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 Beneath the Baobabs New Year first
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every SeptemberRed deer rutRichmond and Bushy Park
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every October to NovemberTozeur date harvestTozeur oasis
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every November to DecemberSouthern right whale season closingPeninsula Valdes
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every JulyBrown bears at Brooks FallsKatmai National Park, Alaska
Munich, Germany · Every September to October
Oktoberfest
Sixteen days, fourteen tents, six million visitors. Most of it is actually in September.
Cabarete and Puerto Plata · Every October to November
Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
Free jazz on the sand at Cabarete, with kites on the water by day and Latin jazz on the beach by night.
Katara beach, Doha · Every November to December
Katara Traditional Dhow Festival
Jambay Lhakhang, Bumthang · Every October to November
Jambay Lhakhang Drup
Rockland, Maine · Every July to August
Maine Lobster Festival
Raiatea and Taha'a, Society Islands · Every April to May
Tahiti Pearl Regatta
Phuket Town · Every September to October
Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Locarno, Ticino · Every August
Locarno Film Festival on the Piazza Grande
Arequipa · Every August
Arequipa anniversary week
Managua · Every August
Fiestas de Santo Domingo
Praia do Rosa and Imbituba, Santa Catarina · Every July to November
Southern right whales at Praia do Rosa
Soc Trang · Every October to November
Ok Om Bok moon festival
Bahía Solano and Nuquí, Chocó · Every July to October
Humpback whales on the Pacific Chocó
Kuching, Sarawak · Every May to June
Gawai Dayak
Fairbanks, Alaska · Every June
Midnight Sun Game and solstice
Phnom Penh · Every September to October
Pchum Ben
Beirut · Every November
Beirut Marathon
Windhoek · Every April to May
Windhoek Karneval
León · Every December
La Gritería
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft · Every May to July
Sunrise at Deadvlei
Miaoli County · Every April to May
Hakka Tung Blossom Festival
Carlsbad, California · Every March to May
The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch
Moremi Game Reserve · Every June to August
Okavango Delta at peak flood
Montreux, Lake Geneva · Every June to July
Montreux Jazz Festival
Nile riverbanks and public gardens, Cairo and Alexandria · Every April to May
Sham el-Nessim
Rural del Prado, Montevideo · Every March to April
Semana Criolla del Prado
Bhaktapur · Every August to September
Gai Jatra
Colombo · Every April to June
Vesak in Colombo
Kuyucak, Isparta · Every July
Kuyucak lavender bloom
Aomori City · Every August