Events diary

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2008

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Date/Area	Description
5 Sep - 7 Sep Bassano del Grappa, ITALY	“L’Europa nella Terra di Mezzo” A Photo Exhibit – Call for Pictures The Italian Tolkien Society is planning a photographic exhibition around the theme “L’Europa nella Terra di Mezzo” (Europe in Middle-earth), to be displayed on the occasion of its “Hobbiton” event (the most important meeting of the Italian TS) which will take place next 5th-7th September in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza – Italy). The pictures must portray European landscapes recalling the places created by our favourite author JRR Tolkien. The Italian Tolkien Society has held such exhibitions before, but this is the first time that the invitation to take part is being extended to Tolkien fans from other nations. For further information please visit the pages dedicated to the exhibition - available in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish - on the Italian TS website (address below). The deadline for receiving photographs 30th June, 2008. Venue: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY Web site: http://www.tolkien.it/html/mostra_en.htm Contact details: europe_in_tdm AT alice DOT it
5 Sep - 7 Sep Bassano del Grappa, ITALY	Hobbiton 15 The fifteenth “Hobbiton”, the major annual festival of the Italian Tolkien Society, will be held from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September 2008 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. It consists of a series of lectures and concerts with international guests, a medieval market, gastronomical stands, books, artisans' stalls, role-playing games, workshops, art and photographic exhibitions, fencing shows, costumed attendants, lessons on elven languages and...much much more. For further information please visit the official website linked below (available also in English, French and German), or send an e-mail to the provided address. Venue: Bassano del Grappa, Italy Web site: http://www.tolkien.it/html/hobbiton/en/index.html Contact details: hobbiton AT tolkien DOT it
19 Sep - 20 Sep Salem, US	Frodo Fest! The community Library in Salem, WI will be hosting a 2-day event celebrating Tolkien's Ring Trilogy. Called Frodo Fest, this free event will feature live bands, lembas bread tasting, art, classes in how to speak Elvish, and more. Venue: Community Library Contact details: Liza Gilbert: lgilbert AT community DOT lib DOT wi DOT us Postal Address: Community Library, Salem, WI , US
19 Sep - 20 Sep St. Louis, US	Performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony St. Louis Symphony Orchestra invites you to join us for a special showing of Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony. The symphony will feature six movements from the famous trilogy. Original illustrations and storyboards by artists Alan Lee and John Howe will be featured during the concert. Tickets are on sale now! Venue: Powell Symphony Hall Web site: http://WWW.SLSO.ORG/LOTR Postal Address: Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N Grand Blvd. , St. Louis, MO 63103, US,
25 Sep - 28 Sep Oxford, UK	Oxonmoot 2008 Oxonmoot is a weekend of talks, quizes and entertainment, and most of all the chance to spend a weekend in the company of other Tolkien fans. For more information, please take a look at the Oxonmoot pages of this website. Venue: Christchurch College Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/oxon/2008/Info.html Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org Phone: - Postal Address: -

Date/Area

Description

5 Sep - 7 Sep

Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

“L’Europa nella Terra di Mezzo” A Photo Exhibit – Call for Pictures

The Italian Tolkien Society is planning a photographic exhibition around the theme “L’Europa nella Terra di Mezzo” (Europe in Middle-earth), to be displayed on the occasion of its “Hobbiton” event (the most important meeting of the Italian TS) which will take place next 5th-7th September in Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza – Italy). The pictures must portray European landscapes recalling the places created by our favourite author JRR Tolkien. The Italian Tolkien Society has held such exhibitions before, but this is the first time that the invitation to take part is being extended to Tolkien fans from other nations.

For further information please visit the pages dedicated to the exhibition - available in Italian, English, German, French and Spanish - on the Italian TS website (address below).

The deadline for receiving photographs 30th June, 2008.

Venue: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Web site: http://www.tolkien.it/html/mostra_en.htm

Contact details: europe_in_tdm AT alice DOT it

5 Sep - 7 Sep

Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Hobbiton 15

The fifteenth “Hobbiton”, the major annual festival of the Italian Tolkien Society, will be held from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th September 2008 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

It consists of a series of lectures and concerts with international guests, a medieval market, gastronomical stands, books, artisans' stalls, role-playing games, workshops, art and photographic exhibitions, fencing shows, costumed attendants, lessons on elven languages and...much much more.

For further information please visit the official website linked below (available also in English, French and German), or send an e-mail to the provided address.

Venue: Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Web site: http://www.tolkien.it/html/hobbiton/en/index.html

Contact details: hobbiton AT tolkien DOT it

19 Sep - 20 Sep

Salem, US

Frodo Fest!

The community Library in Salem, WI will be hosting a 2-day event celebrating Tolkien's Ring Trilogy. Called Frodo Fest, this free event will feature live bands, lembas bread tasting, art, classes in how to speak Elvish, and more.

Venue: Community Library

Contact details: Liza Gilbert: lgilbert AT community DOT lib DOT wi DOT us

Postal Address: Community Library, Salem, WI , US

19 Sep - 20 Sep

St. Louis, US

Performance of The Lord of the Rings Symphony

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra invites you to join us for a special showing of Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony. The symphony will feature six movements from the famous trilogy. Original illustrations and storyboards by artists Alan Lee and John Howe will be featured during the concert.

Tickets are on sale now!

Venue: Powell Symphony Hall

Web site: http://WWW.SLSO.ORG/LOTR

Postal Address: Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N Grand Blvd. , St. Louis, MO 63103, US,

25 Sep - 28 Sep

Oxford, UK

Oxonmoot 2008

Oxonmoot is a weekend of talks, quizes and entertainment, and most of all the chance to spend a weekend in the company of other Tolkien fans. For more information, please take a look at the Oxonmoot pages of this website.

Venue: Christchurch College

Web site: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/oxon/2008/Info.html

Contact details: bookings AT tolkiensociety DOT org

Phone: -

Postal Address: -

Have you an event that should be on this page? If so, you can send details to <events DOT page AT tolkiensociety DOT org>.

Alternatively, you can enter the details yourself. We will verify them, make sure that the event corresponds to our listing policy and add it to the list shown here.