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 Garifuna Settlement Day first
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Kralendijk, Bonaire · Every October
Bonaire Regatta
A week of sailing and windsurfing races off Kralendijk, with the waterfront turned into a nightly fair.
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka · Every June
Otaue Rice Planting Festival
A shrine plants its own rice paddy by hand on June 14 with dancers, oxen and 1,800 years of ritual.
Banff National Park, Alberta · Every September to October
Larch season above Moraine Lake
Pha That Luang, Vientiane · Every October to November
That Luang Festival
Prague and the Bohemian countryside · Every April to May
Witches' Night bonfires in Bohemia
Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang · Every August to September
Yartung horse festival
Fairbanks, Alaska · Every June
Midnight Sun Game and solstice
Palais des Festivals, Cannes · Every May
Cannes Film Festival
Lucerne · Every January to March
Lucerne Fasnacht
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne · Every October to November
Melbourne Cup
Victoria Falls · Every December
Victoria Falls Carnival
Bhaktapur · Every August to September
Gai Jatra
New Plymouth, Taranaki · Every October to November
Taranaki Garden Festival
Jenn Lann Temple, Dajia, Taichung · Every March to May
Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage
San Simeon, California · Every December to February
Elephant seal pupping at Piedras Blancas
Bacolod, Negros Occidental · Every October
MassKara Festival
Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs · Every July
Camel Cup
Pico Island, Azores · Every March to May
Blue whale migration
Herjólfsdalur, Heimaey · Every July to August
Þjóðhátíð in the Westman Islands
Puri, Odisha · Every June to July
Rath Yatra
Motovun and the Mirna valley, Istria · Every September to November
White truffle season in Istria
Kinigi, Volcanoes National Park · Every August to October
Kwita Izina
Guneykent and the rose valleys, Isparta · Every May to June
Isparta rose harvest
Rio de Janeiro · Every January to March
Carnaval
Old Quarter, Hanoi · Every September to October
Mid-Autumn Festival on Hang Ma street
Al Hada and Al Shafa, Taif · Every March to April
Taif rose harvest
Popayán, Cauca · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Popayán
Ubon Ratchathani · Every July to August
Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival
Kaikoura, Canterbury · Every September to October
Kaikoura Seafest
Baguio City · Every February to March