Whitby Lit Fest, Yorkshire UK
Whitby Whitby, United KingdomWhitby is set to welcome a wave of literary talent this autumn as it launches its first Whitby Lit Fest, running from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 November 2025 across
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National Folk Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, 2025
Jackson MS, United StatesThe National Folk Festival will be held in Jackson Mississippi from 7 to 9 November 2025. Artists and programme will be announced closer to the event. Volunteers keep things moving.
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Canal Convergence, Scottsdale, Arizona 2025
Scottsdale Waterfront Scottsdale, AZ, United StatesA large open air art event in downtown Scottsdale, the Canal Convergence features local and international artists. It begins in the late afternoon and continues into the night. Scottsdale Public
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Lille Beer Festival (BAL), France, 2025
Grand Palais 1, Boulevard des Cites-Unies, EURALILL, Lille, FranceThe Lille Beer Festival, or Bière a Lille (BAL), takes place in the northern France city for one week in September. In 2023, there were 100 events dedicated to craft beer in bars, restaurants and breweries.
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Diwali 2025 (Deewali), Festival of Lights, India
Various Birmingham, United KingdomWhat do you do when you return home after having been exiled for 14 years? You heave a sigh of relief and celebrate. That’s what happens during Diwali (also called Deepavali)
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, New York
77th Street and Central Park West 77th Street and Central Park West, New York CityA 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. This takes place at the
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Monkey Buffet Festival Lopburi Thailand 2025
Phra Prang Sam Yot temple Tha Hin, Mueang Lop Buri District, Lopburi, Lopburi, ThailandLopburi, in central Thailand, is already famous for its Khmer temple crowded with monkeys, but every year in November the whole town goes ape when visitors from Thailand...
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Malton Christmas Festival 2025, Yorkshire
Market Place Malton, Yorkshire, United KingdomHeld in the Yorkshire market town of Malton, the Malton Christmas Festival is two days of food, music and fun held across the weekend of 2 to 3 December. The free festival...
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Konya Whirling Dervishes Festival 2025
Konya Konya, TurkeyEach December the Turkish city of Konya will host one of the most exquisite ceremonies of spirituality with the mesmerising beauty of the Whirling Dervishes...
Burns Night 2026, Scotland, UK
Dumfries Dumfries, Scotland, United KingdomHeld in January, along 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
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Dia de San Blas (Day of Saint Blaise), Paraguay 2026
Ciudad del Este , ParaguayA national holiday that started as a religious ceremony, but has become much, much more; that is El Dia de San Blas (Day of Saint Blaise)...
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Otherland, Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre will host the world premier of Otherland by Chris Bush from 12 February to 15 March 2025. Jade Anouka, Jackie Clune Fizz Sinclair, and Amanda Wilkin will
Barranquilla Carnival Colombia 2026
Various areas of Barranquilla Barranquilla City, ColombiaThe sensational Barranquilla Carnival held in February in Colombia is the world’s second biggest fiesta with magnificent street parades, traditional dancers, lots of local...
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Amazing Carnival Ecuador 2026
Ecuador , EcuadorCarnival is celebrated much more widely in Latin America than just in Rio de Janeiro. The carnival in Ecuador is a blend of processions, live music, drinks and food. On
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Olney Pancake Race 2026, Bucks, UK
Olney Olney, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomWhile people around the UK are celebrating the approach of Lent by tossing pancakes in the warmth of their own kitchen, the gentlefolk of one Buckinghamshire town take to the
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Tết 2026: Vietnamese Lunar New Year
VietnamTết, or Tết Nguyên Đán is the most important festival in Vietnam. It marks the advent of Vietnamese New Year, and the arrival of spring. Very much like Chinese New
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Chinese New Year 2026, Global
Various Birmingham, United KingdomChinese 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...
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Guyana Mashramani Carnival 2026
Penang National Park Georgetown, GuyanaThe Guyana Mashramani Carnival is an annual festival celebrated on the 23 February to mark the country becoming a republic on that date in 1970. Often shortened to ‘Mash’ the
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Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 2026, Taiwan
Sky Lantern Release Square Shifen, New Taipei county, TaiwanExperience the magic of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in February when thousands of glowing lights float up into the ink black sky above the small hillside village of Shifen
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New Orleans Mardi Gras 2026, USA
New Orleans New Orleans, LA, United StatesNew Orleans Mardi Gras or ‘Fat Tuesday’ is one of the biggest parties in the USA and very distinct from the Rio Carnival or the Trinidad Carnival, Port of Spain. Processions and floats pass by...
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