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Harbin Ice Festival China Extravaganza
Once mostly a regional affair, the Harbin Ice Festival, China - or the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival...
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Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2023
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 »Chinese New Year 2023, 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 »Up Helly Aa, Shetlands, 2023
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 »February 2023
Festival of the Candelaria (La Fiesta de la Candelaria)
Every February the streets of Puno are swamped in an explosion of colour and filled with music and dancing, which combine into one of Peru’s greatest public events - Festival…
Find out more »Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2023 in Thailand
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The Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most colourful events in Thailand attracting thousands of floral enthusiasts year on year. It’s not haphazard that Chiang Mai...
Find out more »Chingay Parade Singapore, 2023
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...
Find out more »Fiesta Tapati de Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
How about a festival on one of the most remote islands in the world? Easter Island’s Fiesta Tapati de Rapa Nui is a celebration in a place that is fascinating…
Find out more »Venice Carnival (Carnevale di Venezia) 2023
Juxtapose one of the most beautiful cities in the world alongside one of the most colourful and exciting carnivals globally and it has to be a winning formula. Masked costumed…
Find out more »Hoi An Lantern Festival, Vietnam
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The Hoi An Lantern Festival is celebrated once a month on the full moon, and most significantly on the first full moon of the lunar new year. On these days…
Find out more »Viareggio Carnival 2023 (Carnevale di Viareggio) Italy
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Along with the Venice Carnival, the Viareggio Carnival or Carnevale di Viareggio is one of the largest carnivals in Italy. Held in the Tuscan coastal city in February, the Carnival…
Find out more »Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 2023, Taiwan
Experience 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…
Find out more »Thaipusam Festival Malaysia 2023
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Every year the impressive Thaipusam Festival celebrations take place inside the Batu caves near Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. Due to Covid the 2021 celebrations will be more muted ...
Find out more »Fête du Citron Menton (Lemon Festival) 2023
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Situated on the Côte d’Azur in the Alpes Maritimes, the town of Menton could be forgiven for just becoming a playground for the rich, like neighbouring St Tropez and Monaco.…
Find out more »Valentine’s Day 2023 Around the World
It’s that time of the year again that love birds look forward to, many singles dread, and some brave souls try to ignore. The least that could be said about…
Find out more »Battle of the Oranges, 2023, Ivrea, Italy
Referred to as the biggest food fight in Europe, the Battle of the Oranges takes over the town of Ivrea on the three days preceding Lent, from the Sunday to…
Find out more »Hong Kong Arts Festival 2023
International top artists giving world class performances ranging from the classical to the avant-garde, and the familiar to the surprising – the Hong Kong Arts Festival is this vibrant city’s…
Find out more »Carnaval Sitges (Sitges Carnival) 2023, Spain
The Sitges Carnival (Carnaval Sitges) sees the Spanish coastal town brought to life with carnival fever as parties and parades take over the streets in the run-up to Lent. While…
Find out more »Bahia Carnival (Carnaval Baiano), Brazil
Yes, we have all heard of Carnival in Rio, but what about a Carnival in the part of Brazil where the influence of African culture is at its strongest? The…
Find out more »Festival du Voyageur 2023, Winnipeg, Canada
The largest winter festival in Western Canada, the Festival du Voyageur, or "Festival of the Traveller" for the non-Francophones out there, is a celebration of all things wintry...
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