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In the plethora of summer, Katerina visits a music festival which is also a liberation in the new Serbia, while Dejan remembers what those bands were doing in the 1990s; Harry takes us to an international theatre festival in the castle where German democracy has its roots; and Matt to the forests and lakes of Portugal, to dance for six kilometres a day. Meanwhile, Caspar, Peter and Rosemary investigate music fests in the UK: Europe's biggest street festival - the Notting Hill Carnival; Glastonbury at thirty; and the mingling of professionals and amateurs in Devon's singing revolution.
Tuesday 24th September

Glastonbury Festival 2002: the year of the metal fence

Peter Wiggins, 24 September 2002
Glastonbury has been a magnetic summer gathering-place for music fans and cosmonauts of inner space for 30 years. Will its free spirit survive enclosure?
Tuesday 17th September

Six days in the sun-baked forests: BOOM Festival 2002

Matt Brown, 17 September 2002
How well do you know yourself, or what happens if you dance for six kilometres a day? You are invited to find out.
Tuesday 3rd September

Notting Hill walkabout

Caspar Melville, 3 September 2002
Stroll, swagger and boogie (red stripe can in hand) through the streets of West London and the highlights of Europe’s biggest street festival.

A carnival history

Caspar Melville, 3 September 2002
London’s Notting Hill Carnival has come a long way since the 1950s. Caspar Melville charts the history of the music, the traditions and, crucially, the conflict that has made the event a vital part of British multiculture.
Wednesday 28th August

The singing revolution: International Music Festival, Dartington

Rosemary Bechler, 28 August 2002
The Dartington festival in England’s west country has since 1947 brought together amateur and professional musicians in creative mingling. This year, the ‘infinite riches in a little room’ contained an especially suggestive magic – and it wasn’t just the lemon meringue pie.
Wednesday 21st August

The plethora of summer: the International Theatre Festival, Hambach

Harry Bauer, 21 August 2002
Harry Bauer’s native region of Palatine in south-western Germany is the home not just of endless chestnut woods, small picturesque villages, and old vineyards lined with avenues of walnut, fig and almond trees – but of the annual International Theatre Festival – held every year in its historic castle, the ‘Hambacher Schloss’, where German democracy has its roots.
Tuesday 6th August

Ex-Yu rock

Dejan Djokic, 6 August 2002
Rock music remained a vibrant and pan-Yugoslav force even up to the country’s fragmentation in the 1990s. To remember the idols and trends of those decades is not just an act of affection, but a reminder of the bonding and healing power of music.
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