Gifts for event fans
Know someone who loves event? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.
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Award Shows
The first televised Academy Awards ceremony in 1953 was broadcast in black and white, despite color television already existing.
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Book conventions
Some book conventions offer "blind date with a book" events, where books are wrapped and only their genre or a short description is visible, encouraging readers to discover new authors.
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Fashion Shows
The first modern fashion show, as we know it, is credited to Charles Frederick Worth in Paris in the 1860s, who presented his designs on live models.
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Festivals
The Festival of the Sleepless in Japan involves staying up all night to celebrate.
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Film festivals (Cannes, Sundance)
The first ever film shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946 was "The Lost Weekend."
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Gaming conventions (E3, PAX)
Many gaming conventions feature massive, elaborate cosplay contests with significant prize money and dedicated judging panels.
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Live performances/concerts
The term "encore" comes from the French phrase meaning "again" – a request from the audience for the performers to play more.
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Music festivals (Coachella, Glastonbury)
Glastonbury Festival's iconic Pyramid Stage wasn't always a pyramid; its early iterations were a much simpler, flat-topped stage.
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Red Carpet
The tradition of rolling out a red carpet for celebrities actually dates back to ancient Greece, where it was originally reserved exclusively for gods and royalty because the dye was incredibly expensive and symbolized status.
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Scandals
The Watergate scandal, while famously involving a break-in, was initially investigated because of a seemingly minor $25,000 donation to the Nixon campaign.
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