Latest Fairs and festivals News

Should Sundance stay in Utah? State leaders and locals rally to keep the independent film festival

Jan. 30, 2025 14:15 PM EST

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — With the 2025 Sundance Film Festival underway, Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees are making a final push — one that could include paying millions of dollars — to keep the world-renowned film festival as its directors consider uprooting. ...

In ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ Oscar winner takes viewers back to Ukraine’s front lines

Jan. 30, 2025 11:31 AM EST

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The day Mstyslav Chernov won the BAFTA for his documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” was the day he learned two soldiers he knew had been killed in combat. They were primary subjects of his new film “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a harrowing portrait of modern warfare that...

Families in India cremate loved ones killed in stampede at religious festival

Jan. 30, 2025 07:22 AM EST

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Grieving families cremated their loved ones while others cared for their injured relatives in hospitals on Thursday, a day after a stampede killed at least 30 people and injured 60 others on a riverbank at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. The...

Millions around the world celebrate Lunar New Year and ring in the Year of the Snake

Jan. 29, 2025 17:06 PM EST

BEIJING (AP) — Firecrackers popped, incense was offered at temples and dancers and drummers paraded Wednesday in Asia and farther afield as millions around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year. From Beijing to Havana, the holiday — known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in...

The Sundance Film Festival goes online this week. Here’s how to watch the films

Jan. 29, 2025 13:24 PM EST

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Access to the Sundance Film Festival doesn’t require a trip to Park City, Utah, anymore — just an internet connection. Over half of the films that premiered this past week will be available to steam on the festival’s online platform starting Thursday. ...

A look at stampedes and crowd disasters in India over the years

Jan. 29, 2025 08:25 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 30 people are dead and many more injured in a stampede Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to bathe in a sacred river at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India, the world’s largest religious gathering. Wednesday was a holy day in the...

Police say at least 30 people have died in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

Jan. 29, 2025 08:23 AM EST

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — At least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering early Wednesday, police said, as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. Police...

India's Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering, by the numbers

Jan. 29, 2025 07:34 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India’s northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world’s largest religious gathering. The festival — site of a stampede on Wednesday — is held every 12 years at the...

A doctor says at least 17 people have died and 30 are injured in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India

Jan. 29, 2025 07:19 AM EST
PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — A doctor says at least 17 people have died and 30 are injured in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India.

The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering

Jan. 29, 2025 00:43 AM EST

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering. The festival is held every 12 years at the confluence of sacred rivers. A stampede...