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 Hibiscus Festival first
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Every January to MarchNorthern lights in TromsøTromsø, Norway
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every July to SeptemberThe Great Migration river crossingsMasai Mara, Kenya
Chiang Mai · Every April
Songkran water festival
Thailand's new year turns an entire old city into a joyful, soaking water fight.
San Miniato, Tuscany · Every November
San Miniato White Truffle Fair
Tuscany's answer to Alba: a hilltop town between Pisa and Florence sells white truffles three weekends in November.
Düsseldorf and the Lower Rhine · Every November
St Martin's lantern processions in the Rhineland
Notting Hill, London · Every August
Notting Hill Carnival
Skellig Michael and the Skellig coast · Every July
Puffin nesting season
La Paz · Every May to June
Fiesta del Gran Poder
Niagara Falls, Ontario · Every November to January
Niagara Falls Winter Festival of Lights
Port Louis, Mauritius · Every January to February
Thaipoosam Cavadee
Paucartambo, Cusco region · Every July
Virgen del Carmen of Paucartambo
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · Every September to October
AFL Grand Final
Córdoba · Every May
Festival of the Patios
Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura · Every June
Inti Raymi in Otavalo and Cotacachi
Agamon Hula, Upper Galilee · Every November to December
Crane gathering in the Hula Valley
Puno, Lake Titicaca · Every November
Puno Week and the arrival of Manco Cápac
Ayacucho · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Ayacucho
Locarno, Ticino · Every August
Locarno Film Festival on the Piazza Grande
Sainte-Croix, Port Louis · Every September
Père Laval pilgrimage
Kishiwada, Osaka · Every September
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Mambajao, Camiguin · Every October
Lanzones Festival
Hoi An ancient town · Every January
Hoi An full moon lantern festival
The Sevens Stadium, Dubai · Every November to December
Dubai Rugby Sevens
Southern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania · Every January to February
Wildebeest calving season
Katmai National Park, Alaska · Every September to October
Fat Bear Week
Prinsengracht, Amsterdam · Every July to August
Pride Amsterdam Canal Parade
Kokopo, East New Britain · Every July
National Mask Festival
Nice · Every February to March
Carnaval de Nice
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Ouro Preto
Bab Al Makina, Fes · Every May to June
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel · Every October