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List Of Festivals In South America
This is a list of festivals in South America. Sovereign states Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia *List of festivals in Colombia **List of festivals in La Guajira (region) *Carnival in Colombia Ecuador *Fiestas de Quito *Pachamama Raymi *Quito Fest (music) *Toro de fuego *Mama Negra Guyana *Mashramani (music) *Caribbean Festival of Arts Paraguay *Maquinaria festival (music) *Paraguay Bicentennial *Reggae Fest (music) *Ypacaraí Festival Peru Suriname *Caribbean Festival of Arts Uruguay *Public holidays in Uruguay Venezuela *Paz Sin Fronteras (music) Dependencies and other territories Falkland Islands *Culture of the Falkland Islands French Guiana *Carnival in French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands See also *List of festivals *List of film festivals *List of music festivals *:Lists of festivals in South America References External links

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Argentina Bicentennial
The Argentina Bicentennial () was a series of ceremonies, festivals, and observances celebrated on May 25, 2010, and throughout the year. They commemorated the 200th anniversary of the May Revolution, a sequence of historical events that led to the Viceroy#In the Americas, Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros being ousted from office and replaced with the Primera Junta, the first national government. Bicentennial celebrations began on Friday, May 21 in Buenos Aires, with millions of people in attendance, making them the biggest outdoor festivities Argentina had seen since it celebrated its return to democratic rule after seven years of military dictatorship in 1983. Background and leading events Celebrations for the bicentennial started early in 2010 and continued through the year. These events were not related solely to the May Revolution, but also to many factors pertaining to the history of Argentina, history and culture of Argentina. It started on January 20 with the Cosquín ...
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Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre
Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (BARS) is an international film festival devoted to the genres of science fiction, horror and fantasy. It began in 2000 with a focus on independent films in those genres, and since 2004 in the form of a competitive festival. Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre is well attended with over 200 films shown and 12,000 public and industry admissions each year. BARS is declared of national interest by the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts, sponsored by the Film Museum of the City of Buenos Aires and declared of cultural interest by the legislature of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Editions Since edition nr5, the festival has given out awards to short and feature films. BARS 2004 INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SECTION * Best Feature Film: The Last Horror Movie (UK) by Julian Richards. * Best Feature Director: Greg Pak for Robot Stories (USA). * Best Feature Screenplay: Greg Pak for Robot Stories (USA). * Best Actor in a Feature Film: Kevin Howarth for The ...
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Semana Musical Llao Llao
Semana Musical Llao Llao is a classical music festival in Argentina. The festival was created in 1993 and is held at the Llao Llao Hotel, near Bariloche. The Festival breaks through the Argentine tradition, and brings classical music to the foothills of the Andes. The festival is held yearly in October. Past Performers *Martha Argerich *Yousuko Horigome *la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional *Luis Ascot *Tommy Tichauer *Guelfo Nally *University of La Plata Quartet *Alejandro Drago *Rafael Gintoli *Paula Peluso *Eduardo Hubert *São Paulo Quartet *Tartini Chord Quartet * Akiko Ebi *Ástor Piazzolla Foundation Quintet See also *List of classical music festivals in South America *List of music festivals in Argentina A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ... External links *Seman ...
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SAMC
SAMC (South American Music Conference) is an electronic dance music festival held annually in Buenos Aires since 2004, carried out in the estate of Costa Salguero Center. It is one of the most important music festivals of South America, with the performances of globally recognized artists. 2004 (December 11) *ROOM 1 (ONE). HOUSE. 16:00 Martin Huergo / 16:30 Luis Calleri / 17:15 Vich & Berger / 17:45 Elio Riso / 18:45 Danny Rampling / 19:45 Bad Boy Bill / 21:30 DJ Dan / 23:00 Smoking Jo / 00:30 Pete Tong / 02:30 John Acquaviva / 04:00 Green Velvet. *ROOM 2 & 3. PROGRESSIVE / TRANCE. 16:00 Jose Luis Gabin / 16:30 Mauro Lucciarini / 17:15 Aldo Haydar / 17:45 Berhuoz / 19:45 Lucien Foort / 20:45 The Union / 21:30 Way Out West / 22:30 Javier Bussola / 23:15 Tall Paul / 00:45 Nick Warren / 02:30 Judge Jules / 04:00 Ferry Corsten. *ROOM 4. TECH HOUSE. 16:00 Maysa-Carpio / 16:30 Tony Mass / 17:00 Tommy Jacobs / 17:30 Mar T / 18:00 Dr. Trincado / 18:45 Evil Eddie Richards / 2 ...
