Top 1,000 Best High-End Awards, Int'l Events & Prizes

"Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." - Marcus Aurelius (Roman emperor, AD 121-180).

EVENTS can refer to types of gatherings such as: a ceremony, for example, a marriage; society-wide ceremonies may mark annual or seasonal or recurrent events; a sports competition; a convention; an award ceremony; a happening, a performance or situation meant to be considered as art; a festival, for example, a musical event; a media event, a happening that attracts coverage by mass media; a party; a sporting event.

• 10 great places to spend New Year's Eve - "Some of the details may change, but year in and year out, these destinations around the world have a well-deserved reputation for traditionally throwing a great New Year's Eve shindig."
• 10 Most Unforgettable Awards Show Mishaps of All Time - "There's almost nothing that lends itself to the opportunity for a very public mishap more than live TV. And during awards shows, that goes double."
• 13 Ways Of Looking At A Carnival - "In honor of the year that Trinidad Carnival wasn’t - the annual Caribbean festival was cancelled this year due to the pandemic - Baz Dreisinger pens a personal homage, inspired by Wallace Stevens’s poem '13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird' and lyrics by soca king Machel Montano, to the most life-affirming Caribbean ritual of them all."
• 40 Years Ago, This Ad Changed the Super Bowl Forever - "An oral history of Apple's groundbreaking '1984' spot, which helped to establish the Super Bowl as TV's biggest commercial showcase."
• 70 Best Spooky Movies to Watch for Halloween - "One of the best things about Halloween month (the way all mature adults refer to October) is the fact that it coincides with the official start of Cozy Season. When the leaves start to fall and Rite Aid rolls out the ghost and skeleton costumes, there’s nothing better than curling up in a blanket or 12, sipping a seasonal beverage - Pumking ale, anyone? - and freaking the living hell out of yourself with a horror movie. To celebrate all things Halloween-adjacent, we’ve put together a master list of the very best scary (or scary-ish) movies to watch this month."
• 72-HOUR LIVE STREAM IS BRINGING EARTH DAY ONLINE - "The 50th anniversary of Earth Day marks a new chapter of digital resistance."
• Advent traditions around the world - "Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world."
• Anna Jarvis: The woman who regretted creating Mother's Day - "The woman responsible for the creation of Mother's Day, marked in many countries on the second Sunday in May, would have approved of the modest celebrations likely to take place this year. The commercialisation of the day horrified her - to the extent that she even campaigned to have it rescinded."
• Bad sex award cancelled as public exposed to ‘too many bad things in 2020’ - "Prize for ‘unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature in sound literary novels’ will resume in 2021."
• Bernie Ecclestone sees little hope for F1 in 2020 - "The 89-year-old former F1 supremo, speaking to Reuters from the seclusion of his locked-down farm in Brazil, Bernie Ecclestone, holds little hope of Formula One racing this season due to the coronavirus pandemic and said he would have declared it game over already."
• BET Awards 2022: See the complete list of winners - "The BET Awards, which celebrate Black excellence in music, culture and sports, were presented Sunday."
• Brazil Carnival in pictures: Rio & SÃo Paulo - The Telegraph.
• Burning Man festival descended into mud & chaos - in pictures - "Heavy rains turned this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a quagmire of mud. Tens of thousands of attendees were stranded for days and when the roads became dry enough for people to leave, the mass exodus produced hours-long traffic jams ten lanes wide."
• Carnival festivals around the world - "Join the parades and parties in 2019."
• Chinese New Year: What you need to know - "This year Chinese New Year will begin on 12 February. The reason the new year falls at this time is because it marks the start of the lunar new year, which is when there is the start of a new moon."
• Christmas Around the World - "Find out how Christmas Traditions and how Christmas is celebrated in lots of different countries and cultures around the world!"
• Cute Calendar - "Holidays, observances, events, concerts and more!"
• Day of the year - "Special Days, Funny Days, Holidays and Celebrations."
• EARTH CALENDAR - "A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. Holidays are listed by date, country, and religion."
• Earth Day 2020 could mark the year we stop taking the planet for granted - "The 50th annual call for environmental reform falls at a time when the health of people and nature has never been more urgent."
• Earth Day photos: The world's beauty is at risk - "For 50 years, Earth Day has brought attention to the impacts that people are having on the planet, and to serve as a rallying cry to protect the natural world -- from your neighborhood green space to bucket list destinations."
• Earth Day, when is it & what has it achieved? - "Millions of people across the globe are gathering to mark Earth Day and celebrate the environmental movement. The event began in 1970 in the United States, and is now marked around the world. Earth Day is a global event which aims to highlight the importance of protecting the environment. It takes place every year on 22 April."
• EGOT - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
• EVENTOGO - "The smartest way to find out all current events and upcoming events, including international trade shows, exhibitions, conventions, conferences, seminars, corporate events, company events, business events, entertainment events or personal events, etc."
• Everything to Know About the 2020 Award Show Season - TIME Magazine.
• Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in the sky. Here's how to see it - "Astronomers are expecting a 'new star' to appear in the night sky anytime between now and September, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight, according to NASA. The expected brightening event, known as a nova, will occur in the Milky Way’s Corona Borealis, or Northern Crown constellation, which is located between the Boötes and Hercules constellations. While a supernova is the explosive death of a massive star, a nova refers to the sudden, brief explosion from a collapsed star known as a white dwarf."
• Fyre Festival settlement reveals the true cost of schadenfreude - $7,220 a pop - "The 2017 festival became a how-not-to for the events and influencer industries."
• Gallup's most admired man & woman poll - annual poll that Gallup has conducted at the end of most years since 1948. Americans are asked, without prompting, to say what man and woman "living today in any part of the world, do [they] admire most?" The result is published as a top ten list. Most years the most admired man is the sitting President of the United States and the most admired woman is or has been the First Lady of the United States.
• Giorgio Armani: the man who invented red-carpet dressing - "Giorgio Armani came up with the idea of dressing movie stars for the red carpet."
• Halloween-time traditions around the world - CNN.
• Have the Olympics Ever Been Canceled? Here's the History - "When planning began for the 2020 Olympics, 10,000 athletes were scheduled to march into Tokyo’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics. An estimated 600,000 overseas visitors were expected to flock to the Japanese capital for the world’s largest sporting event, set to run July 24 through August 9."
• History's strangest red carpet moment? - "Remember when Björk wore a swan dress at the Oscars?"
• How do Nobel laureates spend their winnings? - The Guardian.
• How to Fake Your Way Through the Super Bowl - "Don't be ashamed. Here's all you need to know about the big game on Sunday."
• 'I'm naming this award Harry, because it's coming back to the US with me!' - "Brad Pitt's cheeky Megxit quip at BAFTAs."
• International Men's Day: the manliest holidays - The Telegraph.
• Kim Kardashian gets a Webby for 'breaking the internet' - engadget.
• Left-Handers Day! 13 facts about the wonderful left - The Telegraph.
• Lighting Up the Night, and the New Year - The New York Times.
• List of prizes known as the Nobel of a field - Wikipedia.
• Mapped: The countries with the most public holidays - The Telegraph.
• Met Gala 2024: Everything You Need To Know - "What’s the dress code, who’s hosting, who’s going and how to watch. Guests have been instructed to dress for 'The Garden of Time,' so named after a 1962 short story by J.G. Ballard about an aristocratic couple living in a walled estate with a magical garden."
• New Year's Eve 2015 celebrations around the world - The Telegraph.
• New York's New Year's Eve secret - "The invention that inspired a New York tradition. A British Royal Navy officer named Robert Wauchope is credited with creating the time ball, an ingenious Victorian-era contraption that inspired New York’s New Year’s Eve ball drop."
• Oscars 2021 ceremony pushed back & eligibility period extended - "The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to push back next year’s Oscars ceremony by two months. Awards ceremony to be held on 25 April next year. Majority of new releases paused amid coronavirus pandemic."
• Oscars 2021: how shifting the awards later favours the old guard - "Embracing streaming was a step in the right direction, but the calendar shift has given distributors an extra two months to get their big-ticket releases into cinemas."
• #PalindromeDay: Geeks around the world celebrate 02/02/2020 - "Maths geeks around the world are celebrating a day so rare that - unless they're very, very young - it's certain to happen only once in their lifetimes."
• Paris Olympics medals are made with pieces of the Eiffel Tower - "A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes' necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow."
• Paris Olympics: OFFICIAL TICKETING WEBSITE OF THE PARIS 2024 GAMES - "Welcome to the official ticketing website of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games! To log in to your account or create one, click 'Log-in/Register' below."
• Paris Olympics Promise to Be Stunning. The Prices Already Are - "Want a prime spot to watch 10,000 athletes float by on the Seine or to catch beach volleyball in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower? Get ready for sticker shock."
• Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record - "A massive pumpkin named Michael Jordan has squashed the world record for the heaviest gourd and earned its grower a neat $30,000 in prize money. Minnesota horticulture teacher Travis Gienger's 2,749lb (1,247kg) pumpkin beat the previous record by 47lb."
• Real-Time world debt clock with country comparisons - "Who Owes The Most?"
• Reanimated spiders & smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes 2023 - "Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’."
• RED CARPET - traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions, and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events. The earliest known reference to walking a red carpet in literature is in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus, written in 458 BC.
• Red Cross Ball 2022 will be on Casino Square - "Presided over by HSH Prince Albert, the 73rd Monaco Red Cross Ball takes place on Friday, July 18, on Casino Square for the second time since its creation."
• Samba & caipirinhas: how to celebrate Rio’s cancelled carnival online - "The world’s biggest party should have started today. Enjoy the virtual version through livestream shows, music and online tours of Rio’s spectacular sights."
• Seat filler - person who fills in an empty seat during an event.
• The good, bad and the wacky: the Met Gala's most memorable looks - in pictures - "With the industry’s most uber-fashionable night postponed, we recap some of the gala’s most memorable looks - from Rihanna’s papal getup to Madonna’s celestial cape."
• The Surprising Origins of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Tradition - "On New Year’s Eve, Americans may turn on their televisions and have a ball watching a sparkling orb be lowered from a flagpole at the top of One Times Square. The conclusion of the ball drop has become the annual signal that the clock has struck midnight on the first day of the year. But, while the Times Square tradition dates back to the early 20th century, the idea of using a ball drop to mark time is much more than just a fun holiday activity."
• The ugly scandal that cancelled the Nobel prize - The Guardian.
• The wrong goodbye: rewatching the strangest award show tributes ever - "Madonna’s VMAs ode to Aretha Franklin has been labelled a self-indulgent disaster but it’s not the first time an onstage tribute has gone wrong."
• THERE'S NOTHING NOBLE ABOUT SCIENCE’S NOBEL PRIZE GENDER GAP - Wired.
• Tokyo Olympics Officially Postponed Until 2021 Due to Coronavirus Outbreak - "The International Olympic Committee made the decision after speaking with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers."
• Total Festivals - website which lists the very best festivals & gear.
• Triple Crown of Acting - term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories. 23 people have achieved the triple crown of acting (14 women, 9 men).
• Upside down rhinos & nose-clearing orgasm studies win Ig Nobel prize - "Research from the more unusual realms of science is recognised every year at this alternative awards ceremony."
• U.S. & WORLD POPULATION CLOCKS - U.S. Census Bureau.
• U.S. Census Guide: How to get the most out of Census.gov - Background Checks.org.
• Volksfest - ("peoples' festival" in German) is a large event in Germany which usually combines a beer festival or wine festival and a travelling funfair. Attractions may include amusement rides, games of chance and skill, and food and merchandise vendors.
• What it's like to win a Nobel Prize - "Hearing you've won a Nobel is incredible for most people. For some, it just spoils their sleep."
• WHATS ON WHEN - "The worldwide events guide from Frommer's." Events, festivals and parties.
• Where does the 'red carpet' come from? - "Greek tragedy and railways: An unexpected history of the red carpet."
• Where is the new year celebrated first? - CNN travel.
• Why do we celebrate New Year on 1 January? - "We go back 2,000 years to find out the origins of our current calendar and how it changed over the centuries in Europe as Christianity took hold."
• Why top academics don't need a Nobel to get rich - The Guardian.
• WORLD EVENTS CALENDAR - "The Traveler's Guide to the World's Greatest Events."
• WORLD EVENTS CALENDAR - published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
• World Press Freedom Day 2024 - "Attacks on press freedom around the world are intensifying, index reveals. In the past year, in virtually every region, journalists and independent media outlets faced increasing repression."
• World's largest annual shopping event kicks off - "Singles Day strikes a cautious tone this year as China's economy slows and a tech crackdown continues."
• ZAPADAY - "The open news agenda and global public calendar." Lets you see the future with day-by-day events, news stories, facts and trivia.

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• 50 WORLD'S BEST RESTAURANTS - organised by Restaurant Magazine.
• Abel Prize - since 2003. "The math equivalent of the Nobel Prize." Awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes. It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner.
• ACADÉMIE DES CÉSAR | ACADÉMIE DES ARTS ET TECHNIQUES DU CINÉMA - the César Award is the national film award of France.
• ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony. Venue: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, U.S.A.
• ACE AWARDS - the ACE Awards was created in 1996 to pay homage to those individuals and groups that have made great strides in raising the awareness of the accessories industry.
• ACM A.M. Turing Award - since 1966. Annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community". It is stipulated that "The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field". The Turing Award is generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science and the "Nobel Prize of computing".
• ADDY AWARDS - world's largest advertising competition with over 50,000 entries annually. Founded in Florida in 1960 it was adopted by the American Advertising Federation, a not-for-profit industry association, as a national competition in 1968. The ADDY Awards is unique among other advertising creative competitions in that it is the only competition that includes three levels of judging: local, regional, and national. Winning an ADDY at each level qualifies the work to progress to the next higher level.
• AFI | AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AWARDS
• AFI | LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS
• AGA KHAN AWARD FOR ARCHITECTURE - established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement, restoration, reuse and area conservation, as well as landscape design and improvement of the environment.
• Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights - (1989-2010). Was an annual human rights prize founded by the Libyan People's Congress in late 1988, in "indebtedness and gratitude for Muammar Gaddafi and in appreciation for his role in firmly establishing the principle of direct democracy, his persistent struggle, his distinctive inspiration and continuous instigation for the consolidation of human liberty and for issuing the Great Green Document in the era of the masses, for the purpose of bestowing tribute upon symbolic figures of struggle and faith in the values of freedom to all humans, nations, groups and individuals".
• Albert Londres Prize - since 1932. The highest French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres.
• Albie Awards 2023 - "George and Amal Clooney hosted the second annual Albie Awards to honor defenders of justice. The Awards, named after Justice Albie Sachs for his pivotal role in ending apartheid in South Africa, celebrate individuals who have worked for justice at all costs."
• ALMA AWARDS - a distinction awarded to Latino performers. The word alma means spirit or soul.
• AMERICA'S CUP - the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Modern Olympics by 45 years.
• AMERICAN ART AWARDS - "Honoring the Creative Force in Art."
• AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
• AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS | AMA - annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to present the Grammy Awards expired. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.
• ANDREW HARPER READERS' CHOICE AWARDS
• ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA AWARD
• Annie Award - since 1972. American award for accomplishments in animation. The Annies have been presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood since 1972. Originally designed to celebrate lifetime or career contributions to animation, since 1992 it has given awards to individual films.
• Anthony Awards - literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986.
• APS | ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE AWARDS AND HONORS - United States.
• ART PRIZE - since 2009. An international art competition held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. ArtPrize is unusual both for the large size of the top prize ($200,000, combined with other prizes cumulatively amounting to $560,000), as well as for the method of judging entries. Unlike traditionally juried competitions, ArtPrize contestants are juried by the public. Artists and venues (exhibition locations) negotiate and coordinate during a process called Connections. During the event, installations are voted upon by the public using modern networking technology.
• ARTIOS AWARDS - since October 1985, the Casting Society of America has presented the Artios Awards for excellence in casting. Members are honored in over eighteen different theatrical casting categories in simultaneous events held in New York City and Beverly Hills, California.
• ASC AWARDS | THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS
• ASCAP | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers MUSIC AWARDS - "We Create Music." Honors its top members in a series of annual awards shows in seven different music categories: pop, rhythm and soul, film and television, Latin, country, Christian, and concert music.
• ASIAN FILM AWARDS
• Asian Television Awards - since 1995.
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award - Swedish children's literature award.
• AUSTRALIAN GOURMET TRAVELLER RESTAURANT GUIDE AWARDS
• AUTEUR AWARD - by International Press Academy.
• AVN AWARDS - called the "Oscars of porn". Movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN (Adult Video News).
• AWARDS WATCH - by Hollywood Reporter.

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• Bad Sex in Fiction Award - since 1993. Presented annually by The Literary Review.
• BAFTA AWARDS | BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS - since 1947. BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
• Ballinger Award - "The Ballinger Award was created in 1988 to honor the late Robert I. Ballinger Jr., former chairman of the Palm Beach Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Ballinger Award commemorates the restoration of a landmarked estate that best exemplifies the traditions of Palm Beach’s original houses and celebrates the architects who designed them."
• Ballon d'Or - (1956–2009). Often referred to as the European Footballer of the Year award, was an annual association football award. It was presented to the player who had been voted to have performed the best over the previous year.
• Balzan Prize - since 1978. Awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man.
• BAMBI AWARDS - since 1948. Stylised as BAMBI. Germany's most important media awards. Presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognise excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year," both domestic and foreign.
• BARRY AWARD - crime literary prize awarded annually since 1997 by the editors of Deadly Pleasures, an American quarterly publication for crime fiction readers. From 2007-2009 the award was jointly presented with the publication Mystery News. The prize is named after Barry Gardner, an American critic.
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award - given to a sportsperson "who has made a major impact on the world of sport during their lifetime" each December.
• Berggruen Prize for Philosophy - since 2016. Seeks to recognize a living thinker whose ideas are of basic importance for contemporary and future life. The Berggruen Prize for Philosophy carries a cash award of $1 million.
• Bernhard Wicki Film Prize
• BET AWARDS - Black Entertainment Television.
• BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS
• BLACK REEL AWARDS
• Blue Riband - unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed.
• BMI AWARDS - music awards.
• BOCUSE D'OR - World Cuisine Contest.
• BOOKER PRIZE - promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
• BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS
• BOWDOIN PRIZE - prestigious award given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. It is considered among the highest academic commendations the University can bestow upon a student.
• BRANDNEW AWARDS - "Innovation in sports."
• Breakthrough Prize - since 2012. International awards bestowed in three categories by Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advance. Laureates receive US$3 million each in prize money. They attend a televised award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions. Those that go on to make fresh discoveries remain eligible for future Breakthrough Prizes.
• BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR AWARD - annual award made by the journal Science for the most significant development in scientific research.
• BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR AWARDS - awarded since 2003 by Hollywood Life Magazine.
• Breakthrough Prize - since 2012. Set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. Founded by Sergey Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Yuri Milner, Julia Milner, Jack Ma, and Pony Ma. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that is online and open to the public. Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money.
• Breitling Milestone Trophy - since 2012. Reserved for an individual or a group of individuals having achieved a significant milestone, technological step or invention in aeronautics or astronautics (first flight, new technology, etc.) during the previous year and that might contribute to future developments, especially for the practice of air sports.
• BRICK AWARDS - one of the longest established and most widely respected design awards in the U.K. The Awards recognise excellence in design and construction using brick.
• BRIT AWARDS - launched in 1977. The British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards.
• Britannia Trophy - since 1913. British award presented by the Royal Aero Club for aviators accomplishing the most meritorious performance in aviation during the previous year.
• BRITISH FASHION AWARDS - the ultimate industry accolades for British designers and fashion industry.
• BRITISH TRAVEL AWARDS
• BRIT's Icon Award - created in 2013 by the British Phonographic Industry | BPI.
• BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD - commonly called the Critics' Choice Awards.
• BUCKSBAUM AWARD - established in 2000 by the Bucksbaum Family Foundation and the Whitney Museum of American Art. It is awarded biannually "to honor an artist, living and working in the United States, whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination." The $100,000 prize is the world's largest award given to an individual visual artist.
• Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) - since 1982. Tongue-in-cheek contest, held annually and sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" - that is, deliberately bad.

