Happy Festivals

Celebrations, gatherings, and community traditions from around the world. Happy Festivals covers the people, history, and stories behind the events that bring communities together.

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Marshmello: Marshmello and Portugal. The Man Chase Rebirth in the Anthemic 'Phoenix'

August 23, 2026

Marshmello and Portugal. The Man collapse the distance between what was lost and what is

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NPR Music: Shaboozey Turned the Tiny Desk Into a Tent Revival and Nobody Wanted to Leave

August 23, 2026

Shaboozey brought new music, a surprise appearance from Leon Bridges, and a room full of

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August 23, 2026

Shaboozey's 'Good News' finds its footing in a specific kind of exhaustion: not the dramatic

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Everything Explained: How Black Rock City Gets Built From a Single Gold Stake in 29 Days

August 23, 2026

On August 1st, a 12-pound sledgehammer drove a gold-painted stake into an empty Nevada desert,

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The Chainsmokers: The Chainsmokers Played a Juice WRLD Song Live for the First Time at Lollapalooza Chicago 2026

August 19, 2026

The Chainsmokers returned to the Perry Stage at Lollapalooza Chicago 2026 and debuted a Juice

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TATE: Tate McRae Fuses 'Trying On Shoes' and 'Feel Like Shit' Into One Raw Lollapalooza Moment

August 19, 2026

Tate McRae brought her Lollapalooza medley of 'Trying On Shoes' and 'Feel Like Shit' into

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Black Eyed Peas: Black Eyed Peas Bring the World Together for '#WHERESTHELOVE' and the Answer Is Still Needed

August 17, 2026

The Black Eyed Peas return with '#WHERESTHELOVE,' a song that names police violence, media toxicity,

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STREAM - Music and More: 'I Gotta Feeling' Still Knocks Speakers Off the Wall, and Here Is Why the Black Eyed Peas Built the Most Unstoppable Pop Machine of Their Generation

August 17, 2026

A DJ describes watching speakers physically collapse from the crowd energy when 'I Gotta Feeling'

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STREAM - Music and More: How Green Day Went From Playing Gilman Street to Selling 15 Million Records With American Idiot

August 17, 2026

Billie Joe Armstrong was a teenager playing all-ages shows at Gilman Street when Green Day

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STREAM - Music and More: How Hamburg's Red-Light District Turned Four Scruffy Liverpool Lads Into the Beatles

August 17, 2026

Before Beatlemania, four young Liverpudlians survived seven-hour nightly sets in Hamburg's red-light district, a disastrous

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STREAM - Music and More: How Woodstock Actually Happened: The Chaos, the Deals, and the Last-Minute Farm That Saved It All

August 17, 2026

Richie Havens was sent on stage at Woodstock because nobody else had arrived yet, and

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David Hartley: How Knocked-Over Microphones and a Vacationing Sting Created 'Money for Nothing'

August 17, 2026

A knocked-over microphone in a Montserrat studio and a vacationing Sting on the same island

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