March 2020
St Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival
St Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is the day that all the Irish diaspora around the world celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland. Expect plenty of green…
Find out more »National Cherry Blossom Festival, Washington DC
Anyone who has visited Washington DC during the Spring will find it impossible to forget the overwhelming sight of hundreds upon hundreds of delicate flowering cherry trees...
Find out more »Nowruz or Persian New Year 2020
Experience the opulence of Nowruz – or Persian New Year – with an abundance of food, music and hospitality in one of many Persian-heritage countries...
Find out more »Oxford Cambridge Boat Race, London, UK, 2020
THE OXFORD CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE 2020 IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC. DATES FOR THE 2021 EVENT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ANNUNCED. How about watching a sport that…
Find out more »April 2020
Fiesta de la Vendimia Chile 2020
The vendimia is a generic word for harvests, though it usually refers to Chile’s wine harvest. Arguably, the centre of the fiesta de la vendimia Chile is the Maipo Valley,…
Find out more »Kanamara Matsuri, Japan Penis Festival, 2020
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 »Songkran, Thailand Water Festival, 2020
Songkran, or Thailand's water festival, is an occasion of great fun especially in the major cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Unfortunatley the 2020 Songkran water fesitval has been…
Find out more »Khmer New Year 2020, Cambodia
With Cambodia’s humidity peaking in April, the refreshing water fights that mark Khmer New Year are a welcome reprieve from the suffocating heat. Here’s how to celebrate Cambodian new year.…
Find out more »The Pride of the Americas, Florida, USA, 2020
With many beach events, music and a parade, the Pride of the Americas will be turning Fort Lauderdale into one big party. ORGANISERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT PRIDE OF THE AMERICAS…
Find out more »Cheung Chau Bun Festival, 2020
If you love eating Chinese buns, then the Cheung Chau Bun Festival could be right up your alley. Held annually on the island of Cheng Chau in Hong Kong, the…
Find out more »May 2020
Isle of Wight Walking Festival 2020
The 21st Isle of Wight Walking Festival will take place from 4 to 19 May. Walkers of all abilities can join in the two weeks. With more than half of the Isle of Wight designated as ...
Find out more »Romerias de Mayo, Holguin, Cuba, 2020
A traditional religious parade Romerias de Mayo has added modern touches, with more than 45 artists from Mexico, Canada, France and, of course, Cuba. Six days of colourful parades and…
Find out more »St Lucia Jazz Festival, Caribbean, 2020
The St Lucia Jazz Festival has grown over the years and is one of the most established in the Caribbean, outside of the carnivals. A three-day jazz festival in St…
Find out more »Rocket Festival Thailand (Bun Bang Fai) 2020
Home-made rockets roaring into the skies, dirty humour, cross-dressing parades, mud fests and lots of rice wine – the centuries-old Rocket Festival Thailand, or Bun Bang Fai...
Find out more »Cannes Film Festival 2020, France
Probably the most famous – and certainly the most glitzy – film festivals in the world, the Cannes Film Festival, or Cannes Festival to give its official title, is held…
Find out more »Bury St Edmunds Festival 2020, Suffolk
Tony Christie, Dead Bones and Jenni Murray will appear at the 35th Bury St Edmunds Festival from 14 to 24 May, 2020. Currently (22 March) the Bury St Edmunds Festival…
Find out more »Chelsea Fringe 2020, London, UK
If you haven’t done so already, be sure to enter 16 to 24 May in your diaries for a diverse and stunningly beautiful festival, the Chelsea Fringe. If you love…
Find out more »Chelsea Flower Show 2020, London, UK
The environment and sustainability are the focus for the 2020 Chelsea Flower Show as this famous Royal Horticultural Society event shows that it moves with the times. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO…
Find out more »Soul Beach Music Festival 2020, Aruba
Soul music on a tropical island with great beaches and water sports. Interested? Then the Soul Beach Music Festival held each year in May, could be the place for you.…
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…
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