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USA calendar
NEW YORK.
Events
June-Aug: Star performers take over Central
Park for SummerStage, a season of free
concerts, film screenings, and stand-up comedy.
Fun for all ages and a real reflection of Big Apple
diversity, this festival sees rap artists mix with
ballet stars and children’s television presenters
share the bill with Broadway playwrights.
summerstage.org
October: Don your devil horns and head to
Greenwich Village for the world’s biggest
Halloween parade. Dress up to join the madcap
procession of dancers, puppeteers and musicians,
then drink in the local bars until well beyond
the witching hour. halloween-nyc.com
The US calendar is bursting
with events that showcase
the country’s diversity.
NEW ORLEANS.
January 6-February 5, 2010: The streets of New Orleans
Carlie Trotter selects a few
overflow with revelry and romance during Mardi Gras.
highlights to help your client
From the hubbub of the parades, to relaxed Dixieland
have an awesome holiday
jazz clubs and decadent masquerade balls, there is
something for everyone. And let’s not forget the Creole
gumbo and infamous bourbon. neworleanscvb.com
FLORIDA. BOSTON.
July: Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest June 30-July 5, 2010: Fourth of July
Hemingway said: “Always do sober what you festivities start early in Boston with
said you’d do drunk”, which Harborfest. Visitors can enjoy sunset
sums up the zany festival cruises, walking tours, free concerts
in his name. During the and historical re-enactments. More
Hemingway Days on Key West than 2,000 gallons of clam chowder is
over 100 lookalikes compare ladled out to tasters in the annual
beards and bellies, before Chowderfest. bostonharborfest.com
racing each other in a spoof
running-of-the-bulls.
fla-keys.com/hemingway MEMPHIS.
August 10-16, 2010: The annual Elvis
October 1-November 14, 2010: The Epcot Week prompts thousands of fans to
Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World don their Las Vegas jumpsuits for the
showcases global food and drink. Stalls are set Graceland scavenger hunt and Elvis
out around the mile-long perimeter of the tribute contest. Besides drive-in screen-
Epcot lagoon and visitors can buy small portions ings of his films and rock’n’roll parties,
of regional specialities, complemented by local the Elvis bingo is sure to get you all
wine, beer and cocktails. It’s a great way to eat shook up. elvisweek.com
your way around the world in one day and to
experience a more sophisticated side to Disney.
disneyworld.disney.go.com WASHINGTON.
April 5, 2010: Every year children
flood the lawns of the White House
CHICAGO. for the Easter Egg Roll and the Easter
March 14, 2010: The Chicago River runs green, Bunny steals the president’s lime-
literally, on St Patrick’s Day. Food dye turns the light. A great
water a bright Irish hue while marching bands holiday snap
and giant inflatable leprechauns jig through has to be story-
the city. Shamrocks are painted on faces, the telling hour with
Irish dancing never stops and Guinness is in the Obamas.
full flow. chicagostpatsparade.com whitehouse.gov
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