WHAT IS A FESTIVAL?
The word festival has been in use for hundreds of years and stems from the Latin festum.
A special event celebrated annually, festivals have a long and rich history.
They bring social, cultural, and economic benefits to a community.
Traditionally, they often related to celebrating seasonal change or religious events representing the chance to rest after much hard work.
Today, festivals continue to celebrate heritage, culture, and traditions, and sometimes simply the art of letting loose and having fun!
A festival is a place that encourages understanding and promotes harmony.
Friendships are built, fun is had and spirits are uplifted.
By bringing people together, festivals exude positive energy making the world that bit better.
They embody positivity through cultural exchange, bringing people together from all over the world, from all walks of life across all age groups.
And this is something I encourage !
WHY THIS SITE ?
The main aim of this page is to provide travel advice and inspiration for your trip to, or within, Europe.
I am using my experiences to give you an idea about festivals, villages, cities, and other destinations.
Naturally, there is no guarantee that the festivals, locations, or hotels visited are perceived by you in the same way, or that there haven’t been changes since I wrote about them.
Over time you’ll find more and more destinations, events and festivals at AllExciting.
Primarily in Europe, and potentially more destinations around the world.
For everyone’s enjoyment of the site, there’s minimal advertising. No distracting or annoying pop-ups.
Operating costs for maintaining the site, research and travel, are covered by the commissions paid when someone books hotels, tickets or trips from this site.
What is written is from own impressions about visited festivals and nothing is, or will be written, because someone paid for it.
Haven’t been to all festivals on the site and many festivals and events are added by the organizers and that is totally free.
You may contact me for advertising of relevant products, services or festivals and suggestions.
WHY ALL EXCITING?
We aim to bring a diverse range of exciting events and festivals together in one place ….
so almost all exciting festivals can be found here ;)
From music festivals of all kinds, to culture & art, food & drink, and historical festivals, to Europe’s unique Christmas markets.
Granted, all festivals may not be equally exciting for everyone, but hopefully it will open your eyes to the enormous range of exciting festival options out there.
Maybe a festival or two (or more!) will capture your imagination sounding so exciting you’ll organise your next holiday around it.
Our focus is on big, lively open-air festivals, but you’ll also discover smaller more intimate gatherings, and the occasional indoor festival.
With so many festivals in one place, we hope to inspire many thousands of festival fans each year.
Our site features hundreds of festivals across several categories and it continues to grow.
If you have a suggestion for a festival you’d like to see on our site, you are more than welcome to let us know about it..
So who am I that run this site ?
(Right now managing the site alone, but now and then with some help with writing of new content)
Roger Wiklund
Author, founder and the one that manages AllExciting.Com
Grew up in Stockholm, Sweden, but moved later to Oslo in Norway.
Traveling as much as possible and happy to share the experiences here.
Favorite Festivals are Food & Drink, Culture and Historical Festivals.
Rioja Wine Festival and Frankfurt Culture Festival – Provins Medieval Festival in France are among the best I’ve visited so far.
Also love the atmosphere and enjoyment before Christmas at some of all Christmas Markets around Europe !
Favorite Cities Berlin, Hamburg, Barcelona and other Mediterranean cities are always on my mind, and also the small picturesque medieval villages in France and elsewhere in Europe.
Favourite countries Germany, Spain and Italy, but not necessarily in that order ;)
Enjoy life and travel !
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