Beverley Festival of Christmas 2019
The hugely popular Beverley Festival of Christmas, in East Yorkshire, has grown from a small market to one of the largest festive celebrations in England. Held on 8 December from…
EFG London Jazz Festival 2019
A highlight in UK capital’s music calendar, the EFG London Jazz Festival is held each November. This year’s festival pays homage to the Windrush Generation…
Loy Krathong and Yi Peng Festivals, 2019
Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festival, Loy Krathong is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. Thousands of little candle lights and flowers drift down waterways…
Cambodia Water Festival Phnom Penh 2018
This year the Cambodia Water Festival, or Bon Om Touk to give its Khmer name, falls on 10 to 13 November. For three days watch as Phnom Penh’s riverside explodes…
Jazz Brugge Festival 2019, Belgium
During three days Bruges will become the Mecca of jazz when the biannual Jazz Brugge Festival 2018 sees both established names and emerging talent getting this medieval…
Tenby Blues Festival 2019, Wales
Southwest Wales will be getting deep, down and meaningful when the Tenby Blues festival comes to the Pembrokeshire town between 8 to 10 November, 2019. (This page will be updated when…
Pushkar Camel Fair 2019, India
The Pushkar Camel Fair is a fantastic, colourful madhouse where Hindu pilgrims, mystics, cattle traders, entertainers, tourists and camera crews mix with some 30,000 camels.
Day of the Dead Festival, 2019
Many people associate the Day of the Dead Festival with Mexico, but actually it is an equally important part of the culture of Guatemala (on 1 November) and El Salvador,…
Diwali 2019, Festival of Light, India
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 happened when in India Lord…
Lord of Miracles 2019, Lima, Peru
A key moment in Peru’s Catholic calendar, the Lord of Miracles, or Señor de los Milagros in Spanish, is a procession that takes place in Lima each October. Known as…
Lincoln Sausage Festival 2019
October is the month that the merry folk of Lincoln tuck into more than 30,000 bangers at the Lincoln Sausage Festival, held in the glorious setting of the medieval Lincoln Castle…
Isle of Wight Literary Festival, 2019
Now running for over seven years the Red Funnel Isle of Wight Literary Festival is a major literary event in the south of England. Over four days, in excess of…
