November 2026

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

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Taipei film festival offering an international programme of cinema alongside the Golden Horse awards season. The November 2026 festival runs from 6 to 22 November.

Dakar Biennale

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Biennale of contemporary African art with exhibitions and public programmes in Dakar and other Senegalese locations. Its 16th edition runs from 19 November to 19 December 2026.

Tokyo FILMeX

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Tokyo film festival presenting independent cinema through screenings and filmmaker events. The 27th edition takes place from 20 to 29 November 2026 across venues in Yurakucho and Marunouchi.

Cairo film festival with international screenings, industry programmes and projects supporting filmmakers. Its 47th edition takes place from 11 to 20 November 2026.

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

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Film festival in Yogyakarta presenting Asian cinema alongside filmmaker discussions, education and community programmes. Its 21st edition runs from 28 November to 5 December 2026.

Aké Arts and Book Festival

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Lagos festival for books, poetry, music, film and conversation. The 2026 edition takes place on 19–21 November under the theme Native Intelligence.

Horizontes Mexicanos

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Art festival in Tulum presenting work by Mexican artists. Its second edition runs from 4 to 21 November 2026, with exhibitions, a photography open call and an artist-designed festival poster.

France–Laos Festival

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Festival connecting French and Lao artists through performances, exhibitions, workshops and screenings in Luang Prabang and Vientiane. The November 2026 programme includes free public events.

Nyege Nyege Festival

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Music and arts festival in Jinja, Uganda, bringing together electronic music, performance and film. The 2026 Wakaliwood edition runs from 19 to 22 November.

KOUNA Festival

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Cultural festival in Dschang, Cameroon, with music, food, craft and entrepreneurship activities. Its eighth edition runs from 20 to 28 November 2026 at the AFC esplanade.

KAFART

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Kaduna festival bringing together contemporary art and fashion through exhibitions, talks and a public programme. The sixth edition takes place on 19–22 November 2026 in Nigeria.

Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector

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Royal Academy exhibition examining Peggy Guggenheim's London gallery, Guggenheim Jeune, and the artists she supported in the late 1930s. It runs from 21 November 2026 to 14 March 2027.

Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury

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Tate Britain exhibition exploring the creative partnership of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Paintings, textiles, furniture and other works trace their relationship and their place within the Bloomsbury Group.

NeurIPS

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Research conference on machine learning and related fields. NeurIPS 2026 has its main meeting in Sydney from 6 to 12 December, with satellite meetings in Atlanta and Paris from 9 to 13 December.

Cecilia Vicuña: Living Threads

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Whitechapel Gallery exhibition surveying Cecilia Vicuña's work across textiles, painting, performance, photography and film. It connects her artistic practice with poetry, ecology, displacement and political history.

EFG London Jazz Festival

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City-wide jazz festival presenting concerts, collaborations and new commissions across London. The November 2026 programme brings together established performers and emerging musicians in venues of different sizes.

Hay Festival Winter Weekend

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Literary and cultural weekend in Hay-on-Wye with author conversations, music, comedy and workshops. The 2026 programme runs from 26 to 29 November.

Indore Literature Festival

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Literature festival in Indore bringing together writers, poets, artists and readers for conversations, storytelling and performances. The 2026 edition takes place at Daly College from 27 to 29 November.

Seoul Design Festival

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Design festival in Seoul showcasing designers, brands and creative work. The 2026 edition runs from 26 to 29 November at COEX Hall A.

As Below, So Above

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Exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA presenting work by Cape Town learners from the museum's 2026 Art Club. It explores identity, memory and belonging through contemporary art, experimentation and collaboration.

NAUKA 0+ Science Festival India

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Public science festival in Chennai presenting talks, demonstrations, workshops and performances around space and related sciences. The 2026 programme runs from 20 to 22 November across three venues.

Were It Not for Shadows

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Group exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA bringing together work by six Cape Town artists who participated in its residency programme. It includes installations, textiles, sculpture and photography developed through their time at the museum.

Hack the Count: Turning Window Sensors into Street Safety Evidence

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Civic Tech Toronto meetup with Carrie Mitchell about community-led traffic monitoring. The talk examines how residents use window-mounted sensors to collect evidence about street safety, followed by the community's usual collaborative session.

Singapore Writers Festival

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Literary festival in Singapore with conversations, readings, performances and workshops across languages and genres. The 2026 edition, Hidden in Plain Sight, runs from 13 to 22 November.

