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The European Biathlon Championships can draw sizeable crowds: In 2004 in Belarus, they attracted some 80,000 visitors, and given that the World Championship in Germany in February 2012 attracted more than 200'000 visitors over 6 days, you can expect that the Bansko region's ~100,000 beds will be rather well occupied.
The competitors in the Biathlon event ...
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Notice:
The Sistine Chapel reopens
As the Conclave has now come to an end with the election of Pope Francis, the Sistine Chapel will reopen for visits by the public on Monday 18 March at 9am. It will also again be possible to visit the Borgia Apartment and the Collection of Modern Religious Art.
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The various news articles I read about this (eg Reuters and Catholic.org) said that they installed a false floor and the stoves. They needed about a week to do that plus sweep for bugs, and that work will need to be undone once the conclave is finished. They will be voting for an unknown amount of time (Huffington Post) : a week is a good guess I suppose. If ...
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I am not sure if this will help but I am sure that some of these strange -> weird -> bizarre sports have presence and competitions in the NorthEast US. I haven't gone through all of them but you are welcome to search. :)
Complete List of Unusual Sports
Present locally:
Bike Polo
Chess Boxing
P.S. Some of these sports are painful just to read about.
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Firstly, to get an overall impression of what to expect, Youtube as always has a great video, titled "Burning Seed 2010" - of Australia's first Burning Man event. From arriving, to the partying, fire, and more, it gives a solid 12 minute taste. The only problem is in answering your question with the video - much of the footage is at night, and it's not ...
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According to this website, there is nothing special on these dates. The closest to your travel dates are the January 1st (New Year's day) and the January 11th (Independence Manifesto Day 1944). In my experience, I was a January 1st in Marrakesh and I didn't perceived any special celebration.
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A good place to start for me is the Interrail website list. Using the info there it is easy to google on and find more detailed information. A quick google also returned spain.info website with an events search ability for any given area of Spain, the link is for Madrid events in September.
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DirectGov and the British Monarchy have both published lists of events for the Jubilee. Alas, the events seem to mainly be a couple of weeks before you get there:
British Monarchy - Announcement of plans for the central Diamond Jubilee weekend in 2012
Public Services - The Queen's Diamond Jubilee - celebrations and events
The Official Website of the ...
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Burning Man Festival itself organises a ticket exchange programme for those interested in reselling their tickets. They call it 'STEP' (Secure Ticket Exchange Program). However, for the 2012 festival this is now closed.
The Secure Ticket Exchange Program (STEP) is an online system that
facilitates the safe resale of tickets that have been purchased
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For 2012, it would seem you're out of luck by official routes. The main website describes the ticketing structure and process, and the final dates have indeed passed.
A search on ebay reveals at least one seller of tickets, but I'd be very cautious buying tickets second-hand - not that it can't be done though.
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As we pointed out in some comments, there really are tons out there. It being mostly a Catholic (historically) and Spanish-Portuguese continent, a lot of the festivals tend to be related to dates at similar times, as well as historical dates (independence days and the like).
For this, I'd recommend a site like Festivals in South America - which lists ...
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I don't know when you will be doing this, but try the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture race - http://www.kineticbaltimore.com/
From the website:
Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human powered works of art custom
built for the race. Each May, the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)
hosts the East Coast Kinetic Sculpture Race Championship on the shore
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Most festivals are in spring and summer over here (Chile), starting in September until early in the next year (Jan/Feb).
March and April are the first off-season months (all schools are open again and tourists have left). The weather is still very good (speciaal voor ons Nederlanders hehe), and another positive thing is that the prices of Hotels or Hotel ...
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