Editing Ghent (section)

===Festivals and other events===
The city is host to some big cultural events such as the [[Gentse Feesten|Ghent Festival]], the [[Flanders International Film Festival Ghent|International Film Festival of Ghent]] (with the [[World Soundtrack Awards]]) and the {{Interlanguage link|Gent Festival van Vlaanderen|nl}}. Also, every five years, an extensive botanical exhibition (''Gentse Floraliën'') takes place in [[Flanders Expo]] in Ghent, attracting numerous visitors to the city.

The Ghent Festival (''Gentse Feesten'' in Dutch) is an annual festival that lasts for ten days. It has been held for more than 50 years (since 1969) and is attended by about 1–1.5 million visitors. It did not take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium]], being held again in the summer of 2022, after a two-year break.

The [[Festival of Flanders]] had its 50th celebration in 2008. In Ghent, it opens with the OdeGand City festivities that take place on the second Saturday of September. Some 50 concerts take place in diverse locations throughout the medieval [[inner city]] and some 250 international artists perform.

Ghent co-hosted the 2021 [[World Choir Games]] together with [[Antwerp]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interkultur.com/newsroom/choir-games/details/news/world-choir-games-kick-off-in-flanders/|title=World Choir Games kick off in Flanders|website=INTERKULTUR|date=15 September 2021 |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref> Organised by the [[Interkultur Foundation]], the World Choir Games is the biggest choral competition and festival in the world.

Ghent has been chosen as the 2024 [[European Youth Capital]] by the [[European Youth Forum]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verstichel |first1=Mathieu |title=Gent is Europese Jongerenhoofdstad in 2024: "Een volledig jaar focus op de jeugd" |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/11/19/gent-wordt-europese-jongerenhoofdstad-voor-een-jaar/ |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=VRT |date=19 November 2021 |language=Dutch}}</ref>