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• CAR OF THE YEAR - yearly European car award.
• CARNEGIE ART AWARD - to promote Nordic contemporary painting.
• Carnegie Medal - since 1936. British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new book for children or young adults.
• Carnegie Medal for heroism - since 1904. The Carnegie Hero Fund was established to recognize persons who perform extraordinary acts of heroism in civilian life in the United States and Canada, and to provide financial assistance for those disabled and the dependents of those killed saving or attempting to save others. Those chosen for recognition receive the Carnegie Medal and become eligible for scholarship aid and other benefits.
• CÉSAR AWARD - the national film award of France, first given out in 1975.
• CFDA FASHION AWARDS - Council of Fashion Designers of America. Often called "the Oscars of fashion."
• CHEF'S CHOICE AWARD - The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants.
• Cherry Kearton Medal & Award - honour bestowed by the Royal Geographical Society, to "a traveller concerned with the study or practice of natural history, with a preference for those with an interest in nature photography, art or cinematography". It is named for Cherry Kearton.
• Clay Mathematics Institute Millennium Prizes - "The Seven Millennium Prize Problems."
• CLAY RESEARCH AWARD - The Clay Mathematics Institute presents the Clay Research Award annually to recognize major breakthroughs in mathematical research.
• CNBC EUROPEAN BUSINESS LEADERS AWARDS
• Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
• CONDÉ NAST TRAVELLER - Readers' Spa Awards.
• CONFUCIUS PEACE PRIZE - counter peace prize created by the People's Republic of China in 2010 after dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Costa Book Awards - series of literary awards given to books by authors based in Great Britain and Ireland. The awards, launched in 1971, are given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they are a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize.
• COTY AWARDS - the Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards (awarded 1943-1984). Limited to American-based fashion designers. Considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field of fashion.
• COWES WEEK - one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. Having started in 1826.
• CREATIVE ARTS EMMY AWARDS - presented in recognition of technical and other similar achievements in American television programming.
• CRIME THRILLER AWARDS - British awards ceremony dedicated to crime thriller fiction.
• CRITIC'S CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS - Broadcast Film Critics Association.

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• Darwin Awards - tongue-in-cheek honor, originating in Usenet newsgroup discussions circa 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool via death or sterilization by their own actions.
• DAS GOLDENE LENKRAD - yearly German car awards.
• David di Donatello Award - the Italian equivalent of an Academy Award.
• Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year - since 1978. The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title and commonly known as the Diagram Prize, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to a book with an unusual title.
• DILEY AWARD - presented every year since 1992 by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. It is given to the mystery title of the year which the member booksellers have most enjoyed selling.
• DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS
• Disney Legends - established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes people who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The honor is awarded annually during a special ceremony.
• Distinguished Leadership Awards - The Atlantic Council.
• DIVA | Deutscher Entertainment Preis - since 1991. Yearly German entertainment awards.
• Driehaus Architecture Prize - since 2003. Global award to honor a major contributor in the field of contemporary vernacular and classical architecture, commonly referred to as New Classical architecture. It is perceived as the alternative to the modernist Pritzker Prize.
• Drone photo awards - "Drone Awards is the most important worldwide competition about aerial photography and video. It’ a project of Siena Awards, dedicated to a different photographic genre deliberately separated from being compared to traditional photography. The competition is opened to the aerial photography and videos whose platforms also include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, kites, and parachutes."
• DVF Awards - since 2010. Supported by The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, are given annually to provide recipients with the exposure and resources necessary to extend their efforts on behalf of women all over the world. The DVF Awards were conceived by Diane von Furstenberg in 2010 with the goal of honoring women who have displayed leadership, strength, and courage in their commitment to their causes.
• D.W. GRIFFITH AWARD - in 1953, the Directors Guild of America instituted the D. W. Griffith Award, its highest honor.

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• Earthshot Prize - launched in 2020 by Prince William and David Attenborough. "Awarded to five winners each year for their contributions to environmentalism. It was first awarded in 2021 and is planned to run annually until 2030. Each winner receives a grant of £1 million to continue their environmental work. The five categories were inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals; they are 'the restoration and protection of nature', 'air cleanliness', 'ocean revival', 'waste-free living', and 'climate action'."
• EAT OUT AWARDS - by Time Out.
• Eclipse Award - since 1971. American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.
• Edgar Allan Poe Awards - presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theatre published or produced in the previous year.
• EFFIE AWARDS - mission: to recognize, educate and encourage effectiveness among the marketing communications industry.
• EGOT - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
• EIGA | EUROPEAN INNOVATIVE GAMES AWARD
• EISA AWARDS - (European Imaging and Sound Association). Audio & home theater awards.
• ELLE STYLE AWARDS - awards ceremony hosted annually by ELLE magazine.
• EMMY AWARDS - since 1949. Television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards.
• EPICA AWARDS - "Europe's Premier Creative Awards."
• Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award - annually, each of the overall country winners gather in Monte Carlo, Monaco, for the annual EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Sponsored by Ernst & Young, are held in more than 140 cities and in more than 50 countries worldwide.
• Ernst von Siemens Music Prize - since 1972. Annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music).
• ESPY AWARDS | Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award - since 1993. An annual accolade presented by the American cable television network ESPN to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony.
• Eugene O'Neill Award - since 1956. One of Sweden's finest awards for stage actors. Established by the American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
• Euro Effie AWARDS - "The Gold Standard In Marketing Communication Effectiveness."
• EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS - since 1988. The "European Oscars." The awards are presented in a total of 17 categories.
• European Powerboat of the Year - Düsseldorf International Boat Show.
• European Yacht of the Year - Düsseldorf International Boat Show.
• EUROPEAN UNION PRIZE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE - Mies van der Rohe Award.

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• Fields Medal - since 1936. Officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The Fields Medal is often viewed as the greatest honour a mathematician can receive. The Fields Medal and the Abel Prize have often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel Prize" (but different at least for the age restriction).
• FIFA Ballon d'Or - since 2010. Association football award given annually to the male player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous year. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world.
• FIFI AWARDS - annual event sponsored by The Fragrance Foundation which honor the fragrance industry's creative achievements. Known as the "Oscars of the fragrance industry", the awards ceremony was conceived by the former president of The Fragrance Foundation, Annette Green. The event has been held annually in New York City since 1973.
• Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award - since 2005. Annual award given to the best business book of the year as determined by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company. It aims to find the book that has ‘the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.’
• FIPRESCI PRIZE | THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS
• Fossil of the Day awards - since 1999. "Awards given by CAN to the countries who are 'doing the most to achieve the least' in terms of the progress on climate change."
• FRANK CAPRA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
• FRISBEE DOG WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
• FWA | FAVOURITE WEBSITE AWARDS - industry recognised internet award program and inspirational portal, established in May 2000.

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• GALAXY BRITISH BOOK AWARDS - the Oscars of the book world.
• GAME CRITICS AWARDS - best of E3.
• GENIE AWARDS - given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
• GLAAD MEDIA AWARD - accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives. In addition to film and television, the Awards also recognize achievements in other branches of the media and arts including theatre, music, print media and advertising.
• GLOBAL MOBILE AWARDS - since 1987. Awarded yearly by Mobile World Congress.
• GOLD DAGGER AWARDS - given annually by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.
• GOLDEN BEAR - the most important prizes at the Berlinale are the Golden and Silver Bears.
• GOLDEN CLOWN AWARDS - International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
• GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) since 1943 to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign.
• GOLDEN GLOBE CECIL B. DEMILLE AWARD
• Golden Horse Film Festival & Awards - since 1962. Film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan.
• GOLDEN LION - the highest prize given to a film at the Biennale Venice Film Festival.
• GOLDEN NYMPH - awarded the best television programmes at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.
• GOLDEN PALM | PALME D'OR - the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Golden PAN AWARD - since the 1960's PAN has awarded a statue of the god Pan to authors who's books sell over a million copies.
• GOLDEN RASPBERRY AWARDS - The Razzie Award for Worst Actor is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actor of the previous year.
• GOLDENE UNRUH - German award for new watches given on the last Thursday in February each year.
• GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARDS - since 1995.
• Goya Awards - since 1987. Spain's main national annual film awards.
• GQ Men of the Year AWARDS
• GRAMMY AWARDS - since 1959. "Music's Biggest Night." A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance arts: Emmy Awards (television), the Tony Awards (stage performance), and the Academy Awards (motion pictures). Venue: Staples Center, 1111 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015, U.S.A.
• GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS
• Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève - contest between high-end watch manufacturers at the Geneva Watch Festival.
• Grand Prix du roman de l'AcadÉmie franÇaise - French literary award, created in 1918, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in France. The Académie française gives out over 60 literary awards each year, the Grand Prix du roman is the most senior for an individual novel.
• GREEN PLUS YACHT AWARD - Monaco Yacht Show. Since 2009. The Green Plus Award symbolises the growing commitment of builders and yacht owners for environmental protection.
• GUGGENHEIM ART AWARDS
• Gutenberg Prize

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• HAMPTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
• Hans Christian Andersen Awards - known as the "Nobel Prize for childen's literature".
• Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year - award is bestowed annually by the Hasty Pudding Theatricals society at Harvard University. It has been awarded annually by the society members since 1951 to performers deemed to have made a "lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment."
• HEISMAN TROPHY - since 1935. The most prestigious award in college football. Awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football in the United States whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity.
• HOLLYWOOD Film AWARDS - since 1977. The Hollywood Film Festival is an annual film festival which is located in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
• HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME - as of January 22, 2010 2,398 stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• HONG KONG FILM AWARDS | HKFA
• HOSCAR awards - since 2003. "Our annual HOSCAR awards recognise the most amazing hostels all over the world - including a new category introduced this year 'best for solo travellers'."
• Hugo Chavez peace prize
• HUMANITARIAN AWARD - by International Press Academy.

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• ICOTY | INTERNATIONAL CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS - an annual award from Road & Travel Magazine.
• IG NOBEL PRIZE - Satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, its stated aim being to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The name of the award is a pun on the Nobel Prize, which it parodies, and the word ignoble.
• IIFA | INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS
• IMAGE AWARDS
• INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS - awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Usually awarded on the day before the Academy Awards.
• INDEX AWARD - "Design to Impropve Life."
• INMA AWARDS | International Newsmedia Marketing Association - founded in 1930. "The premier competition rewarding excellence in marketing newsmedia brands worldwide." Often called "the Oscars of newspapers".
• INTERIOR DESIGN Awards | IDA - since 2007. "The Oscars of the Interior Design World."
• International Cheese Awards - cheese show and competition held each year at Dorfold Park near Nantwich, England. It represents the most important cheese events in the UK and one of the most important events on the global level. Held since 1897, the show continues to grow year-on-year, and attracts over 3,700 competitive entries from around the world in 260 categories.
• International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam | IDFA AWARDS - world's largest documentary film festival held annually since 1988 in Amsterdam.
• INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT AND HOTEL AWARDS
• INTERNATIONAL STAR DIAMOND AWARDS - prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality, gastronomy, attitude, quality, cleanliness and above all service.
• INTERNATIONAL WOOLMARK PRIZE - "First held in 1953 as an initiative of the International Wool Secretariat (IWS), the award the following year helped launch the careers of iconic fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent. Today, the International Woolmark Prize crosses borders and cultures by recognising outstanding new talent from emerging and established fashion hotspots."
• Investigation of the Year awards - The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
• IPPAWARDS | iPhone Photography Awards - the first and the longest running iPhone photography competition since 2007.
• IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS - "Celebrating a wealth of talent."
• IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
• ISPO BRANDNEW AWARDS - "Innovation in sports."
• IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS - are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and were first introduced in 1955.
• IWSC | IWSC International Wine & Spirit Competition - "Having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, the IWSC remains as relevant today as it did when wine chemist Anton Massel founded the original format back in 1969." When Massel created the International Wine & Spirit Competition, his aim - as it remains to this day - was to reward excellence in drinks worldwide, ensuring recognition for the very best wines and spirits. The IWSC is proud to set the international benchmark for quality, standing out in the crowded world of drinks awards with hundreds of global experts - including buyers, producers, distillers, sommeliers, distributors and influencers - judging wines and spirits throughout the year.

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• J. Paul Getty Award for Conservation Leadership - awarded annually since 2006 in recognition of outstanding leadership in global conservation. The award aims to acknowledge individuals making "pioneering and substantial" contributions to conservation as well as foster the development of future leaders in conservation.
• JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARDS - often called "The Oscars of Food."
• James Dyson Award - since 2007. International design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers.
• James Tait Black Memorial Prizes - founded in 1919. Are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards.
• JAPAN CAR OF THE YEAR | JCOTY
• JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD - awarded periodically by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at the Governors Awards ceremonies for an individual's outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes.
• Jerusalem Prize - since 1963. Biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society.
• Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible Liquid Gold Awards - since 2003.
• JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

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• Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award - WTA Award given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have done or achieved something remarkable during the season or their career.
• KENNEDY CENTER HONORS - awarded annually for exemplary lifetime achievement in the performing arts.
• KIDS CHOICE AWARDS - as voted by Nickelodeon viewers.

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• LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS
• Laurence Olivier Awards - since 1976. Presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre.
• Laureus World Sports Awards - since 1999. Annual award ceremony honoring remarkable individuals from the world of sports along with the greatest sporting achievements throughout the year.
• Leica Oskar Barnack Award - presented almost continuously since 1979, recognizes photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment. It was known as the Oskar Barnack Award when presented by World Press Photo between 1979 and 1992, and has been known as the Leica Oskar Barnack Award while presented by Leica Camera since 1995.
• LENNON ONO GRANT FOR PEACE
• LÉONIE SONNING MUSICAL PRIZE
• LES DEUX MAGOTS LITERARY PRIZE - awarded to a French novel every year since 1933.
• Lifetime Achievement Award - by Restaurant Magazine / The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants.
• LIONS AWARDS - the most prestigious international advertising awards.
• loewe craft prize - "Award for excellence in craft and design."
• LONDON FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
• LONDON LIFESTYLE AWARDS - "The ultimate celebration of the businesses, people and places that make London one of the greatest capitals in world. The awards showcase the best of London and celebrate the fantastic achievements throughout the lifestyle industry."
• LONDON RESTAURANT AWARD
• LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZES - the Prizes "currently have nine single-title categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998). In addition, the Robert Kirsch Award is presented annually to a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition."
• Louis Vuitton Cup - yachting competition connected with the America's Cup.
• LumiÈre AWARD
• LUXURIA AWARDS - the European luxury awards.

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• MALKO COMPETITION - since 1965. International competition for young conductors.
• MAN BOOKER PRIZE - promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
• MARCEL DUCHAMP PRIZE - annual award given to a young artist. The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 in order to produce an exhibition of their work in the Modern Art museum (Centre Georges Pompidou).
• Mark Twain Prize - American award for humor awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts annually since 1998. It is named after the 19th century novelist, essayist and humorist Mark Twain and is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to American humor.
• Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism - since 1999. Rewards journalism at the cutting edge. Awarded annually to journalists writing in English whose work has appeared in print or in a reputable internet publication.
• MARY PICKFORD AWARD - by International Press Academy.
• Matrix Awards - annual awards ceremony held by the Association for Women in Communications. It started in 1970 to honor exceptional women in the media in the fields of arts, advertising, entertainment, film, television, theater, books, broadcasting, magazines, newspapers, public relations and new media.
• MaxMara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with the Whitechapel - biannual Art Prize for British-based female artists organized by the MaxMara fashion house and The Whitechapel Gallery in London. The Prize includes a 6 month residency in Italy to realize an Art project which may be exhibited at The Whitechapel Gallery in London and it will be acquired by the Collezione Maramotti (Italy).
• MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• MERCURY PRIZE | Barclaycard Mercury Prize - annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• MICHELIN GUIDE AWARDS - the guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality.
• MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD - or European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Prize given biennially since 1988 by the European Union and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona, 'to acknowledge and reward quality architectural production in Europe'.
• MILLENNIUM PRIZE PROBLEMS - Clay Mathematics Institute.
• MONTE-CARLO TELEVISION FESTIVAL AWARDS - the best programmes are awarded with the prestigious Golden Nymph.
• MR. ABBOTT AWARD
• Mr. Blackwell’s Best & Worst Dressed List - (1960-2008).
• MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS
• MTV MOVIE AWARDS - since 1992. Presented annually on MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general public.
• MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS
• Much Music Video Awards | MMVA - since 1990. Annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos.
• Muhammad Ali Celebrity Fight Night Awards - "Winning the Fight for Charities."
• Music Industry Trusts Award - since 1992. "It’s fair to say that the Music Industry Trusts Award has established itself as one of the true benchmarks of achievement and generosity in the British music business, bestowing the respect of peers upon its recipients, while benefiting the good causes that have the industry’s loyalty."

