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===Festivals===
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The [[Skopje Jazz Festival]] has been held annually in October since 1981. It is part of the European Jazz Network and the European Forum of World Wide Festivals. The artists' profiles include fusion, [[acid jazz]], [[Latin jazz]], [[smooth jazz]], and [[avant-garde jazz]]. [[Ray Charles]], [[Tito Puente]], [[Gotan Project]], [[Al Di Meola]], [[Youssou N'Dour]], amongst others, have performed at the festival. Another music festival in Skopje is the Blues and Soul Festival. It is a relatively new event in the Macedonian cultural scene that occurs every summer in early July.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.barikada.com/svastara/2007/2007-06-26_blues_and_soul_2007.php |title=Barikada – World of Music |publisher=Barikada.com |author=Barikada – World of Music – Svastara – 2007 |access-date=26 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208070513/http://www.barikada.com/svastara/2007/2007-06-26_blues_and_soul_2007.php |archive-date=8 December 2008}}</ref> Past guests include [[Larry Coryell]], [[Mick Taylor]] & the All-Stars Blues Band, [[Candy Dulfer]] & Funky Stuff, [[João Bosco]], [[the Temptations]], [[Tolo Marton]] Trio, [[Blues Wire]], and [[Phil Guy]].

The Skopje Cultural Summer Festival is a cultural event that takes place in Skopje each year during the summer. The festival is a member of the [[International Festivals and Events Association]] (IFEA) and it includes musical concerts, operas, ballets, plays, art and photograph exhibitions, movies, and multimedia projects that gather 2,000 participants from around the world each year including the [[St Petersburg]] Theatre, the Chamber Orchestra of the [[Bolshoi Theatre]], [[Irina Arkhipova]], [[Viktor Tretiakov]], The Theatre of Shadows, [[Michel Dalberto]], and [[Dave Burgess (musician)|David Burgess]].

May Opera Evenings is a festival that has occurred annually in Skopje since 1972 and is dedicated to promoting opera amongst the general public. Over the years, it has evolved into a stage on which artists from some 50 countries have performed. There is one other major international theatre festival that takes place each year at the end of September, the Young Open Theater Festival (MOT), which was organised for the first time in May 1976 by the Youth Cultural Center – Skopje.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mot.com.mk |title=41. MOT – international theatre festival |website=mot.com.mk}}</ref> More than 700 theatrical performances have been presented at this festival so far, most of them being alternative, [[experimental theatre]] groups engaging young writers and actors. The MOT International Theatre Festival is also a member of the [[International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM)|International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts or IETM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ietm.org/ |title=IETM |website=ietm.org |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206075809/http://ietm.org/ |archive-date=6 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Within the framework of the MOT Festival, the Macedonian National Center of the International Theater Institute (ITI) was established, and at the 25th ITI World Congress in Munich in 1993, it became a regular member of this theatre association. The festival has an international character, representing theatres from all over the world that present and enhance the exchange and circulation of young-fresh-experimental-avant-garde theatrical experience between its participants and their audience.

The [[Skopje Film Festival]] is an annual event held in the city every March. Over 50 films are shown at this five-day festival, mostly from North Macedonia and Europe, but also including some non-commercial film productions from all over the world.