Event calendar May

*Based on information available as of 21 December 2004, and subject to change.

D=EXPO Dome, H=EXPO Hall, A=EXPO Plaza
Daily events
1=The Forest Fairy's Ball (EXPO Plaza)
2=In the Evening at Koi Pond (Koi-Pond)
3=185 Performance Circuit (Global Loop & Global Commons)
4=Various events will be held in Global Commons 1 - 6
Date National or special days
Days of Japanese prefectures and cabinet-designated cities		 Events, etc. planned by the EXPO 2005 Association Daily events
5.1 S   World Police Band Concert in EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN (D, A)
Workers' National Day, EXPO 2005 Friendly Concert (D, A)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.2 M   United States of America Event (A)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.3 T   United States of America Event (A)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.4 W   Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event: "LIVE! OKUNI" (D)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.5 T   New Cultural Creation Event: "LIVE! OKUNI" (D)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.6 F   New Cultural Creation Event: "LIVE! OKUNI" (D)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.7 S   Spain Event (D)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
MUSIC Innovation 2005 - Nationwide Street Culture Festival (A)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.8 S   Republic of Italy Event (D)
VOICE 2005 - Collaboration of Music and Nature (A)
Best-in-Japan Talent Show (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event:
Musical Fantasy "HARMONY" (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.9 M Republic of Poland Day (H)
Gunma Prefecture Day (D)		 New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A) 1,2,3,4
5.10 T Kingdom of Cambodia Day (H) EXPO 2005 Charity Concert: Japan Love River Concert (D, A)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.11 W Republic of Korea Day (D, H) New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A) 1,2,3,4
5.12 T Republic of Finland Day (D, H)  
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.13 F Republic of Bulgaria Day (H)　
Gifu Prefecture Day (D)		  
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.14 S Gifu Prefecture Day (D) People's Republic of China Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.15 S   EXPO 2005 Concert by Kiyoshi Hikawa (D)
Forum: Creativity in the 21st Century with Nobel Laureates,
Science Forum in EXPO 2005 (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.16 M Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Day (H) Australia Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.17 T Republic of Azerbaijan Day (H) NHK programs open to the public (D)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.18 W Brunei Darussalam Day (D) People's Republic of China Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.19 T People's Republic of China (D) Spain Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.20 F Hellenic Republic Day (D, H) New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.21 S   EXPO 2005 Message Events (D)
EXPO 2005 Message Events (outside EXPO site)
Spain Event (D)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
Joint Concert: Ripo and the Inner Mongolia Youth Group
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.22 S   RADIO-i COCONUTS DRIVE EXPO SPECIAL (H)
Events cosponsored by mass media (H)
Philip Glass Cinema Concert:
"Koyaanisqatsi", "Powaqatsi", "Naqoyqatsi" (D)
EXPO 2005 Message Event (D)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.23 M Republic of Yemen Day (H) Philip Glass Cinema Concert:
"Koyaanisqatsi", "Powaqatsi", "Naqoyqatsi" (D)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)
EXPO 2005 Grand Intercultural Symphony Festival: "Spectacular Festival Carts" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.24 T Portuguese Republic Day (H) Philip Glass Cinema Concert:
"Koyaanisqatsi", "Powaqatsi", "Naqoyqatsi" (D)
United Mexican States Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.25 W Dominican Republic Day (D)
Nagano Prefecture Day (H)		 Official participant events (D)
EXPO Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.26 T United Republic of Tanzania Day (H)
Shimane Prefecture Day (D)		 Czech Republic Event (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.27 F Mongolia Day (D) Czech Republic Event (H)
Symposium (H)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.28 S   Czech Republic Event (H)
Teenage Graffiti Concert 2005 (D)
Tops in Traditional Japanese Entertainment (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.29 S   Czech Republic Event (H)
Teenage Graffiti Concert 2005 (D)
Tops in Traditional Japanese Entertainment (second show) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.30 M Republic of Madagascar Day (H)
Shikoku Day (D)		 Czech Republic Event (H)
Tempyo Music (tentative title) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
5.31 T Democratic Republic of the Congo Day (H) United Mexican States Event (H)
EXPO Event (H)
Tempyo Music (tentative title) (N)
New Cultural Creation Event: Laurie Anderson "Show" "Hidden Inside Mountains" (A)		 1,2,3,4
      *"Chi" Dialogue: "Whither Japanese Culture?"
(Tea Ceremony House at Japanese Garden in Nagakute area) Late May to late June