If the latter half of the 2010s was marked by a flurry of food, music, and culture festivals blurring into a constant coming together of people, the first half of 2020 has blurred into a […]
Almost half a million people logged on to watch stars like Sandi Toksvig, Tori Amos and Stephen Fry at the first online Hay Festival. The 33rd edition of the literary event was free and broadcast […]
A foreign language film about the social divide in South Korea wouldn’t normally scream box office hit. But after Bong Joon-ho’s film Parasite won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last May, it […]
London: The London Indian Film Festival (LIFF) has taken its Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition online as part of a hybrid solution for the annual festival as cinemas remain closed during the coronavirus lockdown. LIFF, […]
New Delhi: Ever been to the opera? With award winning world premieres and international audiences, opera company Opera Philadelphia had its 2019-20 season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now extending its […]
Myanmar will release almost 25,000 prisoners in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, the president’s office has announced. President Win Myint said on Friday that 24,896 people jailed across the country, including 87 foreigners, […]
The Coronavirus crippled the entertainment scene around the planet. From sporting events to concerts to festivals, events scheduled to highlight the spring and summer are delayed or canceled. Their fans are forced to look ahead […]
A parent reading to his son at the Hay literature festival in 2015. Photograph: Keith Morris/Hay fotos/Alamy Stock Photo The future of the Hay literature festival is in doubt following the cancellation of this year’s […]
Parkway Drive performing at Sonic Temple 2019 KEITH KOENIG As one of the largest independent music festival producer in America, Danny Wimmer Presents has 2020 set as its most ambitious festival season yet. The festival […]
A music festival in the Pakistani capital Islamabad had to be halted after hundreds of fake-ticket holders stormed the venue, organisers said. Solis Festival said people had broken through barricades after being denied entry to […]