This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of '''August'''.
Global
3rd weekend in August: '''World Peace and Service Day''' (holiday) off for work for all business and service organisations across the globe and service activities like feeding cows milk to new born children in hospitals if mothers are incapable of feeding, new clothes, food offering to blind, deaf,spastic, mentally handicapped, physically handicapped, polio attacked patients, aids, cancer patients and dental, ortho, gynaec, opthamology patients, neuro, for all patients in hospital and other centres, food and clothing to be provided.
Late August: '''Kuru Traditional Dance and Music Festival''', [http://www.kuru.co.bw] near Ghanzi
April 30 to May 3rd 2009: '''The Maun Festival''' in Maun Check out the wesbite at http://www.maunfestival.com
Early August: '''Sauna Bathing World Championships''', [http://www.heinola.fi/FIN/Palvelut/Matkailu/Sauna_world_championships/] in Heinola
Late August: '''Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships''', [http://www.savonlinnafestivals.com/en_index.htm] in Savonlinna
17th: '''Independence Day''' - public holiday
4th-16th: '''Tuscan Sun Festival''' [http://www.festivaldelsole.com/cortona/eng/main.html] - in Cortona
First Saturday & Sunday: '''Gongo Festival''' [http://www.tsuyama-ct.ac.jp/English/tsuyama/annual.htm] in Tsuyama
August 12-15: '''Awa Odori''' The famous "Fool's Dance" of Tokushima
'''Momotaro Festival''' in Okayama
26th: '''Heroes_f Day'''
'''Kamfest''' arts festival - in Kamnik
9th: '''Woman's day''' (''Public holiday'')
Late August to early September: '''Pretoria Show''', [http://www.pretoriashow.co.za]
15th: '''Madrid''' - Virgen de la Paloma
15th: '''Malaga'''- Asuncion de la Virgen this is a holiday celebrating one of the patrons of Spain.
Late August: '''Feria de Malaga''', [http://www.feria-de-malaga.es/] in Malaga
1st: '''National Day''' - because day off work August 1st celebrations are often (for example in Basel) held 31st of July
12th: '''Queen's Birthday''' - mother's day / public holiday
Between 9 and 23 August 2008 near Sinop, Turkey - a proposed site for a nuclear power plant - the international activist gathering Ecotopia will be held [http://www.ecotopiagathering.org].
'''Edinburgh Fringe Festival''' [http://www.edfringe.com] - Edinburgh
'''Edinbugh Military Tattoo''' [http://www.edintattoo.co.uk] - Edinburgh
Mid August: '''Puck Fair''', [http://www.puckfair.ie/] in Killorglin, Ireland
Late August: '''Mathew Street Festival''', [http://www.mathewstreetfestival.com] in Liverpool
'''MAS Carnival''', Swansea - the city's ethnic diversity is celebrated by a colorful parade that passes through the city center.
Third weekend in August: '''Race The Train'''[http://www.racethetrain.com/] in Tywyn. Runners attempt to cover a 14 mile route through a beautiful Welsh Valley faster than a historic steam train. 2008 is the 25th running of the event.
Last weekend in August (''August Bank Holiday weekend''): '''Notting Hill Carnival''' [http://www.londoncarnival.co.uk] - Notting Hill, London
Last weekend in August (''August Bank Holiday weekend''): Leeds and Reading Festivals - weekend of rock music
Third weekend in August: '''Milwaukee Irish Fest''' [http://www.irishfest.com] - the world's largest festival celebrating Irish music and culture, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Late August: '''A Taste of Colorado''', [http://www.atasteofcolorado.com/] in Denver