Fringe by the Sea 2025, Scotland
Forget the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival, Fringe by the Sea returns to the East Lothian town of North Berwick in August for ten days of music, literature, film…
Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 2025, India
The spectacular Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival involves colourful festivities, involving singing, dancing and theatre honouring the birth of the elephant-headed deity. The start of the festival sees huge, colourful statues…
Cambridge Folk Festival 2024, UK
Sadly the Cambridge Folk Festival has been cancelled for 2025 just like WOMAD. Despite making a loss in 2024, organisers say they will channel their resources in planning a bounce…
Notting Hill Carnival 2025, London, UK
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 of the long weekend…
Cook250 Festival, Whitby UK
July 6 – 8: Famed for its amazing fish and chips and spectacular abbey (see cover photo) , the Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby, birthplace of Captain James Cook, will…
Taiwan International Balloon Festival 2025
Not quite yet reaching the 99 Luftballons of Nena’s 1980s hit, some 40 participating balloons will be taking off during the Taiwan International Balloon Festival in Taitung…
Wang Yeh Boat Burning Festival, Taiwan
Happening only every three years – in the Chinese years of the Ox, Dragon, Goat and Dog – 2021 is your chance again to witness one of Taiwan’s top festivals…
Sapporo Summer Festival 2019
Lasting a whole month from mid-July to mid-August, the Sapporo Summer Festival 2019 is packed with a variety of cultural, musical, gastronomical and fireworks events attracting…
Buenos Aires Tango Festival, Argentina
August 9 – 22: For those who enjoy watching dance, the beauty of the tango is a great draw. The World tango dance tournament or Campeonato Mundial de Baile …
Rainforest Fringe Festival 2019
During a period of eight days in July, the best of Sarawak’s art, music, culture, craft, photography, film, food and heritage will be showcased in the heart of Kuching, the…
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2025
One of the most dramatic festivals in Asia, the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, this year in June, celebrates an event from some 2,000 years ago when Qu Yuan, a Chinese official, threw…
George Town Festival 2025, Penang
Art and heritage will take over Penang’s capital during the George Town Festival from 2 to 10 August 2025. Drawing in tens of thousands of visitors from across the world…
Boryeong Mud Festival 2025, South Korea
At the Boryeong Mud Festival 2025 in South Korea, everything revolves around one and one thing only: mud. During the festival the beach of Boryeong transforms itself into a mud…
The Dancing Devils of Yare, Venezuela
One of the most spectacular and colourful festivals in Venezuela, the Dancing Devils of Yare dates back to 1749, and in 2022 it will be held on 8 June. Every Corpus Christi – the date that celebrates…
Bali Arts Festival 2022, Indonesia
Bali’s cultural event of the year, the month-long Bali Arts Festival, will once again turn the tropical island into a festive and performing arts mecca for the 41st time this…
George Town Heritage Celebrations 2019
When on 7 July 2008 UNESCO granted World Heritage status to Penang’s capital George Town, the local government marked the event by declaring it a public holiday…
Five Festivals this Weekend
The month of May marks the start of Spring, it is also the time that festival organisers start getting their boots on, hoping to avoid those unwanted showers. At Travel…
Winchester Festival 2019, UK
The historic city of Winchester offers a wealth of music and literature throughout the year, including the Winchester Festival. Sadly, Carol Butler, Festival Director…
Ultra Music Festival Singapore. 2019
Light up your glow sticks and trip the light fantastic at the 4th edition of the Ultra Music Festival Singapore on 8 and 9 June. Electronic Dance Music (EDM) lovers…
Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2019, Thailand
It could hardly get any better when you combine a beach and Thai food with world-class live jazz. The Thai royal seaside resort of Hua Hin, a three-hour drive from…
Cheung Chau Bun Festival Hong Kong 2025
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 festival attracts tens of thousands…
Cowes Week 2025, Isle of Wight (IOW)
Since 1826, Lendy Cowes Week has been an essential entry in the English summer calendar, alongside Wimbledon and the Henley Regatta. Of its type, the largest sailing…
Northern Pride, 2025, Newcastle, UK
Newcastle will celebrate the LGBTQ+ community with Northern Pride in July. It will be from 19 to 20 July, 2025. Further details can be found here. UK Pride Events A…
Isle of Wight Festival 2025, in the UK
One of the most popular and colourful festivals in the summer music scene, the Isle of Wight Festival returns to the rolling isle off the South Coast of England. Sting, Stereophonics …
