Editing Aarhus (section)

===Events and festivals===
[[File:Aarhus Streetart Festival.jpg|thumb|Aarhus Festuge]]
Aarhus hosts many annual or recurring festivals, concerts and events, with the festival of [[Aarhus Festuge]] as the most popular and wide-ranging, along with large sports events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/denmark/sports-events-in-aarhus|title=Sport events in Aarhus|publisher=VisitAarhus|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809192408/http://www.visitaarhus.com/ln-int/denmark/sports-events-in-aarhus|archive-date=9 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportaarhusevents.dk/en|title=Sport Aarhus Events|publisher=Sport Aarhus Events|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414201409/http://www.sportaarhusevents.dk/en|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Aarhus Festuge is the largest multicultural festival in Scandinavia, always based on a special theme and takes place every year for ten days between late August and early September, transforming the inner city with festive activities and decorations of all kinds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aarhusfestuge.dk/en//|title=Aarhus Festuge|publisher=Aarhus Festuge|access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Gyldendals_Teaterleksikon/Teatre/%C3%85rhus_Festuge|title=Århus Festuge|publisher=[[Gyldendal]]|access-date=26 July 2014|language=da}}</ref>

[[File:Aarhus University boat race.jpg|thumb|The annual boat race at the university campus]]
There are numerous music festivals; the eight-day [[Aarhus Jazz Festival]] features jazz in many venues across the city. It was founded in 1988 and usually takes place in July every year, occasionally August or September.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzfest.dk/?a=&lang=en&s=&arrangor=&kryds_id=&date=&id=&aid=&fn=&location=&band_link_id=&genre=&organiser=|title=Aarhus Jazz Festival|publisher=Aarhus Jazz Festival Association|access-date=30 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808173202/http://www.jazzfest.dk/?a=&lang=en&s=&arrangor=&kryds_id=&date=&id=&aid=&fn=&location=&band_link_id=&genre=&organiser=|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are several annually recurring music festivals for contemporary popular music in Aarhus. [[NorthSide Festival (Denmark)|NorthSide Festival]] presents well-known bands every year in mid-June on large outdoor scenes. It is a relatively new event, founded in 2010, but grew from a one-day event to a three-day festival in its first three years, now with 35,000 paying guests in 2015.<ref>[http://www.northside.dk/ NorthSide 2014] Official homepage</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitaarhus.dk/danmark/northside-gdk603870|title=Nothside 2015|publisher=Visit Aarhus|access-date=26 July 2014|language=da|archive-date=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729060946/http://www.visitaarhus.dk/danmark/northside-gdk603870|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Spot (music festival)|Spot festival]] is aiming to showcase up-and-coming Danish and Scandinavian talents at selected venues of the inner city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitaarhus.com/aarhus-region/plan-your-trip/spot-festival-gdk645998|title=SPOT Festival|publisher=VisitAarhus|date=2023|access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref> The outdoor [[Grøn Koncert]] music festival takes place every year in many cities across Denmark, including Aarhus. [[Danmarks grimmeste festival]] (lit. Denmark's ugliest Festival) is a small summer music festival held in [[Skjoldhøjkilen]], [[Brabrand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.songkick.com/venues/1766473-danmarks-grimmeste-festival|title= Danmarks Grimmeste Festival – Aarhus |date= 27 May 2022 |publisher=Songkick|access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Aarhus Pride, 2012, flags.jpg|thumb|right|Aarhus Pride march. There are several recurring niche festivals in Aarhus.]]
Aarhus also hosts recurring events dedicated to specific art genres. International Living Theatre (ILT) is a bi-annual festival, established in 2009, with [[performing arts]] and stage art on a broad scale. The festival has a vision of showing the best plays and stage art experiences of the world, while at the same time attracting thespians and stage art interested people from both Aarhus and Europe at large.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilt15.dk/en/|title=ILT-15|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502183820/http://www.ilt15.dk/en/|archive-date=2 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> LiteratureXchange is a new annual festival from 2018, focused on literature from around the world as well as regional talents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.litx.dk/english/|title=LiteratureXchange|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> The city actively promotes its [[LGBT|gay and lesbian]] community and celebrates the annual [[Aarhus Pride]] gay pride festival while Aarhus Festuge usually includes exhibits, concerts and events designed for the LGBT communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aarhuspride.dk/|title=Aarhus Pride|publisher=Aarhus Pride|access-date=6 August 2015|language=da}}</ref>

Notable events of a local scope include the [[Aarhus University|university]] boat-race, held in the University Park since 1991, which has become a local spectator event attracting some 20,000 people. The boat race pits costumed teams from the university departments against each other in inflatable boats in a challenge to win the ''Gyldne Bækken'' (Golden Chamber Pot) trophy.<ref name="kapsejlads">{{cite news|url=http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/se-billederne-fra-aarhus-traditionen-kapsejlads-noegenloeb-og-twerk-konkurrence|title=Se billederne fra Aarhus-traditionen|newspaper=[[BT (tabloid)|BT]]|language=da|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> The annual lighting of the Christmas lights on the [[Salling (department store)|Salling]] department store in [[Søndergade, Aarhus|Søndergade]] has also become an attraction in recent times, packing the pedestrianised city centre with thousands of revellers.<ref name="salling">{{cite news|url=http://stiften.dk/aarhus/Se-video-Salling-taendte-500000-julelys-/artikel/381609|title=Salling taendte 500000 julelys|newspaper=[[Århus Stiftstidende]]|language=da|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> Significant dates such as [[Saint Lucy's Day]], ''Sankt Hans'' ([[Saint John's Eve]]) and [[Fastelavn]] are traditionally celebrated with numerous events across the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitaarhus.dk/aarhusregionen/planlaeg-din-tur/sankt-hans-i-aarhus-gdk909505|title=Sankt Hans i Aarhus|publisher=VisitAarhus|access-date=25 January 2023 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aarhusmotion.dk/event/vinterloebet-aarhusoe/info/fastelavn|title=FASTELAVN FOR BÅDE BØRN OG VOKSNE |publisher=Aarhus Motion|access-date=25 January 2023 |language=da}}</ref>