May 2020
White Nights Festival 2020 Saint Petersburg, Russia
During the period of the White Nights Festival from June to July in Saint Petersburg, the sun never sets and the city never sleeps. Russia’s cultural capital....
Find out more »Vivid Sydney 2020, New South Wales
VIVID SYDNEY 2020 IS CANCELLED Regarded as the biggest light, music and ideas festival in the South, Vivid Sydney will light up the city's opera house and surrounding harbour area…
Find out more »Malton Food Festival 2020, Yorkshire, UK
One of Yorkshire's premier local food festivals will occur in the town of Malton from May 23 to 25, 2020. Celebrating its twelfth anniversary the Malton Food Festival 2020 (or…
Find out more »June 2020
The Dancing Devils of Yare, Venezuela
One of the most spectacular and colourful festivals in Venezuela, the Dancing Devils of Yare dates back to 1749, and in 2020 it will be held on 11 June. Every…
Find out more »Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2020
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice is a time when the days really get long and the nights are short. There is no…
Find out more »Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2020
One of the most dramatic festivals in Asia, the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, this year in June, celebrates an event from some 2,000 years ago when Qu Yuan, a…
Find out more »Kutztown Folk Festival 2020, Pennsylvania, USA
Billed as America’s oldest folklife festival and hailed as one of the country’s top celebrations, the Kutztown Folk Festival is a veritable journey back into time with plain, good old-fashioned…
Find out more »July 2020
Candle Festival Thailand, 2019
Marking the start of the green (or wet) season, the Candle Festival in July is amongst the most beautiful celebrations in Thailand. Extravagant, intricately-carved candle sculptures...
Find out more »Naadam Festival Mongolia 2020
Also called the Olympic Games of nomads, the spectacular Naadam Festival in Mongolia is the country’s biggest event and its national pride. Taking place every July...
Find out more »Dunmow Flitch Trials 2020, Essex, UK
Few of the many festivals in the UK are steeped in a history as long as the Dunmow Flitch Trials. Held every leap year, in Great Dunmow Essex, the trials…
Find out more »UK Pride, 2020, Newcastle, UK
The largest celebration of the LGBTQ+ comminity in Britian, in July 2020, UK Pride will combine with Northern to create a bigger Pride festival. UK Pride Events Planning is underway…
Find out more »WOMAD 2020 : the World’s Music Festival
Travel Begins at 40 gives the run down on this year’s WOMAD music festival, which is staying true to its global roots. Every summer in late July musicians, poets, actors,…
Find out more »August 2020
Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2020, Kerala, India
Held every year on the second Saturday of August, the Nehru Trophy Boat Race that sees huge, iconic snake boats engaged in a fierce and colourful contest, has turned into…
Find out more »Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 2020, India
The spectacular Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival in September is an 11-day affair of colourful festivities, involving singing, dancing and theatre honouring the birth of the...
Find out more »Onam Festival 2020, Kerala, India
During the days of the Onam Festival, the biggest and most spectacular festival of Kerala, the entire Indian state goes on a spree of celebrations, music and dance performances...
Find out more »Tallinn Music Week 2020, Estonia
Tallinn with its stunning medieval centre, dating from 1248, and its thriving galleries, restaurants and bars is a must for the traveller. However for one week in March it is…
Find out more »Notting Hill Carnival, London 2020, UK
The iconic Notting Hill Carnival returns bigger and better this year over the August bank holiday weekend as usual. Starting with the Panorama event on the Saturday, Sunday is family…
Find out more »World Bog Snorkelling Championship, Wales
The World Bog Snorkelling Championship is part of a two-day World Bog Series taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales. The World Bog Snorkelling Championship…
Find out more »Our Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival
Bury St Edmunds’ food festival is returning to the medieval Suffolk market town in August. Our Bury St Edmunds Food & Drink Festival 2020 will be held over the August…
Find out more »September 2020
Venice International Film Festival 2020
The Venice International Film Festival, officially called Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica, is the world’s oldest film festival. Every year you can indulge here in the best...
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