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 Panagbenga flower festival first
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every September to NovemberCaño Cristales in full colourLa Macarena, Meta
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Anchorage, Alaska · Every February to March
Iditarod ceremonial start
Sixty plus dog teams launch down snow-packed downtown streets before the real race begins.
Okahandja · Every August
Herero Day
Herero in Victorian dresses and old uniforms parade to the graves of their chiefs in a small Namibian town.
Dublin · Every March
St Patrick's festival
La Vega · Every February to March
Carnaval Dominicano de La Vega
Natchitoches, Louisiana · Every November to January
Natchitoches Christmas Festival of Lights
Pokhara · Every December to January
Tamu Lhosar, the Gurung new year
La Ceiba · Every May
Gran Carnaval de La Ceiba
Shidong, Taijiang County, Guizhou · Every April to May
Miao Sisters' Meal Festival
Katmai National Park, Alaska · Every September to October
Fat Bear Week
Nuremberg · Every November to December
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
Phanom Rung, Buriram · Every April
Phanom Rung sunrise alignment
Ooty, Tamil Nadu · Every May
Ooty Flower Show
Hurghada and the northern Red Sea · Every May to July
Red Sea whale shark season
Poznań · Every November
St Martin's croissant day in Poznań
Nosy Be · Every September to December
Whale sharks off Nosy Be
Kyoto, Japan · Every November to December
Autumn leaves in Kyoto
Buccoo, Tobago · Every March to April
Buccoo Goat Race Festival
Vienna · Every January to March
Vienna ball season
Mylapore, Chennai · Every December to January
Margazhi music season
Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati · Every June
Ambubachi Mela
Badouzi Harbour, Keelung · Every July to September
Keelung Ghost Festival
Cousin Island, near Praslin · Every October to January
Hawksbill nesting on Cousin Island
Hilo, Hawaii · Every March to May
Merrie Monarch Festival
Bacolod, Negros Occidental · Every October
MassKara Festival
Bariloche and the Seven Lakes road, Patagonia · Every April to May
Autumn colour in the Bariloche lakes
Otavalo and Cotacachi, Imbabura · Every June
Inti Raymi in Otavalo and Cotacachi
Porto Jofre, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso · Every July to October
Jaguar season at Porto Jofre
Andacollo, Coquimbo region · Every December
Fiesta Grande de Andacollo
Recoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires · Every November
Jacaranda season in Buenos Aires
Leiden · Every October