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• National Book Awards - British literary award for the best UK writers and their works, as selected by an academy of members from the British book publishing industry.
• NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS - a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year.
• National Medal of Arts - award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts.
• NATIONAL RESTAURANT AWARDS - London, U.K.
• National Society of Film Critics Awards - "The Truth, Once Every 12 Months."
• NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS - a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network.
• NAUTICAL DESIGN AWARDS - ADI (Associazione del Design Industriale). Milan, Italy.
• NCS | NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY AWARDS
• Neiman Marcus Fashion Award - the Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion was a yearly award created in 1938 by Stanley Marcus. For the final ceremony in 1995, the founder, Stanley Marcus, received one of his own awards.
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards - since 1935. The NYFCC Awards are the oldest given by film critics in the country, and one of the most prestigious.
• NIKOLA TESLA AWARD - by International Press Academy.
• NOBEL PRIZES - established the prizes in 1895. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.

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• OBIE AWARDS | Off-Broadway Theater Awards - since 1956. Annual awards originally given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City. In September 2014, the Awards were jointly presented and administered with the American Theatre Wing. As the Tony Awards cover Broadway productions, the Obie Awards cover Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
• Olivier Awards - since 1976. Presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre.
• Olof Palme Prize - since 1987. Annual prize awarded for an outstanding achievement in the spirit of Olof Palme. The Prize consists of a diploma and 100,000 US dollars.
• Ondaatje Prize - annual literary award given by the Royal Society of Literature. The £10,000 award is given for a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry which evokes the "spirit of a place", and which is written by someone who is a citizen of or who has been resident in the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
• Orwell Prize - since 1993. British prize for political writing of outstanding quality. Two prizes are awarded each year: one for a book and one for journalism; between 2009 and 2012, a third prize was awarded for blogging. In each case, the winner is the short-listed entry which comes closest to George Orwell's own ambition to "make political writing into an art".

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• PACE | Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence Awards - an annual award from Automotive News.
• PALME D'OR | GOLDEN PALM - since 1955. The highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival.
• Parnelli Lifetime Awards - since 2001. "The Premier Awards Show for the Live Event Industry." The Industry’s Highest Honor for Live Event Professionals.
• PEABODY AWARDS - since 1941. "The world's oldest award for electronic media." Annual, international awards for excellence in radio and television broadcasting.
• PENTA AWARDS - world's best creative ads awards.
• PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS - an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture in movies, music & TV. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public.
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• POLAR MUSIC PRIZE - Swedish international music award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, possibly best-known to be the manager of the Swedish pop group ABBA.
• Pollux Award - "The Photography Gala Awards." This Award is open to all photographers, professional and non professional worldwide, working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements will be welcome.
• Praemium Imperiale - (lit. "World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu", is an arts prize awarded since 1989 by the imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association in the fields painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film. These are areas of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
• Premio Nadal - the oldest literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world. Spanish literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino, part of Planeta. It has been awarded every year on 6 January since 1944.
• Presidential Medal of Freedom - award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States. It recognizes those individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors".
• Primetime Emmy Awards - since 1949. Awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. First awarded in 1949, they were originally referred to as just the "Emmy Awards" until the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in the 1970s, and the word "primetime" was added to distinguish between the two. The Primetime Emmys generally air in mid-September, on the Sunday before the official start of the fall television season.
• PRINCESS GRACE AWARDS - dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging talent in theater, dance, and film by awarding grants in the form of scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships.
• PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS - annual prizes given in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities and/or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs.
• PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE - since 1979. considered to be one of the world's premier architecture prizes. Awarded annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture."
• PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA - often called the Oscar of computer art. One of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music.
• Prix Cazes brasserie Lipp - awarded to a French novel every year since 1935.
• PRIX DU DESIGN MYS - since 2003, the Prix du Design has chosen just one yacht each year that ‘has the most innovative, elegant and distinguished design at the Monaco Yacht Show.’
• PRIX EUROPA - since 1987. "The European Broadcasting Festival." Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. Its open juries sample and select the best television-, radio- and online productions of each year. The festival takes place in the third week of October in Berlin and Potsdam and is hosted by the German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).
• Prix Goncourt - since 1903. Prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (first novel), prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle (short story), prix Goncourt de la Poésie (poetry) and prix Goncourt de la Biographie (biography). Of the "big six" French literary awards, the Prix Goncourt is the best known and most prestigious. The other major literary prizes are the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française, the Prix Femina, the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Interallié and the Prix Médicis.
• Prix Un Certain Regard - since 1998. To recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005 the prize consists of €30,000.
• PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS
• PULITZER PRIZES - U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.

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• RAZZIE AWARDS - The Razzie Award for Worst Actor is an award presented at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards to the worst actor of the previous year.
• Rear of the Year - since 1976. Light-hearted British award for celebrities who are considered to have a notable posterior.
• RED DOT DESIGN AWARD - an international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. There are prize categories for product design, design agencies, and design concepts. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes with the winners being presented in an annual ceremony.
• RED HERRING AWARDS - awarding promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation.
• REUBEN AWARD - for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, chosen by a secret ballot of the members of the National Cartoonists Society.
• RIBA | ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS AWARDS - RIBA runs many awards including the Stirling Prize for the best new building of the year, the Royal Gold Medal (first awarded in 1848), which honours a distinguished body of work, and the Stephen Lawrence Prize for projects with a construction budget of less than £500,000. The RIBA also awards the President's Medals for student work, which are regarded as the most prestigious awards in architectural education, and the RIBA President's Awards for Research. The RIBA European Award was inaugurated in 2005 for work in the European Union, outside the UK. The RIBA National Award and the RIBA International Award were established in 2007.
• ROBERT B. ALDRICH AWARD
• Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - since 1980. Annual award presented to the book which "most faithfully and forcefully reflects Robert Kennedy's purposes."
• Rodeo Drive Walk of Style AWARD - since 2003. Commemorates people who have made important contributions to fashion, design, and costume.
• ROSE D'OR - since 1961. One of the most important international festivals in entertainment television.
• Roswitha Haftmann Prize - since 2001. Prizewinners are selected solely on the basis of the artistic significance of their work, without regard to their personal circumstances (nationality, age, gender, etc.). The Prize worth CHF 150,000 (US$157,000) is awarded in Zurich, as far as possible during a public event in the Kunsthaus.

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• Saint George - Moscow International Film Festival's top prize.
• Sakharov Prize - since 1988. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organisations who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought.
• SATELLITE AWARDS - since 1997. Annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards. The award ceremonies take place each year at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
• SATURN AWARDS - since 1972. Award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works mainly in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.
• SCOTTISH RESTAURANT AWARDS
• SCREAM AWARDS
• SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS | SAG - accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA),in which was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in film and prime time television. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor".
• SHOTS AWARDS
• SHOW BOATS DESIGN AWARDS - honour the industry’s creative talents, bringing the specialist design skills of the industry’s most talented teams into the spotlight. Now in its third edition, the coveted golden Neptune awards have quickly become a symbol of pride and distinction for the industry’s design professionals.
• SILVER BEAR - the most important prizes at the Berlinale are the Golden and Silver Bears.
• SKYTRAX AWARDS - "The world's largest airline review site."
• SOLO TRAVEL AWARDS - recognize companies that treat solo travelers well with no or very low single supplements.
• SONNING PRIZE - Denmark's largest cultural award.
• Sony World Photography Awards - organized by the World Photography Organisation. The competition has three entry levels; Student, Open and Professional, each with a number of subcategories.
• Sound & Vision Awards - What Hi-Fi?.
• SPA FINDER MAGAZINE'S READERS' CHOICE AWARDS
• Specsavers National Book Awards - or simply NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS — previously known as the Galaxy National Book Awards (2010–11); British Book Awards or Nibbies (1990–2009) — is a British literary award for the best UK writers and their works, as selected by an academy of members from the British book publishing industry.
• SPIKE GUYS' CHOICE AWARDS
• SPIRIT AWARDS - awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Usually awarded on the day before the Academy Awards.
• STAR DIAMOND AWARDS - prestigious award of true excellence in hospitality, gastronomy, attitude, quality, cleanliness and above all service.
• Stevie Awards - the Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working people worldwide.
• Stirling Prize - British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The RIBA Stirling Prize is presented to "the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to the evolution of architecture in the past year."
• STREAMY AWARDS - since 2009. Popularly known as the Streamys, are presented annually by the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) to recognize excellence in the arts and science of web television production, including directing, acting, producing, and writing.
• SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS - since 1982.
• SUNDAY TIMES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE - Oxford Literary Festival.
• SUSHI AWARDS - Eat-Japan.

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• TED PRIZE - "For a wish that can inspire the world." The TED Prize was introduced in 2005. It initially granted three individuals $100,000 and a "wish to change the world". Since 2010, however, only one prize has been awarded since "at least half of [the wishes] still require our engagement," and, "adding too many more risks dilution of effort." For 2013, the prize amount has been increased to US$1 million.
• TEDDY AWARD - since 1987. "The official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival." International film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale).
• TEEN CHOICE AWARDS
• Templeton Prize - since 1973. Awarded to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works".
• The Brain Prize - awarded to one or more scientists who have distinguished themselves by an outstanding contribution to European neuroscience and who are still active in research.
• The Charlemagne Prize - one of the most prestigious European prizes. It has been awarded annually since 1950 by the German city of Aachen to people who contributed to the ideals upon which it has been founded. It commemorates Charlemagne, ruler of the Frankish Empire and founder of what became the Holy Roman Empire, who resided and is buried at Aachen.
• THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION DAGGER AWARDS
• The Diana Award - since 1999. The Award is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.
• The Duke of Edinburgh's Award | DofE - since 1956. Generic name for a youth awards programme founded in the United Kingdom in 1956 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, that has since expanded to 144 nations. The awards recognise adolescents and young adults for completing a series of self-improvement exercises modelled on Kurt Hahn's solution to the "Six Declines of Modern Youth."
• THE EDGAR AWARDS - named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. They honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theatre published or produced in the previous year.
• THE ENVELOPE - the awards insider.
• THE GERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG
• THE GOLDEN MARC'AURELIO AWARD
• THE GOLDEN NEEDLE FASHION AWARDS - the idea to recognize and award emerging design talent was conceived and founded by Mara Beltrami-New.
• THE GOLDEN RASBERRY AWARD - aka 'The Razzie Awards'. Intended to counterpoint the Academy Awards' Oscars by dishonoring (or honoring) the worst acting, screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and films.
• The Golden Turkey Awards - 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry Medved. The book awards "Golden Turkey Awards" to films judged by the authors as poor in quality, and to directors and actors judged to have created a chronically inept body of work.
• THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE - awarded every other year to an artist (or group of artists) working in any medium, anywhere in the world. The prize is administered by the Guggenheim Museum and sponsored by the Hugo Boss clothing company.
• The International 2018 - as with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the Dota 2 community via its battle pass feature, with the total being over US$25 million, the largest in eSports history.
• The International Business Awards
• THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT & AVIATION AWARDS - "Design is a gift, and those who can unleash it effectively are worthy of praise..." Hosted by leading interior design magazine design et al, The International Yacht & Aviation Awards reward the best in design from across the globe.
• THE LARRY ALDRICH AWARD - the biennial Larry Aldrich Award honors an American artist whose work has had a significant impact on contemporary visual culture during recent years.
• THE LIBERTY MEDAL - awarded annually by the National Constitution Center to men and women of courage and conviction who have strived to secure the blessings of liberty to people the world over.
• THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE - promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
• THE OSCARS - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony. Venue: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, U.S.A.
• THE PULITZER PRIZES - honoring excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917.
• THE SHAMUS AWARDS - awarded by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) for the best detective fiction genre novels and short stories of the year.
• THE SHORTY AWARDS - honor the best producers of real-time, short form content on Twitter. "Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the...Shorty Awards" -The New York Times.
• The Tech Awards - since 2001. A program of The Tech Museum of Innovation wherein innovators from any country are recognized for technological contributions which benefit the greatest number of people.
• Theodor W. Adorno Award - since 1977. German award intended to recognize outstanding achievement in philosophy, theatre, music, and film.
• THOMAS COOK AWARDS
• TONY AWARDS - since 1947. Recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre. Several discretionary non-competitive awards are also given, including a Special Tony Award, the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
• TRAVEL + LEISURE AWARDS
• TRAVEL WEEKLY MAGELLAN AWARDS
• TRAVELAGE WEST WAVE AWARDS
• TRIPADVISOR TRAVELERS' CHOICE AWARDS
• TURNER PRIZE - annual prize presented to a British visual artist under the age of 50.

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• UN Global Climate Action Awards | UNFCCC - "The UN Global Climate Action Awards are spearheaded by UN Climate Change to shine a light on the enormous groundswell of activities underway across the globe that are moving the world toward a highly resilient, low-carbon future. The UN Global Climate Action Awards recognize innovative and transformative solutions that address both climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges."
• UNCA AWARDS - U.N. Correspondents Association Awards for best coverage of the United Nations and U.N. agencies.

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• VITAL VOICES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS - honor and celebrate women leaders who are working to strengthen democracy, increase economic opportunity and protect human rights around the world.
• Volpi Cup - the principal award given to actresses at the Venice Film Festival.

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• WAN AWARDS - World Architecture News.
• WAN-IFRA | World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers - media awards.
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association AWARDS
• Webby Award - since 1996. Award for excellence on the Internet presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Categories include websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile.
• WEBSITE AWARDS - Wikipedia.
• Wellcome Book Prize - since 2009. Annual British literary award sponsored by Wellcome Trust. In keeping with the vision and goals of Wellcome Trust, the Book Prize "celebrates the topics of health and medicine in literature", including fiction and non-fiction. The winner receives £30,000 making it "one of the most remunerative literature awards on offer."
• White House Correspondents' Dinner Awards - since 1920.
• WINE SPECTATOR RESTAURANT WINE LIST AWARDS
• Wizards of Whisky - since 2012.
• WOLF FOUNDATION PRIZE IN THE ARTS (ARCHITECTURE) - awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation, and has been awarded since 1981; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics, awarded since 1978. The Prize rotates annually between painting, music, architecture and sculpture.
• WOLF PRIZES
• WOMEN'S WORLD AWARDS
• Women in Motion awards - by Kering.
• WOMEX AWARDS
• WORLD AIRLINE AWARDS
• WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL AWARDS - since 2008. "Winning a WAF award, the ‘Oscars of Architecture’, is your passport to the international architecture scene. Both professionally and personally transformational, the WAF awards are your gateway to global exposure, recogniltion and success."
• WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS - "The World Car Awards (WCA) is a program initiated by, organized by, and conducted by automotive journalists from all over the world. From the outset in 2004, those of us involved in making it a reality have done so in the context of one over-riding priority. We are dedicated to ensuring that it is carried out with the utmost objectivity, credibility, and integrity."
• World Cheese Awards - since 1988. "The Guild of Fine Food."
• WORLD LUXURY AWARD - "Honoring Creative Excellence in Luxury Communication."
• WORLD LUXURY HOTEL AWARDS
• World Media Awards - since 2016. Celebrate bold and creative strategies for engaging with international, influential audiences.
• World Press Photo of the Year Awards - since 1955. Hosted by the Dutch foundation World Press Photo. The creator of the winning entry receives €10,000 along with "the most prestigious and coveted award in photojournalism."
• World Summit Award Mobile | WSA Mobile - since 2010. Global initiative to select and promote the world’s best in mobile content and innovative applications within the framework of, and in cooperation with, the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
• WORLD SUPERYACHT AWARDS - established in 2005, the World Superyacht Awards are today the most coveted trophies in the superyacht industry. It celebrates the best of the best in superyacht build and design and recognises the dedication and passion of owners and the talents of their builders, naval architects and designers.
• WORLD SUSHI CUP JAPAN
• World Travel Awards 2020 - since 1993. "World Travel Awards serves to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry."
• World Whiskies Awards - since 2007.
• World Whisky Masters - awarded by Spirits Business magazine.
• WORLD YACHT TROPHIES - Cannes International Boat Show. The most prestigious award of its kind.
• WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS - for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio.
• WSJ Innovation Awards - "Launched in 2011, WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards recognizes groundbreaking talents from a range of disciplines, including fashion, art, entertainment, architecture, design, technology, the performing arts, philanthropy, food, literature and more. As an annual event, it has blossomed into one of the Wall Street Journal’s signature franchises; the combination of special-edition print issue, red-carpet gala and multiple digital extensions reaches WSJ.’s largest global audience every year."

