Summertime fun means tons of festivals and events for everyone. Why not plan your summer trip around a fabulous special event? Here are a few of the popular "happenings" going on this summer.Luminato Festival in Toronto
June 5-14
How much art and free activities can you pack into a weekend or extended trip? Try it at the Luminato Festival, one of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festivals in North America, which features events ranging from high level curated performances and elite street creativity to cultivate the inner artist, rock star or foodie in all of us. Luminato 2009 will host over 100 different scheduled events, 80% of which are free. Acts include Emmylou Harris, Cirque du Soliel, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller. To sneak a peek, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hngvjd2D-mI. For more information, visit http://www.luminato.com/.
Taste of Chicago
June 26-July 5
Held in Grant Park, there’s food for everybody’s taste at the annual Taste of Chicago where you’ll find more than 200 menu items at over 50 restaurants. The Family Village offers activities, entertainment and amusement rides just for kids. Be sure to take advantage of fun and fit things to do at Taste Sports!, including days devoted to Chicago teams. Local musicians take center stage at the Taste Stage located at the south end of Taste and international fare performs at the Buckingham Fountain where you’ll also find a market selling wares from around the world. Major concert headliners include Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, Ne-Yo, The Wallflowers and fireworks (of course). For more information, visit http://www.tasteofchicago.us/.
CMA Music Fest in Nashville
June 11-14
Known as the ultimate country music fan experience, each summer for four jam-packed days, Nashville's signature music event features concerts and autograph signings from country music superstars and fan favorites, as well as family activities. For 38 years, the event (which started as Fan Fair in 1972) has been an unparalleled celebration of America's music, drawing thousands of fans and media from all corners of the globe to Nashville. The 2009 CMA Music Festival benefits music education in Music City. For more information and tickets, visit http://www.cmafest.com/.
Hemingway Days in Key West
July 21-26
During his Key West residence in the 1930s, Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most enduring works and spent his leisure hours fishing and socializing with local and literary cohorts. Each year, fans of his writing and exuberant lifestyle come together for Key West’s Hemingway Days to celebrate the author’s birthday. Scheduled events include a Hemingway look-alike contest, readings and book signings by nationally acclaimed authors. For more information, visit
http://www.hemingwaydays.net/.
June 5-14
How much art and free activities can you pack into a weekend or extended trip? Try it at the Luminato Festival, one of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary arts festivals in North America, which features events ranging from high level curated performances and elite street creativity to cultivate the inner artist, rock star or foodie in all of us. Luminato 2009 will host over 100 different scheduled events, 80% of which are free. Acts include Emmylou Harris, Cirque du Soliel, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller. To sneak a peek, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hngvjd2D-mI. For more information, visit http://www.luminato.com/.
Taste of Chicago
June 26-July 5
Held in Grant Park, there’s food for everybody’s taste at the annual Taste of Chicago where you’ll find more than 200 menu items at over 50 restaurants. The Family Village offers activities, entertainment and amusement rides just for kids. Be sure to take advantage of fun and fit things to do at Taste Sports!, including days devoted to Chicago teams. Local musicians take center stage at the Taste Stage located at the south end of Taste and international fare performs at the Buckingham Fountain where you’ll also find a market selling wares from around the world. Major concert headliners include Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, Ne-Yo, The Wallflowers and fireworks (of course). For more information, visit http://www.tasteofchicago.us/.
CMA Music Fest in Nashville
June 11-14
Known as the ultimate country music fan experience, each summer for four jam-packed days, Nashville's signature music event features concerts and autograph signings from country music superstars and fan favorites, as well as family activities. For 38 years, the event (which started as Fan Fair in 1972) has been an unparalleled celebration of America's music, drawing thousands of fans and media from all corners of the globe to Nashville. The 2009 CMA Music Festival benefits music education in Music City. For more information and tickets, visit http://www.cmafest.com/.
Hemingway Days in Key West
July 21-26
During his Key West residence in the 1930s, Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his most enduring works and spent his leisure hours fishing and socializing with local and literary cohorts. Each year, fans of his writing and exuberant lifestyle come together for Key West’s Hemingway Days to celebrate the author’s birthday. Scheduled events include a Hemingway look-alike contest, readings and book signings by nationally acclaimed authors. For more information, visit
http://www.hemingwaydays.net/.
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