October 2019
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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Amsterdam Light Festival 2019
The streets and canals of Amsterdam will once more become illuminated with the seventh Amsterdam Light Festival this winter...
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Harbin Ice Festival China 2020 Extravaganza
Once mostly a regional affair, the Harbin Ice Festival, China - or the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival...
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Feria de Boquete, Panama, 2020
Looking for a photogenic fair full of colour? Then consider the Feria de Boquete (Boquete Flowers and Coffee Festival). Everyone has heard of Panama City and its canal, but far…
Find out more »Broadway Week 2020, New York, USA
One of the Big Apple’s most popular events, Broadway Week, takes place in late January to early February coinciding with a plethora of other offers, making New York much more…
Find out more »Slapstick Festival Bristol, 2020
Fans of the silent screen should head to Bristol this January for Slapstick Festival 2020, a celebration of silent and vintage screen comedy, and much more. Now in its 16th…
Find out more »In The Round 2020, Roundhouse London
In recent years, the Roundhouse has done a little mid-winter shapeshifting. The great Victorian hemisphere in Camden Town, now one of London’s most cherished rock venues...
Find out more »Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2020
Held in late January / early February each year the Sundance Film Festival is the largest independent film festival in the US. Along with the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale), Cannes,…
Find out more »Tsagaan Sar 2020 in Mongolia
Tsagaan Sar or Mongolia’s lunar new year is the most important festival for ethnic Mongols and the people of the Arctic where age-old rituals combine with eating local delicacies such…
Find out more »Chinese New Year 2020, Global
Chinese New Year is undoubtedly China’s pre-eminent and most intense festive period characterised by sumptuous family meals, the colour red, paper lanterns and lots...
Find out more »Burns Night, Scotland, UK, 2020
Held in January, long with Hogmanay and St Andrew's Day, Burns Night is the leading festival in Scotland. However, Burns Night is more widely celebrated across the country than the…
Find out more »Gran Festa de la Calçotada, Valls 2020
Catalonia is a region renowned for its gastronomy, each January the Gran festa de la Calçotada sees the streets and squares of the town of Valls filled with calçots (a type of…
Find out more »Up Helly Aa, Shetlands, 2020
If you want to see a horde of Vikings parading through the streets, before burning a galley boat and then making merry for 12 hours, Up Helly Aa is the festival for you...
Find out more »Chingay Parade Singapore, 2020
There is no event that encapsulates the multi-cultural nature of Singapore than the Chingay Parade, held each year during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Literally meaning...
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Bruges Beer Festival 2020 Belgium
Since its first edition in 2007 the Bruges Beer Festival (“Brugs Bierfestival” in Flemish) has earned itself a reputation as one of Belgium’s best beer festivals, and that is saying something ...
Find out more »Tapati Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 2020, Chile
How about a festival on one of the most remote islands in the world? Easter Island’s Tapati is a celebration in a place that is fascinating to explore between events.…
Find out more »Transgrancanaria 2020, Gran Canaria
Fitness fanatics should head to the Canary Islands this February for Transgrancanaria. Held on Gran Canaria since October 2003, the race that will test your levels of endurance. Staged from 4 to 8…
Find out more »Vinterjazz Festival Denmark 2020
Vinterjazz is a national festival which takes place every February across the whole of Denmark. Now in its nineteenth year, it will feature hundreds of concerts...
Find out more »Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2020 in Thailand
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2020, now in its 43rd edition, is one of the most colourful events in Thailand attracting thousands of floral enthusiasts year on year. It’s not…
Find out more »Quebec Winter Carnival 2020
Ever since 1955, the people of Quebec City have celebrated winter with the Quebec Winter Carnival. In 2006, over a million people attended the festival, making it the biggest winter…
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