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• 24 HOURS OF DAYTONA
• 24 HOURS OF LE MANS - world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France.
• 68th Cannes Film Festival 2015 - May 13-24. Official site. Annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is one of the most prestigious and publicised film festivals in the world. The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès (1, boulevard de la Croisette, 06414 Cannes, France).
• 100 most influential people in the world - TIME Magazine.
• 500 most powerful people on the planet - Foreign Policy Power Map.
• 2018 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR - the official 69th season of the Formula 1 website.
• 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA
• A LITTLE WHITE WEDDING CHAPEL - on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada has been the site of many "quickie" celebrity weddings. It is noted for its Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows. It was established in 1951, and has married about 800,000 couples.
• ABU DHABI GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
• ABU DHABI YACHT SHOW | ADYS - set to be one of the world's most exclusive and luxurious Super Yachting events. The event will provide an excellent networking opportunity for some of the world's highest net worth individuals.
• ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony. Venue: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, U.S.A.
• Ada Lovelace Day - (1815-1852). English mathematician and writer chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often described as the world's first computer programmer.
• AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS
• Air Guitar World Championships, in pictures - The Telegraph.
• aircraft interiors expo - "The global market leader for the world’s aircraft interiors industry, Aircraft Interiors Expo is the launch pad for cabin programmes showcasing tomorrow’s designs, in-flight entertainment, connectivity and passenger services." April 14-16, 2015. Hamburg Messe, Germany.
• Al Capone Festival - Árborg, Iceland.
• Al Jenadriyah Heritage and Cultural Festival in Saudi Arabia - yearly event and is also considered as one of the most famous cultural event in the country. The festival gives an insight into the rich history and past of the region and is celebrated and organized by the National Guard, an attempt to keep the Customs and Traditions in Saudi Arabia alive.
• Al Smith Dinner | Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner - since 1945. "For more than seventy years, luminous guest speakers have stepped from the world stage to honor and entertain Annual Dinner audiences with their light humor and political savvy." Annual white tie fundraiser for Catholic charities supporting needy children held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York on the third Thursday of October. It is generally the last event at which the two U.S. presidential candidates share a stage before the election.
• ALBERTA INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW - hosted by Lethbridge County Airport. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
• ALL ENGLAND OPEN TOURNAMENTS - official site.
• AMERICA'S CUP - since 1851. (Aka the "Auld Mug".) The most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Modern Olympics by 45 years.
• AngoulÊme International Comics Festival - since 1974. The second largest comics festival in Europe after Lucca Comics & Games, and the third biggest in the world after Lucca Comics & Games and the Comiket). It has occurred every year since 1974 in Angoulême, France, in the month of January.
• Antibes Yacht Show - Port Vauban, Antibes, France. The largest pleasure harbour in Europe. The show attracts all the biggest names in the industry as well as showcasing some of the worlds most luxurious yachts.
• Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair - since 2010. "The Fair is a unique opportunity for jewellery manufacturers, designers and retailers to source their diamonds in the world's diamond capital!"
• Apple Events Website - "'View online at apple.com or on the Apple TV app.' You can watch the event live on a Mac, iPhone, iPad, PC, or any other device with a web browser. The Apple Events website works in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and other main browsers."
• APPLE WORLDWIDE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE | WWDC - since 1995. Conference held annually in California by Apple Inc. The conference is primarily used by Apple to showcase its new software and technologies for developers, as well as offering hands-on labs and feedback sessions. The number of attendees usually varies between 2,000 to 4,200 developers. Since 1998 the conference generally starts with a keynote presentation which has been delivered by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, resulting in the presentations becoming known as "Stevenotes", and after his resignation and later death in 2011, his successor Tim Cook. Venue: Moscone West, located at Fourth and Howard streets, San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
• ARENA DI VERONA - summer festival of opera, located in the city of Verona, Italy.
• ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL
• ARS ELECTRONICA - based in Linz, Austria and founded in 1979. Festival for art, technology and society.
• ART | BASEL - the world's premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists.
• ASB CLASSIC - women's international tennis.
• ASPEN FILMFEST - since 1979.
• Athina Onassis Horse Show - since 2007.
• ATP WORLD TOUR CALENDAR - Association of Tennis Professionals.
• ATP WORLD TOUR | ASSOCIATION OF TENNIS PROFESSIONALS - most visited web site dedicated to men's professional tennis year.
• ATP WORLD TOUR FINALS - the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings.
• Austin Film Festival | AFF - since 1994. The first organization of its kind to focus on writers’ creative contributions to film.
• AUSTRALIAN OPEN - "The Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific." The first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held in January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard courts.
• AUTO CHINA | Beijing International Automotive Exhibition - auto show held biennially in Beijing, China since 1990. It has now become one of three top auto shows in the world along with Frankfurt and Detroit.
• AUTO SHANGHAI - biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show.
• AUZRUN - "Australia's first and Australias only open road rally."

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• 43rd Backgammon World Championship 2018 - July 31st - August 5. Hotel Fairmont Monte Carlo, 12 Avenue des Spélugues, MC-98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
• BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW - in association with Farnborough International.
• BAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE | RED CROSS BALL - August: Salle des Etoiles at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Monaco.
• balls in Vienna - Wikipedia.
• Banned Books Week - annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals. Held during the last week of September since 1982.
• BASELWORLD - "The World Watch and Jewellery Show." The most important trade show of the international watch and jewellery industry, organized each spring in the city of Basel: Congress Center Basel, Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland.
• Bastille Day - 14th July - commemorating the storming of the Bastille on 14th July 1789, Bastille Day takes place on the same date each year. The main event is a grand military parade along the Champs-Élysées, attended by the President of the Republic and other political leaders. It is accompanied by fireworks and publics dances in towns throughout the whole of France.
• Battaglia delle Arance | Battle of the Oranges - carnival and festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, which includes a tradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups. It is the largest food fight in Italy.
• BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELE | BAYREUTH FESTIVAL - music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal.
• Beaujolais Nouveau Day - since 1951. "Beaujolais Nouveau Day is marked in France on the third Thursday in November with fireworks, music and festivals. Under French law, the wine is released at 12:01 a.m., just weeks after the wine’s grapes have been harvested. Parties are held throughout the country and further afield to celebrate the first wine of the season." November 16, 2023.
• BELMONT STAKES - American grade 1 stakes thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes.
• BERGMAN WEEK
• BERLIN FASHION WEEK
• BERLIN MARATHON - since 1974.
• BERLINALE | INTERNATIONALE FILMFESTSPIELE BERLIN - founded in 1951. Berlin Film Festival. One of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events.
• Bermuda Race - since 1906. Widely known as the Bermuda Race, the Newport Bermuda Race is a biennial sailing yacht race from Newport, Rhode Island to the island of Bermuda sailed in even-numbered years. The sailing distance is 635 nautical miles (1175 km) across open ocean and the Gulf Stream.
• Best Global Brands - Interbrand.
• Best Illusion of the Year Contest - since 2005. "A celebration of illusions and perception, created by the ingenuity of the world’s premier illusion creators. Illusions are perceptual experiences that do not match the physical reality."
• BESTIVAL - music festival. Isle of Wight.
• BEVERLY HILLS FASHION FESTIVAL
• BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
• BIENNALE DES ANTIQUAIRES - since 1962. Biannual antiques fair held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
• BIG BOYS TOYS - since 2004. "The Middle East’s premier Luxury, Innovations and Technology Expo. The 7th year of the lifestyle supershow is set to be held from the 23rd to the 26th of November, 2016 at ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center), Abu Dhabi."
• BIG CHILL - music festival. Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire, U.K.
• Big Mac Index - The Economist.
• Black Friday (shopping) - Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November), often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices and often open very early, sometimes as early as midnight or even on Thanksgiving. Black Friday has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States since 2005.
• BLOOMSBURY ART FAIR - London, U.K.
• BNP PARIBAS OPEN - tennis tournament.
• BOB HOPE CLASSIC - golf's best celebrity pro-am event.
• BOCUSE D'OR - the Concours mondial de la cuisine, World Cuisine Contest is a biennial world chef championship since 1987. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, the event takes place during two days near the end of January in Lyon, France at the SIRHA International Hotel, Catering and Food Trade Exhibition, and is one of the world's most prestigious cooking competitions.
• Bologna Children's Book Fair | La fiera del libro per ragazzi - "The rights place for children's content." Since 1963, it is held yearly for four days in March or April in Bologna, Italy. It is the meeting place for all professionals involved with creating and publishing children's books, and is mainly used for the buying and selling of rights, both for translations and for derived products like movies or animated series.
• BOODLES BOXING BALL - London, U.K. Annual high-society charity ball event.
• BOOKER PRIZE - the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade. It is also a mark of distinction for authors to be selected for inclusion in the shortlist or even to be nominated for the "longlist".
• BOSTON MARATHON - since 1897. The world's oldest annual marathon, and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of six World Marathon Majors.
• Bouchercon - annual convention of creators and devotees of mystery and detective fiction. It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher; also the inspiration for the Anthony Awards, which have been issued at the convention since 1986.
• Boxing Day - December 26. Traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts from their superiors or employers, known as a "Christmas box". Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws. It is observed in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and some other Commonwealth nations.
• Braderie de Lille - annual street market/flea market, that takes place on the weekend of the first Sunday of September in Lille, France. The event dates back to the 12th century and claims to be the largest such event in Europe with over 10,000 sellers and several million attendees.
• BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL
• BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC - a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. Location: North America.
• BRIDGEHAMPTON POLO TOURNAMENTS
• BRITISH GRAND PRIX - race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. The British and Italian Grands Prix are the oldest continuously staged Formula One World Championship Grands Prix.
• BRITISH OPEN - golf tournament.
• Build Conference - annual conference event held by Microsoft, aimed towards software and web developers using Windows, Windows Phone and Windows Azure and other Microsoft technologies. First held in 2011, it serves as a successor for Microsoft's previous developer events, the Professional Developers Conference (an infrequent event which covered development of software for the Windows operating system) and MIX (which covered web development).
• BULLRUN LIVE RALLY - the most glamorous and high profile of the new breed of high-end luxury lifestyle automotive rallies. Each year, a hundred of the world's finest super-cars embark on an epic eight-day rolling party across the U.S.A.
• Burning Man - since 1986. "Once a year, tens of thousands of people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. In this crucible of creativity, all are welcome."
• Burning Man festival descended into mud & chaos - in pictures - "Heavy rains turned this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a quagmire of mud. Tens of thousands of attendees were stranded for days and when the roads became dry enough for people to leave, the mass exodus produced hours-long traffic jams ten lanes wide."
• Buy Nothing Day - since 1992. International day of protest against consumerism. In North America, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, Buy Nothing Day is held the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, concurrent to Black Friday; elsewhere, it is held the following day, which is the last Saturday in November.

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• CAESARS PALACE (LAS VEGAS) - calendar of events.
• CAMINO DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - the 1000 year old pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is known in English as the Way of St. James and in Galician as the Camiño de Santiago.
• Candy Store Cup Superyacht Regatta - hosted and organized by Newport Shipyard and Bannister's Wharf, Newport, RI, U.S.A.
• CANNES BOAT SHOW | Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes - Europe’s leading in-water exhibition. The new vessels in the Vieux Port and pre-owned models in Port Pierre Canto.
• CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - since 1946. Among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals. The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France.
• Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity - the world's biggest celebration of creativity in communications.
• CAPSULE SHOWS - fashion and lifestyle trade event that fuses the best high-end contemporary brands, directional independent designers and super premium street wear labels.
• CARLING CUP - English football competition.
• CARNAVAL DE QUÉBEC - Canada.
• CARNEGIE HALL - official site.
• CARNEVAL DI VENEZIA | CARNIVAL OF VENICE - February each year.
• CARNIVAL IN RIO - since 1823. February each year.
• CARNIVAL OF BASEL - the biggest carnival in Switzerland.
• CARNIVAL OF BINCHE - takes place each year in the Belgian town of Binche during the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday preceding Ash Wednesday. Its history dates back to approximately the 14th century.
• CARTIER INTERNATIONAL POLO CUP
• Cash & Rocket Tours - founded by Julie Brangstrup in 2011 to raise awarenes and help support women and children in Africa.
• CEATEC | Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies - annual trade show in Japan. It is regarded as the Japanese equivalent of Consumer Electronics Show. It is Japan's largest IT and electronics exhibition and conference. The show is held every year in October in Makuhari Messe since the first CEATEC in 2000.
• CeBIT - (Center for Office Automation, Information Technology and Telecommunication). World's largest computer expo. It is held each year on the world's largest fairground (Messegelände) in Hanover, Germany since 1970.
• Celebrity Fight Night - "Winning the Fight for Charities."
• CEO CHALLENGES - when business competition isn't enough.
• CES | Consumer Electronics Show - "The Golbal Stage for Innovation." Since 1967. Major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89109, U.S.A. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new product announcements.
• Chaos Communication Camp - since 1999. International meeting of hackers that takes place every four years, organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). So far all CCC meetings have been held in Germany.
• Chaos Communication Congress - since 1984. Annual meeting of the international hacker scene, organized by the Chaos Computer Club. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues.
• CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW | Great Spring Show - garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London, U.K. Perhaps the most famous gardening event in the world and part of London's summer social season. The Chelsea Flower Show has been held in the grounds of the Chelsea Hospital, London every year since 1913, apart from gaps during the two World Wars. It used to be Britain's largest flower show (it has now been overtaken by RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show), but is still the most prestigious.
• CHELTEMHAM RACECOURSE - Cheltenham Racecourse is a racecourse for horse racing events, located at Prestbury Park, in the suburban village of Prestbury on the outskirts of the English town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Cheltenham is called the "home of National Hunt racing", largely because it hosts the four-day Cheltenham Festival, held in March of each year and featuring the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The racecourse has been owned by The Jockey Club since 1964.
• CHICAGO AUTO SHOW - held annually in February at Chicago's McCormick Place convention complex. the largest auto show in North America and the third largest in the world (Frankfurt is #1 and Paris is #2, although those shows are biennial).
• CHICAGO MARATHON - since 1977.
• China Electronics Fair - the most high-tech event in China, where the world famous giants will demonstrate the best products and services in the electronics and information industry. The exhibition will be held November 8-10, 2016 in Shanghai.
• CHINA (SHANGHAI) INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW | CIBS - regarded as the largest comprehensive boat show in Asia.
• chocolART - since 2006. "Deutschlands größtes Schokoladenfestival in Tübingen." Germany’s biggest chocolate festival 'chocolART' in Tübingen.
• CHOCOLATE Week - since 2005. "The UK's biggest Chocolate celebration."
• CHRISTMAS - December 24/25. The Christmas season is celebrated in different ways around the world, varying by country and region.
• CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT MASS - December 24 at 9:30pm. Venue: Saint Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
• CHRISTMAS WORLDWIDE - Wikipedia.
• Cinco de Mayo - Spanish for "May 5th", or literally, "Fifth of May") is a celebration held on May 5. The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
• CLARION EVENTS - one of the UK's leading exhibition and event organisers.
• Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - since 1999. Annual music and arts festival. Venue: Empire Polo Club, 81800 Avenue 51, Indio, CA 92201, U.S.A.
• Code Conference - held annually by Re/code.
• Comic book convention - event with a primary focus on comic books and comic book culture, in which comic book fans gather to meet creators, experts, and each other.
• Comiket - since 1975. Otherwise known as the Comic Market, is the world's largest dōjinshi fair, held twice a year in Tokyo, Japan.
• Commodores' Cup - since 2006.
• COMMONWEALTH GAMES
• Computex Taipei - (Taipei International Information Technology Show) computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan since 1981 (Taipei World Trade Center).
• CONCORSO D'ELEGANZA VILLA D'ESTE - since 1929. The most significant of all events celebrating the mystique of Historic Cars.
• Copa AmÉrica - known as South American Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL. One of the world's most widely viewed sporting events.
• COPA DEL REY - annual cup competition for Spanish football teams.
• Copenhagen Art Week - since 2013. Focuses on the best on Denmark’s art scene, and the quality of its art institutions and galleries.
• COPENHAGEN DESIGN WEEK - explores design that matters: ideas, concepts, products and services.
• COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK - since 1968. Held twice a year in Copenhagen.
• Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix - since 2001. Vintage motor sports car race held annually on the grounds of Fælledparken in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• COPENHAGEN MARATHON - since 1980.
• Cork Film Festival - since 1956. Internationally recognised festival, particularly in the area of short films.
• COWES WEEK - since 1826. One of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily races, up to 1,000 boats, and 8,000 competitors ranging from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world.
• CPH: DOX | COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL - international documentary film festival established in 2003 and held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. CPH:DOX has grown steadily ever since to become one of the largest documentary film festivals in Europe with 70.100 admissions in 2013.
• CPH: PIX | COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - since 2009. Annual film festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival resulted from the merger in 2008 of the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival to create an organisation called Copenhagen Film Festivals, which also manages the documentary film festival CPH:DOX and the Buster Film Festival for children and young people.
• CROCUS EXPO - international exhibition center Moscow, Russia.
• Cybathlon - "Championship for Athletes with Disabilities." International competition organised by ETH Zurich for disabled competitors allowed to use bionic assistive technology, such as robotic prostheses, brain-computer interfaces and powered exoskeletons. It will be the first international competition of this kind, and is scheduled to take place in Zurich, Switzerland, on 8 October 2016.
• Cyber Monday - marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. Cyber Monday has become an international marketing term used by online retailers across the world.

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• DAKAR RALLY - annual rally raid type of off-road automobile race.
• Dam Short Film Festival - since 2004.
• DAVIS CUP - the premier international team event in men's tennis.
• DAVOS - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
• DEAUVILLE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
• DEFCON - one of the world's largest annual hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993.
• Defence Security and Equipment International | DSEI - since 1999. "The World Leading Defence & Security Event." Defence and security equipment exhibition held every two years in London Docklands, which draws thousands of visitors, both trade and military. It is the world’s largest fully integrated international defence exhibition featuring land, sea and air products and technologies.
• Denise Rich’s Annual St. Tropez Yacht Party - in July onboard her $38 million, 157-foot mega-yacht, Lady Joy.
• DER OPERNBALL | VIENNA OPERA BALL
• DERBY HORSE RACES
• Desert Trip - six-day music festival planned for October 7–9 and 14–16, 2016, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, United States. Performers include the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters, and the Who. The festival was dubbed "Oldchella" by Stereogum a few weeks before it was officially announced.
• DETROIT AUTO SHOW - North American International Auto Show. Annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan at the COBO Center.
• Diageo World Class - since 2009. The Global Final is an internationally recognised platform and mark of distinction for mixology at which the Diageo Reserve WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year will be crowned.
• Disney Legends - established in 1987, the Disney Legends program recognizes people who have made an extraordinary and integral contribution to The Walt Disney Company. The honor is awarded annually during a special ceremony.
• documenta - exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
• DRESSED TO KILT - sponsored by Friends of Scotland, a non-profit organization founded by Sir Sean Connery dedicated to advancing contemporary Scottish interests in the United States.
• DSEI - Defence Systems & Equipment International.
• DUBAI AIRSHOW - International Aerospace exhibition. The fastest growing air show in the world's fastest growing region.
• DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW | DIBS - the most important and established event of its kind in the Middle East region and Indian subcontinent.
• DUBAI INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY WEEK - since 1995. The region’s largest showcase of jewellery, gold & precious metals, diamonds & colored stones. One of the most glamorous social events in the Dubai calendar.
• Dubai Modest Fashion Week - "The heartbeat of modest fashion, will be the most prestigious Modest Fashion Week in the world. DMFW will showcase the best talents of modest fashion worldwide, and will gather modest fashion actors in the glamour of Dubai."
• DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - golf tournament.
• Dubai World Cup - "The world's richest horse race and day of racing." A series of six thoroughbred horse races held annually at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Run under the auspices of the Emirates Racing Authority, the event currently offers purses totalling US$30 million and is the single richest day of Thoroughbred racing in the world.

