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 Rato Machhindranath chariot festival first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Yatsuo, Toyama · Every September
Owara Kaze no Bon
Three nights of near-silent dance through a lantern-lit hill town, to a single mournful fiddle.
Midway, Utah · Every January to February
Ice Castles
Hand grown icicle towers form a maze of tunnels and thrones lit up after dark.
Ubon Ratchathani · Every July to August
Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival
San Juan · Every June
Noche de San Juan
Vientiane · Every May to June
Boun Bang Fai rocket festival
Ksara and Kefraya, Bekaa Valley · Every August to October
Bekaa Valley grape harvest
Piazza del Campo, Siena · Every June to July
Palio di Siena (Provenzano)
Jinghong, Xishuangbanna · Every April
Water Splashing Festival
Otavalo, Imbabura · Every August to September
Fiesta del Yamor
Düsseldorf and the Lower Rhine · Every November
St Martin's lantern processions in the Rhineland
Reykjavik and southern Iceland · Every February
Northern lights over Reykjavik
Douz, Kebili · Every December
International Festival of the Sahara at Douz
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · Every October to November
Dev Deepawali in Varanasi
Skagafjörður and the northern valleys · Every September
Réttir sheep round-up
Sturgis, South Dakota · Every August
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Namaqua National Park, Springbok · Every August to September
Namaqualand spring flowers
Provincetown, Massachusetts · Every February to May
North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay
Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire · Every June
Royal Ascot
Old Quarter, Hanoi · Every September to October
Mid-Autumn Festival on Hang Ma street
Saint-Pierre · Every May to June
Sakifo Musik Festival
Great Temple of Ramesses II, Abu Simbel · Every October
Abu Simbel Sun Festival
Munich, Germany · Every September to October
Oktoberfest
Cork · Every October
Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Mylapore, Chennai · Every December to January
Margazhi music season
Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati · Every June
Ambubachi Mela
Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj · Every July to September
Tanguar Haor in monsoon
Meigetsu-in, Kamakura · Every June to July
Meigetsu-in Hydrangea Season
Aguascalientes · Every April to May
Feria Nacional de San Marcos
Kisama Heritage Village, Kohima · Every December
Hornbill Festival
Bundala National Park · Every November to February