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.
1126 events, the ones like Feria de Tlaxcala first
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Cape Coast · Every August to September
Fetu Afahye
Cape Coast's chiefs are carried through town in palanquins in a harvest and purification festival.
Gulf of Tadjoura · Every November to February
Whale sharks in the Gulf of Tadjoura
Juvenile whale sharks feed in a Red Sea gulf so reliably that some days you swim with a dozen.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem · Every March to May
Holy Week and the Holy Fire in Jerusalem
Southern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania · Every January to February
Wildebeest calving season
Tequila, Jalisco · Every November to December
Feria Nacional del Tequila
Frankfurt, Hesse · Every November to December
Frankfurt Christmas Market
Sunayu, Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido · Every December to March
Whooper Swans at Lake Kussharo
Basel · Every February to March
Basel Fasnacht carnival
Toronto, Ontario · Every September
Toronto International Film Festival
Sydney · Every December to January
Sydney harbour new year's eve fireworks
Waitangi, Bay of Islands · Every January to February
Waitangi day commemorations
Lac du Der-Chantecoq, Champagne · Every October to November
Common crane migration at Lac du Der
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
Strasbourg, Alsace · Every November to December
Strasbourg Christmas Market
Belfast, Northern Ireland · Every November to December
Belfast Christmas Market
Phobjikha Valley · Every January
Black necked crane season
Berlin · Every February to March
Berlinale film festival
Shillong, Meghalaya · Every November
Cherry Blossom Festival Shillong
Gulf Shores, Alabama · Every May
Hangout Music Festival
Old Quarter, Hanoi · Every September to October
Mid-Autumn Festival on Hang Ma street
Ballybrit Racecourse, Galway · Every July to August
Galway Races Summer Festival
Kingston, Jamaica · Every March to April
Jamaica Carnival
Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia · Every September to October
Adams River sockeye salmon run
Kew, London · Every February to March
Kew Gardens Orchid Festival
Panaji, Goa · Every March to April
Shigmo Festival
Vancouver, British Columbia · Every July to August
Vancouver Pride Parade
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka · Every June
Otaue Rice Planting Festival
Tilcara, Purmamarca and Humahuaca, Jujuy · Every August
Pachamama offerings in the Quebrada de Humahuaca
Cilaos and the cirques · Every October
Grand Raid, La Diagonale des Fous
Velankanni, Tamil Nadu · Every August to September