Lemesos Wine Festival
Type : Cultural - Cultural Festival
Dates : Aug 29, 2008
End : Sep 7, 2008
Place : Lemesos
Cyprus’s wine capital Lemesos lives up to its reputation as a party town with a wine festival that it hosts every year.The Wine Festival began as a tribute to the island’s long winemaking tradition, growing in size and variety over the years.
Madama Butterfly
Type : Cultural
Dates : Aug 29, 2008
End : Aug 31, 2008
Time : 20:00
Place : Pafos Medieval Fort
Madama Butterfly one of Giacomo Puccini's masterpieces and one of the most popular operas of all times will be presented this year at the Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus.
Cyprus International 4-Day Challenge
Type : Competition
Dates : 27 - 30 Nov 2008
Time : 09:00am
Place : Akamas National Park
The Cyprus International 4-Day Challenge is an adventurous event that offers an excellent mixture of traditional road running and spectacular trail running.
Cyprus Aphrodite Half Marathon
Type : Competition
Dates : 23 Nov 2008
Time : Half Marathon 10am; Fun Run 10.05am
Place : Paphos
The annual Cypriot half marathon takes runners along the coast around Paphos. Younger and less serious runners might prefer the 5km fun run.
Cyprus Derby Cup
Type : Competition
Dates : Nov 2008
Time : 2pm-7pm
Place : Nicosia Race Club
One of the bigger race meetings of the year, the Cyprus Derby Cup at Nicosia Race Club is for three year-old colts and geldings over a distance of 2250m. The winner scoops a whopping CY£30,000.
European Dance Festival
Type: Festival
Dates: 01.05.2009 - 30.05.2009
Time: 20:30
Place: Limassol, Rialto Theatre
An annual highlight on the European arts and culture scene, Sixteen European countries unite for a two-month extravaganza of contemporary dance, featuring both performances and inspiring workshops.
Organised by the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Rialto Theatre, with the cooperation of the embassies of Greece, Italy, Austria, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, the French Cultural Centre, the Goethe Zentrum and the British Council.
Musical Sundays
Type: Festival
Dates: 01.04.2009 - 30.04.2009
Time: 11:00
Place: Larnaca, Palm Trees Promenade
Sundays only On selected Sundays in April, Larnaca Municipality presents a programme of traditional Cypriot music and dance for all to enjoy along Palm Tree Promenade. The 2007 programme features performances by the Akrites Geriou Cultural Association, the Oi Las music ensemble and Musical Paintings of Cyprus by Cypriot composer Leonidas Pitsillides.
Pharos Chamber Music Festival
Type: Festival
Dates: 01.05.2008 - 31.06.2008
Place: Paphos, Royal Manor House, Kouklia
The Pharos Chamber Music Festival, now in its sixth year, brings renowned chamber musicians to Kouklia's Royal Manor House, including Yuri Zhislin, Alexander Zemtsov and Jeremy Menuhin.
Cyprus Seniors Tennis Cup
Type: Competition
Dates: 01.05.2009 - 31.05.2009
Place: Larnaca Tennis Club
Larnaca Tennis Club plays host to the Cyprus Seniors Tennis Cup, organised by the Cyprus Tennis Federation. Competitions are held for mens, womens, mixed, singles and doubles over the course of a week on clay courts.
FIA World Rally Championship: Cyprus
Type: Competition
Dates: 01.05.2009 - 31.05.2009
Place: Cyprus
The Cyprus Rally is the fifth round of this year's World Rally Championship. It starts in Limassol and covers all of the free areas of Cyprus.
The world's top rally drivers will be out to gain valuable championship points in an event taking in some of Cyprus' most picturesque scenery. Last year, a seventh team, Citroen, joined Ford, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Peugeot, Skoda and Subaru
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