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Since 1996, the annual World Statues Festival is held in [[Arnhem]], [[Netherlands]], initially under the name "Rijnfestijn",<ref>{{cite book | last=Hegener | first=M. | author2=Walanne redactie (Amsterdam) | title=Gelderland | publisher=ANWB | series=ANWB reisgids NL | year=2006 | isbn=978-90-18-02307-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v6w3w6Hm3cEC&pg=PA23 | language=nl | access-date=13 February 2023 | page=23}}</ref> now World Living Statues and Statues by Night.<ref>{{cite web | title=World Living Statues 2020 | website=Festipedia | url=https://www.festipedia.nl/living-statues | language=nl | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.ad.nl/arnhem/arnhem-is-statues-stad-af-wij-waren-de-eerste-die-levende-standbeelden-serieus-namen~a33fd2b6/| title=Arnhem is statues-stad af: 'Wij waren de eerste die levende standbeelden serieus namen'|lang=nl| first= Piet |last= Venhuizen |date=16 February 2019| publisher= [[De Gelderlander]]| via=Ad.nl}}</ref>

Since 2000, the [[:es:Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales|University of Business and Social Sciences]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] has hosted a National Contest of Living Statues.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ucesarte.uces.edu.ar/ |title=Contest of Living Statues |publisher=Ucesarte.uces.edu.ar |date= |accessdate=2014-01-23}}</ref>

Since 2011, the International Festival of Living Statues has been hosted by Masca Theatre in [[Bucharest]], Romania, where there is a focus on developing the form through artistic research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Living Statues International Festival|url=http://www.masca.ro/teatru/en/living-statues-international-festival/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Teatrul Masca {{!}} Teatru in Bucuresti|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=International Living Statues festival – in pictures | website=[[The Guardian]] | date=4 June 2018 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/jun/04/international-living-statues-festival-in-pictures | access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>

The first completely Living Statues Festival started in the city of Espinho, Portugal, in 1997.<ref>https://www.diarioaveiro.pt/noticia/101940 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
<ref>https://portal.cm-espinho.pt/pt/eventos/xxvi-encontro-internacional-de-estatuas-vivas-de-espinho/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>