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 Loy Krathong in Sukhothai first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
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 December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
Poland burns and drowns winter in a straw effigy every spring equinox.
Imilchil, High Atlas · Every September
Imilchil Marriage Festival
A High Atlas moussem where Ait Haddidou families come to trade livestock and arrange marriages.
Sighișoara, Transylvania · Every July to August
Sighișoara Medieval Festival
Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan · Every October to November
Jiuzhaigou Autumn
Placencia · Every June
Placencia Lobsterfest
Grand Canal, Venice · Every September
Regata Storica
Phanom Rung, Buriram · Every April
Phanom Rung sunrise alignment
Katmai National Park, Alaska · Every September to October
Fat Bear Week
Georgetown · Every October to November
Diwali in Georgetown
Hilo, Hawaii · Every March to May
Merrie Monarch Festival
Auckland · Every March
Pasifika Festival
Guayaquil, Guayas · Every October
Fiestas de Guayaquil
Konark Sun Temple, Odisha · Every December
Konark Dance Festival
Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz · Every December
Yalda Night in Shiraz
Reykjavik and southern Iceland · Every February
Northern lights over Reykjavik
Punta Arenas, Magallanes · Every July
Carnaval de Invierno de Punta Arenas
Apia, Upolu · Every June
Samoa Independence Day
La Tirana, Tarapacá · Every July
Fiesta de La Tirana
Ghent · Every July
Gentse Feesten
Nabeul, Cap Bon · Every March to April
Nabeul orange blossom festival
Huamantla, Tlaxcala · Every August
Huamantla: the night nobody sleeps
Squamish, British Columbia · Every November to January
Bald eagle gathering
Daecheon Beach, Boryeong · Every July to August
Boryeong Mud Festival
Kasanka National Park · Every October to December
Kasanka bat migration
Panama City · Every November
Fiestas Patrias
Bacolod, Negros Occidental · Every October
MassKara Festival
Ficksburg, Free State · Every November
Ficksburg Cherry Festival
Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu · Every June to July
Heilala Festival
Bundala National Park · Every November to February
Bundala migratory bird season
Hokitika · Every March