The News Review:
- Strawberry Festival has a knack for booking top music
- A festival of their own
- Festival Highlights
- Get your February fill of fantastic fun festivals
- German festival goes on hiatus
- South Africa: Limpopo’s Marula Festival Kicks ff Friday
Strawberry Festival has a knack for booking top music
St. Petersburg Times – Feb 28, 2008
''By Susan Thurston Times Staff WriterPublished February 28 2008 PLANT CITY – Twenty-two shows in 11 days. It's no simple task unless of course you're Joe Newsome and his crew of concert planners. Newsome is the guy in charge of finding the nation's top country music stars to perform at the Florida Strawberry Festival. It's a job full of obstacles and expectations.
A festival of their own
Jerusalem Post – Feb 28, 2008
” Such was Virgina Wolf’s famous recommendation in her 1928 essay “A Room of ne’s wn. ” It’s advice held in high esteem by Rivi Feldmesser-Yaron artistic director of the Holon Women’s Festival running Tuesday through Saturday in conjunction with International Women’s Day March 8.
Festival Highlights
New York Times – Feb 29, 2008
css); Festival Highlights – New York Times. Prices run from $10 to $25 for the opening gala and the awards ceremony. Information and tickets: (212) 349-0330 gkids.
Get your February fill of fantastic fun festivals
Seattle Times – Feb 28, 2008
Get your February fill of fantastic fun festivals There are two festivals coming up you should know about — the Seattle Improvised Music Festival and the Portland Jazz Festival. Even though it doesn’t.
German festival goes on hiatus
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Feb 29, 2008
LUIS — Prepare for a summer with a little less oom-pah-pah. Strassenfest is taking the year off. Thinning crowds and a tight budget have forced the annual German heritage celebration — a St. Louis tradition for the better part of 35 years — to take a "hiatus" organizers said Thursday. "Strassenfest was a money-loser last year and the year before" said Pete Littlefield who sits on the festival’s board.
South Africa: Limpopo’s Marula Festival Kicks ff Friday
AllAfrica.com – Feb 28, 2008
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );The three-day day festival is one of the biggest events on the local calendar. "We are pleased to learn that almost all the accommodation facilities in Phalaborwa are fully booked and have been inundated with enquiries from tourists across the province and beyond who want to participate in this important show" said Masoga Lehlogonolo spokesperson for Limpopo’s department of economic development environment and tourism on Thursday. ne of the main attractions of the festival will be marula beer tasting. The beer is supplied by eight local brewers from Phalaborwa who have been asked to provide 8 000 litres of beer for the festival.