Editing Brno (section)

===Festivals===
[[File:Ignis Brunensis 2010 Montage 1.jpg|thumb|left|Fireworks festival Ignis Brunensis on the [[Brno Reservoir|Brno Dam Lake]] (2010)]]
[[File:Tram horse tram Brno.jpg|thumb|Historical [[horse-drawn tram]] at the festival called "Brno – City in the Centre of Europe"]]
The biggest festival in Brno is the [[fireworks]] competition festival, [[Ignis Brunensis]] (Latin for "Flame of Brno"), held annually in June, part of the "Brno – City in the Centre of Europe" festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ignisbrunensis.cz/about-the-festival--579--eng.html|title=About the festival|access-date=24 September 2011}}</ref> Ignis Brunensis is the biggest show of its kind in Central Europe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibrno.cz/kultura/35533-mesto-chysta-velkolepe-ohnostroje-jejich-festival-by-mohl-videt-milion-divaku.html|title=Brno chystá velkolepé ohňostroje, festival by mohl vidět milion diváků|access-date=26 September 2011|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.concentus-moraviae.cz/VenueDetail.aspx?venueId=hpgagnkbiifaeohglnohcngenfkgnbnp|title=Brno – Concentus Moraviae|access-date=26 September 2011|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824151333/http://www.concentus-moraviae.cz/VenueDetail.aspx?venueId=hpgagnkbiifaeohglnohcngenfkgnbnp|archive-date=24 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> usually attracting 100,000–200,000 visitors to each display.<ref name="ibvisitors"/>

The international film festival ''[[Cinema Mundi International Film Festival|Cinema Mundi]]'' screens about 60 films competing for [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nomination in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemamundi.info/eng/About-the-festival/About-the-festival|title=About the festival / About the festival / Cinema Mundi returns to Brno after one year - www.cinemamundi.info|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

''Theatre World Brno'' is another international festival held annually in the city, in which Brno theatres and the city centre stage around 100 performances by national and foreign ensembles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreworld.cz/en/about-festival|title=Festival – DIVADELNÍ SVĚT BRNO|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402232430/http://www.theatreworld.cz/en/about-festival|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other festivals held regularly in Brno include the International Music Festival Brno,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mhf-brno.cz/moravsky-podzim/en/informace.asp|title=Moravian autumn – Introduction|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005042031/http://www.mhf-brno.cz/moravsky-podzim/en/informace.asp|archive-date=5 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Spilberk International Music Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filharmonie-brno.cz/en/spilberk-festival-p290.html|title=Spilberk Festival – Brno Philharmonic Orchestra|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160109125426/http://www.filharmonie-brno.cz/en/spilberk-festival-p290.html|archive-date=9 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Summer Shakespeare Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespeare.cz/en/welcome-to-summer-shakespeare-festival-2011/1/|title=Welcome to Summer Shakespeare Festival 2011, Summer Shakespeare Festival 2011, AGENTURA SCHOK, spol. s r.o., Praha|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref>

Every September, Brno hosts a wine festival, ''Slavnosti vína'', to celebrate the harvest in the surrounding [[Czech wine|wine-producing]] region.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slavnostivina.cz/?id=home&lang=en |title=Slavnostivina |publisher=slavnostivina.cz |access-date=4 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513171336/http://www.slavnostivina.cz/?id=home&lang=en |archive-date=13 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>