One of the most anticipated events in Malta's cultural calendar, the Malta Jazz Festival is also one of the most important summer European jazz festivals. In its mission to combine wide audience appeal with quality and artistic integrity, the festival has hosted world leading jazz icons over the past 25 years. Running over 3 days in July in the historical setting of Valletta’s Grand Harbour, it has also raised the profile of jazz locally through the Jazz on the Fringe events and masterclasses.

The Open Ohr Festival, taking place annually at Pentecost, has been a constant in the cultural live of the city of Mainz/Germany for over four decades now. Throughout four consecutive days, it offers a programme consisting of discussion panels, musical performances, theatre performances, screenings of films and documentaries, workshops, readings, poetry slams and stand-up comedy.

During the Culture Night (former Let it be Night!) the squares, streets, parks, and the most unexpected spaces in Vilnius are filled with the projects of various types of artistic projects: music, dance, theatre, cinema, photography, state-of-the-art installations, etc. A one-night festival was first organized in Lithuania in 2007 preparing for the events of Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009.