Calendar of Important European Events for August and September
JUNE-NOV. 28
Gala one-hundredth season of Shakespeare plays at Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
JUNE 27—AUG. 16
Luisenburg Drama Festival, Wunsiedel, Germany
JULY 1-AUG. 31
Tenth Festival of Music, Drama, and Folklore, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
JULY 13—AUG. 2
Festival of Dramatic Art, Avignon, France
JULY 18-AUG. 23
Kermesse midsummer fair with gay street decorations, outdoor bazaars, and so on, Brussels, Belgium
JULY 21—AUG. 20
Bregenz Music Festival, Bregenz, Austria
JULY 23-AUG. 2
Richard Wagner Opera Festival, Bayreuth, Germany
JULY 26-AUG. 2
Sandhamn Week, international yachting regattas and cup races, Sandhamn, Sweden
JULY 26-AUG. 31
Salzburg Music Festival, Salzburg, Austria
AUG. 2-SEPT. 6
Night fetes at Neptune Fountain, Versailles, France
AUG. 4-5
Joust of the “Quintana,” Ascoli Piceno, Italy
AUG. 4-8
Dublin Horse Show, Dublin, Ireland
AUG. 9-SEPT. 9
Bavarian State Opera Festival, Munich, Germany
AUG. 15-16
Fêtes de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
AUG. 15-SEPT. 9
International Lucerne Music festival, Lucerne, Switzerland
AUG. 20-SEPT. 20
International Trade Fair, Izmir, Turkey
AUG. 23-SEPT. 12
Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, Edinburgh, Scotland
AUG. 26-SEPT. 16
Art and Antique Dealers’ Fair, Delft, the Netherlands
SEPT. 1
Opening of Royal Danish theater, opera, and ballet season, Copenhagen, Denmark
SEPT. 6-13
International Autumn Trade Fair, Vienna, Austna
SEPT. 12
International Grand Prix Auto Race, Monza, Italy
SEPT. 12-13
Track and field competitions, Finland versus England, Helsinki. Finland
SEPT. 13
Breughel Pageant. The painter’s most famous canvases will be brought to file in parade at Wingène, Belgium