International Week
Every year the festival sets its theme around a different country. A week of events and publicity, starting the day after the music fest, is dedicated to this country and it showcases the local foods and entertainment of that location. While International Week provides a learning experience for the community at large, the core is a comprehensive educational program for area youth in public and private schools and home-schooled students throughout Memphis and Shelby County. The goal of International Week is for area students, by the time they graduate from high school, to have had the opportunity to experience the customs and cultures of twelve different countries from around the world. Two countries — Japan and The Netherlands — have been featured twice.
Countries previously honored:
- 2012 - Philippines
- 2011 - Belgium
- 2010 - Tunisia
- 2009 - Chile
- 2008 - Turkey
- 2007 - Spain
- 2006 - Costa Rica
- 2005 - Ireland
- 2004 - South Africa
- 2003 - Korea
- 2002 - Argentina
- 2001 - The Netherlands
- 2000 - India
- 1999 - Morocco
- 1998 - Portugal
- 1997 - Brazil
- 1996 - Salute to all honored countries, 1977-1995
- 1995 - Thailand
- 1994 - Côte d'Ivoire
- 1993 - Russia
- 1992 - Italy
- 1991 - New Zealand
- 1990 - France
- 1989 - Kenya
- 1988 - United Kingdom
- 1987 - China
- 1986 - Japan
- 1985 - Australia
- 1984 - Mexico
- 1983 - Israel
- 1982 - The Netherlands
- 1981 - Egypt
- 1980 - Venezuela
- 1979 - Germany
- 1978 - Canada
- 1977 - Japan
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