Callatis Festival is the largest music and culture festival held in Romania. 1
Location
The festival is held on a barge that is docked at Mangalia Marina. The barge consists of a huge stage and a very large backstage area, enough to hold over 200 people. The spectators sit on stairs across the harbor, about 20 m (66 ft) away from the stage. 1
History
The Callatis Festival began in 1999 and has expanded ever since. 1
Dates
The Callatis Festival is held every summer between 8 and 15 August. The main part of the festival (the concerts on the stage) takes begins at 21:00 and ends after midnight. This part of the festival is aired live on TVR 2 and TVR International. 1
Hosts
From 1999 to 2003, the hosts of the Callatis Festival changed every year. Since 2004, the organizers have opted for continuity, so the permanent festival hosts are Gabriel Cotabiță and Sorana Belciu. Callatis Club, the after-show of the festival, was hosted in 2006 by Cătălin Măruță. In 2006, Sorana Belciu was replaced by two young presenters selected in the Miss Diaspora contest. After a year's break, Callatis Club returned to Romanian Television in 2008, presented by Leonard Miron. 1
Schedule
Every year the Callatis Festival has themed nights. There is Europa Top Hit night where all the major Romanian music stars gather, folk music night, and Miss Diaspora night where Romanian girls living in foreign countries compete with each other in a beauty contest. 1
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Callatis Festival is the largest music and culture festival held in Romania, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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