October 2020
Nabana no Sato Winter Light Festival Japan 2020
Nabana no Sato, a botanical garden in the Japanese prefecture of Mie, is home each year to one of the country’s best and biggest winter light festivals. During several months,…
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Pushkar Camel Fair 2020, India
The Pushkar Camel Fair in November is a fantastic, colourful madhouse where Hindu pilgrims, mystics, cattle traders, entertainers, tourists and camera crews mix with some 30,000...
Find out more »Brno Christmas Market 2020, Czech Republic
Just like Christmas is not just about the Vienna Christmas Market, the Czech Republic is not all about Prague, especially at Christmas time. The Brno Christmas Market takes place in…
Find out more »Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York, USA
A New York institution, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been delighting the crowds for decades. The pre-Parade event, if you like, is the inflation of the helium balloons...
Find out more »Brussels Christmas Market 2020
The Brussels Christmas Market is no doubt one of the best in Europe for food and atmosphere. Winter Wonders – as the market is dubbed – runs over two kilometres…
Find out more »Angkor Photo Festival 2020, Cambodia
Siem Reap, Cambodia, is set to be brought to life with powerful images from across Asia when the annual Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops...
Find out more »December 2020
Salzburg Christmas Market 2020
If you are planning to take a trip to a Christmas market this year, you could do far worse than travelling to Austria’s world-heritage city Salzburg, home of Mozart. Alongside…
Find out more »Hornbill Festival 2020 in Nagaland, India
The biggest event of indigenous warrior tribes in India’s Nagaland state, the 10-day Hornbill Festival sees singing, dance and sports performances mix...
Find out more »Vienna Christmas Market 2020
It’s the season to be merry, but one Christmas Market stands out from the crowd – well it is the original one after all. Not that the Vienna Christmas Market…
Find out more »Konya Whirling Dervishes Festival 2020
For eleven days, the Turkish city of Konya will host one of the most exquisite ceremonies of spirituality with the mesmerising beauty of the Whirling Dervishes...
Find out more »Amsterdam Light Festival 2020
The streets and canals of Amsterdam will once more become illuminated with the seventh Amsterdam Light Festival this winter...
Find out more »La Feria de Cali 2020 (Cali Fair), Colombia
The annual Feria de Cali or Cali Fair in Colombia has grown into one of South America’s most important salsa festivals with fireworks, colourful parades, free music concerts...
Find out more »February 2021
Rio Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2021
Rio Carnival in 2019 begins on 1 March in the afternoon and ends on 6 March when the last reveller flops to the floor. Locals know where to go and what to do; however, as...
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Ultra Music Festival Miami, USA, 2021
The Ultra Music Festival Miami is one of the biggest EDM (electronic dance music) parties in the world and it always kicks off the concert season with style in Florida.…
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Kanamara Matsuri, Japan Penis Festival, 2021
The Japan Penis Festival is arguably the country’s most amusing event when tens of thousands of revellers roam the streets of Kawasaki city in April to pay tribute to fertility…
Find out more »Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2021
Held in Palm Springs, USA, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a fusion of art and music that includes global headliners, such as Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande...
Find out more »Zythos Bierfestival 2021 in Leuven, Belgium
The Belgian university town of Leuven turns into a mecca of beer when the country’s largest beer festival, the Zythos Bierfestival (ZBF), returns for its 17th edition on 24 and…
Find out more »A Taste of Donegal 2021, Ireland
Billed as the biggest food festival in North West Ireland, A Taste of Donegal will feature more than 130 food exhibitors from across Ireland and the UK, as well as…
Find out more »Jack in the Green Festival, Hastings, Sussex
The Jack in the Green Festival takes place in the Sussex coastal town of Hastings – 1066 and all that – traditionally over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. A…
Find out more »May 2021
Zurich Tanzt Dance Festival 2021
Zurich will be the home to a city-wide festival of dance in May. Held from 7 to 9 May, Zurich Tanzt assembles some of the finest contemporary dancers in the…
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