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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-177@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270603
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270607
SUMMARY:Monaco Grand Prix
LOCATION:Circuit de Monaco\, Monte Carlo\, Monaco
DESCRIPTION:Formula 1 run through the harbor and hillside streets of the
  principality\, organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco since 1929 a
 nd now held in early June.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/monac
 o-grand-prix\nDates: The Automobile Club de Monaco publishes 3-6 June 2
 027 on its own event page and notes the dates are subject to FIA World 
 Motor Sport Council approval of the 2027 calendar. As of 6 September 20
 26 the full 2027 Formula 1 calendar had not been published\; reporting 
 indicates Formula One Management deferred the announcement to autumn 20
 26.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/monaco-grand-prix
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-25@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270621
SUMMARY:Art Basel
LOCATION:Messe Basel\, Basel\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Around 290 galleries at Messe Basel each June\, plus Unlimit
 ed's hangar-scale works and free art commissions across the old town.\n
 https://globalsocialseason.com/events/art-basel\nDates: Published on Ar
 t Basel's Basel show page as June 17-20\, 2027. Preview day dates for 2
 027 had not been published separately at the time of writing\; on the f
 air's established pattern they fall on June 15 and 16.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/art-basel
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-382@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270523
SUMMARY:Cannes Film Festival — 80th edition
LOCATION:Palais des Festivals et des Congrès\, Cannes\, France
DESCRIPTION:Twelve days on the Croisette each May: competition premieres
 \, the film industry's largest market\, and free screenings on the beac
 h.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-film-festival\nDates: 
 Tuesday May 11 to Saturday May 22\, 2027\, reported by Screen Internati
 onal in June 2026 as the festival's confirmed dates for its 80th editio
 n and carried by the Cannes tourist office listing.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-film-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Film
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-49@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270626
SUMMARY:Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
LOCATION:Palais des Festivals et des Congrès\, Cannes\, France
DESCRIPTION:Five June days when the advertising\, media and technology i
 ndustries take over Cannes for an awards festival that has outgrown its
  own building.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-lions\nDat
 es: Published by the organiser on the festival's own front page and att
 end page as 21-25 June 2027\, Cannes\, France.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/cannes-lions
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Business & Finance
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-226@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270620
SUMMARY:Royal Ascot
LOCATION:Ascot Racecourse\, Ascot\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Five days of Group One flat racing and enforced dress codes 
 at Ascot in the third week of June\, the fixed center of the British su
 mmer.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/royal-ascot\nDates: Ascot 
 Racecourse publishes Royal Ascot 2027 as 15–19 June 2027 on its own R
 oyal Ascot pages.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/royal-ascot
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-302@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270712
SUMMARY:The Championships\, Wimbledon (expected)
LOCATION:All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club\, London\, United King
 dom
DESCRIPTION:The only Grand Slam played on grass\, held over a London for
 tnight that anchors the British summer season.\nhttps://globalsocialsea
 son.com/events/wimbledon\nDates: Wimbledon's pattern is fixed: the main
  draw runs for a fortnight from the last Monday in June\, which in 2027
  falls on 28 June\, giving finals on 10 and 11 July. Travel operators s
 elling 2027 packages list exactly these dates and describe the edition 
 as the 150th anniversary of the first Championships in 1877. The All En
 gland Club's own dates-and-deadlines page is JavaScript-rendered and co
 uld not be read directly\, so the edition is recorded as expected rathe
 r than confirmed until the organizer's published listing is checked.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/wimbledon