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• E3 | ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO - annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). E3 is widely considered to be the ultimate expo in the video game industry.
• EAA AIR VENTURE OSHKOSH - "The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration".
• Earth Day - annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries.
• EARTH HOUR - since 2007. "The biggest climate awareness campaign ever!" Worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday in March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. It has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide. Today, Earth Hour engages a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues.
• Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) - since 1987. "Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year." Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network and is a campaign supported by dozens of other nonprofit organizations. Information about Global Footprint Network's calculations and national Ecological Footprints are available online.
• Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) - Country Overshoot Days 2023 - "A country’s overshoot day is the date on which Earth Overshoot Day would fall if all of humanity consumed like the people in that country."
• EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - take place during August each year.
• EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO - takes place annually throughout August.
• EICMA | Milan Motorcycle Show - (Esposizione Internazionale Ciclo Motociclo e Accessori). Since 1914. Annual trade show in Milan, Italy featuring motorcycles. The show is frequently used by manufacturers to debut new models. 72nd International Motorcycle Exhibition: Fiera Milano, Milan, November 6-9, 2014.
• ELECTRIC PICNIC - music festival. Portlaoise, Ireland.
• ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO | E3 EXPO - annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). It is used by many video game developers to present their upcoming games and game-related hardware.
• ELITE MODEL LOOK - yearly fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management, an international model management group. It is used to discover and launch female fashion models in the international fashion marketplace.
• Elvis Week - Elvis event at Graceland, 3717 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
• EMIRATES BOAT SHOW INTERNATIONAL | EBSI
• END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL - Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, U.K.
• ENTERTAINMENT EXPO HONG KONG - event held by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
• EPSOM DERBY (THE DERBY) - a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies. 1st prize: £709,625 (2009).
• ESSEN MOTOR SHOW - "Germany’s version of SEMA". The world's biggest car tuning fair.
• EUROCHOCOLATE - since 1993. Annual chocolate festival that takes place in Perugia, Italy.
• EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL - "Europe's Biggest Indie Fest."
• European Heritage Days - European Heritage Days (EHD) is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of which are not normally accessible to the public. It aims to widen access and foster care for architectural and environmental heritage. These events are also known as Doors Open Days and Open Doors Days in English-speaking countries.
• European Powerboat of the Year - Düsseldorf International Boat Show.
• European Yacht of the Year - Düsseldorf International Boat Show.
• EUROCHOCOLATE - since 1993. Annual chocolate festival that takes place in Perugia, Italy.
• Eurosatory - International Defence & Security industry trade show that is held every two years in Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris, France.
• EUROVISION SONG CONTEST | ESC - an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
• EVENTFUL - find local events: concerts, festivals and more upcoming events.
• EXIT - music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia.
• Expo 2020 Dubai - World Expo, currently hosted by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.

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• Facebook f8 - mostly-annual conference held by Facebook, intended for developers and entrepreneurs who build products and services around the website. It takes place in San Francisco, California.[1] Previous events have started with a keynote speech by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, followed by various breakout sessions concentrating on specific topics. Facebook has often introduced new features, and made new announcements, at the conference. The name "F8" derives from the tradition at Facebook of having eight-hour Hackathons.
• FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW - one of the world's most iconic global aviation events held biennially in Hampshire, England.
• FASHION FRINGE - Covent Garden, London, U.K.
• FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - genre film festival that has been based mainly in Montreal since its founding in 1996.
• Fantastic Fest - since 2005. Annual film festival in Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
• Fastnet Race - since 1925. Famous biennial offshore yachting race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom. Generally considered one of the classic offshore races, 'Fastnet' is a difficult contest testing both inshore and offshore skills, boat and crew preparation and speed potential.
• FATHER'S DAY - celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, though it is also celebrated widely on other days by many other countries.
• FESTIVAL DE CANNES - since 1946. Among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals. The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France.
• Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes - "The Excellence of Luxury Yachting."
• FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BENICÀSSIM | FIB HEINEKEN - music festival. Benicàssim, Spain.
• FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU CIRQUE DE MONTE-CARLO - since 1974. "The largest and most prestigious circus event in the world."
• FÊtes des vendanges de Montmartre - since 1934. 14-18 rue des Saules, Montmartre, Paris 75018, France. Annual wine harvest in the historic neighborhood featuring wine tastings, food, music, and more.
• 2020 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR - "F1 Schedule 2020 - Official Calendar of Grand Prix Races." Click on the next F1 race - or any from the 2020 season Grand Prix calendar - today for full details of the F1 schedule, with dates, times and the full weekend program.
• FIAC | Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain - since 1974. One of the world's foremost contemporary-art events. Venue: Grand Palais, 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris, France.
• FIBO - since 1985. "The Leading International Tradeshow for Fitness, Wellness & Health." Thanks to 116,000 visitors and 700 exhibitors, FIBO is the worldwide Leading Trade Fair for Fitness, Wellness and Health. Every year in April, global top-decision makers of the industry come together in Cologne looking for the latest innovations and trends for their gyms, wellness facilities, doctors and physiotherapy practises, hotels etc.
• FIESTA OF SAN FERMIN - Pamplona bull run. "The Running of the Bulls." Held every year from July 6–14.
• Fields Medal - since 1936. Officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The Fields Medal is often viewed as the greatest honour a mathematician can receive. The Fields Medal and the Abel Prize have often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel Prize" (but different at least for the age restriction).
• FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP
• FESTIVAL DE CANNES - since 1946.
• FILMFEST MUNICH
• Food & Wine Classic Aspen - Colorado, U.S.A.
• Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival - Florida, U.S.A.
• FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE CALENDAR - "F1 Schedule 2020 - Official Calendar of Grand Prix Races." Click on the next F1 race - or any from the 2020 season Grand Prix calendar - today for full details of the F1 schedule, with dates, times and the full weekend program.
• Formula 1 2011 - world venue map and circuit guide - explore the venues for the 2011 Formula 1 season with BBC Sport's interactive map of the 20 circuits.
• FORMULA ONE AUTO RACING - circuits, constructors, drivers & Grands Prix.
• FOUNTAIN PEN DAY - Taking place on the first Friday in November each year, Fountain Pen Day is celebrated by enthusiasts worldwide as a time to embrace, promote, and share the use of fountain pens.
• FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR | FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE - since 1949. World's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. Venue: Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• Frankfurt Motor Show | INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW | Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung - "The world's most automobile show." World´s leading automotive fair at Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
• FRENCH OPEN | ROLAND-GARROS TOURNAMENT - the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. Billed as the most challenging of all the grand slams.
• FRIDAY THE 13TH - Wikipedia.
• FRIEZE ART FAIR - takes place every October in Regent’s Park, London.
• FT Business of Luxury Summit - "Technology Legacy and the New Consumer." Widely regarded as the premium thought leadership gathering for senior luxury executives, industry leaders, corporate decision makers and financiers from around the world.

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• Game Developers Conference | GDC - since 1988. Largest annual gathering of professional video game developers.
• Gamescom - since 2009. Trade fair for video games held annually in August at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is used by many video game developers to show off their upcoming games and game-related hardware. Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event, (measured by exhibition space and number of visitors) with 335,000 visitors, more than 6,000 journalists and 700 exhibitors from 88 countries attending the show.
• GASTONBURY FESTIVAL - "Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts."
• GAY PRIDE EVENTS
• GDC DEVELOPER DAYS - Game Developers Conference. February 27 - March 3, 2017. Provide immersive learning experiences lead by thought leaders from the industry's top companies. Attendees partake in a full day of sessions on topics most relevant to them, coming away with invaluable lessons. Venue: Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, U.S.A.
• GENEVA INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW - since 1905. French: Salon International de l'Auto. Annual auto show held in March. The show is hosted at the Geneva Palexpo | Palais des Expositions et des Congrès, Route François-Peyrot 30, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport.
• GENOA INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
• GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL
• Giraglia Rolex Cup 2014 - 62nd edition: June 13-21. Mediterranean keelboat regatta, named after the island of Giraglia, which has been held annually since 1953. The regatta consists of a week-long set of races, beginning with inshore races in the St. Tropez Bay followed by the primary event which begins in St. Tropez, France, passes through the Îles d'Hyères near the island of Giraglia, and then finishes off in Genoa, Italy, a total distance of 243 nautical miles (450 km).
• GIRO D'ITALIA - a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May / early June in and around Italy. It is one of the three Grand Tours, and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar.
• Global James Bond Day - 5th October: this date marks the anniversary of the release of DR. NO in 1962.
• Glorious Twelfth - term used usually to refer to 12 August, the start of the shooting season for red grouse, and to a lesser extent the ptarmigan in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
• GLYDEBOURNE FESTIVAL OPERA - opera festival held at Glyndebourne Opera House, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.
• Golden Horse Film Festival & Awards - since 1962. Film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan.
• Golf Around the World - October 9-31, 2014. "A Once-in-a-Lifetime Golf Adventure on Five Continents." Join us aboard a private jet on the Golf Around the World journey - sure to be the experience of a lifetime.
• Goodwood Festival of Speed - "The largest motoring garden party in the world." Annual hill climb featuring historic motor racing vehicles that is held in the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, England, U.K.
• Goodwood Revival - since 1998. Three-day festival held each September at Goodwood Circuit since 1998 for the types of road racing cars and motorcycle that would have competed during the circuit's original period—1948–1966. Most people dress in period clothes. It is one of the world's most popular motor race meetings and the only UK event which recreates the golden era of motor sport from the 1950s and 1960s.
• Google Developer Day - was a one-day web developer-focused events around the world held annually by Google. They include seminars and codelabs focused on building of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, HTML5, Chrome, App Engine, Google Web Toolkit and give participants an excellent chance to learn about Google developer products as well as meet the engineers who work on them.
• Google I/O - since 2008. Google I/O is an annual developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. The "I" and "O" stand for input/output, and "Innovation in the Open". The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day.
• GRAND NATIONAL - since 1839. World-famous National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over 4 miles 3½ furlongs (7.141 km) with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £1 million in 2015.
• Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris - since 1874. Group 1 steeplechase in France which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Auteuil over a distance of 6,000 metres, and during its running there are twenty-three fences to be jumped. It is the richest and most prestigious jumps race in France, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May.
• Great Spring Show | RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW - garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London, U.K. Perhaps the most famous gardening event in the world and part of London's summer social season.
• GREENMAN FESTIVAL - music festival. Brecon Beacons, Wales, U.K.
• GROUNDHOG DAY - holiday celebrated on February 2. It is held in the United States and Canada.
• GROUP 1 FLAT HORSE RACES - list of British flat horse races.
• GSMA MWC Barcelona | MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - since 1987. "Mobile is Everything." Combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world. Yearly in February Barcelona, Spain. Venue: Fira Gran Via conference facility in Barcelona, Spain.
• GUMBALL 3000 - annual 3,000 mile international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different 3,000 mile route around the world each year.
• GUY FAWKES NIGHT - also known as Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain.

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• HALLOWEEN - yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October. Observed by Western Christians and many non-Christians around the world.
• Hanukkah - also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem.
• HARBIN SNOW AND ICE FESTIVAL - China.
• Hampton Court Palace Flower Show - the largest flower show in the world. The Show is held in early July, and run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The show features show gardens, floral marquees and pavilions, talks and demonstrations. Erected on the north and south sides of the Long Water in Hampton Court Park, it is the second major national show after the Chelsea Flower Show but has a different character, focusing more on environmental issues, growing your own food and vegetables and cookery, while also offering opportunities to buy gardening accessories, plants and flowers.
• HAMPTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• HANNOVER MESSE | HANOVER FAIR - since 1947. The world's biggest industrial fair. Typically, there are about 6,500 exhibitors and 250,000 visitors. Venue: Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Messegelände, D-30521 Hannover, Germany.
• HANSEBOOT | HAMBURG INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
• Hawaii Food & Wine Festival - Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
• Hay Festival - annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for ten days from May to June. Devised by Norman and Peter Florence in 1988, the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as "The Woodstock of the mind".
• Hemingway Look-Alike Contest - since 1981. Venue: Sloppy Joe's Bar is a historic American bar in Key West, Florida, U.S.A.
• HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA - since 1839. Rowing event held every year on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. The regatta lasts for 5 days (Wednesday to Sunday) over the first weekend in July.
• HI SEOUL FESTIVAL - seasonal cultural festival held four times a year.
• High End - the world’s largest trade fair for the audio industry.
• Historic Grand Prix of Monaco - May 9-11, 2014. Circuit of Monte-Carlo. Organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco since 1997, the Historic Grand Prix is a "biennial" event that takes place two weeks before the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
• HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
• HOMI MILANO - "The Fair Dedicated to Lifestyles."
• HONG KONG BOOK FAIR - organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, held annually (usually in the middle of July) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• HONG KONG DERBY - thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1873. Restricted to horses four-years-old only since 1981.
• Hong Kong Electronics Fair - "World’s largest electronics marketplace." (Autumn Edition) is the world's biggest electronics event, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and to be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in October every year. One of the fair's highlights is the Hall of Fame – a special section dedicated to high-quality electronic products that are distinguished by their design and function.
• hong kong gifts & premium fair | HKTDC - since 1966. "The world’s largest gifts fair, organised by the HKTDC and held at the HKCEC, the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair offers various gifts and premiums, such as innovative design and products, figurines & decorations, outdoor & travel goods, photo frames, stationery & paper, tech gifts, and party & Festive items."
• HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | HKIFF
• HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW - March, 4-8, 2015. Asia’s largest spring jewellery show will offer jewellery of all kinds as well as loose diamonds, pearls and gemstones from about 3,000 exhibitors at: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
• HONG KONG MARATHON - since 1997.
• Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair - since 1982. Timepiece trade show held annually in Hong Kong. It is organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), Hong Kong Watch Manufacturers Association Ltd., and The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades and Industries Ltd. The fair showcases both Hong Kong and international labels.
• HOPE FASHION SHOW - hosted by the American Cancer Society Auxiliary.
• Hour of Code - since 2013. "Anybody can learn."
• HOVE FESTIVAL - music festival. Arendal, Norway.
• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | IFF

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• ICICS | International Conference on Information and Computer Security - since 2002. The premier interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of Information and Computer Security. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world.
• IDEX | International Defence Exhibition - biennial arms and defense technology sales exhibition.
• IDFA | INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM - since 1988. "With a program of some 300 films, an audience of more than 200,000 and over 2,500 documentary professionals in attendance, IDFA is the largest celebration of the documentary genre in the world."
• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - since 1973. Annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of 16 dogs, of which at least 6 must be on the towline at the finish line, cover the distance in 9–15 days or more.
• IFA | Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin - "Consumer Electronics Unlimited." World's largest public consumer electronics and home appliances trade fair. Berlin, Germany since 1924. Venue: Messe Berlin & CityCube Berlin, Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin, Germany.
• Ig Nobel Prizes - "IMPROBABLE RESEARCH - Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK." American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. The stated aim of the prizes is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." The awards are sometimes veiled criticism (or gentle satire). Organized by the scientific humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), they are presented by a group that includes Nobel Laureates at a ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theater, and they are followed by a set of public lectures by the winners at MIT.
• Il Palio - (Palio di Siena). Horse race that is held twice each year, on July 2 and August 16, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards.
• IMM COLOGNE - showcases the home interiors of the future.
• Independence Day - also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and no longer part of the British Empire.
• Independent Games Festival | IGF - annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry.
• INDIANAPOLIS 500 - American automobile race, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The event lends its name to the IndyCar class, or formula, of open-wheel race cars that have competed in it. The event, billed as The Greatest Spectacle in Racing, is considered one of the three most significant motorsports events in the world.
• International Cat Day - since 2002. Celebration which takes place on 8 August of every year. It was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It is a day to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them.
• International CES | Consumer Electronics Show - "The Golbal Stage for Innovation." Since 1967. Major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new product announcements.
• International Chocolate Day - an observance that occurs in the United States every year on September 13. The U.S. National Confectioners Association has stated that September 13 is the official date for the observance. Celebration of the day includes the consumption of chocolate. The day occurs on the birthday of Milton S. Hershey, an American confectioner, philanthropist, and founder of The Hershey Chocolate Company and the "company town" of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
• INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS FESTIVAL OF MONTE-CARLO - since 1974. "The largest and most prestigious circus event in the world."
• International Coffee Day (1 October) - "An occasion that is used to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events now occurring in places across the world. The first official date was 1 October 2015, as agreed by then International Coffee Organization and was launched in Milan."
• International Contemporary Furniture Fair | ICFF - since 1988. "High-End Luxury Furniture Fair." North America’s platform for global design.
• International Day for Biological Diversity - since 1993. (Or World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations–sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is currently held on May 22.
• INTERNATIONAL day of the Bible - since 1941. November 23. "Share your favorite Bible verses at noon."
• International Day of Yoga - celebrated annually on June 21 since its inception in 2015.
• INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM | IDFA - world's largest documentary film festival.
• INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK CALENDAR - Fashions.org.
• INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM | IFFR - held at the end of January since 1972. Approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno.
• INTERNATIONAL HAT DAY - November 25.
• INTERNATIONAL LEFTHANDERS DAY
• International Meeting of Styles - since 1997. "Worldwide Graffiti-Gatherings." The world´s largest Graffiti-Festival.
• INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY - annual international event celebrated on November 19. Inaugurated in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago, the day and its events find support from a variety of individuals and groups in Australia, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the United Nations.
• INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW | Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung - world´s leading automotive fair at Frankfurt&47;Main, Germany. Venue: Fairground of Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, D-60327 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
• International Museum Day (IMD) - since 1977. International day held annually on or around 18 May, coordinated by the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The event highlights a specific theme which changes every year to reflect the basis of the international museum community's preoccupations. Each year, all museums in the world are invited to participate in IMD to promote the role of museums around in the world, creating unique, enjoyable and free activities around a theme discussed within the ICOM community for this special day.
• International Prize for Arabic Fiction - literary prize managed in association with the Booker Prize Foundation in London, and supported by the Emirates Foundation in Abu Dhabi.
• International Robot Exhibition | IREX - the largest robot trade fair in the world. It is an event that has been staged once every two years in Tokyo, Japan since 1973.
• International Symposium on Wearable Computers | ISWC - since 1997. One of the most prominent academic conferences on wearable computing and ubiquitous computing.
• INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE FESTIVAL
• INTERNATIONAL WATCH FAIRS - "London's new exclusive collectors' fair, to be held in one of the most dynamic and important financial and fashion destinations in the world."
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year. Has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.
• IRISH DERBY - a group 1 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres).
• Irish Redhead Convention - held in late August, claims to be a global celebration and attracts people from several continents. The celebrations include crowning the ginger King and Queen, competitions for the best red eyebrows and most freckles per square inch, orchestral concerts and carrot throwing competitions.
• IRONMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - for triathletes (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, U.S.A.).
• ISPO - since 1970. International Trade Show for Sports Equipment and Fashion: The Universe of Sports with eleven Worlds of Sports at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre. Twice a year. Trade visitors only.
• Istanbul Biennial - contemporary art exhibition, held every two years in Istanbul, Turkey, since 1987.
• ITALIAN GRAND PRIX - (Gran Premio d'Italia) is one of the longest running events on the motor racing calendar. The first Italian Grand Prix motor racing championship took place on 4 September 1921 at Brescia. However, the race is more closely associated with the course at Monza, which was built in 1922 in time for that year's race, and has been the location for most of the races over the years.
• ITB BERLIN - the world's leading travel trade show.
• ITUNES FESTIVAL - since 2007. Annual music festival and concert series which is held in London at The Roundhouse art centre and sponsored by Apple Inc.
• IWSC | IWSC International Wine & Spirit Competition - "Having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, the IWSC remains as relevant today as it did when wine chemist Anton Massel founded the original format back in 1969." When Massel created the International Wine & Spirit Competition, his aim - as it remains to this day - was to reward excellence in drinks worldwide, ensuring recognition for the very best wines and spirits. The IWSC is proud to set the international benchmark for quality, standing out in the crowded world of drinks awards with hundreds of global experts - including buyers, producers, distillers, sommeliers, distributors and influencers - judging wines and spirits throughout the year.

