hello, i'm michelle jana chan, your global guide, with top tips on the world's best events in the comingll be hosting the summer opera festival at caracalla's third century roman baths now through august 9th. the open—air event in the italian capital features opera, ballet, and music, including bizet‘s carmen and verdi's nabucco plus a ballet performance by roberto bolle. and one of belgium's biggest festivals, the rock werchter, will be welcoming over 100,000 fansto its stagesjune 29 through july 2nd. for four days, this small town located between brussels and antwerp will be hosting some ferocious young talent. this year, there will be the foo fighters, radiohead, kings of leon and linkin park. in the us, the smithsonian folklife festival in washington, dc is celebrating its 50 year anniversary, a free event that takes place around the lithjuly holiday. this year, there will be circus arts, with a behind—the—scenes look at the generations of families involved in this business. there will also be a focus on craft, with chainsaw carvers to religious scroll painters to silversmiths and mu