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Royal Ploughing Ceremony Cambodia 2026

The Royal Ploughing Ceremony, officially known as “Preah Reach Pithi Bonn Chrot Preah Neangkol”, is an ancient royal rite held in May to mark the end of the dry season and the start of the monsoons...

RHS Malvern Spring Festival

RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2026

The RHS Malvern Spring Festival (or Malvern county show) will once more be held at Worcestershire’s Three Counties Showground in May. The four-day celebration of everything horticultural is a highlight...

Rocket Festival Thailand

Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival Thailand 2026

Home-made rockets roaring into the skies, dirty humour, cross-dressing parades, mud fests and lots of rice wine – the centuries-old Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival Thailand, or Bun Bang Fai...

North Leeds Food Festival

North Leeds Food Festival 2026

The family friendly, UK food festival returns to Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire in May. The North Leeds Food Festival celebrates local and international food, with artisan markets, live...

Newbury Spring Festival

Newbury Spring Festival 2026, UK

The Newbury Spring Festival is a mix of classical, jazz, folk and chamber music thrown in for good measure. It will take place from 9 to 23 May 2026. Concerts will be performed at St Nicolas’ Church...

Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival 2026, 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 at the coastal town in southern France...

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King Sihamoni’s Birthday Cambodia 2026

Cambodia celebrates King Sihamoni’s birthday annually with a public holiday on May 14. Until 2020, the event was marked with a three-day public holiday. This has since been slashed to...

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