Any great plans for this coming Saturday evening, May 17? If you won’t be tuning into the camp and glitz of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, you could always check out one of the more than 2,000 events being put on in conjunction with the 5th Edition of the European Night of the Museums. The site’s handy map of Europe will help you to find the locations of the various spectacles, concerts, illuminations and other fun stuff that is to be laid on. Here is a tiny sampling of things you could check out:

When’s the last time you’ve been to a concert? You might have paid 50, 60 euros or more to see a single performer. Imagine the impact to your savings account if you were to do that 50 times per year! There is a wonderful, money-saving alternative: Spring for a music festival ticket this year. For around 130 euros, you can immerse yourself in three or more days of today’s top artists performing back to back. What a sensory overload that would be! And would you ever be content again going to see just one act perform?