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 Canola flower season at Jeju first
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Bodrum harbour · Every October
The Bodrum Cup
A week of wooden gulets racing between Aegean bays, with a party in each port.
Louisville, Kentucky · Every April to May
Kentucky Derby
Two minutes of racing, a week of parties, and 150,000 people in hats singing My Old Kentucky Home.
Martinborough, Wairarapa · Every November
Toast Martinborough
Notting Hill, London · Every August
Notting Hill Carnival
Bali · Every March to April
Nyepi day of silence
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi · Every April to May
Ashikaga Great Wisteria
Winneba · Every May
Aboakyer festival
Stuttgart · Every September to October
Cannstatter Volksfest
Fish River Canyon · Every May to August
Fish River Canyon hiking season
Baguio City · Every February to March
Panagbenga flower festival
Osaka Tenmangu and the Okawa River · Every July
Tenjin Matsuri
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu · Every January
Maghe Sankranti
Waitangi, Bay of Islands · Every January to February
Waitangi day commemorations
Nosy Be · Every September to December
Whale sharks off Nosy Be
Boa Vista · Every June to October
Loggerhead turtle nesting
Saiq Plateau, Jebel Akhdar · Every March to May
Jebel Akhdar rose harvest
Mount Hagen, Western Highlands · Every August
Mount Hagen Cultural Show
Ottawa, Ontario · Every April to May
Canadian Tulip Festival
Page, Arizona · Every June to August
Light beam season in Antelope Canyon
Da Nang · Every May to July
Da Nang International Fireworks Festival
Albuquerque, New Mexico · Every April
Gathering of Nations
Imilchil, High Atlas · Every September
Imilchil Marriage Festival
Charleston, South Carolina · Every May to June
Spoleto Festival USA
Guanajuato · Every October to November
Festival Internacional Cervantino
Puebla · Every May
Cinco de Mayo in Puebla
Poznań · Every November
St Martin's croissant day in Poznań
Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do · Every September to October
Andong Mask Dance Festival
Puerto López and Isla de la Plata, Manabí · Every June to September
Humpback whales at Puerto López
Asakusa Shrine, Tokyo · Every May
Sanja Matsuri
Testour, Beja · Every June to July