Comstock festivals? founder convicted on bad check charge
Henry Nuxoll, founder of Comstock's well-known music festivals, was convicted Thursday of a felony bad check charge in Custer County District Court.

Sevier festivals named to society's Top 20
Two award-winning area festivals that attract visitors to Sevier County in January and March are among the Southeast Tourism Society?s Top 20 Events in the Southeast.

Comstock festivals' founder convicted of bad check charge
Henry Nuxoll, founder of Comstock's well-known music festivals, was convicted this morning of a felony bad check charge in Custer County District Court.

South Africa: The Role of Exhibitions, Festivals During Economic Downturns
Now, just as after 9/11, consumers are facing economic trauma syndrome. For many, the first area to get the chop is marketing, advertising and promotional events such as exhibitions and festivals.

Start holidays off right at town tree lighting festivals
Local towns celebrate the holidays with tree lighting festivals. ...

Saturday offers busy day for markets and festivals for Cape Coral
Saturday holds a busy day for street markets and festivals in Cape Coral.

FESTIVALS
MYRTLE BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, today and Saturday at Carmike Cinema 16 at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. Tickets sold in time blocks. 497-2220 or www.myrtlebeachfilm FESTIVAL.COM. LAKE TREE SHORES COMMUNITY CRAFT AND ART SALE, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Saturday at Laketree Shores Clubhouse, 820 Sandridge Court, Ocean Isle Beach. N.C. 179, behind Jimmy's Marina. Free ...

Fantasy Springs signs on for three years with tamale fest
At a time when companies are pulling sponsorships out of local festivals, the Indio International Tamale Festival has just signed its title sponsor to a $105,000, three-year contract.

Flurry of holiday activities in the valley this weekend
? The holiday season busts wide open Saturday, Dec. 6, with a plethora of festivals, craft fairs, theater performances and workshops. For a complete list of events see the calendar starting on page 4, but here's a samples the events throughout the valley this weekend.

South Side considers revival proposal
Ed Carlin wants a safer, cleaner, more vibrant South Scranton. A neighborhood with bike lanes and gardens, street festivals and walking tours, police patrols and school pride, solid streets and robust businesses.

Longview accepting applications for tourism funding
The city of Longview is taking applications to fund projects that support or maintain tourism in Longview, such as festivals, events or advertising brochures.

Bluegrass Performer Dies Days After Thanksgiving Festival
Bill Rich wasn't from Pasco County, but he was as familiar to regulars at Sertoma bluegrass festivals as the ranch's rolling hills and tree-lined landscape. He spent last weekend at the youth ranch north of Dade City, accompanying daughter Amy's fiddle and son Nathan's acoustic guitar on the banjo that rarely left his side. The family had been participating in the Thanksgiving Bluegrass Festival ...

County events will help fill your December days (and nights) with holiday cheer
Here's your guide to local concerts, ice-skating rinks, tree lightings, parades, festivals, plays and other scenes that will make your holidays glow brighter than Rudolph's nose in klieg-light mode on a foggy Oxnard night.

Best Bets
MUSIC: Those who've caught North Carolina quintet Toubab Krewe at festivals know the band can dig a deep and funky Afro-beat groove.

Mountain Men: The Sundance Film Festival ... [Festivals]
Mountain Men: The Sundance Film Festival broke out its non-competition selections for 2009 this afternoon, a starrier, funkier twist on yesterday's slate of barbershop docs and Pierce Brosnan...

Lacuna's DVD is perfect package of performances
Lacuna Coil's performances at 2007's Waken and Loudpark festivals are fully documented on their new DVD, Visual Karma [Body, Mind and Soul].

The government and festival
I do not believe that the Kurds have had as many festivals and celebrations over the last hundred years as the current administration have held. The budget which is in the hands of this government is being spent on dance and celebration because the government has no any other plans.

School Rumble Season 2
Cultural festivals are traditionally a time for romance to bloom, and indeed romance is in the air as Class 2-C gears up to (as usual) compete with neighboring Class 2-D.

SETBACK BLOW TO GIANT PLANS
Jack The Giant has suffered a setback which will probably prevent him running for the rest of the campaign. Nicky Henderson's six-year-old has not had the greatest of fortunes, with another problem cropping up in the spring to keep him out of the major festivals.

Hainesville resident heads ethnic folk festival
HAINESVILLE - For the third year running, Hainesville resident Jim De Nomie has chaired the one of the largest ethnic folk festivals in the country.