Film festival in Leeds and West Yorkshire presenting features, documentaries and short films. Its 40th edition runs from 29 October to 15 November 2026.

Mariko Mori: All That Shines

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Mori Art Museum exhibition examining Mariko Mori's artistic practice through works connecting technology, spirituality and humanity's relationship with nature. It runs in Tokyo from 31 October 2026 to 28 March 2027.

Arcadia — John Akomfrah at the Natural History Museum

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A five-screen film installation exploring migration, colonialism and ecological change, opening at London's Natural History Museum on November 6, 2026.

The Avalanches & Friends — Roundhouse

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A concert by the Australian electronic group The Avalanches and guests at London's Roundhouse on November 27, 2026.

Halumii Ktapihna: Lenape Legacies and Futures

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An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York exploring Lenape history and living cultures through art, objects and recorded voices, through April 18, 2027.

A production of Caryl Churchill's play about gender, power and empire, directed by Dominic Cooke at London's Lyttelton Theatre through January 13, 2027.

Second Nature: Japanese Rinpa Paintings from the Gitter-Yelen Collection

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An exhibition of Japanese Rinpa paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, bringing together scrolls, screens and other works through February 14, 2027.

The Occupied City: New York and the American Revolution

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An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York exploring the city during the American Revolution, on view through March 21, 2027.

Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off 2026

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An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York featuring gingerbread interpretations of the city's landmarks, running from November 6, 2026 to January 18, 2027.

Danielle Mckinney: Shelter

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A survey of Danielle Mckinney's paintings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, exploring intimate scenes and female subjects from November 6, 2026 to August 15, 2027.

A Los Angeles festival bringing together entertainment and technology through panels, screenings and exhibitions from November 12 to 15, 2026.

A stage production of Helen Edmundson's play starring Anne-Marie Duff, presented at London's Dorfman Theatre through November 21, 2026.

Confluence: The Tina Freeman Collection of Photographs

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An exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art presenting photographs from the nineteenth century onward, drawn from Tina Freeman's collection, opening November 20, 2026.

A stage adaptation by Anupama Chandrasekhar with puppetry, presented at London's Olivier Theatre from November 13, 2026 to February 6, 2027.

A food and drink festival in Whistler featuring tastings, seminars, chef-led events and culinary demonstrations, with its 2026 edition running November 5 to 15.

New Work: The Stories of Clothes Opening

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A free programme of artist talks and music across V&A East Storehouse and V&A East Museum on November 14, 2026. It introduces new commissions exploring how clothes carry stories.

Edmund de Waal with Dame Laura Lee: A Mug for Maggie's

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A conversation at V&A South Kensington on November 11, 2026 about Edmund de Waal's mug design for Maggie's. The artist and Dame Laura Lee discuss the project and the role of shared experiences around a kitchen table.

Digital Preservation Talk 1 at V&A Storehouse

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A free talk by Glenn Cumiskey at V&A East Storehouse on November 10, 2026. It explores how the museum preserves digital collections and the differences between storage, preservation and access.

Thought Bubble Comic Convention

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A comic-art convention in Harrogate where readers meet artists, writers and independent publishers. The November 14–15, 2026 convention closes a week of comic events across Yorkshire.

Paris Photo

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An international photography fair at the Grand Palais in Paris, bringing together galleries, photobook publishers, exhibitions and conversations. The 2026 edition runs November 12–15.

Manchester Animation Festival

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An animation festival in Manchester with film screenings, filmmaker conversations, workshops, family events and industry sessions. The 2026 edition runs November 8–12.

Dubai Design Week

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A design festival in Dubai Design District with installations, exhibitions, workshops and a marketplace spanning architecture, furniture, products and graphic design. The 2026 programme runs November 3–8.

Lost Music Venues

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A free display at V&A South Kensington remembering performance spaces from the 1980s to the 2010s. Photographs, posters and objects explore their cultural role and the pressures faced by music venues. Runs until October 30, 2027.

Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award Shortlist

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A free display at V&A South Kensington where visitors can handle and read shortlisted photobooks made outside traditional publishing. The selection is on view until January 11, 2027.

Degrees of Disruption: Vera Molnar and Generative Art

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A free display at V&A South Kensington exploring Vera Molnar's experiments with computers and their influence on generative art. It includes works by Molnar and contemporary artists and runs until May 30, 2027.

American Photographs

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A free display at V&A South Kensington examining how photography has documented and shaped the United States. Drawn from the museum's collection, it runs until May 16, 2027.