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Tennis
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-2@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270614
SUMMARY:24 Hours of Le Mans — 95th edition
LOCATION:Circuit de la Sarthe\, Le Mans\, France
DESCRIPTION:The world's most significant endurance race\, run since 1923
  on 13.6 kilometers of French public road and permanent circuit outside
  Le Mans.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/24-hours-of-le-mans\nD
 ates: The Automobile Club de l'Ouest publishes 9-13 June 2027 for the 9
 5th 24 Hours of Le Mans. That window is the full event programme from m
 idweek\; within it the race itself starts on Saturday 12 June and finis
 hes on Sunday 13 June.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/24-hours-of-le-mans
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-313@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270612
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270614
SUMMARY:24 Hours of Le Mans — 94th edition (expected)
LOCATION:Circuit de la Sarthe\, Le Mans\, France
DESCRIPTION:The world's most significant endurance race\, run since 1923
  on 13.6 kilometers of French public road and permanent circuit outside
  Le Mans.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/24-hours-of-le-mans\nD
 ates: Not yet announced. Projected from the 2026 dates (June 13–14)\;
  the organizer's pattern usually holds.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/24-hours-of-le-mans
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-314@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270708
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270712
SUMMARY:Goodwood Festival of Speed — The Rivals - Epic Racing Duels (e
 xpected)
LOCATION:Goodwood House and estate\, Goodwood\, West Sussex\, United Kin
 gdom
DESCRIPTION:Four days of racing cars running up a driveway in West Susse
 x\, staged at Goodwood House since 1993 and now the motor industry's su
 mmer showcase.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/goodwood-festival
 -of-speed\nDates: Not yet announced. Projected from the 2026 dates (Jul
 y 9–12)\; the organizer's pattern usually holds.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/goodwood-festival-of-speed
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-103@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270719
SUMMARY:Goodwood Festival of Speed
LOCATION:Goodwood House and estate\, Goodwood\, West Sussex\, United Kin
 gdom
DESCRIPTION:Four days of racing cars running up a driveway in West Susse
 x\, staged at Goodwood House since 1993 and now the motor industry's su
 mmer showcase.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/goodwood-festival
 -of-speed\nDates: Goodwood publishes 15-18 July 2027 on the event's off
 icial page. Note that this is the third weekend of July\, a week later 
 than the 2026 edition\, so the event's date is not fixed to a particula
 r week of the month.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/goodwood-festival-of-speed
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-420@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270518
SUMMARY:Salzburg Festival — Whitsun Festival (expected)
LOCATION:Grosses Festspielhaus and Haus fur Mozart\, Salzburg\, Austria
DESCRIPTION:Six weeks of opera\, drama and concerts across a baroque cit
 y in high summer\, founded in 1920 and running at near-total occupancy 
 every August.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/salzburg-festival\
 nDates: Not yet published by the festival. The Whitsun Festival is fixe
 d to the Pentecost weekend and runs from the Friday before Whit Sunday 
 to Whit Monday\; Whit Sunday falls on 16 May 2027\, giving 14 to 17 May
  2027. A third-party European events calendar lists exactly those dates
 \, which is consistent with the pattern but is not the organizer.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/salzburg-festival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-224@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270523
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270607
SUMMARY:Roland-Garros (expected)
LOCATION:Stade Roland-Garros\, Paris\, France
DESCRIPTION:The clay-court Grand Slam\, played at Porte d'Auteuil over a
  fortnight that bridges the Paris spring and the European summer.\nhttp
 s://globalsocialseason.com/events/roland-garros\nDates: Travel operator
 s selling 2027 packages list qualifying from 17 May and the main draw f
 rom Sunday 23 May to Sunday 6 June 2027. That is consistent with the to
 urnament's working rule of finishing about three weeks before Wimbledon
 \, which begins 28 June 2027\, and with the fifteen-day Sunday-start fo
 rmat used since 2024. The FFT's own published calendar entry was not re
