Events
Moments worth a fare watch
Once-a-year things around the world, each with its dates and airports already set. Pick one and we watch every fare for it.
907 events, the ones like Ananda Pagoda Festival first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every October to NovemberTozeur date harvestTozeur oasis
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every October to NovemberAutumn colour at PlitvicePlitvice Lakes, Lika
Daimonji-yama and the hills of Kyoto · Every August
Gozan no Okuribi
Five bonfires shaped as characters light the hills around Kyoto to send the ancestors home, one night a year.
Nassau · Every December to January
Junkanoo
A pre-dawn street parade of drums, cowbells and costumes born from enslaved ancestors' one holiday off.
Gladden Spit, off Placencia · Every March to June
Whale sharks at Gladden Spit
Jinju Fortress and the Nam River, Jinju · Every October
Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival
Phoenix metro area, Arizona · Every February to March
Cactus league spring training
Cambridge, Massachusetts · Every October
Head of the Charles Regatta
Kulubi, near Dire Dawa · Every December
Kulubi Gabriel pilgrimage
El Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan · Every February to March
Monarch butterfly overwintering
Haa Valley · Every June to July
Haa Summer Festival
Portobelo, Colón · Every October
Cristo Negro de Portobelo
Porto · Every June
Festa de São João
Sturgis, South Dakota · Every August
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand · Every July to August
Valley of Flowers bloom
Nice · Every February to March
Carnaval de Nice
Gulf of Tadjoura · Every November to February
Whale sharks in the Gulf of Tadjoura
Mihintale, Anuradhapura · Every June to July
Poson Poya at Mihintale
Hobart waterfront, Tasmania · Every December to January
Taste of Summer
Kazanlak · Every May to June
Rose Festival in the Valley of Roses
Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu · Every June to July
Heilala Festival
Meigetsu-in, Kamakura · Every June to July
Meigetsu-in Hydrangea Season
Basseterre, St Kitts · Every June to July
St Kitts Music Festival
Vava'u · Every July to October
Swimming with humpbacks in Vava'u
Charmey, Gruyère · Every September to October
Désalpe at Charmey
Eilat mountains and the Sinai coast · Every February to May
Raptor migration over the Gulf of Aqaba
Prague · Every October
Signal Festival Prague
Miaoli County · Every April to May
Hakka Tung Blossom Festival
Helsinki · Every April to May
Vappu in Helsinki
Hokitika · Every March
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Vienna · Every October to November
Viennale
Nuremberg · Every November to December