every year now!! :D
![Castlefest 2014 [Kasteel Keukenhof] - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HrVV7g6lU7c/maxresdefault.jpg)
Castlefest also has a pagan ritual every year: The Wicker. It is a symbolic offering to end the year with, people can place mementos inside that are symbolic of the past year. In the evening it it ritually burned.
Late to the game on this one - my favorite local festival is Beer Dabbler.
Nothing screams "I'm Minnesotan" more than booze, food and snow in the middle of winter!
We've gone 4 years in a row now - and the weather has been different every time. One year it was in the 50's and the year pictured was the coldest (and snowiest).
I recently attended the 42nd annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC. The stars of the festival are little caterpillars called woolly worms that race up lengths of string! The ultimate winner is the one used to predict the upcoming winter (akin to the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil), and his human gets a nice cash prize. The races were a hoot, and there were lots of talented craft vendors who were a pleasure to visit with. And, being in the mountains this time of year is always a treat!
"What is your favourite local festival or event?"
My favourite one is PONGAL Festival:
Pongal is also referred to as Thai Pongal, is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival of South India, particularly in the Tamil community. It is observed at the start of the month Tai according to Tamil solar calendar. It is a three-day Festival
Day 1: Cooking Pongal with Friends and family
Day 2: The second day is dedicated to honour or celebrate the animals and pets. Below is a Game "Jallikatu" played with bulls ( A Dangerous sports).
Day 3: Going out with Family and Friends on a one day vacation and having fun
- Sri
