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 Rabin Ajau first
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
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 March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Salem, Massachusetts · Every October
Salem Haunted Happenings
The witch trials town turns all of October into Halloween, with a million visitors by the 31st.
Basílica de Guadalupe, Mexico City · Every December
Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Millions of pilgrims reach the Basilica by December 12, and the mañanitas are sung to the Virgin at midnight.
Kandy · Every April
Avurudu, the Sinhala and Tamil New Year
Essaouira · Every June to July
Gnaoua World Music Festival
Ayalon Highway, Tel Aviv · Every September to October
Yom Kippur on the empty highways of Tel Aviv
Aomori City · Every August
Aomori Nebuta Matsuri
Tallinn · Every November
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Denpasar, Bali · Every June to July
Bali Arts Festival
Gdańsk · Every July to August
St Dominic's Fair in Gdańsk
Leksand, Dalarna · Every June
Midsummer in Dalarna
Reith im Alpbachtal and the Zillertal, Tyrol · Every September to October
Almabtrieb cattle descent in Tyrol
Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá · Every August
Festival de Verano de Bogotá
Tankwa Karoo · Every April to May
AfrikaBurn
Ohrid · Every July to August
Ohrid Summer Festival
Masaya · Every September to October
Fiestas de San Jerónimo
Midway, Utah · Every January to February
Ice Castles
South Luangwa National Park · Every August to November
Carmine bee-eater colonies
Calabar · Every December
Calabar Carnival
Mexico City · Every September
El Grito in the Zócalo
Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll · Every July to October
Hanifaru Bay manta season
New Orleans, Louisiana · Every January to March
Mardi Gras
Daehan Dawon, Boseong · Every April to May
Boseong Green Tea Festival
Hell-Ville, Nosy Be · Every May to June
Donia festival
Outer reef off Cairns and Port Douglas, Queensland · Every November to December
Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Annapurna and Langtang foothills · Every March to May
Rhododendron bloom
Luang Prabang · Every October to November
Lai Heua Fai fire boat festival
Parque do Povo, Campina Grande, Paraíba · Every June to July
São João de Campina Grande
Cheyenne, Wyoming · Every July
Cheyenne Frontier Days
Madinat Zayed, Al Dhafra · Every December
Al Dhafra Camel Festival
Sham Shui Po and Victoria Park, Hong Kong · Every July to September