The performer and his troupe of trained house cats entertain regularly at Sunset Celebration, a nightly arts festival at Mallory Square Dock.

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The Rolling Stone received perhaps the most sustained standing ovation of the night as he joined his old pal toward the end of Crossroads, a two-night concert festival at Madison Square Garden that brought together a dazzling array of guitar masters, from John Mayer to Jeff Beck to legends like Buddy Guy, and of course, Clapton and Richards.

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Held in the city's Charlotte Square Gardens, the festival will feature 800 writers and 750 events.

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While the site of the festival has grown exponentially and moved to the New Orleans Fairgrounds, Congo Square and Stage is still geographically positioned in the center of the festival, further instilling that first festival decision.

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There is a gigantic 'Welcome to Moscow' banner at the airport, there are Champions League adverts all over town and Red Square has been transformed into a Uefa Champions Festival, with all manner of activities planned leading up to the game.

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The event, in a drizzly Leicester Square, marked the close of the BFI London Film Festival.

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It was decided from the beginning that the festival would be centered at an area of the park called Congo Square.

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After lunch, walk off the slices around the New Haven Green, built in 1638 as a central square for early puritan colonists and used today as a park and festival grounds.

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Actor David Morrissey, whose directorial debut Don't Worry About Me will be showcased at the festival, said he felt a "surge of emotion" as his name was projected on the Odeon Leicester Square's screen.

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