 ad directly\, so the edition is recorded as expected.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/roland-garros
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Tennis
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-409@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270912
SUMMARY:Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (expected)
LOCATION:Yacht Club Costa Smeralda\, Porto Cervo\, Porto Cervo\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:A week of maxi racing off the Costa Smeralda for yachts over
  sixty feet\, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with Rolex.\nhttps:/
 /globalsocialseason.com/events/maxi-yacht-rolex-cup\nDates: Not yet pub
 lished as of 6 September 2026. The regatta has run from the first Sunda
 y of September to the following Saturday in recent years — 1-7 Septem
 ber 2024\, 7-13 September 2025\, 6-12 September 2026 — which puts 202
 7 at 5 to 11 September. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda publishes its ful
 l season calendar in the winter and the International Maxi Association 
 issues a preliminary maxi programme earlier still.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/maxi-yacht-rolex-cup
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Yachting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-396@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270705
SUMMARY:Henley Royal Regatta
LOCATION:Henley Reach\, River Thames\, Henley-on-Thames\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Six days of knockout rowing on a straight mile of the Thames
  at Henley\, run by its own Stewards since 1839 and unchanged in shape 
 ever since.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/henley-royal-regatta
 \nDates: Published on the regatta's own site as Tuesday 29 June to Sund
 ay 4 July 2027. Tickets for the Regatta Enclosure were listed as going 
 on sale in spring 2027.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/henley-royal-regatta
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-415@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270523
SUMMARY:RHS Chelsea Flower Show
LOCATION:Royal Hospital Chelsea\, London\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:The Royal Horticultural Society's May show at the Royal Hosp
 ital Chelsea: five days\, an eleven-acre site\, and the opening fixture
  of the British season.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/rhs-chel
 sea-flower-show\nDates: Published by the RHS as 18-22 May 2027. The soc
 iety lists RHS Members' Days on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 May\, publi
 c days Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 May\, gates open 08:00 to 20:00 with 
 a 17:30 close on the Saturday\, a late-night event on Friday 21 May fro
 m 17:30 to 22:00\, and the plant sale on Saturday 22 May from 16:00 to 
 17:30. Tickets were marked 'on sale soon' when this page was read.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Society
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-151@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270704
SUMMARY:Longines Global Champions Tour of Monaco (expected)
LOCATION:Port Hercule\, Quai Albert 1er\, Monte Carlo\, Monaco
DESCRIPTION:Three days of five-star show jumping on a sand arena built a
 cross Monaco's harbour quay\, alongside the Formula 1 pit lane.\nhttps:
 //globalsocialseason.com/events/longines-global-champions-tour-monaco\n
 Dates: No 2027 calendar had been published by Global Champions when che
 cked on 6 September 2026\; the site was taking expressions of interest 
 for the 2027 London leg only. The Monaco stage has been held on a Thurs
 day-to-Saturday at the end of June or the start of July every year sinc
 e 2006\, which puts 2027 at approximately 1–3 July. The tour normally
  publishes its full calendar in the autumn or early winter.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/longines-global-champions-tour
 -monaco
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-175@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270517
SUMMARY:Monaco E-Prix
LOCATION:Circuit de Monaco\, Monte Carlo\, Monaco
DESCRIPTION:Formula E's Monaco round\, run on the full Grand Prix circui
 t as a two-race weekend in May and organized by the Automobile Club de 
 Monaco.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/monaco-e-prix\nDates: Fo
 rmula E's provisional 2026-27 calendar\, published on 23 June 2026 afte
 r validation by the FIA World Motor Sport Council\, lists Monaco as rou
 nds 10 and 11 on 15-16 May 2027. The Automobile Club de Monaco's own ca
 lendar shows 1-2 May 2027 for the same event\; the two sources disagree
  and the series calendar\, being the later publication\, is used here. 