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• Jackson Hole Economic Symposium - since 1978. The most elite banking conference in the world. Annual symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City since 1978, and held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, since 1981. The symposium focuses on an important economic issue that faces U.S. and world economies. Participants include prominent central bankers and finance ministers, as well as academic luminaries and leading financial market players from around the world.
• JERSEY LIVE - music festival. Jersey, Channel Islands.

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• KENTUCKY DERBY - American grade 1 stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually since 1875 in Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
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• LA AUTO SHOW - Los Angeles Auto Show. Annual auto show held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in late November/early December.
• LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
• LA TOMATINA - "The Tomato Party in Bunõl (Valencia), Spain." Yearly tomato fight festival on the last Wednesday of August.
• LABOR DAY - a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September.
• LACMA Art + Film Gala - annual gala dinner, inaugurated in 2011 featuring entertainment by international artists and hosted by national entertainers designed to help the museum shore up support from Hollywood leaders. Gala prices range from US$5,000 for an individual gold ticket to US$100,000 for a platinum table.
• LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER
• LAS VEGAS EVENTS
• LAS VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL
• LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS - since 1895. Royal Albert Hall, London, U.K.
• LATITUDE FESTIVAL - music festival. Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, U.K.
• Lazy Day - August 10 around the world.
• LE MANS
• LE BAL DE ROSE | THE ROSE BALL - March: Salle des Étoiles at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Monaco.
• LE GRAND BAL - December 31. Wiener Hofburg, Vienna, Austria.
• LEFT HANDERS' DAY - August 13th. "Celebrate your right to be left-handed."
• Leif Erikson Day - annual observance which takes place on October 9. It honors Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer who led the first Europeans thought to have set foot in continental North America (other than Greenland).
• LEIPZIG BOOK FAIR - second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair.
• Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation 4th Annual Saint-Tropez Gala 2017 - July 26. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF, since 1998) held its annual fundraising gala in St. Tropez. More than $80 Million was raised to benefit LDF, which is dedicated to protecting Earth’s last wild places and implementing solutions to preserve and save the environment.
• LES JOURNÉES PARTICULIÈRES 2016 - Visit 40 of our houses. LVMH
• Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - yearly sailing boat race since 1981.
• LIBERATUM - aims to connect Britain’s finest cultural and media minds with the rest of the world through world-class festivals and significant cultural celebrations.
• Life Ball - since 1992. The biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS. The event is organized by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE.
• Linares chess tournament - sometimes described as the Wimbledon of chess.
• List of balls in Vienna - Wikipedia.
• List of food days - Wikipedia.
• LOLLAPALOOZA - Grant Park, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Annual music festival featuring heavy metal, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.
• LONDON BOOK FAIR - large book-publishing trade fair held annually, usually in April.
• LONDON FASHION WEEK - since 1960. Starting each the season as no. 2.
• LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
• LONDON MARATHON - since 1981.
• London Modest Fashion Week | LMFW - since 2017. "A new and exciting addition to the London fashion calendar. A two-day celebration of style featuring runway shows, presentations, exhibitions, talks, shopping, music and film. Join in the glamour, the swag and the fun."
• LONDON SEASON - Wikipedia.
• London to Brighton Veteran Car Run - since 1896. The longest-running motoring event in the world.
• London Wine Week - arranged by DrinkUp.London. More than 125 venues across London offering wine flights, paired menus, special deals on corkage and a variety of events.
• Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival - California, U.S.A.
• LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
• Louis XVI Commemorative Mass - Every January 21, a memorial mass is held in Chapelle Expiatoire (29 rue Pasquier, Paris 8th), to commemorate the death of Louis XVI in 1793.
• Louis Vuitton Cup - yachting competition connected with the America's Cup.
• LOVEBOX - music festival. Victoria Park, London, U.K.
• Lucca Comics & Games - since 1966. Annual comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Tuscany (Italy). It takes place, usually, at the end of October. It is the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket.

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• MACMILLAN CELEBRITY CHRISTMAS STOCKING AUCTION - one of the most glamorous events in the London Special Events calendar.
• MACWORLD / iWorld - Moscone North, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Trade-show with conference tracks dedicated to the Apple Macintosh platform.
• MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK - "The World's Most Famous Arena. MSG is located on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd streets in New York City, and is home to the New York Knicks, New York Rangers, New York Liberty, and the best concerts and family events in the Tri-State area."
• MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - calendar of events.
• MALKO COMPETITION - since 1965. International competition for young conductors.
• MARATHON DES SABLES | Sahara Marathon - since 1986.
• MARDI GRAS - Wikipedia.
• MARDI GRAS - New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.
• Marrakech International Film Festival - since 2001. Africa's biggest film festival.
• Masterpiece Fair London - since 2010. "The leading international cross-collecting Fair for art, antiques and design, has become a must-attend event at the heart of the capital’s busy summer art and auction season."
• MASTERS TOURNAMENT - official site. The 1st of the four major prestigious annual tournaments (The Majors) in professional golf (April).
• Mazayin Dhafra Camel Festival - biggest camel show in history.
• MC FASHION WEEK - Principality of Monaco.
• MELBOURNE CUP - Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres. It is the richest and most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races in the world.
• MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• MELT! FESTIVAL - music festival. Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen Germany.
• MEMORIAL DAY - United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May.
• MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK - New York, Berlin and Miami.
• MET BALL - (Costume Institute Gala or Costume Institute Ball). Since 1948. Nicknamed the "Oscars of the East Coast", is an annual ball that celebrates the annual opening of the New York City's Metropolitan Museum's (The Met) fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute.
• MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW - Miami Beach Convention Center.
• MIAMI YACHT & BROKERAGE SHOW - a multi-million dollar presentation of yachts including the world's most extraordinary and uniquely designed yachts and superyachts from the world's foremost custom boat builders.
• Microsoft BUILD Developer Conference - "At Build, we’ll dive deep to cover all the areas you care about. How to design and build beautiful Windows 8 apps. How to sell your apps in the Windows 8 Store and make money. And much more."
• MILAN FASHION WEEK - since 1958. Starting each the season as no. 3.
• MILAN INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR | SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE - since 1961. Held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The exhibition showcases the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world. It is considered a leading venue for the display of new products by designers of furniture, lighting and other home furnishings. The show, also known as "Salone", "Milano Salone" and "Milan Design Week," is held every year, usually in April, in the FieraMilano complex in the Milan metropolitan area town of Rho.
• Milipol - since 1984. "Worldwide exhibition of internal State security." The world’s leading security exhibition.
• MILLE MIGLIA IN THE WORLD - "La Corsa più bella del Mondo."
• MILLE MIGLIA NORTH AMERICA TRIBUTE - historic and world renowned automotive driving event.
• MILLIONAIRE FAIR - "Discover a world of maximum enjoyment. Familiarise yourself with the best that the top names of the international luxury goods industry have to offer."
• MIPCOM - since 1985. "The world's entertainment content market." TV and entertainment market which is held in the town of Cannes once every year, normally in October. It is essentially a content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content. It provides the people involved in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content, production and distribution industry a market and networking forum to discover future trends and trade content rights on a global level.
• MIPEL - launched in 1962. "The Bag Show." Milan, Italy.
• MIPIM - since 1991. (Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier) is an international property event hosted in Cannes, France each March. The event aims to facilitate business between investors, corporate end-users, local authorities, hospitality professionals, industrial and logistics players and other real estate professionals.
• MISS CIVILIZATION OF THE WORLD
• MISS EARTH - annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.
• MISS TEEN INTERNATIONAL
• MISS TEEN USA INTERNATIONAL
• MISS UNIVERSE - annual international beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization acquired by Donald Trump in 1996.
• MISS USA
• MISS WORLD - the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant.
• MONACO EVENTS
• MONACO GRAND PRIX - a Formula 1 race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world, alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (informally known as the Triple Crown of Motorsport).
• Monaco International Clubbing Show | MICS - Grimaldi Forum, 10 Avenue Princesse Grace, MC-98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco. Since 2010. The first European trade show dedicated to the nightlife’s and entertainment industry. Created in 2010, the concept is to offer to international nightlife’s professionals to meet and to get together in Monaco on November and in Macau on May during 3 days and 4 nights in a privileged setting.
• MONACO RED CROSS BALL | BAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE - August: Salle des Étoiles at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Monaco.
• MONACO YACHT SHOW | MYS - brings together professionals from the international luxury yachting sector; ship-builders and designers, equipment suppliers, brokers and service providers.
• MONTE-CARLO TELEVISION FESTIVAL
• MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP MUSIC FESTIVAL - June 16-18, 1967.
• MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
• MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL BOAT & YACHT SHOW | MIBS - Russia’s best known exhibition for the boat and yacht industry. Features a wide range of products from the smallest accessory to world-class super yachts.
• Moscow International Film Festival | MIFF - held annually since 1995.
• Moscow International Financial Forum - focuses on a broad range of topics which are tremendously important for wealthy Russian. Such topics as sanctions, de-offshorisation law (CFC), second citizenship reporting, investment opportunities, asset protection and financial services are crucial for the Russian HNWIs and their assets.
• MOTHER'S DAY - in the United States, it is celebrated on the second Sunday in May.
• Movember Worldwide - annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, and associated charities.
• MSC | Munich Security Conference - annual conference on international security policy and has been taking place since 1963.
• MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL
• MUNICH FILMFEST
• MWC Barcelona | MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS - since 1987. "Mobile is Everything." Combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world. Yearly in February Barcelona, Spain. Venue: Fira Gran Via conference facility in Barcelona, Spain.

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• National Cherry Blossom Festival - spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City to the city of Washington.
• National Day of Monaco - (French: La Fête du Prince, literally Prince's holiday). Also known as The Sovereign Prince's Day is currently annually celebrated on 19 November.
• National Horse Show - oldest continually held horse show in the United States. It was founded in 1883 in New York and held there until 2002, when it moved to Florida and then to Kentucky. The National Horse Show offers competition for American Saddlebreds, hunters and show jumpers.
• National Hug Day - annual event created by Kevin Zaborney. U.S.A. It occurs on January 21 but is not a public holiday. The day was launched on January 21, 1986 in Clio, Michigan, U.S.A.
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• NEW YEAR'S EVE WORLDWIDE - Wikipedia.
• NEW YORK | MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK - since 1943. Starting the season as no. 1.
• New York City Food Network Wine & Food Festival - New York, U.S.A.
• NEW YORK CITY MARATHON - since 1970. Annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 50,304 finishers in 2013. Along with the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, it is among the pre-eminent long-distance annual running events in the United States and is one of the World Marathon Majors.
• NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL
• NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
• NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
• NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW - since 1900. Annual auto show that is held in Manhattan in late March or early April. It is held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. It usually opens on or just before Easter weekend and closes on the first Sunday after Easter.
• New York International Bridal Week - bi-annual trade show since 2010.
• New York International Fringe Festival - 1997. Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread on more than 20 stages across several neighborhoods in downtown Manhattan, notably the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Greenwich Village.
• Newport Folk Festival - American annual folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the previously established Newport Jazz Festival. The festival features performances by folk, blues, country, bluegrass and folk rock musicians, and since the 1990s has featured performers from related contemporary genres, such as alternative country, indie folk and folk punk.
• Newport Jazz Festival - established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard, who, together with husband Louis Lorillard, financed the festival for many years. The couple hired jazz impresario George Wein to organize the event to help them bring jazz to the resort town.
• night before oscars party - celebrates the entertainment industry's Academy Awards nominees and presenters along with some of Hollywood's biggest stars and influencers, while raising money and awareness for Motion Picture & Television Fund. Held at the historic Beverly Hills Hotel, this annual benefit raises funds to help provide health and social services to more than 150,000 people each year in MPTF's mission of taking care of our own.
• NOBEL PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS - since 1901. Set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of academic, cultural and/or scientific advances.
• NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW | NAIAS - Detroit Auto Show. Annual auto show held in Detroit, Michigan at the COBO Center.
• NORTH POLE MARATHON - since 2002.
• NY Art Book Fair - Printed Matter, Inc's annual event that occurs at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, New York, usually near the end of the month of September.

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• OKTOBERFEST - since 1810. World's largest Volksfest (beer festival and travelling funfair). Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16-day folk festival running from late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modeled after the original Munich event. Venue: Theresienwiese, Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
• OLYMPIC GAMES - IOC official website of the Olympic Movement.
• OPEN'ER FESTIVAL - music festival. Gdynia, Poland.
• ORANGE BOWL - annual American college football bowl game played at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.A.
• OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE - a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the Thames in London.
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• Palio della Rana - (frog race). Every year, the Sunday after Easter (weather permitting), the nearby tiny town of Fermignano (Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche) celebrates its independence from the Duke of Montefeltro in 1607 with the Palio della Rana - a frog race.
• Palio di Siena - horse race that is held twice each year, on July 2 and August 16, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards. The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds.
• PAMPLONA BULL RUN - The Fiesta of San Fermin. "The Running of the Bulls."
• Paralympic Games - major international multi-sport event, involving athletes with a range of physical and intellectual disabilities, including mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games.
• PARIS AIR SHOW - Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace, Paris-Le Bourget. Established in 1909. The world's oldest and largest air show. Since 1953 held every odd year at Le Bourget Airport in north Paris, France.
• PARIS COOKBOOK FAIR
• PARIS FASHION WEEK - since 1973. Starting each the season as no. 4.
• PARIS MOTOR SHOW - French: Mondial de l'Automobile. Biennial auto show in Paris, France.
• PARIS PHOTO | Foire internationale de photographie d'art - since 1997. The largest international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium and is held each November at the historic Grand Palais in Paris.
• PEACE ONE DAY - 21 September: the annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence adopted by the UN as Day of Peace.
• PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE - first conducted in 1950, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is often said to be the world’s premier celebration of the automobile.
• PGA CHAMPIONSHIP - official site. The 4th of the four major prestigious annual tournaments (The Majors) in professional golf (August).
• PHOTOKINA - "world of imaging." The world's leading fair for photography and imaging. Cologne, Germany since 1950.
• Pi Day - "Celebrate Mathematics on March 14th."
• PIRELLI CALENDAR - famous for its limited availability because it is not sold and is only given as a corporate gift to a restricted number of important Pirelli customers and celebrity VIPs. The Pirelli Calendar is perhaps the world's only prestigious and exclusive "girly" calendar, featuring pictures generally considered glamour photography including artistic nudes. It has become an annual publication that dates back to 1964.
• PITCH '11 - "Meet the latest startups." September 8, 2011. San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
• PITTI IMMAGINE - Florence: fashion trade shows & events.
• PMA INTERNATIONAL COVENTION AND TRADE SHOW - The Worldwide Community of Image Associations.
• PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX
• PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL - independent international film festival based in London.
• Power Lunch with Warren Buffett - each year, Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and philanthropist hosts just one charity power lunch to help support GLIDE’s programs.
• PREAKNESS STAKES - American grade 1 stakes race 1-3/16 mile (1.91 km) thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Predators' Ball - "Was an annual convention held by Drexel Burnham Lambert for the purpose of matching high-risk companies searching for financing with investors who wanted the high rewards that can come with higher risk."
• PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S WEEKLY VIDEO ADDRESS
• Pret A Diner: This is not a pop up restaurant - This is a dining experience
• PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA - often called the Oscar of computer art. One of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music.
• Prix d'AmÉrique - harness race held at the Vincennes hippodrome in Paris, France. The race takes place on the last Sunday of January every year, and has been doing so since 1920, with the exception for the years 1940-1941 when it was cancelled due to World War II. It is widely considered the most prestigious harness race in the world.
• Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,400 metres (about 1½ miles), and it is scheduled to take place each year, usually on the first Sunday in October.
• PRIX EUROPA - since 1987. "The European Broadcasting Festival." Europe's largest annual tri-medial festival and competition. Its open juries sample and select the best television-, radio- and online productions of each year. The festival takes place in the third week of October in Berlin and Potsdam and is hosted by the German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).
• PROCESSION OF THE LORD OF MIRACLES - Lima, Peru.
• Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs - since 1957. International organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats.
• PULIZER PRIZES - since 1917. U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition.
• PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR - Pushkar, Rajasthan, India.

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• QUIGLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY - publishers of the yearly international motion picture, television & video almanacs.

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• RADIO CITY HALL - New York City, NY, U.S.A.
• RADIODAYS EUROPE - "The World's Greatest International Radio Conference."
• RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - UK's largest independent film festival, showcasing shorts and specialising in directorial debuts.
• RALLYE MONTE-CARLO HISTORIQUE
• Record Store Day - annual event, founded in 2007, held on the third Saturday of April each year to to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world.
• RED BULL AIR RACE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - aka "Formula 1 of the Sky."
• Reed Dance - Umhlanga, or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi and Zulu cultural event. In Swaziland, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event. Umhlanga was created in the 1940s in Swaziland under the rule of Sobhuza II.
• REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL - new international music festival.
• Rencontres d'Arles - (formerly called Les Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles) is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette.
• RIBA | ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS - the RIBA Stirling Prize award.
• RIO CARNIVAL - festival held every year before Lent and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723. It is celebrated in honour of the gods and to respect the great waters.
• ROCKNESS - music festival. Loch Ness, Scotland.
• ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA - formerly known as the 24 Hours of Daytona, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) combined road course.
• ROME FILM FESTIVAL
• ROSE BALL | LE BAL DE ROSE - March; Salle des Etoiles at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Monaco.
• ROSEMOUNT AUSTRALIAN FASHION WEEK - Sydney, Australia.
• ROSKILDE FESTIVAL - the largest North European culture and music festival and has existed since 1971. Roskilde, Denmark.
• ROYAL ALBERT HALL - London, England. "Entertaining the world."
• ROYAL ASCOT - for almost 250 years, Royal Ascot has established itself as a national institution and the centrepiece of the British social calendar as well as being the ultimate stage for the best racehorses in the world.
• ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE - gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family. The performance showcases a variety of family entertainment, including comedy, singing, dance, magic and other speciality acts, with many of the performers and hosts being popular celebrities.
• ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW - horse show held annually since 1943 for five days in May or June in Windsor Home Park.
• RUGBY World Cup
• RUNNING OF THE BULLS - San Fermin Encierro, Pamplona bull run. Held every year from July 6–14.
• RYDER CUP - since 1927. Biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States.

