Festivals 2015, which represent a synonym for creativity and art

Exciting, almost unimaginable, right? To find ourselves at the center of the shades of all kinds of colors spilling through the air at a music festival, and to celebrate the custom of a distant and completely unknown culture. It's almost unbelievable, but all this is happening on our wonderful planet, which we can now take care of even at somewhat unusual, hill-rising festivals. Therefore, if we unfold the festival map and take a closer look, we will also find a few pins that, in the flood of megalomaniacal festival masses, also mark lesser-known pearls, which are increasingly becoming synonymous with creativity, art and difference, and on top of that, they are extremely grateful to the environment .

Earth in the embrace of festival joys
It happens every year during the summer solstice in Reykjavik, Iceland Secret Solstice, the only festival where we can say goodbye to normal life for three days and indulge in festival joys only in daylight. Med June 19 and 21 this year, when Secret Solstice opens its doors, the sun will not set, so it will be in the company of musicians such as Wu-Tang, The Wailers, Foreign Beggars, FKA Twigs, Kelis, Ham and Tale of Us, this truly special experience on Earth. And since we care more and more about our planet, one of the more interesting and unusual festivals could also be the festival in Paris, whose name says it all - We Love Green 2015. Adapted from the desire to promote sustainability and endurance, the We Love Green event, where everything revolves around nature, has grown into an environmentally friendly, eco-festival. This is constantly pushing the boundaries in the organization of such events and the art industry, so at the festival we can enjoy a variety of music concerts, films on the theme of environmental protection, outdoor parties, taste organic food, buy local products and socialize at events aimed at visitors of all ages. age and all family members. They will be surrounded by charming gardens and mystical waterfalls May 30 and 31 performed at the festival Christine and The Queens, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, Ratatata, Nicholas Jaar with a DJ set, Django Djangoo and many others.

Extreme sports + top musicians = guaranteed festival adrenaline
Because we jumped too quickly from Iceland to France with our finger on the map, we skipped Great Britain, where it is home Nass Festival. Saturated with extreme sports competitions and superb music Nass Festival 2015 promises a wild weekend of BMX riding, skateboarding, skating and other sports accompanied by music from great DJs and bands. In Somerset, which will be between July 10 and 12 became the center of sports frenzy with the right fuel - adrenaline, that's how, among other things, they come Enter Shikari, Rebel Sound, Public Enemy, Less Than Jake, Ron Size, Sigma and Wilkinson, that hearts will drop from fear and extreme acrobatics, and professional skaters, such as Danny Leon, Ross McGouran, Sam Pulley and Daniel Sandoval, Logan Martin, Jack Watts and others on BMX bikes.

Multicultural creativity for real 'flow' and resonant 'boom'
If we wave it from the island towards the north, new festival horizons open up, which also bring the customs of Indian culture to Europe. The spring festival of colors or love, as it is called, entered the world from India, which originates from an ancient Hindu religious festival. It is from Nepal Holi Fusion Festival spread to the cities of North America and Europe. June 27 Nijmegen in the Netherlands, for example, will come alive with selected electronic music in a wide variety of colors that visitors can throw in the air and thus blend in with Indian culture, music and dance, but if the Netherlands seems too far away, the festival will overflow with colors also cities in Italy, Estonia, France, Spain and Lithuania.

It is also expanding outside its borders this year for the first time Flow Festival, which will be in his native Helsinki between August 14 and 16 took to the sky both legendary "old school" music performers as well as increasingly desirable newcomers. The first edition, designed as a series of underground events, was held in 2004, and in recent years more than 60,000 people have visited it annually over three days. Imbued with music Flow Festival it offers a warm embrace to popular culture, experimental art and a wide selection of tempting world cuisine, so it's no wonder that we welcomed it here with open arms. Our capital will have the honor of hosting it between June 26 and 28, when more than 30 local and foreign musicians will spread their wings at Tobačna in three venues, among them Metronomy, Pet Shop Boys, Roisin Murphy, Jose Gonzales, Run The Jewels, A bonobo with DJ ser and Caribou.

From experimental art to applied art. One of the most celebrated so-called transformation festivals is the Portuguese one Boom Festival, which will not be possible to experience this year, as it is a festival that takes place every two years. It began its journey as a festival of psychedelic and trance music in 1997, and today, in addition to music, it also emphasizes self-care, which it interweaves with art and culture. As a visitor, we are part of a community that takes care of itself – in the toilets, for example, we do not use chemical products, we maintain ourselves with the help of wind and solar energy, we recycle and the like.

Resounding giants beyond the oceans

In 1998, they also had a green vision in mind in British Columbia, Canada, where 500 people gathered to support local art and music with entertainment. Visitors after almost 20 years at the festival Shambhala Music Festival thus, they are not only attracted by musical names that provide an electrified atmosphere, but also by efforts for the common good. For outstanding works of art. For the environment. For healthy, locally produced food. Shambhala every year, this year between August 7 and 10, spread over two square kilometers of Salmo River Ranch, which is also home to cows, horses, dogs, pigs, chickens and miniature donkeys. Six themed stages, on which they will perform this year, give it a unique stamp A.Skillz, AC Slater, Camo & Crooked, DJ Zinc, Coppermat and Zombie.

A good three weeks later, however, in the federal state Nevada starting big Burning Man. Across the pond, 11 years before the Boom Festival, an annual event began on the summer solstice Burning Man. Then some friends on the beach in San Francisco set fire to an almost three-meter-tall wooden man and a slightly smaller dog. Burning Man has since grown, moved to the northern Nevada desert, and in April 2011 turned into a project Burning Man Project, backed by a non-profit organization. Today, Burning Man, as the documentary of the same name presents us, is a community of thousands of participating people, and art is an absolutely unavoidable part of the temporary Black Rock metropolis. The festival, the theme of which is determined every year by the founder of the project Larry Harvey, starts every year on the last Monday in August and ends a week later, on the first Monday in September. This year's theme: mirrors, masks, mazes and fusion.

A mixture of the amazing and the insatiable, the attractive and the different. This is what the festivals are famous for, which undoubtedly provide an experience that will be remembered forever. It's just hard to decide where to get such an amazing life experience, isn't it?

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Boom Festival
In 2001, the Boom festival in Portugal won the YOUROPE Green 'N' Clean award for the greenest and cleanest festival of the year for the second year in a row.
Burning Man
The burning wooden man initially measured 'only' 2.4 meters, but by 2014 he had grown by almost 30 meters. He therefore measured 32 meters in height. Will he climb again this year?
Holi Fusion Festival
The Holi celebration begins with the burning of Holika, the devil in Hindu traditions, so it means celebrating his death. In the morning, a carnival of all colors opens, which people shake with dry powder or pour colored water with water guns or balloons.
Flow Festival
After 11 years since its first edition in Helsinki, Flow Festival will cross its borders for the first time. He will live in Ljubljana near Tobačna. While at least 30 musical artists will perform here, more than 150 of them stood on Finnish stages in 2013, including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Kanye West, Lily Allen, The Black Keys and Kraftwerk.