 Reconcile before publication.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/monaco-e-prix
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-153@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270621
SUMMARY:Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping (expected)
LOCATION:Champ de Mars\, Paris\, France
DESCRIPTION:Three days of five-star show jumping in a temporary arena on
  the Champ de Mars\, directly under the Eiffel Tower.\nhttps://globalso
 cialseason.com/events/longines-paris-eiffel-jumping\nDates: No 2027 Glo
 bal Champions calendar had been published when checked on 6 September 2
 026. The Paris stage has been held on a Friday-to-Sunday in the second 
 half of June in most editions\, which puts 2027 at approximately 18–2
 0 June. The tour normally releases the following season's calendar in t
 he autumn or early winter\, and the Paris leg's placement has shifted b
 efore when Paris hosted other major events.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/longines-paris-eiffel-jumping
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-212@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270727
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270801
SUMMARY:Qatar Goodwood Festival
LOCATION:Goodwood Racecourse\, Goodwood\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Five days of high-summer flat racing on the South Downs abov
 e Chichester\, the least formal and best-sited of the great British mee
 tings.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/qatar-goodwood-festival\n
 Dates: Goodwood publishes the 2027 festival as 27–31 July 2027\, Tues
 day to Saturday\, on its own Qatar Goodwood Festival pages.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/qatar-goodwood-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-402@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival — Forward
LOCATION:KKL Luzern\, Lucerne\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of orchestral music on the Vierwaldstattersee\, b
 uilt around a festival orchestra assembled each August and a Jean Nouve
 l concert hall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
 \nDates: The festival's contemporary-music weekend\, listed on the orga
 nizer's site as 20 to 22 November 2026.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-403@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270322
SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival — Spring
LOCATION:KKL Luzern\, Lucerne\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of orchestral music on the Vierwaldstattersee\, b
 uilt around a festival orchestra assembled each August and a Jean Nouve
 l concert hall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
 \nDates: Listed on the organizer's site as 19 to 21 March 2027.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-404@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270510
SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival — Pulse
LOCATION:KKL Luzern\, Lucerne\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of orchestral music on the Vierwaldstattersee\, b
 uilt around a festival orchestra assembled each August and a Jean Nouve
 l concert hall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
 \nDates: Listed on the organizer's site as 6 to 9 May 2027.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-440@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271122
SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival — Forward (expected)
LOCATION:KKL Luzern\, Lucerne\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of orchestral music on the Vierwaldstattersee\, b
 uilt around a festival orchestra assembled each August and a Jean Nouve
 l concert hall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
 \nDates: Not yet announced. Projected from the 2026 dates (November 20
 –22)\; the organizer's pattern usually holds.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-421@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270830
SUMMARY:Salzburg Festival — Summer Festival (expected)
LOCATION:Grosses Festspielhaus\, Haus fur Mozart\, Felsenreitschule and 
 Domplatz\, Salzburg\, Austria
DESCRIPTION:Six weeks of opera\, drama and concerts across a baroque cit
 y in high summer\, founded in 1920 and running at near-total occupancy 
 every August.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/salzburg-festival\
 nDates: Not yet published. The festival announces the following summer'
 s programme and dates in late autumn - the 2026 programme was released 
 on 4 December 2025 - and the summer festival has opened on a Friday in 
 mid-July and run about 45 days to the end of August in each recent year
  (19 July to 31 August 2024\, 18 July to 31 August 2025\, 17 July to 30
  August 2026). Applying that pattern gives 16 July to 29 August 2027\, 
 which is 45 days.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/salzburg-festival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-569@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270702
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270703
SUMMARY:Palio di Siena — Palio di Provenzano (2 July)
LOCATION:Piazza del Campo\, Siena\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:Ten bareback horses\, three laps of the Piazza del Campo\, n
 inety seconds - run twice a year on 2 July and 16 August by Siena's sev
 enteen contrade.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/palio-di-siena\
 nDates: Fixed by tradition rather than announced: the July Palio is alw
 ays run on 2 July\, which falls on a Friday in 2027. The date is certai
 n by its nature. The city publishes the detailed programme of trials\, 