Beyond Tellerrand Berlin

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An evening marking fifteen years of beyond tellerrand, with talks by Rob Draper and Nadieh Bremer and time for conversation. Held at DiesDas Digital in Berlin on November 20, 2026.

From Karamanlidika Literature to Tiles

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A public talk at Istanbul's Pera Museum on November 12, 2026 about the Genovefa story, Karamanlidika publishing and the tiles of Minas Avramidis.

ScienceFest at NHMU

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A public science festival at the Natural History Museum of Utah, with demonstrations, workshops and opportunities to explore research behind the scenes.

Raw Science Film Festival

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A film festival presenting science-related cinema and conversations that connect filmmakers, scientists and public audiences.

London Surf / Film Festival

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A London festival of surf films and culture featuring international screenings, filmmaker discussions and a short-film programme.

Earth In Focus

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A Singapore nature-film festival combining wildlife and environmental films with photography, talks and outdoor screenings.

DOC NYC

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A documentary film festival in New York City with screenings, filmmaker conversations and industry programming, alongside an online programme.

Slush

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A startup and investment conference in Helsinki with founder talks, investor meetings and networking programmes for the technology ecosystem.

Fatoumata Diawara — Roundhouse

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A concert by Fatoumata Diawara with Thanda Choir at London's Roundhouse on November 18, 2026, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

CODE@MIT 2026

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An MIT conference bringing researchers and practitioners together to discuss digital experimentation, online behavior, and methods for evaluating interventions.

PLATFORM: Simone Brewster

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A Design Museum display presenting Simone Brewster's work across furniture, sculpture, and objects that explore identity and cultural memory.

Brancusi: The Artist and His Studio

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A Museum of Modern Art exhibition exploring Constantin Brancusi's sculpture through the working and display environment of his Paris studio.

Freddie Mercury: Splendid Things

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A V&A display of costumes and personal style associated with Freddie Mercury, marking the eightieth anniversary of his birth.

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

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A V&A exhibition developed with QAGOMA that presents contemporary artistic practices from Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.

Hard Art

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A MoMA PS1 exhibition examining abstraction by Black artists in the United States through painting, sculpture, video, and sound.

Arab Design Now 2026

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Design Doha's headline exhibition presents contemporary regional design through new commissions, films, and the contexts behind designers' work.

An international conference in Chicago covering high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis through research sessions, exhibits, and community programs.

Dwellings, Rehomed

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An outdoor Design Museum display of experimental birdhouses that examines how design can accommodate birds within urban environments.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America

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A cloud-native computing conference in Salt Lake City bringing together open-source maintainers and practitioners for talks, collaboration, and technical learning.

Beyond the Letters

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A Design Doha exhibition exploring Arabic and Persian typography through installations, textiles, sculpture, and participatory work.

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

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A V&A exhibition exploring sixteen centuries of Istanbul's art and design across the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.

MWC Doha

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A GSMA conference and exhibition in Doha bringing together telecommunications and digital-technology organizations to discuss connectivity, AI, and industry development.

Luxury & Loss: Feather, Shell, Tusk, Horn

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A Walters Art Museum exhibition examining decorative objects made from animal materials and the environmental histories behind their production.

DataSecAI

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A Dallas conference focused on securing AI systems, with industry discussions, technical learning, and sessions for security and data leaders.

Bengaluru Tech Summit

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A technology conference and exhibition in Bengaluru covering AI, digital industries, startups, and research through talks, demonstrations, and business meetings.

Es Devlin: Other Worlds

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A Design Museum exhibition surveying Es Devlin's work in stage design, sculpture, installations, language, music, and light.

LAIKA presents Wildwood: The Exhibition

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A Design Museum exhibition examining LAIKA's stop-motion filmmaking through props, puppets, sketches, and miniature sets from Wildwood.

The Music is Black: A British Story

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A V&A East exhibition tracing Black music-making in Britain through recordings, objects, and stories spanning multiple generations and continents.

A Sheffield festival connecting university research with local artists. Its programme includes installations, performances, films, talks and participatory activities across the city.

Future Frames

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An immersive-cinema festival in Bucharest featuring virtual reality, projections and interactive installations. The programme also includes discussions and workshops about new storytelling formats.

The 90s: Art and Fashion

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An exhibition at Tate Britain curated by Edward Enninful. It examines connections between British art, design, fashion and photography during the 1990s.

