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This annual folk dance festival takes place in summer or early autumn.

This annual four-week festival takes place in June and includes daily performances.

Since its inception in 1909, the festival has included operas, orchestral, chamber and organ concerts, dance and theatrical performances, recitals and film screenings.

Each year focuses on a different theme and repertoire. The venues include the opera house the town hall and the municipal and state buildings.

This annual two-day festival takes place on the second weekend in September and involves a shooting contest for boys and girls as well as a festival and street fair. The festival ends with the crowning of a King of the Marksmen.

This annual festival is over 600 years old and is based on the ancient tradition of "chasing away Old Man Winter." The modern festival is celebrated on the Sunday before the third Monday in April with a children's parade and a large snowman figure symbolizing winter.

The next day, the 25 guilds of Zurich hold their joint parade and then gather by the lake for a huge bonfire to pronounce the end of winter. The highlight of the festival - a giant fireworks display follows, accompanied by dancing and singing in the streets.

This annual carnival takes place early February.