 dinners and the Corteo Storico in the weeks beforehand.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/palio-di-siena
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-570@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270817
SUMMARY:Palio di Siena — Palio dell'Assunta (16 August)
LOCATION:Piazza del Campo\, Siena\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:Ten bareback horses\, three laps of the Piazza del Campo\, n
 inety seconds - run twice a year on 2 July and 16 August by Siena's sev
 enteen contrade.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/palio-di-siena\
 nDates: Fixed by tradition: the August Palio is always run on 16 August
 \, which falls on a Monday in 2027. The date is certain by its nature.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/palio-di-siena
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-125@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270823
SUMMARY:Hublot Polo Gold Cup Gstaad — 30th edition
LOCATION:Gstaad Airport\, Saanen\, Gstaad\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Four 14-goal teams play a long August weekend on the grass o
 f Gstaad's mountain airfield\, the Bernese Oberland's largest summer sp
 orting fixture.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/hublot-polo-gold
 -cup-gstaad\nDates: Announced by the organizer in its report on the 202
 6 final: the dates are set for 19-22 August 2027 for the 30th edition.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/hublot-polo-gold-cup-gstaad
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Polo
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-248@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270830
SUMMARY:St. Moritz Gourmet Festival — 33rd edition\, second summer edi
 tion
LOCATION:Partner hotels across St. Moritz and the Upper Engadin\, St. Mo
 ritz\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Visiting chefs cook across the Engadin's hotels for six days
  at the end of August - a festival that left its thirty-one-year Januar
 y slot in 2026.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/st-moritz-gourme
 t-festival\nDates: The organizer states: from August 24 to 29\, 2027\, 
 the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival will hold its second summer edition. Th
 at is Tuesday to Sunday\, matching the 2026 pattern.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/st-moritz-gourmet-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Food & Wine
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-288@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270802
SUMMARY:Verbier Festival — 34th edition
LOCATION:Verbier\, Val de Bagnes\, Verbier\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Eighteen days of concerts and masterclasses at 1\,500 metres
  in the Val de Bagnes\, with two festival orchestras and an academy at 
 its center.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/verbier-festival\nDa
 tes: The organizer publishes 15 July to 1 August 2027 for the 34th edit
 ion: eighteen days\, more than 60 concerts and around 100 masterclasses
 .
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/verbier-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-51@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270614
SUMMARY:Cartier Queen's Cup (expected)
LOCATION:Guards Polo Club\, Windsor Great Park\, Windsor Great Park\, Un
 ited Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:British polo's 22-goal centerpiece\, played over four weeks 
 at Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park and settled on a Sunday final
  in mid-June.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/cartier-queens-cup
 \nDates: Not yet published. Guards Polo Club releases its season fixtur
 e list in the spring. The tournament has opened in the third week of Ma
 y and finished on a Sunday in mid-June in each recent year\, and since 
 2023 the final has fallen on the Sunday immediately before Royal Ascot.
  Applying that pattern to 2027 gives a final on Sunday 13 June 2027\, w
 ith league play from about Tuesday 18 May.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/cartier-queens-cup
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Polo
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-386@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270830
SUMMARY:Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe — International Fe
 stival (expected)
LOCATION:Usher Hall\, Festival Theatre\, The Hub and other city venues\,
  Edinburgh\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Two festivals sharing one August: a programmed international
  season of music\, opera\, theatre and dance\, and the open-access Frin
 ge around it.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/edinburgh-festival
 s\nDates: Not yet published. The International Festival has opened on t
 he same day as the Fringe and closed on the Sunday before the Fringe's 
 Monday finish in recent years - 1 to 24 August 2025\, 7 to 30 August 20
 26 - running 24 days. With the Fringe confirmed at 6 to 30 August 2027\
 , that pattern gives 6 to 29 August 2027. The International Festival no
 rmally announces its programme and opens booking in the spring.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/edinburgh-festivals
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-376@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270825
SUMMARY:Bayreuth Festival
LOCATION:Bayreuth Festspielhaus\, Bayreuth\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of Wagner in the theatre Wagner built for it\, on
  a hill above a Franconian town\, staged by his descendants since 1876.