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• Sailing at the Asian Games - since 1970.
• Sailing World Championships - world championships organized by International Sailing Federation (ISAF). All Class that are member of the International Sailing Federation may hold class world championships in addition to those initialed by the organisation.
• Saint Lucy's Day - Church feast day dedicated to Saint Lucy and is observed on the 13th of December. Its modern day celebration is generally associated with Sweden and Norway but is also observed in Denmark, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Hungary, Malta, Bosnia, Bavaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Spain and St. Lucia, West Indies.
• SAINT PATRICK'S DAY - or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.
• SALON DU CHOCOLAT - since 1994. "The world's largest event dedicated to chocolate and cocoa."
• Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie | SIHH - since 1991. Dedicated to the promotion of Fine Watchmaking and to serving an elite circle of distributors. Venue: Palexpo (Palais des Expositions et des Congrès), Route François-Peyrot 30, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex (Geneva), Switzerland.
• SALON PRIVÉ - the luxury super car event & Concours d'Elégance. "Salon Privé has grown to become one of the London season’s most eagerly anticipated social events and an absolute 'must' for enthusiasts, collectors and buyers of modern and classic super & luxury cars."
• Salone del Mobile | MILAN INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR - since 1961. Held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The exhibition showcases the latest in furniture and design from countries around the world. It is considered a leading venue for the display of new products by designers of furniture, lighting and other home furnishings. The show, also known as "Salone", "Milano Salone" and "Milan Design Week," is held every year, usually in April, in the FieraMilano complex in the Milan metropolitan area town of Rho.
• SALZBURG FESTIVAL - prominent festival of music and drama. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• SAN FERMIN FESTIVAL - Pamplona bull run. "The Running of the Bulls." Held every year from July 6–14.
• San Luis Obispo International film festival | SLOIFF - founded in 1993.
• SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL
• San Francisco World Spirits Competition - "One of the most influential competitions for a reason. Throughout the years, we’ve earned an exceptional reputation among trade and consumers due to our commitment to these three founding principles: Legacy, Integrity & Experience."
• SANTA BARBARA FILM FESTIVAL | SBIFF - established 1985. Showcases independent American and international films.
• SÃO PAULO FASHION WEEK - Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• SECRET GARDEN PARTY - music festival. Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
• SEMA | Specialty Equipment Market Association SHOW - "The premier automotive specialty products trade event in the world. It draws the industry’s brightest minds and hottest products to one place, the Las Vegas Convention Center."
• SINGAPORE AIRSHOW - "Asia's Biggest For Aviation's Finest."
• Singapore Electronics Show - quarterly affair held in Singapore showcasing the latest digital gadgets, tech gizmos, electronics appliances, software and exclusive show bargains since 1991 from vast array of technology products by manufactures and IT suppliers.
• Singles' Day - Chinese Singles' Day or Guanggun Jie is an entertaining festival widespread among young Mainland Chinese people, to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being single. The date, November 11th (11/11), is chosen because the number "1" resembles an individual that is alone. This festival has become the largest offline and online shopping day in the world, with sales in Alibaba's sites Tmall and Taobao at US$5.8 billion in 2013, US$9.3 billion in 2014, US$14.3 billion in 2015, US$17.8 billion in 2016 and over US$25.3 billion in 2017.
• SITGES FILM FESTIVAL - "The number one fantasy film festival in the world."
• Slush - since 2008. Two-day international startup and investor event, organized annually in Helsinki, Finland. In 2015, Slush gathered 15,000 attendees, including 1,700 startups, 800 investors and 630 journalists, together representing 100 countries. Since 2015, Slush has also run events throughout the world, including Slush Tokyo, Slush Shanghai, & Slush Singapore.
• SNKRS Day 2023 Global On September 9th - "Since 2017, Nike has celebrated SNKRS Day, a fictional holiday highlighting the industry-changing app."
• Social Media Week - since 2009. Leading media platform and worldwide event with local presence and global reach across five continents, including Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.
• SOCIAL SEASON - Wikipedia.
• Soir - "Event guide in the major cities worldwide. Soir collects new and obscure experiences for the adventurous city dwellers through a network of experience specialists. Currently available in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Milan and rapidly expanding to the rest of the world."
• SÓNAR - annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain, usually starting on a Thursday in the third week of June. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art.
• Sonoma International Film Festival - American film festival that began in 1997. It takes place each April in the Sonoma Valley of California and is hosted by the Sonoma International Film Society, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
• South by Southwest | SXSW - since 1987. Set of film, interactive, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring (usually in March) in Austin, Texas, United States.
• Spa 24 Hours - endurance racing event held annually in Belgium at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
• SPIRIT OF SPEYSIDE WHISKY FESTIVAL
• SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS: - 1964-2008
• SPRING GALA OF AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE - annual high-society black-tie dinner dance in May in the Tent at Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
• ST. JAMES'S CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE - the St James’s Concours of Elegance will be held in an area that encompasses the gardens of Marlborough House, Marlborough Road and St James’s Palace, the official residence of the Sovereign.
• St. Moritz Events - updated daily at St. Moritz Tourist Board's website.
• St. Moritz Gourmet Festival 2017 - "The Original since 1994." January 30 - February 3, 2017.
• ST. MORITZ Match Race - "Sailing on the Top of the World."
• ST. MORITZ POLO WORLD CUP ON SNOW - Cartier Polo World Cup.
• STAPLES CENTER - located in Los Angeles it has established itself as a world-class arena and the Sports and Entertainment Center of the World.
• STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS - annual address presented before by the President of the United States to the United States Congress.
• Stotesbury Cup Regatta - since 1927. One of the largest high school rowing competitions. It is held annually in mid-May over a two-day period along the Schuylkill River near Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Competing crews come from schools all over North America.
• SUMMER TIME
• SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
• SUPER BOAT INTERNATIONAL - "Boat Racing Of The Rich And Famous."
• SUPER BOAT RACING EVENTS CALENDAR - "Boat Racing Of The Rich And Famous."
• SUPER BOWL - since 1967. The annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15, 1967, following the 1966 regular season, while Super Bowl XLVII, which will determine the champion of the current 2012 season, will be played on February 3, 2013.
• Supermodel of the World - (Ford Supermodel of the Year, formerly Face of the 80s) is an international modeling contest established by Eileen Ford in 1980. The contest showcases young fashion model entrants from over 50 countries in order to discover new talent for the fashion industry. The winner of the international final event receive a $250,000 modeling contract with Ford Models. The two runners up receive contracts of $150,000 and $100,000 respectively.
• Superyacht Cup - since 2006.
• Sydney Film Festival - since 1954.
• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - since 1945. (Sometimes referred to as the Bluewater Classic in the Australian media) is an annual event hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. The race distance is approximately 630 nautical miles (1,170 km). The race is run in co-operation with the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, and is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world.
• SXSW | SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST - one of the largest music festivals in the United States usually in March in Austin, Texas with more than 2,000 performers.
• SZIGET Festival - since 1993. One of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. It is held every August in northern Budapest, Hungary, on Óbudai-sziget ("Old Buda Island"), a leafy 108-hectare (266-acre) island on the Danube. More than 1,000 performances take place each year.

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• Taormina Film Fest - historic film festival, and Italy's oldest began in 1955.
• TARGA FLORIO - open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it used to be the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Championship until 1973. After 1973, it was a national sports car event until it was discontinued in 1977 due to safety concerns. It is since run as a rallying event, and is part of the Campionato Italiano Rally, the Italian national rally championship.
• TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL - Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
• Techno Classica Essen - since 1989. "World Show for Vintage, Classic and Prestige Automobiles, Motorcycles and Spare Parts, Restoration and World Club Meeting." The World's Greatest Classic Car Show. 2014 Event: 190,400 visitors from 41 countries! Over 1250 exhibitors from 41 countries! Over 120,000 square metres of exhibition floor space in 17 halls! Approximately 2500 automobiles for sale! Over 220 presentations from clubs and museums!
• TEDX EVENTS
• TEFAF MAASTRICHT 2012 - "The World's Leading Art and Antiques Fair." Genuine masterpieces from 260 of the world’s most prestigious art and antiques dealers from 16 countries on display.
• TELECRUNCH DISRUPT - annual conference hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco, New York City, and Beijing, which began in 2011 and is where some technology startups launch their products and services competing on stage in front of venture capital potential investors, media and other interested parties.
• TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL
• TENNIS MASTERS CUP
• THANKSGIVING - a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada.
• The 100 most influential people in the world - TIME Magazine.
• The 500 most powerful people on the planet - Foreign Policy Power Map.
• THE BIG SMOKE - annual event held around the United States every year sponsored by Cigar Aficionado magazine.
• The Boat Race - since 1829. Annual rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights on the River Thames in London, England.
• The Eddie | 'Super Bowl of surfing' - since 1984. "Also known as The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, is a big wave surfing tournament held at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii."
• THE ENVELOPE - the awards insider.
• The European Fine Art Fair | TEFAF - "Established in 1988, TEFAF is widely regarded as the world’s pre-eminent fair of art and antiques. We champion the finest quality art from across the ages by creating a community of the world’s top art dealers and experts to inspire lovers and buyers of art everywhere."
• THE FRENCH OPEN | ROLAND GARROS - named after the famous French aviator Roland Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.
• THE GRAND NATIONAL - world famous National Hunt horse race which is held at Aintree in the United Kingdom. It is a handicap chase containing thirty fences which is run over a distance of 4 miles and 856 yards (7,242 m).
• THE GREAT WALL MARATHON - since 1999.
• The Green Carpet Fashion Awards - Eco-Age devised and launched The Green Carpet Fashion Awards (GCFA) in Milan in 2017 in collaboration with Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI). The Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Italia, celebrates the best in sustainable fashion. The awards reflect the commitment of fashion houses to sustainability, as they work to embrace rapid change while preserving the heritage and authenticity of small-scale producers.
• The International 2018 - as with every International from 2013 onwards, the prize pool was crowdfunded by the Dota 2 community via its battle pass feature, with the total being over US$25 million, the largest in eSports history.
• The International Men's Day is an international holiday since 1999 and is celebrated worldwide on the first Saturday of November.
• THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TODAY
• THE MET BALL - (Costume Institute Gala or Costume Institute Ball). Since 1948. Nicknamed the "Oscars of the East Coast", is an annual ball that celebrates the annual opening of the New York City's Metropolitan Museum's (The Met) fashion exhibit at the Costume Institute.
• THE O2 ARENA LONDON
• THE OSCARS - since 1929. The Oscar statuette is officially named the Academy Award of Merit and is one of nine types of Academy Awards. Organized and overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are given each year at a formal ceremony. Venue: Dolby Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, U.S.A.
• THE PALIO HORSE RACE - known locally simply as Il Palio, is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, Italy, in which ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards. Siena, Italy.
• THE PROMS - is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London.
• THE ROSE BALL | LE BAL DE ROSE - March: Salle des Étoiles at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club, Monaco.
• THE STARS ROUTE - "Gourmet Festival. Michelin Stars." Created in 2010, “The Stars Route' is identified as one of the most important high quality gastronomic festivals that take place in Portugal, involving, since that date, more than half a hundred national and foreign chefs awarded with the famous Michelin Guide stars.
• THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW
• Third Coast International Audio Festival | TCIAF - based in Chicago, curates audio stories from around the world and showcases them in various mediums. It is informally referred to as the "Sundance of Radio".
• TICKER-TAPE PARADE
• TIME'S PERSON of the YEAR
• Times Square Ball app - "The Official Website and App of Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop."
• TIMES SQUARE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL DROP 2018 - December 31. Venue: 1 Times Square, New York City, NY 10036-9998, U.S.A.
• TOKYO AUTO SALON - annual auto show held in January at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba City, Japan for Performance and custom dress-up parts and technology display.
• TOKYO MARATHON - since 2007. Annual marathon sporting event in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is an IAAF Gold Label marathon and one of the six World Marathon Majors.
• Tokyo Motor Show - biennial auto show held in October–November at the Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles.
• TOMATINA - "The Tomato Party in Buñol (Valencia), Spain." Yearly tomato fight festival on the last Wednesday of August.
• TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY EVENTS OF THE YEAR
• TOP MARQUES MONACO - "The Only Live Supercar Show in the World."
• TORONTO INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
• TORONTO INTERNATINAL FILM FESTIVAL
• 111th Edition Tour de France 2024 - will be held from 29 June to 21 July. Since 1903. Annual bicycle race that covers approximately 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) throughout France and bordering countries. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears a yellow jersey. The course changes every year but it has always finished in Paris. The Tour de France is the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours".
• TOUR DE SKI - cross-country skiing event held annually since 2006 (2006/2007 season) in Central Europe, modeled on the Tour de France of cycling.
• TOUR DOWN UNDER
• TOUR OF IRELAND
• TOUR OMAN
• TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL - Lower Manhattan, NY, U.S.A.
• TRUCK FESTIVAL - music festival. Hill Farm, Steventon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
• turin international book fair | Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino - Italy's biggest bookshop. One of the largest book fairs in the world.

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• Un Certain Regard - section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or. This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The name literally means "a certain glance" but is understood by French speakers to mean "from another point of view." Here it means films with various types of visions and styles, which tell their stories in nontraditional ways. This section presents 20 "original and different" works which seek international recognition.
• UNITED STATES MIDTERM ELECTIONS - general elections in the United States that are held two years after the quadrennial (four-year) elections for the President of the United States (i.e. near the midpoint of the four-year presidential term). Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms are members of the United States Congress, including all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the full terms for 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
• U.S. & WORLD POPULATION CLOCKS
• U.S. OPEN - official site. The 2nd of the four major prestigious annual tournaments (The Majors) in professional golf (June).
• USENIX SECURITY SYMPOSIUM - Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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• VALENTINE'S DAY - February 14.
• VASALOPPET - annual long distance (90 km) cross-country ski race (ski marathon) held on the first Sunday of March in northwestern Dalarna, Sweden between the village of Sälen and town of Mora. It is the oldest, the longest, and in popular consideration the biggest cross-country ski race in the world.
• VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA - (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia). The oldest international film festival in the world, founded in 1932. Takes place once every two years (in odd years) in Venice at the Venice Cinema Palace on Lido Island, Italy.
• VERBIER FESTIVAL - international music festival that takes place annually for 2 weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.
• Vienna Life Ball - since 1992. The biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS. The event is organized by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE.
• Vienna New Year's Concert - Vienna Philharmonic (German: Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of New Year's Day in Vienna, Austria. It is broadcast live around the world to an estimated audience of 50 million in 73 countries in 2012 and 90 countries in 2015.
• VIENNA OPERA BALL | DER OPERNBALL - annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday (a religious holliday).
• Viennese balls - Wikipedia.
• VISA Pour l'Image - since 1989. "The premier International Festival of Photojournalism held in Perpignan, France."
• VOLVO OCEAN RACE - since 1973. Yacht race around the world, held every three years.
• Vuelta a EspaÑa - a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the Golden Jersey.

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• WE DAY - Free The Children holds an annual series of events called "We Day", which features notable speakers, such as Al Gore, the Dalai Lama, and Elie Wiesel, and performers, such as Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber, and Nelly Furtado. Attended by thousands of students, tickets are not purchased, but instead are given to students involved with social activism in their schools.
• Web Summit - "Where The Tech World Meets." Technology-industry conference held in Dublin, Ireland since 2010. The topic of the conference is centered on internet technology and attendees range from Fortune 500 companies to the world’s most exciting tech companies. This contains a mix of CEOs and founders of tech start ups together with a range of people from across the global technology industry, as well as related industries.
• WEMBLEY STADIUM
• WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW - the first Westminster show was first held on May 8, 1877, making it the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the United States behind only the Kentucky Derby, which was first held in 1875. Its entry limit of 2,500 dogs featured all 179 breeds and varieties recognized by the American Kennel Club for competition in conformation shows.
• WGC | WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
• WHATS ON WHEN - worldwide event guide and travel inspiration.
• WHEN IS - dates of religious and civil holidays around the world.
• White House Correspondents' Dinner | WHCA - (since 1920- Wikipedia). Known as Washington, D.C.'s 'Oscar weekend'.
• WHITE TURF HORSE RACE ST. MORITZ - "International Horse Races since 1907." Every winter this alpine village hosts the "White Turf" horse race on the frozen Lake St. Moritz, Switzerland on the first three Sundays in February.
• WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS - the tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July and is the third of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar. It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious and also the only Major still played on grass. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon (London Borough of Merton) since 1877.
• WOMAD | WORLD OF MUSIC, ARTS AND DANCE - music festival. Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, U.K.
• WOMAN OF THE YEAR
• Women in Hollywood - Elle Magazine.
• WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL - August 15-18, 1969.
• WORLD AIDS DAY
• WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL
• WORLD ATHLETICS TOUR
• World Backup Day - March 31st - "Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data."
• WORLD BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP | WBC
• WORLD BOOK DAY - since 1995. World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event on April 23, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
• WORLD CAR OF THE YEAR AWARDS | WCOTY - French: Prix mondial de la Voiture de l'année. An automobile award selected by a jury of 48 international automotive journalists from 22 countries.
• World Championship Cheese Contest - since 1957. "The largest technical cheese contest in the world. Held biennially."
• World Chocolate Day - sometimes referred to as International Chocolate Day, is an observance that occurs globally every year on July 7. Celebration of the day includes the consumption of chocolate. It has been stated that 7 July 2016 marks 466 years since chocolate was introduced to Europe.
• World Cleanup Day on 17 September - since 2018. "Unites millions of volunteers, governments and organisations in 191 countries to tackle the global waste problem and build up the new and sustainable world. Lets join the hands again for a waste-free world! Annual global social action program aimed at combating the global solid waste problem, including the problem of marine debris."
• World Cocktail Day - global celebration of cocktails; it marks the publication date of the first definition of a cocktail on May 13 in 1806.
• WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY - March 15.
• WORLD CRUISING CLUB - since 1986. Global sailing event organisers World Cruising Club (WCC) are best known for the ARC, the world’s largest annual trans-ocean sailing event. The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, to use its official title, is the originator of the many WCC cruising rallies now taking place around the globe.
• WORLD EARTH HOUR
• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - annual meeting at Davos, Switzerland since 1971. The meeting brings together some 2,500 top business leaders, international political leaders, selected intellectuals, and journalists to discuss the most pressing issues facing the world. Venue: Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
• World Health Day - since 1950. Global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).
• World Laughter Day - takes place on the first Sunday of May of every year. The first celebration was on January 10, 1998, in Mumbai, India, and was arranged by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga movement.
• WORLD LUXURY EXPO - "World Luxury Expo showcases the world's leading luxury brands in an exhibition format to an ultra-affluent audience at the most luxurious hotel venues."
• WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR | WMRT - professional sailing series, featuring 9 World Championship events across the globe, sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation with "Special Event" status. The tour currently spans 3 continents.
• WORLD MEMORY CHAMPIONSHIPS - since 1991. Organized competition of mental sports in which competitors memorize as much information as possible within a given period of time.
• World Naked Gardening Day - since 2005. Annual international event celebrated on the first Saturday of May by gardeners and non-gardeners alike.
• World Nomad Games - international sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia.
• World Oceans Day - takes place annually on the 8th of June. World Oceans Day was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008. The International day supports the implementation of worldwide Sustainability Development Goals, and fosters public interest in the management of the ocean and its resources.
• WORLD OUTGAMES - welcomes participants for sports, the LGBT Human Rights conference and our culture program regardless of their sexual orientation, race, nationality or religious affiliation.
• World Password Day - "A Password Is Not Enough."
• World Password Day - May 4, 2023 - "Strengthen your passwords to keep your data safe on World Password Day, which takes place on the first Thursday in May - May 4 this year."
• World Pizza Championship - since 1991. Event held annually to determine the world's best pizza makers.
• World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie & Jewellery | WPHH - by Franck Muller Group.
• WORLD PRESS PHOTO - known for organizing the world's largest and most prestigious press photography contest.
• WORLD SERIES - official website.
• World Series of Video Games | WSVG - since 2006. International professional electronic sports competition.
• World Stamp Show - NY 2016 - United States' once-a-decade international celebration of stamp collecting taking place at the Javits Center in New York from May 28 to June 4, 2016. This will be the first international stamp show to be held in New York since FIPEX in 1956.
• World Television Day - in December 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.
• World Toilet Day - in 2001, the World Toilet Organization declared its founding day, 19 November, as World Toilet Day.
• WORLD TRAVEL MART - since 1980. "The global meeting place for the travel trade." UK event for the global travel industry.
• World Whisky Day - founded in 2012 and falls on the third Saturday of May each year. "A day of global whisky celebration." World Whisky Day invites everyone to try a dram and celebrate the water of life. Events are taking place all over the globe. If you can’t find an event happening near you why not host your own World Whisky Day event? All you need is a bottle of whisky/whiskey to share with your friends.
• WORLD WINTER MASTERS GAMES
• World's fair - since 1851. World fair, world expo, universal exposition, or international exposition (sometimes expo or Expo for short) is a large international exhibition designed to showcase achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world. The best-known 'first World Expo' was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations".
• World's most boring day in history - ever! - April 11, 1954.
• World's Ugliest Dog Contest - annual contest held in Petaluma, California, as part of the Sonoma-Marin Fair, to decide which of the dogs entered in the contest is the ugliest. The contest, along with the rest of the fair, is typically scheduled for the fourth week of June.
• WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL - music festival. Sète, France.
• WSOP | WORLD SERIES OF POKER - official World Series of Poker Online.
• WTA WORLD TOUR | WOMEN'S TENNIS ASSOCIATION
• WWDC | APPLE WORLDWIDE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE - since 1990. Conference held annually in California by Apple Inc. The conference is primarily used by Apple to showcase its new software and technologies for developers, as well as offering hands-on labs and feedback sessions. The number of attendees usually varies between 2,000 to 4,200 developers.

