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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival ( Chinese: 哈尔滨国际冰雪节; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Guójì Bīngxuě Jié ) is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China , and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world . At first participants in the festival were mainly Chinese, however it has since become an international festival and competition. The festival includes the world's biggest ice sculptures. Officially, the festival starts on January 5 and lasts one month. However, exhibits often open earlier and stay longer, weather permitting. While ice sculptures are erected throughout the city, there are two main exhibition areas: Sun Island is a recreational area on the opposite side of the Songhua River from the city , which features an expo of enormous snow sculptures. Ice and Snow World is an area open at night which features illuminated full size buildings ...

Boom, Belgium Tomorrow-land {festival} Tomorrow-land is an electronic music festival held in Boom , Belgium . Tomorrow-land was first held in 2005 , and has since become one of the world's largest and most notable music festivals . History of Tomorrow The first edition of the festival took place on August 14 , 2005. ID&T organized the festival . Performers included Push ( M.I.K.E .), Armin van Buuren , Cor Fijneman, Yves Deruyter , Technoboy , Yoji Biomehanika and Coone . The second festival, on July 30, 2006 , hosted Armin van Buuren , Axwell, Marco Bailey , Fred Baker, David Guetta, Ruthless and DJ Zany . The DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold was also announced on the poster , but canceled at the last moment , as he was on tour with Madonna at the time . Emjay , the producer of ' Stimulate ', the anthem of 2006 , performed on the main stage with The Atari Babies . The third year , the festival lasted two days for the first time ...