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 Independence lanterns and the torch first
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Apia, Upolu · Every August to September
Teuila Festival
A week of fire knife dancing, longboat racing and choir contests named for Samoa's national flower.
Cerro Catedral, Bariloche · Every June to September
Ski season at Cerro Catedral
South America's largest ski resort in peak season, with chocolate and lake views waiting at the bottom.
Gore, Southland · Every May to June
New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards
Kushiro wetlands, Hokkaido · Every January to February
Red crowned crane courtship dance
Darwin, Northern Territory · Every August
Darwin Festival
Leksand, Dalarna · Every June
Midsummer in Dalarna
Nagaur · Every January to February
Nagaur cattle fair
Trujillo, La Libertad · Every September to October
Festival Internacional de la Primavera
Sturgis, South Dakota · Every August
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Roskilde · Every June to July
Roskilde Festival
Stuttgart · Every September to October
Cannstatter Volksfest
Plitvice Lakes, Lika · Every October to November
Autumn colour at Plitvice
Buccoo, Tobago · Every March to April
Buccoo Goat Race Festival
Huamantla, Tlaxcala · Every August
Huamantla: the night nobody sleeps
Tobago · Every July to August
Tobago Heritage Festival
Kuyucak, Isparta · Every July
Kuyucak lavender bloom
Head of Bight, Nullarbor, South Australia · Every June to September
Southern right whales at Head of Bight
Broome, Western Australia · Every August to September
Shinju Matsuri
La Vega · Every February to March
Carnaval Dominicano de La Vega
Georgetown · Every October to November
Diwali in Georgetown
Punakha · Every February to March
Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu
Uppsala · Every April to May
Valborg in Uppsala
Provincetown, Massachusetts · Every February to May
North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay
Kazanlak · Every May to June
Rose Festival in the Valley of Roses
San Simeon, California · Every December to February
Elephant seal pupping at Piedras Blancas
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Camargue · Every May
Pilgrimage of Sainte Sara
Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula · Every April
Anzac Day dawn service at Gallipoli
Pha That Luang, Vientiane · Every October to November
That Luang Festival
Venice · Every January to March
Venice Carnival
Thanjavur and the Kaveri delta · Every January