September 2018
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival
September 13- 23: The spectacular Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival is a 10-day affair of colourful festivities, involving singing, dancing and theatre honouring the birth of the elephant-headed deity...
Find out more »Great American Beer Festival Denver, 2018
Denver, known as the mile high city, is hosting The Great American Beer Festival (GABF), which expects to have over 60,000 visitors and will host around 4,000 beers from over 800 brewers across the United States of America. Organisers claim the Great American Beer Festival is the widest range of American beer ever. Great American Beer Festival Tickets The organisers recommend buying tickets online beforehand due to the popularity of the event. Tickets cost $85 each, which includes a tasting cup,…
Find out more »Gravity Fields Celebrates Sir Isaac Newton
Visitors to Sir Isaac Newton’s home county can celebrate a true global giant thanks to a quirky journey through arts and science in the innovative five-day Gravity Fields festival in Lincolnshire this September. Staged every two years, Gravity Fields is the UK’s only festival dedicated exclusively to the scientific legacy of Newton - born and raised at Woolsthorpe Manor near Grantham, and a pupil at the town’s King’s School. Woolsthorpe was home to his world-changing thoughts on light, gravity and…
Find out more »Derby Festé, Street Festival
September 27 - 29: Three days of music, dance, world-class performances, street art, sideshows and sheer fun will spill out on to the streets of Derby this September...
Find out more »October 2018
Sagres Birdwatching Festival 2018
Following last year’s success that brought hundreds of wildlife and nature lovers together, the Sagres Birdwatching Festival is set to return for its 9th year on 4 – 7 October. A hotspot for biodiversity, Sagres is a verdant region in the western point of the Algarve, and the main crossing point in Portugal for migratory birds, enroute to their final destination of Africa. Last year, 169 species were seen during the festival. October will see visitors from across the globe…
Find out more »Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2018
If you have seen photos of many vividly coloured balloons gliding across semi-arid scenery there is a good chance that those shots come from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which runs over several days from 6-14 October and has been held for 47 years. It is held at this time of year due to the wind conditions known as the ‘Albuquerque Box’, which can take the balloons on a tour of the river valley, the surrounding mountains and bring them…
Find out more »Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Thailand is certainly no stranger to everything that’s quirky and out of the ordinary. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival – also known under its more Taoist-inspired name Nine Emperor Gods Festival – is no exception. It’s considered as the number one auspicious event on the southern Thai island of Phuket, and may as well be one of the country’s most eccentric and extreme festivals. If you’re a vegetarian who’s averse to blood being spilt and who needs his or her daily…
Find out more »Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2018
October 24-28: the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2018 (often called the Ubud Writers Festival), an annual literary and artistic event held in the central Bali town of Ubud, will celebrate its 15th year as what has become Southeast Asia’s leading festival of words and ideas. Attracting over 150 writers, artists and performers from all over the globe, the theme of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2018 will be “Jagadhita”, a Balinese Hindu philosophy loosely translated as “the world we…
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