Notting Hill Carnival, London 2020, UK
The iconic Notting Hill Carnival returns bigger and better this year over the August bank holiday weekend as usual. Starting with the Panorama event on the Saturday, Sunday is family…
WOMAD 2020 : the World’s Music Festival
Robert Spellman gives the run down on this year’s WOMAD music festival, which is staying true to its global roots. Every summer in late July musicians, poets, actors, artists, thinkers…
Henley Festival 2020, Henley-on-Thames, UK
Rustle out your DJ as the UK’s most glamorous festival, the Henley Festival returns to the banks of the River Thames this July. Expect Michelin star chefs, lots of bubbly,…
Candle Festival Thailand, 2019
Marking the start of the green (or wet) season, the Candle Festival in July is amongst the most beautiful celebrations in Thailand. Extravagant, intricately-carved candle sculptures…
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2020
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…
Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2020
The longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice is a time when the days really get long and the nights are short. There is no…
White Nights Festival 2020 Saint Petersburg, Russia
During the period of the White Nights Festival from June to July in Saint Petersburg, the sun never sets and the city never sleeps. Russia’s cultural capital….
Vivid Sydney 2020, New South Wales
Regarded as the biggest light, music and ideas festival in the South, Vivid Sydney will light up the city’s opera house and surrounding harbour area from 22 May to 13…
Barbados Celtic Festival 2020, Barbados
The Caribbean island of Barbados is to host the Barbados Celtic Festival, from 19 to 24 May, in the capital Bridgetown; a celebration of Celtic and Bayan music and rum. …
Bury St Edmunds Festival 2020, Suffolk
Tony Christie, Dead Bones and Jenni Murray will appear at the 35th Bury St Edmunds Festival from 14 to 24 May, 2020. Spread over 11 days, in 12 different venues and…
Jack in the Green Festival, Hastings, Sussex
The Jack in the Green Festival takes place in the Sussex coastal town of Hastings – 1066 and all that – traditionally over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. A…
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2020
Held in Palm Springs, USA, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a fusion of art and music that includes global headliners, such as Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande…