 \nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/bayreuth-festival\nDates: The 2
 027 schedule was published by the festival on 28 August 2026 and runs 2
 4 July to 24 August 2027. Four productions are listed: Die Meistersinge
 r von Nurnberg (Simone Young / Matthias Davids)\, Lohengrin (Tarmo Pelt
 okoski / Ilaria Lanzino)\, Parsifal (Christian Thielemann / Ersan Mondt
 ag) and Tannhauser (Thomas Guggeis / Tobias Kratzer). Ticket ordering o
 pened the same day\, with a stated deadline of 12 October 2026.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/bayreuth-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-405@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270812
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270913
SUMMARY:Lucerne Festival — Summer (expected)
LOCATION:KKL Luzern\, Lucerne\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Five weeks of orchestral music on the Vierwaldstattersee\, b
 uilt around a festival orchestra assembled each August and a Jean Nouve
 l concert hall.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
 \nDates: Not yet published. The Summer festival has opened on a Thursda
 y in mid-August and closed on a Sunday in mid-September in recent years
  - 15 August to 14 September 2025\, 13 August to 13 September 2026 - ru
 nning about 32 days. Applying that pattern gives 12 August to 12 Septem
 ber 2027. The festival normally announces the following summer's progra
 mme and opens sales in the spring.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/lucerne-festival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-65@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270719
SUMMARY:Gold Cup for the British Open Polo Championship (expected)
LOCATION:Cowdray Park Polo Club\, The Lawns\, Midhurst\, West Sussex\, U
 nited Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Europe's senior 22-goal polo tournament\, played over four w
 eeks on the Cowdray estate in West Sussex and decided on a July Sunday 
 below the ruins.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/cowdray-gold-cu
 p\nDates: Not yet published\; Cowdray releases its high-goal fixtures i
 n the spring. The final has fallen on the third Sunday of July in each 
 recent year - 21 July 2024\, 20 July 2025\, 19 July 2026 - with league 
 play beginning about four weeks earlier. The third Sunday of July 2027 
 is 18 July\, giving a start in the week of 22 June.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/cowdray-gold-cup
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Polo
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-371@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270715
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270905
SUMMARY:Gstaad Menuhin Festival — 70th Menuhin Festival Gstaad (expect
 ed)
LOCATION:Festival tent at Gstaad\, Saanen church and venues across the S
 aanenland\, Gstaad\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Seven weeks of concerts across the Saanenland\, founded by Y
 ehudi Menuhin in 1957 and still built around the church at Saanen and a
  festival tent at Gstaad.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/gstaad
 -menuhin-festival\nDates: Not yet announced. Projected from the 2026 da
 tes (July 16 – September 5)\; the organizer's pattern usually holds.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/gstaad-menuhin-festival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-111@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270716
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270905
SUMMARY:Gstaad Menuhin Festival — 71st Menuhin Festival Gstaad
LOCATION:Festival tent at Gstaad\, Saanen church and Saanenland venues\,
  Gstaad\, Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:Seven weeks of concerts across the Saanenland\, founded by Y
 ehudi Menuhin in 1957 and still built around the church at Saanen and a
  festival tent at Gstaad.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/gstaad
 -menuhin-festival\nDates: The organizer publishes 16 July to 4 Septembe
 r 2027 under the theme P_A_SSI_O_N.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/gstaad-menuhin-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:gss-394@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T160534Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270830
SUMMARY:Glyndebourne Festival
LOCATION:Glyndebourne Opera House\, Lewes\, East Sussex\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:A summer-long opera festival in a Sussex country house: five
  or six productions in repertory\, a ninety-minute dinner interval\, an
 d no public subsidy.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/glyndebourn
 e-festival\nDates: Published by Glyndebourne as 20 May - 29 August 2027
 \, with five productions: a new Idomeneo directed by Stephen Langridge 
 (20 May - 14 July)\, a revival of the 2024 Carmen (21 May - 30 June and
  11 - 29 August)\, a new La cenerentola directed by Max Webster (13 Jun
 e - 20 August)\, a revival of the 2012 La traviata (27 June - 28 August
 ) and a new Jenufa directed by Yael Farber (18 July - 18 August). Membe
 rs receive priority booking\; public booking opens in February 2027.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/glyndebourne-festival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cultural Festivals
END:VEVENT
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