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 Chawmos, the Kalash winter solstice festival first
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every October to DecemberAurora season in LofotenReine and Svolvaer, Lofoten
Yasaka Shrine and downtown Kyoto · Every July
Gion Matsuri
A whole month of festival, with 25-tonne wooden floats pulled through the streets by rope on July 17.
Porto · Every June
Festa de São João
A city hits strangers with plastic hammers, launches paper balloons and watches fireworks over the Douro.
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones · Every December to February
Iguazu Falls at peak flow
Raja Ampat, West Papua · Every October to January
Raja Ampat manta season
Sturgis, South Dakota · Every August
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Skagafjörður and the northern valleys · Every September
Réttir sheep round-up
Dublin · Every February to March
Six Nations rugby at Aviva Stadium
Belém, Pará · Every October
Círio de Nazaré
Sarayici, Edirne · Every May
Hidrellez in Edirne
Sefrou, Middle Atlas · Every June
Sefrou Cherry Festival
Haines, Alaska · Every October to December
Chilkat bald eagle gathering
Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare · Every April to May
Punchestown Festival
Grand-Bassam · Every October to November
Abissa
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia · Every October
Celtic Colours International Festival
Bhaktapur · Every August to September
Gai Jatra
Rajshahi · Every May to July
Rajshahi mango season
Patan, Kathmandu Valley · Every April to June
Rato Machhindranath chariot festival
Avarua, Rarotonga · Every July to August
Te Maeva Nui
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands · Every August
Mount Hagen Cultural Show
Semporna, Sabah · Every April
Regatta Lepa
Huahine to Bora Bora, Society Islands · Every October to November
Hawaiki Nui Va'a
Portobelo, Colón · Every October
Cristo Negro de Portobelo
Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney · Every October to November
Sculpture by the Sea
Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll · Every July to October
Hanifaru Bay manta season
Tobago · Every July to August
Tobago Heritage Festival
Brasília, Federal District · Every July to September
Ipê bloom in Brasília
Persepolis, near Shiraz · Every March
Nowruz at Persepolis
Puri, Odisha · Every June to July
Rath Yatra
Giudecca Canal, Venice · Every July
Festa del Redentore
Agadir · Every July