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 Royal Ploughing Ceremony first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
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 April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every FebruaryYellowstone winter wildlife watchLamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Every JulyPuffin nesting seasonSkellig Michael and the Skellig coast
Praia, Santiago · Every April
Kriol Jazz Festival
Three nights of jazz and Creole music in an old colonial square, a short flight from Europe.
Madinat Zayed, Al Dhafra · Every December
Al Dhafra Camel Festival
Camel beauty contests and a desert souk on the edge of the Empty Quarter, with millions in prizes.
Huamantla, Tlaxcala · Every August
Huamantla: the night nobody sleeps
Parque O'Higgins, Santiago · Every September
Fiestas Patrias in Santiago
Addis Ababa · Every November
Great Ethiopian Run
Pha That Luang, Vientiane · Every October to November
That Luang Festival
Lulea · Every January to March
Lulea archipelago ice road season
Basel · Every February to March
Basel Fasnacht carnival
Ottawa, Ontario · Every April to May
Canadian Tulip Festival
Nile riverbanks and public gardens, Cairo and Alexandria · Every April to May
Sham el-Nessim
Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati · Every June
Ambubachi Mela
Mambajao, Camiguin · Every October
Lanzones Festival
Hung Temple, Phu Tho · Every March to April
Hung Kings Festival
Agamon Hula, Upper Galilee · Every November to December
Crane gathering in the Hula Valley
San Francisco de Yare, Miranda · Every May to June
Diablos Danzantes de Yare
Skagafjörður and the northern valleys · Every September
Réttir sheep round-up
Leksand, Dalarna · Every June
Midsummer in Dalarna
Piazza Navona, Rome · Every December to January
Epiphany in Rome and the Befana markets
Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk, Sydney · Every October to November
Sculpture by the Sea
Jinju Fortress and the Nam River, Jinju · Every October
Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival
Berlin · Every February to March
Berlinale film festival
Lima · Every July
Fiestas Patrias in Lima
Ayacucho · Every January to March
Pukllay carnival
Persepolis, near Shiraz · Every March
Nowruz at Persepolis
Ile Sainte-Marie · Every July
Festival des Baleines
Vientiane · Every May to June
Boun Bang Fai rocket festival
Rio de Janeiro · Every January to March
Carnaval
Lille · Every September
Braderie de Lille
Sonepur, Bihar · Every November to December
Sonepur Mela
Herjólfsdalur, Heimaey · Every July to August