Events, Festivals and Exhibitions
The August Bank Holiday weekend can really only mean one thing in London - the Notting Hill Carnival. The largest free street festival in Europe runs from the Saturday to Monday...
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, elaborate
The British Ceramics Biennial will return to Stoke-on-Trent from 6 September to 19 October 2025, offering an ambitious programme of free exhibitions, screenings, talks, and events that celebrate the city’s
One of the longest surviving medieval rituals in England, the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance has been performed in a village in Staffordshire since 1226. Horn Dance Ritual The folk dance
In 2025, Bath will play host to an unforgettable celebration — the Jane Austen Festival 2025, marking the 250th anniversary of one of the world’s most beloved authors. Renowned for
The World Puppet Festival 2025 will take place from September 19 to 28 in the charming French town of Charleville-Mézières, nestled in the Ardennes region. Over ten days, this quiet
Dashain is the longest and most important Nepal Festival (Festival Nepali) before Tihar. Spread over September or October, depending on the lunar calendar, Dashain sees Nepalese from all around the
The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (often called the Ubud Writers Festival), one of the best literary festivals in the world, is held in the central Bali town of Ubud in October and will celebrate
This year the Cambodia Water Festival, or Bon Om Touk to give its Khmer name, falls on 4 to 6 November. For three days watch as Phnom Penh’s riverside explodes into life with boat races
The Yi Peng festival, one of Thailand's most charming and alluring events, is incredibly well-liked by both locals and tourists. The north of the country sees its nightly heavens illuminated
One of Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festivals, Loy Krathong festival is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. People flock to lakes and rivers to float their krathongs on
A 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
What 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)
A 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
Lopburi, 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...
Each December the Turkish city of Konya will host one of the most exquisite ceremonies of spirituality with the mesmerising beauty of the Whirling Dervishes...
Held 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
A 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)...
Tết, 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
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...
