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 Fetu Afahye first
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Every January to FebruaryWildebeest calving seasonSouthern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Every October to NovemberTozeur date harvestTozeur oasis
Kilifi · Every December to January
Beneath the Baobabs New Year
A three-day new year festival in a baobab forest on the Kenyan coast, with the creek for the morning after.
Popayán, Cauca · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Popayán
Five nights of candlelit processions through a whitewashed colonial city, unchanged since the 1500s.
Namaqua National Park, Springbok · Every August to September
Namaqualand spring flowers
Skagafjörður and the northern valleys · Every September
Réttir sheep round-up
Mount Vernon, Washington · Every April
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Wamena, Highland Papua · Every August
Baliem Valley Festival
Hell-Ville, Nosy Be · Every May to June
Donia festival
Jinhae, Changwon · Every March to April
Jinhae Gunhangje Cherry Blossom Festival
Quibdó, Chocó · Every September to October
Fiestas de San Pacho
Great Rann of Kutch · Every January
Rann Utsav
Oaxaca de Juarez · Every December to January
Noche de Rábanos
Rumah, north of Riyadh · Every December
King Abdulaziz Camel Festival
Borobudur, Central Java · Every May to June
Waisak at Borobudur
Matura Beach, Trinidad · Every March to April
Leatherback turtle nesting
Grafton, New South Wales · Every October to November
Grafton Jacaranda Festival
Urnäsch, Appenzell Ausserrhoden · Every December to January
Silvesterchläuse of Urnäsch
Sefrou, Middle Atlas · Every June
Sefrou Cherry Festival
Phobjikha Valley · Every January
Black necked crane season
Port St Johns, Wild Coast · Every June to July
The sardine run
Apia, Upolu · Every June
Samoa Independence Day
Kuching, Sarawak · Every May to June
Gawai Dayak
Colina, near Santiago · Every March to May
Fiesta de Cuasimodo
Skagen, North Jutland · Every June
Sankt Hans bonfires at Skagen
Queens, New York · Every August to September
US Open Tennis Championships
Kathmandu Durbar Square · Every August to September
Indra Jatra
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee · Every May to June
Synchronous fireflies at Elkmont
Prague · Every October
Signal Festival Prague
Vientiane · Every May to June
Boun Bang Fai rocket festival
Pushkar, Rajasthan · Every October to November
Pushkar Camel Fair
Chilika Lake · Every December to February