Making life a holiday with interesting vacation and adventure ideas.

Cyndi Lauper is heading to Toronto for June 19, 2007, with her True Colors Tour. This will be the only Canadian date for her tour and forms part of the Gay Pride Week in Toronto.

Pride Week is an arts and culture festival, held annually at the end of June in downtown Toronto and this year, runs June 15 to 24.

Labels: fesival, Pride Week, Toronto

27 May - 3 June 2007 is the period of the World Festival of Puppet Art in Prague, Czech Republic. The city also has a puppetry museum, which is situated in a beautiful old 16th century building next to the Charles Bridge, one of Prague's main tourist attractions.

The puppet festival overlaps with the Prague Spring International Music Festival, which runs from 12 May to 3 June, 2007.

Labels: Charles Bridge, Czech Republic, fesival, music, Prague, puppets

Spring or Easter festivals, which were probably derived from pagan Spring festivals anyway, are celebrated around the world and eggs, the universal symbol of new life, have long featured in the festivities.
The decoration of Easter eggs is a tradition in many cultures and has become an established art form. Eggs may be dyed, painted, carved, decorated with gemstones and ribbons, and even filled with confetti. Enchanted Hen Productions has a nice gallery of designs.

Labels: Arts Festival, Decorated Eggs, Easter, Easter Egg, fesival, Spring

Dubai might seem an unlikely location for a Christmas break but for the past ten years, the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) has been establishing itself as a major international event. Running for a massive 45 days, from December 20, 2006 to February 2, 2007, this years festival features much more than the opportunity to spend a lot of money; there is a World Cultures Festival, a Family Entertainment Festival, Arts and Cultural Festivals, Musical Festivals, Dubai Carnivals Festival, Dubai Fashion Festival, a Sports Festival, a Food Festival, a Records Breaking Festival, a Heritage Festival, a Shopping Malls Festival and a Raffle and Winnings Festival which includes some mega-expensive prizes.

Also included in this year's DSF, Cirque du Soleil performs its internationally acclaimed Quidam act and there is a Balloon Festival, with the participation of over 60 balloons. Finally, 'Bazaars of the World' is a DSF showcase for the development of Islamic culture through different periods in history with workshops on various crafts, painting, carpet weaving, copper engraving and the unique re-creation of a number of historic bazaars.

Dubai aims to attract more than 15 million visitors to the Dubai Shopping Festival in 2010 so by the end of the decade, the idea of Dubai as a location for a Christmas break might seem a little less unlikely.

Labels: bazaar, Cirque du Soleil, Dubai, fesival, shopping