On festival days, Piazza del Campo becomes a racetrack, with a ring of packed dirt around its perimeter.
Less so was the jury's final award, the Golden Palm, which went to a fine and stealthy film that crept up on festival-goers on the very last day.
On festival days, volunteers will prepare more than 30, 000 meals.
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The festival's Mardi Gras takes place on 20 July with the Edinburgh Festival Carnival on 21 July.
He recorded three albums for the label and opened for Miles Davis on a festival tour.
He had been in hospital but passed away on 10 January, a statement on the festival's website said.
The American actress Robin Wright Penn, who also sat on the festival jury, laughed off rumors that the decision was hotly disputed.
The Boomtown Rats are joined on the festival's line-up by their contemporaries Blondie, along with more up-and-coming acts like Jake Bugg and Emeli Sande.
"It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012, " reads a statement on the festival's website.
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Jacob said in a statement posted on the festival's website Thursday.
Some of the films, like Linklater's "Before Midnight" and Green's "Prince Avalanche, " will be continuing on the festival circuit after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
China Central Television says Beijing's smog reached its highest level on Lantern Festival yesterday as residents set off fireworks to mark the final day of Chinese New Year.
He said the addition of an asterisk would mean no results would be returned on the festival website if a search was conducted using the show's original title.
The weather has a big impact on the festival, whether it is a mudbath or dustbowl - and Worthy Farm's rooks have given Mr Eavis hope for this year's outlook.
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This was the third year volunteers put on a festival in Enniskillen and they said that despite the tough economic times, they had been overwhelmed by the support of local businesses.
On the festival grounds, the company set up tent along the mighty Mississippi in the ribs section, and then set to work luring visitors in out of the heat with free samples of wine.
In addition to the cars that will race over 24 hours in different groups divided by eras, international car clubs will display some 8, 000 classic cars around the grounds, which take on a festival atmosphere.
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The rock emphasis of the final day is a nod to Reading's past in the late 1970s and 1980s - when bands like Uriah Heep, Whitesnake and Iron Maiden could be found on the festival's stages.
Other films have already been seen on the festival circuit at Sundance, Cannes, Venice and Toronto - such as Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Amour, Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt and Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
While Vieux Farka Toure takes his band on the festival circuit in London, British guitarist Justin Adams takes time out from his gig with Robert Plant to rock out with Juldeh Camara, a traditional Fulani musician from the Gambia.
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But Ms. Delpy and her collaborators, actor-writer Ethan Hawke and writer-director Richard Linklater, would go on to create "Before Sunset" (2004) and "Before Midnight, " which opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles after an enthusiastic reception on the festival circuit.
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His first big win came in the 1994 Hennessy Gold Cup on One Man before a victory on his first outing at the Cheltenham Festival on Dizzy in the County Hurdle.
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The Foo Fighters, now in their eleventh year, will take to the stage on 10 June and Coldplay will close the festival on 11 June.
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The city's annual summer festivals are not limited solely to the Bare Buns Run, and include Pride Week (early August), western Canada's largest gay pride parade, MusicFest Vancouver (two weeks early August), an international music festival that hosts a free city-centre outdoor stage, and the Bard on the Beach festival (June-September), which sees the work of Shakespeare performed beside the water in a cheerful series of red-and-white circus tents.
Mayor Jack McCrady encouraged people to attend the festival on Sunday, its final day.
Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby, will open the festival on 15 May.
It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday and will air July 9.
Finnish tourist Heikki Turunen said he had come across the festival on the internet.
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In 2007, the four musicians met on the summer festival circuit and hit it off immediately.
Some films and filmmakers emerge from the festival on a fast track to big things.
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