Events
CALENDAR JUNE
The smash hit Mamma
Mia!
comes to Atlanta on
June 10JUNE 10-15
Mamma Mia!
ATLANTA
Theater of the Stars kicks off its AirTran Airways-sponsored 2008 summer season with a big Broadway hit. Currently on more international stages than any other musical, Mamma Mia! has kept ABBA’s music alive well past the ’70s.
JUNE 14-15
North Beach Festival
SAN FRANCISCO
This eclectic arts and crafts fair stays true to its Little Italy roots with a celebrity pizza toss and arte di gesso (Italian street chalk art). Juried art shows and concerts from reggae to R&B are just a few other diversions at the 54-year-old fest.
JUNE 21
The Mermaid Parade
Ana Lis dances in last year’s annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City.NEW YORK CITY
Ariel has nothing on the mermaids in the nation’s largest art parade. Quirky costumes represent individual and cultural takes on the sea and all things in it, and a pair of celebrities will preside as King Neptune and Queen Mermaid.
JUNE 25-29, JULY 2-6
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
WASHINGTON, DC
Tour the world in a few days: Go from “Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon” to “Texas: A Celebration of Music, Food and Wine.” More than 90 countries and 100 Native American tribes are represented.
Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band will play at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal.JUNE 26-JULY 6
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
MONTREAL (97 miles from Burlington, VT)
This massive festival draws more than 3,000 acts from 30 countries. Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band as well as Aretha Franklin will be among them this year.
4th of July
Sparkling special events for the nation’s birthday.
With a brewers competition, gospel festival and environmental fair, among other festivities, the San Diego County Fair (www.sdfair.com) shows what the city is all about from June 14 to July 6 (closed Mondays). Of course, the Fourth is the big event, with performers including KC and the Sunshine Band plus a fireworks show.
This seaside town of Bristol, RI (64 miles from Boston) claims to have the oldest continuous Fourth of July Celebration ( www.july4thbristolri.com) of its kind, having started in 1785. With a drum and bugle competition, ball, pageant, parade and fireworks over Bristol Harbor, it’s a sweet and patriotic throwback. Check it out from June 14 to July 4.
Live music, a volleyball competition and rides are all at Houston’s all-American celebration at Chevy’s Freedom Over Texas (www.chevysfreedomovertexas. com) on July 4. Check out the NASCAR vehicles and the fireworks spectacular, the nation’s largest land-based pyrotechnics display.
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