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WetandWildWaterWar
Fly toTelAviv
Buñol inSpain throws tomatoes. Ivrea in
Italy tossesoranges.TelAviv,meanwhile,
makesamesswithwater.On thefirstFriday
in July, thousandsgatherround the fountain
inRabinSquare todobattlewithbuckets,
balloonsandwaterguns. Staged in the
searingheatof aMediterraneansummer,
it’sa free-to-enterevent, runon theproviso
thateveryone issensibleenough to turnup
inswimminggearand,preferably, goggles
(leaveyourmobileathome).Ten thousand
turnedup lastyear, soget ready foragiant
party.
3 July, facebook.com/WaterWarTLV
JULY
KutaisiElectronicMusicFestival
Fly toKutaisi
This festival attracted somebignames to
westernGeorgiawhen itkickedoff last June.
Darlingsof theLondon indie sceneVondelpark,
NewYork’s languidelectronic jazzsterSlow
Hands, andGeorgiandancemasterGacha
gained topbilling. Its secondyearpromises to
beevenbigger.Theevent takesplace southof
Kutaisi inBaghdati, abucolicvillagebeside the
Khanistsqali riverat theedgeof theAjameti
forest.Baghdati’sonly real claim to fame is the
birthplaceof renownedSovietpoetVladimir
Mayakovsky.Now the festival,with itsedgy
electronicmusic,might just change that.
DateTBC, facebook.com/KEMF2014
JUNE
2015
PHO O BYGET Y
