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Special Events Ball (Ples) Season, Jan-Mar/Apr (the beginning of Lent), various venues Witches’ Night, 30 Apr, celebrates the death of winter with bonfires, throughout the city Prague Spring (website: www.festival.cz), 12 May-early Jun, various venues Khamoro, Festival of Roma (gypsy) culture, with music, films, theatre, dance, art (website: www.khamoro.cz), late May, various venues Dance Prague (website: www.tanecpha.cz), Jun, various venues Prague Autumn (website: www.pragueautumn.cz), mid-Sep, various venues Burck Season, late Sep-early Oct, sampling the half-fermented new season wines directly from the barrels Vokaliza International Jazz Festival, late Oct, Lucerna Music Bar Musica Iudaica, festival celebrating Jewish composers, Nov, various venues Prague German-Language Theatre Festival (website: www.theater.cz), Nov, various venues International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music (website: www.orfea.cz), late Nov-early Dec, various venues, with a final concert of all choirs in the Old Town Square St Nicholas’s Eve, 5 Dec, men dress as St Nicholas, an angel and a devil, giving out sweets to good children, near Charles Bridge, Staromstsk nmst and Karlovo nmst Bohuslav Martinu Festival, music festival featuring the music of this 20th-century Czech composer, including a violin and violoncello competition, as well as concerts of chamber, symphonic and dramatic music (website: www.martinu.cz), early Dec, Lichtenstein Palace and the Ruldophinum Prague Christmas, festival of carols and customs, mid-Dec, various venues including concerts in the Old Town Square St Sylvester’s Eve, 31 Dec, wild revelry complete with fireworks, especially around Vclavsk nmst and the Old Town Square |