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Special Events Ball (Ples) Season, Jan-Mar/Apr (the end of Lent), various venues Witches’ Night, 30 Apr, celebrates the death of winter with bonfires, throughout the city Prague Spring, 12 May-early Jun, various venues Dance Prague, Jun, various venues Prague Autumn, mid-Sep, various venues Burcák 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, Nov, various venues Days of Japanese Culture in Prague, early Nov, throughout the city International Festival of Advent and Christmas Music, 29 Nov-1 Dec, various venues, with a final concert of all choirs in the Old Town Square 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, early Dec, Lichtenstein Palace and the Ruldophinum 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, Staromestské Namertí and Karlovo Namestí 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 Vaclavské namestí and the Old Town Square |
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