Sentences with phrase «last year the festival»

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Last year at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, Nadal awarded $ 1 - million startup funding for an advanced program in New York called the Digital Works Institute.

Singles» Day is the world's largest online retail festival, amassing $ 17.6 billion in sales over the 24 - hour period — far more than America's Cyber Monday's reported sales of $ 3 billion last year.

It's been 45 years since «The Last Movie» had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the festival's Critics Prize.

Cannes organizers announced a rule last year that movies could not compete for awards without a French theatrical release, though they could still screen at the festival.

Box office sales for Perth's two major arts festivals have remained steady against last year's figures, with Perth Festival on track to make $ 3.8 million and Fringe World Festival hitting $ 10 million.

Essence's wildly popular Essence Festival, held in New Orleans and featured prominently in last year's summer film Girls Trip, is the biggest magazine - sponsored festival in the world.

In the local market, gold prices were nearly 10 percent higher during the current festival period compared with last year, with prices trading around 31,573 rupees per 10 grams, the highest level since August 2016.

Alibaba did 35 billion yuan in business during last year's festival, and Tech research firm IDC predicts this year's total gross merchandise volume (GMV) will reach $ 8.62 billion.

And there's the Clio Cloud Conference, which attracted 1,000 attendees last year to a two - day event: «Sort of like the Burning Man festival of the legal industry,» is how one impressed attendee described it.

The festival's implosion, while certainly a black eye for the mobile developer, is likely to be a blip for what has remained a staggeringly popular game since its massive launch last year.

Last year, the company shocked festival goers when it zapped an intern with 80,000 volts of electricity using a taser - equipped drone.

Keep in mind last year at Sundance, we produced the film that won the jury prize [«I Don't Feel at Home In This World Anymore»], and we acquired «Mudbound» in the biggest acquisition of the festival.

During last year's shopping festival, overseas orders soared with users from Hong Kong, the U.S. and Taiwan participating heavily.

After 58 people were killed at a country music festival in Las Vegas last year by a gunman who used bump stocks, GOP senators said they would be open to Feinstein's legislation.

Still, it was able to reach RMB 100 million ($ 14.4 million) in gross merchandise volume and finish with a higher GMV than all of the other merchants on Tmall Global during last year's 11.11 festival.

To reduce delivery times during the high - volume 11.11 festival — more than $ 9.3 billion in GMV was generated during the 24 - hour sale last year — Alibaba is bringing into play its logistics arm, Cainiao, which operates a «smart» logistics network that coordinates delivery companies and courier services throughout the country.

A harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 8 or 9 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri.

Now, randomness takes the shape of more pleasant surprises, like last year's performance at Atlanta music festival Music Midtown.

(Updated) After fallout at last year's event, organizers cancel nation's largest Arab festival for one - year hiatus.

In the last few years, Beeching's career has transitioned from festival worship leader to regular TV, radio and press contributor

For the last two years, the festival basically offered around - the - clock offerings for electronic dance music, including a variety of acts that show how the genre has matured with a new crop of stars who are increasingly creative with their craft.

Bleachers — who were one of the festival's highlights last year — also played an after show at the Hard Rock Hotel, where they brought their «80s - inspired, two - drum fueled brand of power indie - pop to the center stage, where it belonged.

Last week the 35 year - old, who became known by performing at Christian festivals both in the UK and the US, said she's struggled with the issue her whole life but was now ready to go public.

I must begin by admitting total ignorance of a festival that last took place when I was two years old.

I had my first cioppino just last year at a food festival.

I first met Krystal «in real life» at last years Foodbuzz festival and she has quickly become one of my favorite people (and a fellow SoCal girl!).

To celebrate the festival's 10th year, Rock On The Range 2016 will feature an exhibit area for all patrons to enjoy, showcasing the Rock On The Range Photography Collection, highlighting the last 10 years.

In the last five years, the band has won so many parade and festival competitions that it has its own trophy case next to that of the football team.

Last year I attended the Life Is Good festival and fell in love with them even more.

This year's Endless Summer festival combines the Park District of La Grange festival with a La Grange Business Association festival last held in 2000.

Last year's festival drew record attendance of 270,000, making it the largest music festival in America.

Last year, the music festival grossed about $ 20 million.

At a news conference, Mayor Daley and other officials said 3.6 million people attended the Taste last year, making it the city's most attended festival of 2006.

After signing a 10 - year contract last year with the Chicago Park District that will keep Lollapalooza in Grant Park through 2022, Jones said daily capacity was capped at 100,000, which makes its daily attendance bigger than any destination rock festival in North America, including Coachella in California and Bonnaroo in Tennessee.

Even the festival's co-founder, former Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, acknowledges that last year, «We didn't hit it out of the park» with the narrowly focused lineup.

Last year, the official guest for Chale Wote festival was Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Hon Dzifa Gomashie.

The de Blasio administration floated a proposal last year to end the decades - old moratorium and require that half the festivals» vendors come from the community board district where they were being held, in an attempt to bring more local flavor.

The festival was instituted by government last year to boost the fishing sector for which the region is noted for.

City officials Sunday renamed a Brooklyn street in honor of the aide to Gov. Cuomo who was killed during a street festival last year — but neither the governor nor Mayor de Blasio showed up for the ceremony amid their administrations» ethics probes.

The homogeneous festival, dubbed: «Homofest 2015», was instituted last year by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts as part of measures to promote domestic tourism.

But the overwhelming impression I took from Glastonbury last year was the middle class zeitgeist, it had become the Marks & Spencer of festivals

The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, on Friday described the 2017 Eid - el - Kabir festival as the most peaceful celebration recorded in the state in the last seven years.

«Such activities include the Nigerian Army Sports festival which was held last year after a break of 7 years.

NYC officials yesterday renamed a Brooklyn street in honor of the aide to Cuomo who was killed during a street festival last year — but neither the governor nor the mayor showed up for the ceremony amid their administrations» ethics probes.

A man connected to the shooting death of Carey Gabay, an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo during last year's J'Ouvert festival, was tracked down and arrested in California, authorities said.

The Scottish independence referendum last year may have been a festival of democracy north of the border, but if you were someone arguing for the union it didn't feel like it.

The Festival as a traditional and cultural event was attended by approximately 250,000 people last year 2016, placing the event as the third largest biggest festival in the world after Rio Mardi Gras in Brazil with 500, 000 attendees and Holi in India receiving the most visitors at 2 million plus.

The Pilgrims were grateful they could rely on the generosity of the Wampanoag people, without whom they would not have survived their first year in the new land, and together they celebrated this bounty with a festival that lasted for days and prompted the tradition of an annual day of giving thanks.

This comes as Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on the Brian Lehrer show last week that he supports making Eid al - Fitr, Eid al - Adha and Lunar New Year school holidays, but said he hadn't decided about the Hindu festival of Diwali.

Last year, the Spin Doctors, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Robert Randolph Band headlined the two - day festival.