Avignon Festival , France

Known otherwise as Festival d'Avignon, Avignon Festival is a feast of culture that draws performers and art enthusiasts from around the world. Non-commercial in outlook and reliant on public subsidy, the festival is the annual shop-window on French cultural life and ways.

Founded in the year 1947 by Jean Vilar, Avignon Festival happens to be one of the oldest extant festivals in France. The S highlight of this festival is the wonderful display of the contemporary performing arts. With theatrical forays that are remarkable in both scale and artistic experimentation, the festival under title carves a niche for itself.

Some of the most renowned stage artists gather in the land of Avignon to create a fusion of drama and other performing finer arts. The cultural assimilation and conglomeration makes the whole scene a real treat for the art lovers. Each year some two-hundred-thousand visitors flock to Avignon Festival to be a witness to it.