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 Palo de Mayo first
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 JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every October to NovemberArribada at OstionalPlaya Ostional, Guanacaste
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Ivrea · Every February to March
Battle of the Oranges
Nine teams pelt each other with a half million oranges in Italy's fiercest carnival
Liwa Oasis, Al Dhafra · Every July to August
Liwa Date Festival
The date harvest of the Empty Quarter's oasis, judged fruit by fruit under the July sun.
Bras-Panon · Every May
Fête de la Vanille
Quillacollo, Cochabamba · Every August
Virgen de Urkupiña
Kiruna · Every January to February
Kiruna snow festival
Angkor, Siem Reap · Every December
Angkor Wat International Half Marathon
Quetzaltenango · Every September
Feria Centroamericana de Independencia
Oruro · Every January to March
Carnaval de Oruro
Monterey, California · Every September
Monterey Jazz Festival
Tromsø, Norway · Every January to March
Northern lights in Tromsø
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh · Every August to September
Janmashtami in Mathura and Vrindavan
Saiq Plateau, Jebel Akhdar · Every March to May
Jebel Akhdar rose harvest
Hokitika · Every March
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Skellig Michael and the Skellig coast · Every July
Puffin nesting season
Beirut · Every November
Beirut Marathon
Rio de Janeiro · Every February to March
Rio carnival
Rumah, north of Riyadh · Every December
King Abdulaziz Camel Festival
Lerwick, Shetland · Every January
Up Helly Aa
Trujillo, La Libertad · Every September to October
Festival Internacional de la Primavera
Dochula Pass · Every December
Druk Wangyel Tshechu at Dochula
Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura · Every June
Inti Raymi in Otavalo and Cotacachi
Louisville, Kentucky · Every April to May
Kentucky Derby
Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang · Every August to September
Yartung horse festival
Banff National Park, Alberta · Every September to October
Larch season above Moraine Lake
Guča, Dragačevo · Every July to August
Guča Trumpet Festival
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
Indio, California · Every April
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Ksara and Kefraya, Bekaa Valley · Every August to October
Bekaa Valley grape harvest
Daimonji-yama and the hills of Kyoto · Every August
Gozan no Okuribi
Wadden Sea marshes, Denmark · Every September to November