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NNN Awards: Best Annual Event -- Mardi Gras, Sydney

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To recap, the nominees in this category were:

COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, INDIO, CALIFORNIA

The world’s best indie bands and rock/pop megastars hit this desert music fest each spring. But there’s more! “Coachella is as notable for the destination as the music,” says Conde Nast Traveler’s Ondine Cohane. “In my mind Coachella is like a rock n’ roll + Palms Springs combination. It’s unbeatable.”

FRIEZE ART FAIR, LONDON

“Founded in 2003, Frieze has joined Venice, Basel and Miami as an essential stop on the contemporary art world circuit,” says travel writer extraordinaire Mark Ellwood. And there’s no better time to visit London than October.

KARNEVAL, COLOGNE, GERMANY

Admitted Teutonophile Charles Runnette says, “It’s one of the few times you’ll get to see thousands of Germans acting silly. And when they get drunk they’re funnier and altogether sexier. I think the last time I went there were a pair of Lederhosen involved. And what’s not funny about Lederhosen?” The annual Rose Monday Parade takes place on the Monday before Ash Wednesday… It’s the culmination of the local Rhineish Carnival season that starts with the Woman’s Day parade on the preceding Thursday. So just make it a weekend of Kölsch, the locally brewed delicious beer!

SXSW, AUSTIN, TEXAS

“Austin, Texas’ annual mega-fest of music, film and media has grown wildly over the years, but it’s still a great place to see all the next big breaking bands, eat and drink well, and just hang and party in one of the coolest small cities anywhere.” – John Polly, TripOutTravel.com

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, TORONTO, ONTARIO

Movie fanatic and former Editorial Director of Movieline.com, Charles Runnette says, “There’s no better film festival in North America. The range of films on display is nearly impossible to beat, and unlike many other fests that tend be the third or fourth to screen a movie, at TIFF you can see a world premiere – pretty much every night.” Be sure to also party crash the plethora of celebrity-studded parties in chic Yorkville and all across cool Toronto during this top-tier festival.

And the 2011 NewNowNext Best Annual Event winner:

SYDNEY GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

It’s not just the biggest gay party in the world, or the biggest party in Australia, it’s the most fun you can have whooping it up in the partying mecca that gave the world Kylie Minogue, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and Olivia Newton-John. Down under, over and out!

Planning to go to Sydney? Our resident travel expert, Matt Link recently wrote a piece about how and when to go.

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