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• xMAS EVE MASS AT THE VATICAN - "How to Attend Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican."

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• YACHTSXL.COM - "The World's Number One Online Boat Show."
• Yoga Day - celebrated annually on June 21 since its inception in 2015.
• Yonex All England Badminton Championships

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Legendary Historical Society Events

Top Int'l Society Events of the Year

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• BARON DE RÉDÉ - (1922-2004). Prominent French banker, aristocratic aesthete, collector, socialite | social lion, and role as a host - notable for his Bal oriental, given on 5 December 1969. He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1972.
• Black and White Ball - Wikipedia.
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• Carlos de Beistegui - (1895-1970). Also known as Charles or Charlie de Beistegui, was an eccentric multi-millionaire aesthete, art collector and interior decorator and one of the most flamboyant characters of mid-20th century European life. Often referred to as "The Count of Monte Cristo". On September 3, 1951 Beistegui held a masked costume ball, which he called Le Bal Oriental, at the Palazzo Labia. It was one of the last truly spectacular events in the famous ballroom, and it was one of the largest and most lavish social events of the 20th century.
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• Comte Etienne de Beaumont - (1883-1956). A leading figure in Parisian society, was famous for his elaborate and extravagant parties and masquerade balls.
• Debutante - Wikipedia.
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• ELSA MAXWELL - (1883-1963). American gossip columnist and author, songwriter, and professional hostess renowned for her parties for royalty and high society figures of her day. Maxwell is credited with the introduction of the scavenger hunt and treasure hunt for use as party games in the modern era.
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• Henry Symes "Harry" Lehr - (1869-1929). Socialite and the husband of Elizabeth "Bessie" Wharton Drexel. Using his wife's fortune and his reputation as "The Fun-maker" of New York and Newport society, Lehr attempted to establish himself as successor to Ward McAllister.
• High society - Wikipedia.
• International Debutante Ball - Wikipedia.
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• Irving Paul Lazar - (1907-1993). American talent agent, dealmaker and social arbiter. Through the wit of his occasional client Humphrey Bogart, became known as “Swifty.” He was a tremendous snob who prided himself on his ability to get huge commissions for his literary (or acting) clients without having seen or read their work. Every Oscar night he gave a big party (for stars only – his definition of course) at Spago when it was located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. On Lazar's list, success has replaced Ward McAllister's criterion of pedigree. "Are you going to Swifty's?," people in Hollywood asked weeks in advance of the upcoming Academy Awards event.
• LE BAL DU SIÈCLE - Vincent Hornoy.
• Le Tout Paris - definition & explanation.
• Masquerade ball - Wikipedia.
• PUBLI-CIETY - definition & explanation.
• SOCIAL CALENDAR | THE SOCIAL SEASON - Wikipedia.
• Social Elite - Wikipedia.
• Social Register - directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite. The original New York Social Register first was published in 1886 by Louis Keller, a German-American of wide social acquaintance, who combined the "visiting lists" of a number of fashionable ladies to compile the families included.
• SOCIAL REGISTER Association - directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite (socialites) in the United States (approx. 25,000 entries).
• SOCIAL SECRETARY - "... not to be confused with a personal assistant."
• SOCIALITE - Wikipedia.
• THE FOUR HUNDRED - the social elite of New York City in the late 19th century. Origin & background story.
• TOP 50 INTERNATIONAL SOCIALITES OF ALL TIME
• Walker - a woman's escort at a social event. It is believed that the term "walker," first used by Women's Wear Daily, was coined to describe Jerry Zipkin (1915-1995), a celebrated fixture on the international social scene for almost half a century, often referred to as "a man about everywhere."
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• Ward McAllister - (1827-1895). Self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s. Coined the phrase "the Four Hundred". According to him, this was the number of people in New York who really mattered; the people who felt at ease in the ballrooms of high society.

Legendary Balls & Society Events

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• alva vanderbilt fancy-dress ball - was given by William K. and Alva Vanderbilt in their newly built home at 600 Fifth Avenue, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Seventh Street (demolished in 1927 to make way for Bergdorf Goodman), New York City on March 26, 1883. At the time, the ball was considered to be one of the most "lavish" in New York City's history. It featured guests dressed as courtiers, witches, royalty, godesses, and opera and nursery rhyme characters. Quadrilles were performed by guests dressed according to particular themes. A game-changer that established the nouveau-riche Vanderbilts—and their brand-new Fifth Avenue mansion—as social forces to be reckoned with.
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• April in Paris Balls - held at Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY, U.S.A. Started by hotel manager Claude Philippe in 1951 as a party for the 2,000th anniversary of Paris with gossip columnist & professional hostess Elsa Maxwell, which despite its name, took place each year in October.
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• Bal des Rois et des Reines - held in March 1949 by the Comte and Comtesse Etienne de Beaumont at their home HÔtel de Masseran, 11 Rue Masseran, Paris 7th arrondissement, France.
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• Beistegui Ball | Le Bal oriental - held by the eccentric multi-millionaire aesthete and art collector Carlos de Beistegui, often referred to as "The Count of Monte Cristo", on September 3, 1951 at the Palazzo Labia on the Grand Canal in Venice. It was one of the last truly spectacular events in the famous ballroom, and it was one of the largest and most lavish social events of the 20th century.
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• Black and White Ball - hosted by author Truman Capote at the Grand Ballroom of New York's Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966. Capote's black and white ball was a party as performance art; it has been a reference point for glossy magazines ever since, and frequently imitated (for example, by Sean 'Puffy' Combs). Davis's exhaustive account of the night, its genesis and preparations is, like the event itself, alternately fascinating and infuriating. Fascinating, because the guests included Noel Coward and Arthur Miller, Philip Roth and Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, Henry Ford and Vivien Leigh, James Baldwin and Irving Berlin, JK Galbraith and dozens of other names still famous 40 years later. Read all about it in Deborah Davis' 2006 bestseller Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball.
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• Bradley-Martin Ball - was a lavish costume ball at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City on the night of February 10, 1897. Cornelia Bradley-Martin organized the ball, with the intention of making it "the greatest party in the history of the city". Eight hundred socialites spent about US$400,000 imitating kings and queens.
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• James Hazen Hyde's Costume Ball - at Sherry's restaurant (5th Ave at the corner of 37th street, New York City), January 31, 1905. The ball was meant to recall the splendor of Versailles, the reign of King Louis, and the time of Marie Antoinette. There were six hundred people at the dance, in costumes of the period. The scenes of the entertainment were set on the second and third floors of the Sherry restaurant.

• ORIENTAL BALL - held on December 5, 1969 at HÔtel Lambert, Île Saint-Louis, Paris IVème, France and hosted by BARON Alexis DE RÉDÉ. The guest list was the crème de la crème of the international high society, with such attendees as Queen Margrethe of Denmark, Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, Aimée de Heeren, Georgian Abreu or Douce François Freitas.
• Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball - by Deborah Davis.
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• Patriarch's Ball - "One of the most coveted invitations during the New York season was to the Patriarch Ball. With the support of Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, Ward McAllister founded the Society of Patriarchs (1872-1897), a committee of 25 “representative men of worth, respectability, and responsibility.” Each member of the Society was responsible for distributing a certain number of invitations, with the goal to unite the old and newly rich in conducting each season’s 'most brilliant balls.'"
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• PROUST & Surrealist Balls - the Proust (December 11, 1971) & the Surrealist Balls (December 12, 1972) were held at ChÂteau de FerriÈres, 26 km east of Paris, rue de la Rucherie, 77164 Ferrières-en-Brie and hosted by baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild.
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• What a Swell Party it Was - New York Social Diary.
• Young Friends of Red Cross Ball - (1981-1995). On New Year`s Eve at the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A. Arranged by the legendary Bruce Sutka.

Top 14 International Society Events of the Year

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• Cannes International Film Festival - 66th Festival de Cannes: May 15-26, 2013. The world's most prestigious and publicized film festival. The invitation-only festival is held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. There are generally two types of party in Cannes - early evening cocktail receptions and post-screening bashes. The former take place around sunset normally in the beach-front pavilions on the various terraces along the Croisette. The latter take place all over Cannes and often in fancy villas outside. The glamorous parties are strictly by invitation only: the opening night party; events at the Eden Roc, etc.
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• EPSOM DERBY | THE DERBY - June 1, 2013. The Derby dates back to 1780, and is still ranked the greatest flat race in the world. The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old Thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is Britain's richest horse race, and the most prestigious of the country's five Classics. 1st prize: £751,407.50 (2012). It is one of Britain's great national events transcending its own field of interest, and has a huge world-wide TV audience.
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• International Debutante Ball - since 1954. Invitation-only formal debutante ball to present young ladies from upper-class families to high society. Founded in 1954, it occurs every two years at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Young women from around the globe and all over the United States are brought together at the ball and the surrounding parties, including daughters of Presidents of the United States, diplomats, nobility, senators, ambassadors and governors. The International Debutante Ball is considered the most prestigious and the most exclusive debutante ball in the world.
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• LE BAL | LE BAL DES DÉBUTANTES - November 24, 2012. Known simply as le Bal or, sometimes, the Crillon Ball, is an annual international event created and organized by Ophélie Renouard and her team. It was first held in 1992 at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, which continues to serve as the venue to this day. le Bal is a media event that claims to bring together the daughters of former celebrities, aristocrats, artists, politicians and others. The "Debs", as they are known, make their couture and media premieres in gowns designed by French haute couture as well as French and foreign couture houses.
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• LE GRAND BAL - (formerly: Der Kaiserball). December 31. Wiener Hofburg, Vienna, Austria. The Austrian capital’s premier New Year’s Eve event and the prelude to the ball season. "The Hofburg Vienna invites you to a glittering night to remember in its imperial state rooms. After almost 40 years, the Kaiserball has made way for newcomer Le Grand Bal which promises to be an unforgettable ball experience full of glitz and glamour."
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• Life Ball - May 16, 2015. The Life Ball in Vienna is the biggest charity event in Europe supporting people with HIV or AIDS. The event is organized by the nonprofit organization AIDS LIFE, which was founded in 1992 by Gery Keszler and Torgom Petrosian. Organizer and founder Gery Keszler is the “face” and engine of the Life Ball. It is also mainly his achievement that fashion representatives and celebrities of the entertainment industry such as Elton John, Catherine Deneuve, Liza Minnelli, Sharon Stone, Dita von Teese, Anastacia, Heidi Klum, Naomi Campbell and Jenna Jameson attend the opening show. The main priority of the Ball is, however, not only the exuberant celebration of the party people or spectacular live acts, but especially the fight against AIDS.
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• Monaco Grand Prix | Grand Prix de Monaco - 71th Grand Prix of Monaco: from Thursday 23 to Sunday 26 May, 2013. The circuit has been called "an exceptional location of glamour and prestige." It has been run under the patronage of three generations of Monaco's royal family: Louis II, Rainier III and Albert II, all of whom have taken a close interest in the race. A large part of the principality's income comes from tourists attracted by the warm climate and the famous casino, but it is also a tax haven and is home to many millionaires, including several Formula One drivers. ASSOCIATED EVENTS: the legendary F1 drivers’ post-race parties. Amber Lounge Monaco party. Red Eye Friday night yacht party. Culminating in the Diamonds and White Rendezvous Party at the Monte-Carlo Beach Club.
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• MONACO RED CROSS BALL | BAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE - 66th Red Cross Ball Gala: August 1, 2014: at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in the Salle des Étoiles, Monaco. The biggest social event of the year for the principality.
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• Monaco Rose Ball | Bal de la Rose - March 23, 2013: at the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club in the Salle des Étoiles, Monaco. The second most famous gala evening after the Red Cross Ball. The Rose Ball was created by HSH Princess Grace, who each year gave this exceptional evening a special theme by associating the ball with a different country and a different rose. It is a private, invite only charity event that benefits the Princess Grace Foundation. The event features a gourmet dinner, live music and is often graced by many Monaco Royals including Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene of Monaco, Princess Caroline of Hanover and many others.
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• ROYAL ASCOT - Tuesday 18 to Saturday 22 June, 2013. The centrepiece of Ascot's year, Royal Ascot is one of Europe's most famous race meetings, and dates back to 1711 when it was founded by Queen Anne. Every year Royal Ascot is attended by HM Elizabeth II and various members of the British Royal Family such as The Prince of Wales, arriving each day in a horse-drawn carriage with the Royal procession taking place at the start of each race day and the raising of the Queen's Royal Standard. It is a major event in the British social calendar, and press coverage of the attendees and what they are wearing often exceeds coverage of the actual racing. There are 3 enclosures attended by guests on Royal Ascot week. The Royal Enclosure is the most prestigious of the three enclosures, with recent visits from the Queen and Royal Family members. Access to the Royal Enclosure is restricted, with high security on the day. First-time applicants must apply to the Royal Enclosure Office and gain membership from someone who has attended the enclosure for at least four years. For existing badgeholders, an invitation is sent out by Her Majesty's Representative to request badges. The badgeholder's name is written onto the badge and can be used only by that person; the colours of the badges vary each day for one-day applicants. Those in the Royal Enclosure have the options of fine dining and hospitality, and a selection of bars. The dress code is strictly enforced. For women, only a day dress with a hat is acceptable, with rules applying to the length and style of the dress. In addition, women must not show bare midriffs or shoulders. For men, black or grey morning dress with top hat is required. £4.5 million in prize money.
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• The Met Gala - since 1946. Formally called the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit and also known as the Met Ball, is an annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City. It marks the grand opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit. Each year's event celebrates the theme of that year's Costume Institute exhibition, and the exhibition sets the tone for the formal dress of the night since guest are expected to choose their fashion to match the theme of the exhibit. Each year the event also has honorary celebrity event day chairpersons.
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• THE OSCARS - Sunday, February 24, 2013. 85th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards. Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. As one of the most prominent award ceremonies in the world, the Academy Awards ceremony is televised live in more than 100 countries annually. It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards (for music), the Emmy Awards (for television), and the Tony Awards (for theater), are modeled after the Academy Awards. ASSOCIATED EVENTS: The 8th annual "Night Before", traditionally held at the Beverly Hills Hotel (eight years running in 2010) and generally known as THE party of the season, benefits the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which operates a retirement home for SAG actors in the San Fernando Valley. Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party airs the awards live at the nearby Pacific Design Center. The Governors' Ball is the Academy's official after-party, including dinner (until 2011), and is held adjacent to the awards-presentation venue. In 2012, the three course meal was replaced by appetizers. The Vanity Fair after-party, historically held at the former Morton's restaurant, since 2009 has been held at the Sunset Tower.
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• VIENNA OPERA BALL | DER OPERNBALL - February 7, 2013. Annual Austrian society event which takes place in the building of the Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria on the Thursday preceding Ash Wednesday (a religious holliday). Each year, almost overnight, the auditorium of the Vienna State Opera is turned into a large ballroom. On the eve of the event, the rows of seats are removed from the stalls, and a new floor, level with the stage, is built. Together with the New Year Concert, the Opera Ball is one of the highlights of the Viennese carnival season. The dress code is evening dress: white tie and tails for men; ususally white floor-length gowns for women.
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• Wimbledon - June 24 - July 7, 2013. The oldest tennis tournament in the world, and widely considered to be the biggest and the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and Royal patronage.