Uhg, I feel this and it legit hurts - I wish I had a connection to a culture. Any local European cultural festivals where I live are all so contrived and hollowed out by commercial interests, pride just an advertising fest. We've had some art related events that started off pretty cool, like it could have developed new culture. But every year it just turns more and more hyper religious and commercial.

I try to reframe things and just enjoy this stuff, but it's still a shit sandwich.