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Personal Fest
Personal Fest was an Argentine music festival, held annually in Buenos Aires since 2004. It was named after its main sponsor, Personal. Six stages were set up at Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires. More than 55,000 persons attended in 200


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Pepsi Music Festival
The Pepsi Music Festival was a major Argentine music festival, held annually since 2003. Since 2005, it has been named after its main sponsor, Pepsi; before it was named after its previous sponsor, Quilmes, and it was known as " Quilmes Rock". It was held in several places in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ..., including the Ferro Stadium and River Plate Stadium. Since 2005, it has been held at Obras Stadium. It is the largest and longest music festival in the country, with more than 200,000 people attending in 2006, over 10 days. The most important national rock singers and groups participated of the festival, along with some of the most notable international rock stars. Annual festivals and musical acts References {{reflist Rock festivals in ...
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Moonpark
Moonpark is an Argentine music festival, held three times annually since 2003. It is held in the Northeast of Buenos Aires city.Moonpark
It is considered one of the most important dance and electronic music festivals in the country. Some of the acts performed during its last editions included , John Digweed, Sasha, Hernán Cattáneo, Satoshi Tomiie,
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Guitar Experience Festival
The Guitar Experience Festival is the major electric guitar´s exhibition in Argentina. Overview In 2009, Maycown Reichembach - a professional guitarist who shares stage with international musicians such as Greg Howe, Stu Hamm, Kiko Loureiro among others - decided to create the local Guitar Festival and called it ''Guitar Experience Festival'', an Argentine electric guitar´s tribute. He is also the Producer and Participant of the next editions. Sometimes, guitarists Fernando Pareta and Pat Tomaselli also cooperated with Reichembach in the organization. The festival focuses on three or four shows per night playing instrumental themes: a showcase and a fellows´ meeting point for guitarists and virtuous performances for guitar´s fans. The exhibition takes place once a year, in Buenos Aires. Not local guitar players are invited but also Latin American colleagues coming from Chile and Brazil. Other professional musicians are included as guest appearances. This international multi ...
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Creamfields BA
Creamfields Buenos Aires is an annual electronic music music festival, festival hosted in Buenos Aires featuring DJs recognized in the worldwide electronic scene. It has seen more attendees compared to other Creamfields events in Latin America with almost 70,000 people attending its sixth edition. Creamfields BA was the first Creamfields festival to be organised outside of Cream (nightclub), Cream's hometown of Liverpool, but the move to Buenos Aires was seen as a risky one as it coincided with Argentina fell into Argentine economic crisis (1999–2002), the worst economic crisis in its history. Thus, it was uncertain how an event of such magnitude would be profitable in a country with severe economic problems. Creamfields Buenos Aires is organised annually by the promoter 2NET, that also hosts other several other electronic music events in Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata and Punta del Este. Creamfields Buenos Aires 2001 18,000 people responded to the event's first invitations. Cr ...
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Cosquin Rock
''Cosquin may refer to a place * Cosquín, Córdoba, a small town in Argentina a festival * Cosquín Festival a river * Cosquín River a surname * Emmanuel Cosquin (1841 – 1919), French folklorist. {{disambiguation ...
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Cosquín Festival
The Cosquín Folk Festival is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America. It lasts nine days and takes place in the second half of January in the city of Cosquín, a scenic, Punilla Valley location in Córdoba Province. The tradition used to refer to ''nine moons of Cosquín.'' History The first festival was held in Cosquín between 21 and 29 January 1961. The initiative came from a group of city residents, led by Dr. Reinaldo Wisner and Dr. Alejandro Guinder, who decided to organize a folklore music and culture show during the summer holidays, in order to attract tourism. The presence of artists from around the country exceeded all expectations, and the festival became the largest annual folk event in the country, as well as one of the most important in Latin America. The Cosquín Festival unfolded into a ''boom of folklore music'' in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming the nation's best-known venue for the characteristic mus ...
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Buenos Aires Jazz Festival
The Buenos Aires Jazz Festival is a music festival first organized in its current form by the city government of Buenos Aires in 2002. The festival takes place in multiple venues, attracting around 36,000 spectators during each of its first few years and over 70,000 in 2012. Overview The Buenos Aires Jazz Festival was inspired, in part, by the after-dinner "café concerts" popular in large Argentine cities during the 1960s and '70s. This was followed by Carlos Inzillo's ''Jazzología'', which he first organized in September 1984 and remains the oldest continuously-running jazz festival in Argentina. Jazz festivals had been organized intermittently in Buenos Aires and a number of other Argentine cities, such as Rosario, La Plata and Avellaneda, during the 1990s. Defying conventional wisdom during the depths of a severe economic crisis, the city of Buenos Aires announced a Buenos Aires Jazz Festival in July 2002. This first event was held on August 6-20, and was free to the public. ...
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