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Up Helly Aa Fire Festival  _  Lerwick _  Scotland Up Helly Aa Up Helly Aa ( /ˈʌpˌhɛliə/ up-hel-ee-ə ; literally " Up Holy [ Day ] All ") refers to any of a variety of fire festivals held annually in Shetland , in Scotland , in the middle of winter to mark the end of the yule season . The festival involves a procession of up to a thousand guizers in Lerwick and considerably lower numbers in the more rural festivals , formed into squads who march through the town or village in a variety of themed costumes . Origins The current Lerwick celebration grew out of the older yule tradition of tar barrelling which took place at Christmas and New Year as well as Up Helly Aa . Squads of young men would drag barrels of burning tar through town on sledges , making mischief . After the abolition of tar barrelling around 1874 – 1880 , permission was eventually obtained for torch processions . The first yule torch procession took place in 1876. ...

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 ...