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## festivals


* ![Humorous road sign beside the ET Highway on the road to the town of Racheal,Nevada,USA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18a88b602def4222/698a016bdb29878c66263fc7/alienstock-festival.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 15, 2019  
## [It's Happening. Here's Everything We Know About Storm Area 51's 'Alienstock' Festival](https://time.com/5652390/area-51-alienstock-festival/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![Secret Solstice Music Festival 2014](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6b11da687f75ae/69892e45bc6cfc542f3e5bd0/secret-solstice-festival.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 24, 2018  
## [Celebrate 96 Hours of Straight Sunlight at Iceland's Secret Solstice Festival](https://time.com/5248508/secret-solstice-2018-iceland-sunlight-festival/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![a-fraught-cannes-inside-screening-rooms-and-out](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7e4e966584b3b35/6988cfa82dce0137fc9edb72/a-fraught-cannes-inside-screening-rooms-and-out.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 1, 2017  
## [A Fraught Cannes, Inside Screening Rooms and Out](https://time.com/4800793/cannes-inside-screening-rooms-and-out/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Stephanie Zacharek
* ![HONG KONG-CHINA-FESTIVAL-SPORT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29dd4307a82382c9/6988cf4397cdff1de56b0e9c/gettyimages-538946092.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 30, 2017  
## [Four Things to Know About Asia's Dragon Boat Festival](https://time.com/4797048/dragon-boat-festival-duanwu-tuen-ng/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ryan Kilpatrick
* ![Music fans with tickets for camping line up to be checked by security before entering the Empire Po](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab5179534f8190fa/6988970e656a3f2266bcbd96/gettyimages-566047505.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 9, 2016  
## [Coachella 2017 Advance Tickets Sold Out](https://time.com/4362298/coachella-advance-tickets-sold-out/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Amanda Calvo  
* ![Pakistani Christian worshipers pray and hold candles during](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40191d2b17bd685f/69888b2f196cf4719603ac36/gettyimages-468708344.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2016  
## [Pakistan Will Declare Hindu, Christian Festivals as Public Holidays](https://time.com/4260751/pakistan-diwali-easter-holi-festival-public-holidays/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Burning Man Festival in Nevada Desert](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ee1f87e0a4a391c/698876ccbc6cfc64d23dafde/burning-man-nonprofit-2015.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 23, 2015  
## [Burning Man Brought In $32 Million in 2014](https://time.com/4160704/burning-man-nonprofit-transition/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by NBC News
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Aug 26, 2015  
## ['Burning Man: The Musical' Is Now A Thing](https://time.com/4011031/burning-man-the-musical/)  
by Melissa Locker
* ![Activist Sybrina Fulton participates in a panel conversation at the Manifest:Justice pop-up art space on May 6, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf774fda50c52706/69885945524fc08d04df363f/sybrina-fulton-essence.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2015  
## [Essence Festival to Focus on Black Lives Matter](https://time.com/3940790/essence-festival-black-lives-matter/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 13, 2014  
## [OutKast to Appear at More Than 40 Festivals](https://time.com/673/outkast-to-appear-at-more-than-40-festivals/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Kelly Conniff  
* ![Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60 Dedicated To Those Killed In Afghan And Iraq War](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8608c4e0b691d860/6987a4592dce01d23e9e01e9/163771290.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 22, 2013  
## [Pictures of the Week: March 15 - March 22](https://time.com/3797971/pictures-of-the-week-march-15-march-22/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Phil Bicker
* ![TOPSHOTS-BRAZIL-ACCIDENT-FIRE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt397b4f722d819af0/6987a3555f570fef59b17bce/x516846359.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2013  
## [Pictures of the Week: January 25 - February 1](https://time.com/3796444/pictures-of-the-week-january-25-february-1/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Aug. 12, 2012. Iranian women mourn after a deadly earthquake in northwest Iran. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1c69131ed2c65da/69879fb22dce01d4459df96a/1-20120812_dlp_x99_004.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 17, 2012  
## [Pictures of the Week: August 10 - August 17](https://time.com/51236/pictures-of-the-week-august-10-august-17/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Photo Department

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