Celtic Connections Glasgow area on 1530 kHz and on http://www.celticmusicradio.net, and is based in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during the festival. Celtic Music Radio broadcasts around 7 hours of live material from the venue every day. This includes interviews with performers, reviews and previews of gigs, and live coverage of concerts, including every act on the Danny Kyle Open Stage. The Celtic Connections festival was founded by Colin Hynd in 1994 to fill a scheduling gap in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall's normally quiet post-Christmas period. The first festival took place in just one venue attracting around 32,000 people to attend.
Traverse City Film Festival Free Movies at the Open Space: The second annual Traverse City Film Festival was held July 31 – August 6, 2006. Stanley Kubrick Tribute: Free Movies at the Open Space: The third annual festival was held July 31 – August 5, 2007. Free Movies at the Open Space: The fourth annual festival: July 29 – August 3, 2008. Special appearance by Madonna, on August 2, 2008, introducing her film "I Am Because We Are". Michigan Filmmaker Award went to Kurt Luedtke. Also world premiere for Religulous. Free Movies at the Open Space: The fifth annual festival was held from July