What’s on in Europe this month

Ballet: The restored (photo) Bolshoi Theatre brings an impressive season to an end with the premiere of Wayne McGregor’s “Chroma” and Jiri Kylian’s “Symphony of Psalms”, both ballets in one act. From July 21 through 25.

Lanscape art: The rural village of Nikola-Lenivets, southwest of Moscow, hosts Archstoyanie (Archstanding), an annual festival of landscape art that explores the possibilities of sculpture, architecture and nature. From July 29 through 31.

Belgium

Theatre: The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco’s book about mysterious murders in an monastery during the Middle Ages, is adapted for an interractive play inside a 12th century abbey. The public will be literally taken to different parts of the abbey as they follow the investigation led by Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his novice Adso de Melk. The show runs from July 13 to August 13 at Villers-la-Ville, 40 kilometres south of Brussels.

Italy

Dance: Contemporary dance troupe FranceDanse tours Italy from July 8, visiting around 20 cities including Milan, Naples, Rome and Venice with shows, conferences and classes.

Art: Six large bronze sculptures including “The Cosmic Elephant” and 54 original lithographs by the Spanish surrealist master Salvador Dali go on display in the fortress of Otranto in southern Italy.

Denmark

Jazz: The Copenhagen Jazz Festival is one of the biggest events of its kind in Europe, drawing nearly 250,000 fans a year with about 1,000 concerts at 100-odd venues around the Danish capital. This year’s bill features saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Charles Lloyd, the Keith Jarrett trio, Bobby McFerrin and Malian singer Oumou Sangare. Runs until July 10.

Bosnia

Film: The 17th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival with the jury for the official competition presided by Israeli director Ari Folman. Guest directors include Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel and Germany’s Wim Wenders. From July 22 to 30.

Norway

Electro Music: Sommeroeya Elektronika Festival, named for the “summer island” in Osjo fjord that is accessible only by ferry, features an international selection of DJs between Friday and Sunday.

Classical Music: The legacy of the Norwegian romantic composer Edvard Grieg, who lived from 1843 to 1907, is celebrated in Oslo during the Festival Grieg, with concerts and exhibitions taking place at several venues throughout this month.

Spain

Fesival: FIB international music festival in the Mediterranean beach town of Benicassim is one of the biggest in Europe. Performers this year include The Streets, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire. From July 14 through 17.

Finland

Danmark: Tango enjoys a strong following in Finland, about as far as one can get from its birthplace in Argentina, and Seinajoki is the undisputed Nordic capital of the genre. Its 27th tango festival, from Wednesday to Sunday, includes both shows and competitions – plus, on the sidelines, the ninth World Tango Summit bringing together dancers and other tango specialists.

Germany

Music: The annual Richard Wagner opera festival in Bayreuth begins on July 25 with a performance of the romance Lohengrin. Guests expected at the Green Hill, home to the event since 1951, include German Chancellor Angela Merkel and newly-named International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde. To August 28.

Art: Frankfurt’s Kunsthalle presents Secret Societies: To Know, To Dare, To Will, To Keep Silence shining a light on shadowy groups in cultures around the world and their parallels in contemporary art. The show features works of art that take inspiration from the rites and symbols of secret societies; highlights include photographs from the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s hideout and a giant list of the members of a clandestine Italian men’s club led by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. To September 25.

Switzerland

Rock and jazz festival: Guitar legend Carlos Santana opened the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival yesterday with a reunion gig with John Mclaughlin. The festival by Lake Geneva will also feature B.B. King, Paolo Nutini and Jimmy Cliff; it closes on July 16 with a concert by Deep Purple.

Rock and jazz festival: The Strokes, The Chemical Brothers and James Blunt will share centrestage at this year’s six-day Paleo Festival at Nyon in the west of Switzerland.

The festival runs until July19.

Britain

Photography: The work of Hungarian-born Robert Capa, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Brassai and Martin Munkacsi changed the world of photojournalism, art and fashion photography. The Royal Academy of Arts is celebrating their legacy with an exhibition of about 200 photographs, charting a century through their eyes. Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century runs until October 2.

Film and magic: Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe will be working the red carpet in London’s Trafalgar Square on Thursday at the world premier of the feverishly- anticipated final installment of the Harry Potter saga of films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Those not lucky enough to secure tickets can witness real-life wizardry at Edinburgh’s MagicFest, where the world’s top conjurists will be performing until Friday.

France

Theatre: The 65th annual Avignon festival, the most important event of its kind for the French theatre, runs from Wednesday to July 26 in the south of France with some 300 performances planned.

Running alongside it again will be the alternative Festival Off from Friday to July 31 boasting more than 1,000 shows from all over France and the rest of the world.

History: For the 50th anniversary of the France – the luxury ocean liner, not the country – the Musee Nationale de la Marine naval museum at Place du Trocadero in Paris is hosting a major exhibition that celebrates both the ship (the last to be purpose-built for scheduled transatlantic passenger service) and a more genteel way of travel. Until October 23.

Serbia

Festival: More than 150 acts are lined up for the Exit rock and pop music festival, including Arcade Fire, Pulp, Grinderman, Portishead, M.I.A. and numerous DJs, performing at 16 different stages. The festival has been held since 2000 at an old fortress overlooking the River Danube in Novi Sad city. From Thursday through July 11.