Justin Caguiat: Change Ringing

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An exhibition at Serpentine South in London combining painting, sculpture, printmaking, sound and film. Justin Caguiat uses the gallery setting and heat-sensitive paintings to explore architecture, spirituality and everyday rituals.

Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

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A film festival in Trieste devoted to science fiction, fantasy and related genres. It presents feature films, shorts, competitions and special screenings.

Beta Festival

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A Dublin festival exploring relationships between art, technology and living systems. Its programme combines installations, performances, games, sound and public discussion.

Bónusz Electronic Music Festival

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An electronic-music festival at Hungexpo in Budapest. Its programme brings Hungarian and international artists together with large-scale lighting and audiovisual performances.

Aesthetica Film Festival

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A York festival presenting independent film alongside virtual reality, games, music and podcasts. Screenings are accompanied by workshops, masterclasses and industry events.

A London festival focused on the relationship between sound and moving images. Its screenings bring together experimental cinema and innovative short films.

Checkpoint Festival of Interactive Experiences

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A Rome festival examining video games as cultural and creative works. Its programme includes talks, round tables and screenings connecting games with education, history and other art forms.

GLOW Eindhoven

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An annual light-art festival across Eindhoven and nearby towns. Its walking routes connect installations by artists, local collaborators and emerging talent.

GodotFest

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A Munich conference for people developing games and tools with Godot. It combines technical talks, discussions, networking and opportunities to try community projects.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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An international film festival held in Tallinn and Tartu. Its programme includes feature films, shorts and work for younger audiences, alongside industry activities.

REX Animation Film Festival

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A Stockholm festival presenting animated films from Europe, including international, Nordic and student work. Its programme connects screenings with filmmakers and audiences.

FOSDEM

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A recurring Brussels gathering for people building and using free and open-source software. The programme combines main-track presentations with developer rooms organised around particular communities and technologies. Useful for maintainers, contributors and technically curious developers who want to learn directly from projects and meet people doing related work; the official site publishes the edition’s calls, rooms and practical location details.

LSE Public Events

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LSE's Public Lecture Programme brings researchers and public figures into discussions of social, political and economic questions. Browse events by topic or speaker and use the accompanying recordings to follow earlier conversations. It suits people who want substantial public debate connected with social science, with individual event pages explaining the venue, access arrangements and any registration requirements.

Salone Internazionale del Mobile

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Milan’s recurring furniture and interior-design exhibition brings manufacturers, designers and professional visitors together at Fiera Milano Rho. Displays make it possible to compare products, materials and design directions in a concentrated setting. Useful for interior designers, architects and furnishing professionals planning research or supplier meetings; the official event source explains the next edition and the different admission arrangements for visitor types.

Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

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An engineering and endurance competition in which teams develop solar-powered vehicles for a journey across Australia from Darwin to Adelaide. The official site explains the event classes, route, regulations and history. The next edition is announced for 22–29 August 2027. It suits people interested in student engineering, energy-efficient mobility and the practical trade-offs involved in building a vehicle for a demanding real-world challenge.

Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo: The Renaissance Masters

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An immersive digital-art exhibition at Fabrique des Lumières in Amsterdam that reworks paintings, sculpture and imagery associated with three Renaissance masters into large-scale moving projections and sound. It is relevant to visitors who enjoy experiencing art through an audiovisual environment. Suitable for an Amsterdam cultural outing or an introduction to familiar works in a different format; the official exhibition page describes the experience and venue.

Lowlands

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A Dutch multi-day camping festival in Biddinghuizen that brings a wide cultural programme into one temporary festival setting. It is relevant to people who enjoy discovering different performances over a weekend rather than attending a single headline concert. Suitable for groups planning a shared summer festival trip, with the official source providing the developing programme, campsite information and edition-specific practical details.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress

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A large developer gathering in Berlin that combines technical talks, workshops and a technology exhibition. The programme is aimed at software engineers, AI builders and technology leaders, with several formats for learning and discussing tools. Useful for development teams who want to divide a broad programme among colleagues and compare findings, or builders seeking contacts across disciplines; the official site separates past speakers from the developing next edition.

Strasbourg Christmas Market

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Strasbourg’s Christmas market season fills the Alsatian city with wooden chalets, lights, local traditions and festive food. The official city site provides a market map, practical information, activities and background on the event’s history. The 2026 edition is announced for 27 November to 24 December. Useful for planning a seasonal city visit and comparing the different market areas before deciding where to explore.