International events, festivals and spectacles provide far-reaching opportunities for meaningful connectivity and offer important cultural resources for people to construct individual and collective identities. They help to develop, consolidate and display the distinctive identities of the participants, and they also offer a platform for the critical reflection of identity issues and constitute high-profile forums to challenge, question and contest identity projects.Identity Discourses and Communities in International Events, Festivals and Spectacles focuses on these issues and investigates the multi-layered links between identity formation processes and events. The book assembles a unique line-up of international scholars and offers a diverse range of contemporary international case studies, including carnivals, fashion shows, music festivals, religious events, sports competitions and spectacles.