Apps agenda: Darwin Festival, BBC Proms, Stockholm Fashion Week, Gamescom

A roundup of the essential apps needed for keeping up-to-date with major events in art, music and more for August 13-19.

Arts
Darwin Festival (August 9-26, various venues in Darwin, Australia)
Darwin's annual multi-arts festival embraces the state's creative culture with an 18-day-long event that encompasses outdoor concerts, music, dance, theater, comedy, cabaret, film and visual arts. The festival takes place during the Top End's balmy dry season and celebrates the region's unique indigenous and multicultural population.
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Fashion
Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs exhibition (March 6 - September 16, Paris, France)
The Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs exhibition at the city's museum of Arts Décoratifs will celebrate the fashion house's namesake and its current creative director by comparing and analyzing their achievements during very different time periods. More information about the exhibition can be found via the official iOS app for the Arts Décoratifs below.
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Stockholm Fashion Week (August 13-19, Stockholm, Sweden)
While August is traditionally a calm month in the realm of fashion, this isn't the case for Scandinavian countries, with Stockholm Fashion Week and Oslo Fashion Week taking place concurrently. On the lineup for the former are top Swedish designers including Heart of Lovikka, Kay Senchai and Aniv von Borche -- who has already charmed fashion capitals including Milan and New York.
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Home
163rd New York International Gift Fair (August 18-23, New York, United States)
This, the 163rd second edition of the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), continues to showcase everything from kitchenware to home furnishings and pet products. As with the winter edition (January 28-February 2) the summer edition of the NYIGF features numerous awards such as Bloggers Choice awards and Eco Choice awards.
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Music
The BBC Proms (July 13 - September 8, London, England)
Over eight weeks, the Proms welcomes an international lineup of leading orchestras, conductors, and soloists from around the world. Every concert is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and online, and many of them will be televised on the BBC channels. Within the United Kingdom The BBC Proms can be followed on the radio via the BBC iPlayer app below.
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Summer Sonic (August 18-19, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan)
Major acts Rihanna, Green Day, and New Order take the stage alongside Calvin Harris, Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, Tears for Fears, Crystal Castles, SUBTRKT, Garbage, The Cardigans, Ke$ha and Jamiroquai at this year's Summer Sonic fest.
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Tech
4th Gamescom (August 15-19, Cologne, Germany)
The world's largest trade and public video games expo took no time at all to establish itself, branching off from the old Leipzig Games Convention in 2009 and offering hands-on time with new games and games devices.
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