This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of '''March'''.
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3 March 2007: '''Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and Party''' [http://www.mardigras.org.au/], Sydney.
Early March: '''Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras''' [http://www.mardigras.org.au/], Sydney, Australia
Late March: '''Royal Easter Show''', [http://www.eastershow.com.au] in Sydney
Late March: '''Maitisong Festival''', [http://www.maitisong.co.bw] in Gaborone
'''Carnival''' - sometimes takes place on early March, see February for details.
21st: '''Independence Day'''
Mid March: '''Cape Argus Cycle Tour''', +27 (0)21 685-6551 (''email:info@cycletour.co.za[mailto:info@cycletour.co.za]''), [http://www.cycletour.co.za]. Entrance fee is R250 for entrants on the African continent or the equivalent of 50 Euro's every one else. Total distance is 109km. Start in downtown Cape Town, cycle down the eastern side of the peninsula, past Simon's Town and back up the western side of the peninsula. Cape Town, South Africa
21st: '''Human Rights Day''' (''Public holiday'')
Mid March: '''Two Oceans marathon''', [http://www.twooceansmarathon.org.za] on the Cape Peninsula
Mid March: '''Splashy Fen Music Festival''', [http://www.splashyfen.co.za/] just outside Underberg in KwaZulu-Natal
Late March to early April: '''Rand Show''', +27 (0)11 661-4000 (''email:randshow@kagisoexpo.co.za[mailto:randshow@kagisoexpo.co.za]''), [http://www.randshow.co.za] at the Expo Center, Nasrec, Johannesburg
Late March: '''OppiKoppi''' (''Literally translates to On the Hill'') [http://www.oppikoppi.co.za], Music festival outside Northam
Late March: '''Klein Karoo National Arts Festival''', [http://www.kknk.co.za/], in Oudtshoorn
Late March: '''Cape Town Jazz Festival''', [http://www.capetownjazzfest.com/] in Cape Town
Late March and early April: '''Cape Epic Mountain bike race''', [http://www.cape-epic.com/] in the Western Cape
16th of March to 23rd of March 2008: '''Holy Week'''
Holy Week is a religious festival that starts with the first full moon of Spring. It commemorates the the final days and sacrifices of Christ up to his resurrection day. Usually, imagery relating to this stage of the New Testament are paraded thoughout the cities and towns all over Spain and some Hispanic countries.
'''Malaga Spanish Film Festival'''. The most important Spanish Film festival. It takes place every year around the second week of March.
Early March: '''Zilker Park Kite Festival''', [http://www.zilkerkitefestival.com] in Austin, Texas
Mid March: '''Festival of the West''', [http://www.festivalofthewest.com/] in Phoenix, Arizona
1st: '''St David's Day''' (Welsh: ''Dydd Gwyl Dewi''), [http://www.stdavidsday.org/]. Patron saint of Wales. Large parade in Cardiff.
17th: '''St Patrick's Day''', patron saint of Ireland - celebrations everywhere, but especially in Dublin, London, New York City, Boston and Sydney