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Tellervo Saari
FLYTO
brussels
frommorethan50europeandestinations;
alicante
threetimesweekly;
budapest
and
london
threetimesdaily.
brusselsairlines.com
Sziget: Island
ofFreedom
Óbudai Island, Budapest,
11-18August, szigetfestival.
com, daypass from€50
This raucous festival isaplace
forwild timesand reliving
youthful dreams,withacts
includingPlacebo,Blink 182
(pictured)and theProdigy. If
your teenageangstbubbles
over, fearnot: scrawl your
hopesanddreams
on the ‘Before IDie’
chalkboard,act
out your future
in theTarot
Labyrinthor just
chill around the
campfireon
Szigetbeach.
Remember:what
happensatSziget
staysatSziget.
TheOriginalBlues
BrothersBand
RonnieScott’s, 47FrithStreet, London, 21-23
August, ronniescotts.co.uk, from£60/€75
HandpickedbyJohnBelushi andDanAykroyd,
TheBluesBrothers’backingband regrouped
in the 1980s (if youhaven’t seen
TheBlues
Brothers
, it’s time– jailbirds, car crashesand
soul) andhavebeenheadlining jazz festivalsever
since. For twonightsonly thesecool catsbring
gospel, jazzandsoul toSoho.All that’smissing
isCabCallowaysinging
Minnie theMoocher
.
BrusselsSummer
Festival
Onandaround thePlacedes
Palais, Brussels, 8-17August,
bsf.be, passes from€15
Sayhello to 10 long,hotdayson
which theentirecityopens its
doors tomusicandart.Whether
youcatchPatti Smith inPlace
desPalais, joinaJacques
Brel-themedwalking tour, visita
puppet show inanatticor linger
overBOZAR’ssummerof
photography, this isBelgian
summerhospitalityat itsbest.
LaTomatina
Buñol, Spain, 27August, latomatina.info,€10
Justashortdrive fromAlicante, thesleepy townofBuñol
quite literallybrightensupon the lastWednesdayofAugust,
when thousandsof visitorscome to throwahundredmetric
tonsofover-ripe tomatoesateachother.When thewater
cannonsshootatmidday,peace isdeclaredandeveryone
heads to the river forabathandpaella.Themess in the
streets?ThoseSpaniardsareprettysavvy: the tomato’s
acidity leaves the roadsand lanessparklingclean.
ROBERTHARDING; ERICDANHIER
