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	Mayfest Bristol Mayfest may refer to several annual events: United Kingdom * Mayfest (Bristol), a theatre festival in Bristol, England * Mayfest, a festival held in Glasgow, Scotland 1983-1997 * Notting Hill Mayfest, hosted by St John's, Notting Hill, London, England United States * Fort Worth Mayfest, in Fort Worth, Texas * Mayfest, in Perryville, Missouri * Mayfest, in Tulsa, Oklahoma * Mayfest, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Other countries * Maifest, a German spring celebration * Mayfest, at Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ... , Ankara, Turkey {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mayfest (Bristol) Mayfest is an annual contemporary theatre festival that takes place in Bristol for two weeks in May. It is best known for presenting contemporary theatre but also dance, site specific, experimental, interactive and participatory theatre as well as music events. The festival hosts national, international and local artists and is run across various venues throughout the city of Bristol, including Bristol Old Vic, Arnolfini, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Circomedia and others. Mayfest has received funding from Arts Council England through Grants for Arts. It is co-produced by Bristol Old Vic. It was described in 2012 by The Guardian as "the place to go to see work that pushes hard at what theatre can be" History Mayfest was established in 2003 by the then Artistic Directors of Bristol Old Vic David Farr and Simon Reade, and between 2003 and 2006 was largely based in Bristol Old Vic's Studio Theatre. In 2007, the festival was taken on as an independent venture by Kate Yedigaroff and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Festivals In Glasgow Glasgow Festivals include festivals for art, film, comedy, folk music and jazz. Glasgow also hosts an annual queer arts festival in November. Unlike the Edinburgh Festival (where the main festival and fringe festivals all occur around about the same time in August), Glasgow's festivals are spread evenly across the year, therefore ensuring a continuous annual programme of events. Past festivals In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Glasgow held several Great Exhibitions. They were the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry in 1888, the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1901, the Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry in 1911 and the Empire Exhibition in 1938. The latter attracted 12.6 million visits, easily eclipsing the Festival of Britain (1951) or the Millennium Dome in London (2000). Glasgow also hosted the Industrial exhibitions as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. Glasgow's Mayfest started in 1983 from the popular success o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	St John's, Notting Hill St John's Notting Hill is a Victorian Anglican church built in 1845 in Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, London,St John's Church Notting Hill LondonTown.com. designed by the architects John Hargrave Stevens (1805/6–1857) and George Alexander (1810–1885), and built in the Victorian Gothic style. Dedicated to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fort Worth Mayfest Mayfest is an annual four-day community festival in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that began in 1973, held on 33 acres of Trinity Park. The festival attracts about 200,000 people during the first weekend of May. The event also includes the Mayfest Run, which has a USATF certified 10K, 5K and 1K Fun Run winding through Trinity Park along the Trinity River. Mayfest has free admission for senior citizens on Thursday and for members of the armed forces on Sunday. History After a serious flood of the Trinity River within Fort Worth in 1949, levees were built to prevent a recurrence of the flooding. In 1968 Phyllis Tilley and the Junior League of Fort Worth undertook the beautification of the Trinity River area. By 1973 the area around the river was improved enough that a celebration was held in Fort Worth's Trinity Park. This inaugural two-day festival celebration was called the Trinity River Festival-Mayfest and included music, food, art booths, and family entertainment. The fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Perryville, Missouri Perryville is a city in Perry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,555 at the 2020 United States census. Perryville is the county seat of Perry County. History Perryville was selected the county seat of Perry County by Robert T. Brown, Joseph Tucker, and Thomas Riney, who had been appointed to select the seat of justice. In 1821, Bernard Layton deeded to the commissioners in exchange for one town lot. Fifty-three of the 99 town lots were sold for $1,486.25, which was used to build the first courthouse. The current courthouse is the third such structure. It was built in 1904 at a cost of $30,000. Perryville and Perry County were named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, Naval hero of the War of 1812. An early store in Perryville was a log structure built by Jean Ferdinand Rozier on the north side of the square. An extant two-story brick building was built in 1830. The upper story serves as the first town hall. Perryville was first incorporated in 1837, but the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklaho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Huntingdon is a borough in (and the county seat of) Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the Juniata River, approximately east of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona and west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. With a population of 7,093 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, it is the largest population center near Raystown Lake, a winding, flood-control reservoir managed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The borough is located on the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern (formerly Pennsylvania) Railway, in an agricultural and outdoor recreational region with extensive forests and scattered deposits of Ganister, ganister rock, coal, fire clay, and limestone. Historically, the region surrounding Huntingdon was dotted with iron furnaces and forges, consuming limestone, iron ore and wood (for charcoal production) throughout the 19th century. Dairy farms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maifest Maifest (or Mayfest in English) is the traditional German celebration of the arrival of spring. Maifest is still celebrated throughout Germany with the ''maibaum'' (maypole) decorated to show off the history and crafts of the town. Maifest, similar to Oktoberfest, has now become a popular celebration throughout the world. Several communities in the United States celebrate Maifest yearly. It has been celebrated in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States since 1873. Brenham, Texas has celebrated Maifest since 1880. Over the years, the celebration has become a community-wide tradition, drawing spectators and participants from all parts of the community. The beginning of Maifest is treated as a town holiday, with Brenham ISD releasing students early on the Friday before. The town of Hermann, Missouri also celebrates Maifest, on the third weekend of May. References Culture of Bavaria {{Germany-festival-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]