Various venues, W11, Sun, Mon, thenottinghillcarnival.com IA Forest Of Galtres Festival, York, Saturday, Sunday Jousting, real ales and a Dragon Ball are all part of the fun at this medieval themed festival.
(Brantley)20110624 Off Off Broadway The Comic Book Theater Festival The latest themed festival at the Brick Theater includes everything from goofy superhero capers (one of them performed in a van parked nearby) to spoken-word performance to graphic-novel-style pathos to one-night-only events along the lines of "Nerdlesque".
But while Burning Man founder Larry Harvey recently told me that the reason so few of us are here is because "black folks don't like to camp as much as white folks", the 20-odd black burners (plus one Chicano and one Latina) I interviewed during this year's Carnival of Mirrors-themed festival had a more nuanced take.
An annual memorial walk around Canvey for Dr Feelgood's much-missed frontman Lee Brilleaux has taken place for the last 21 years, and a Depeche Mode-themed festival, including a bus tour of the childhood homes of the band members, is now in its fifth year in Basildon.
Each year Vulcan's Trek-themed festival, Spock Days brings thousands of people to the community.
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Of course some festival-goers curate their fringe-going to create their own personally themed festivals.
I agree that themed festivals are sometimes marketing ploys, but on the other hand, I don't blame organizers.
Other festivals include PrideFest, the Great Circus Parade, Bastille Days, Festa Italiana, German Fest, Polish Fest and a number of other ethnically themed festivals celebrating Greek, African, Arab, Irish and Mexican cultures.
