Most Anticipated Events of August 2019

Don’t let the heat of August make you stay home! Enjoy the sun and get yourself ready for the hottest events this August if you are into Music, Art, Sports, or even food fighting we’ve got you covered!

Lollapalooza Chicago

Date: August 01 – 04, 2019
Location: Grant Park, Illinois, United States
4-Day music festival, considered to be the biggest music festival in Chicago featuring this year, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, Tame Impala, the Strokes and the Chainsmokers.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Date: 02 – 26 August
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest arts festival, which in 2018 spanned 25 days and featured more than 55,000 performances of 3,548 different shows in 317 venues, Edinburgh month of theatre, music, film, comedy, dance, musicals and exhibitions.

Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival, New York

Date: 16 – 18 August
Location: Watkins Glen, New York, United States
The event will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, a landmark festival held in August 15–17, 1969 in Bethel, New York.

Rossini Opera Festival, Italy

Date: 11 – 23 August
Location: Pesaro, Italy
Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioachino Rossini, Its aim, in addition to studying the musical heritage of the composer, is to revive and perform his works in a unique setting that allows collaboration of scholars, artists, and audience.

Hublot Polo Gold Cup, Switzerland

Date: 22 – 25 August
Location: Saanen Airport, Gstaad, Switzerland
If you like horses, Gstaad and its environs is the place to be. During the international Polo tournament, sporty Argentinians on racy Arabian horses chase across the field.

The US Open Tennis Championships, USA

Date: 26 – 08 September
Location: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
The fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of the year. The other three, in chronological order, are the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon.

La Tomantina Spain

Date: 28 August
Location: Valencia in Spain
Thousands upon thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ‘World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets.