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He said that rather than the usual open air stage in a muddy field, the Henley Festival was "a little village" with enclosures inherited from the regatta the previous week.
BBC: Why does Henley-on-Thames do festivals so well?
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Outside of festival times, the quiet village offers a dose of understated Algarvian charm: sun-baked white houses feature Moorish design details, such as coloured bars around the doorways, while the petite central square is flanked by a lovely 16th-century church and a tiny cafe selling delicious homemade pastries, cakes and ice cream.
BBC: The other side of the Algarve
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And if you are in Dublin in mid-August, you can celebrate the city's feisty Viking history at the Dublin Viking Festival, where a Viking craft village is the central attraction.
BBC: Dublin's Viking heritage
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As well as enjoying the music acts playing over the two days, festival goers will be able to take part in activities at the specially created Community Village which will host music workshops and locally sourced festival food and trade stalls.
BBC: Tiree Music Festival
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More than 400 treasure hunters have descended on an East Yorkshire village for a weekend metal detecting festival.
BBC: Metal detector
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Motorists have been told to expect delays as thousands of rock fans descend on a Leicestershire village for this year's Download Festival.
BBC: Download Festival: Motorists warned over delays
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Volunteers were out on the village-side lake the weekend before the festival, cutting out big ice blocks.
WSJ: NY inmates help build ice palace in Adirondacks
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He has installed sculptures around the village and every July sponsors an opera and theatre festival in the old quarries next to the castle.
BBC: Where the Marquis de Sade and Pierre Cardin meet
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The Festival took place in Victoria Hall, a grade II listed building in the heart of Saltaire Village.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO - Drunk on success: Saltaire World Heritage Site showcases its award-winning beer at Bradford Beer Festival
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It is a well-known secret among the locals that January's Sundance Film Festival is the best time to hit the slopes - all of Hollywood is down in the village schmoozing and the trails are deserted.
BBC: Living in: Ski resort towns
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Other awards collected by the series so far include URTI's Bronze medal for "Village Nomade" (Niger) and the Golden Award of the Aljazeera Documentary film festival for "The Place I call home" (Egypt).
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