Festivals
- Whitsunday's weekend. Broom Flower festival in Wiltz, Ardennes
- In April
Yearly festival with parades and colourful floats.
Public festivals, Folk festivals, Folklore
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Carnival
- In March, six weeks before Easter
Celebrates with masked balls, folklore parades and concerts,
particularly in the towns of Diekirch and Schifflange.
- Burgsonndeg
(Bonfire Day) - In march, the week after Carnival
- Emais’chen in
Luxembourg City
- 01.04.2004
Folklore and sale of the famous Peckvillercher (earthenware bird
whistles) from the pottery village of Nospelt.
- Mullerthal town of Echternach, east of the capital
- In April, 7th Sunday after Easter
Celebration with a handkerchief pageant in honor of St Willibrord, a
local boy made good, whose remains you can visit in the town's basilica.
- Octave in Luxembourg City - Late April to early May
A Catholic festival that climaxes with a street parade headed up by the
royal family.
- St. Willibrord
Festival. Luxembourg City - 05.06.2004
In celebration of the Grand Duchy’s patron saint, pilgrims come to dance
in front of the town’s abbey to the sound of a 16th-century bell to
purge their sins.
- National Day
celebrations
- 22.06.2004 - 23.06.2004
Torchlight and military parades, fireworks. Celebrated on the birthday
of Grand Duchess Charlotte (1919-1964).
Parties and revelry like those
on New Year's Eve, particularly in Luxembourg City.
Important trade fairs
- Luxembourg International Trade Fair - 15.05.2004 - 23.05.2004
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Luxembourgs International Trade Fair in Spring
- Luxembourg International Trade Fair - 16.10.2004 - 24.10.2004
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Luxembourg International Trade Fair in Autumn
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