The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car racing event. It takes place at the Tulsa Expo Center in January, two weeks after Christmas. NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget race of the year". It is nicknamed the "Super Bowl of midget racing". The inaugural 1987 event consisted of 52 midgets competing in the 2-day event. The event now consists of four days ...

Critical Mass is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world. The ride was originally founded in 1992 in San Francisco. The purpose of Critical Mass is not usually formalized beyond the direct action of meeting at a set location and time and traveling as a group through city or town streets on bikes. For some ...

The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention. The primary goal of the Democratic National Convention is to nominate and confirm a candidate for President and...

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly The EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In) is America's largest annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days l...

Fleet Week San Diego is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard tradition where active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock. Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions. At certain hours, the public can take a guided tour of the ships. Often, Fleet Week is accompani...

Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock in a variety of major cities for one week. Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions. At certain hours, the public can take a guided tour of the sh...

Attend any event or concert, other than an NFL Football Game, at Ford Field. This event or concert can include anything from a graduation to a non-traditional sporting event.

Enter your pet in the parade or just watch. Either way this is a dog-gone good time. Pet Parade Costume Categories Best Pet Costume Best Pet Costume (non-canine) Best Costume - Duo Best Costume - Group (3 or more) Best Pet Holiday Costume Cutest Critter Best Ugly Holiday Sweater presented by Doozydog! Club Best Pet Float Best of Show (opportunity to be Grand Marshal ...

Associated with an ancient Shinto religious ritual, Sumo has its origins in a ritual dance where a human wrestles with a Shinto divine spirit. Many of the ancient traditions of Sumo have been preserved to this day and are engrained into the professional sport. Six times each year Grand Sumo Tournaments (“Honbasho”) are held in Japan: three in Ryogoku,...

The Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) is a yearly beer festival organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). It presents a selection of cask ales and other alcoholic drinks from the UK and beyond. The festival is also home to the Champion Beer of Britain awards. GBBF's sister festival, the National Winter Ales Festival concentrates on beer styles such as porter an...

Groundhog Day is a day celebrated on February 2. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, then spring will come early; if it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks. Modern customs of the holiday involve celebrati...

Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (now officially known as the United Kingdom). Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fai...

During Trick-or-Treat on India Street, Little Italy businesses open their doors to make Halloween a safe and special night for our urban-neighborhood children. Families are invited to bring their little monsters out in costume attire to this fun and safe Halloween event. Sweet and spooky fun will be had by kids of all ages as Little Italy businesses along the historic...

International Surfing Day, held annually on or near the date of the summer solstice—usually June 21 (20 June on leap years)—is an unofficial, environmentally conscious sports-centered holiday that celebrates the sport of surfing and the surfing lifestyle and the sustainability of ocean resources. Contests and prizes are also part of the celebration, with s...

The Inti Raymi ("Festival of the Sun") was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti, one of the most venerated gods in Inca religion. According to chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega, Sapa Inca Pachacuti created the Inti Raymi to celebrate the winter solstice and a new year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere. Since 1944, a theatrical repr...