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 Semana Santa in Taxco first
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every February to MarchMonarch butterfly overwinteringEl Rosario sanctuary, Michoacan
Every February to MayQuetzal nesting seasonSan Gerardo de Dota
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Malkerns Valley · Every May to June
MTN Bushfire
Africa's friendliest big music festival, three days in a green valley in the continent's smallest kingdom.
Plaza de Armas, Cusco · Every December
Santurantikuy market
On Christmas Eve Cusco's plaza becomes a one-day market of carved saints, nativity figures and mountain moss.
Outer reef off Cairns and Port Douglas, Queensland · Every November to December
Coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef
Princes Street, Edinburgh · Every December to January
Edinburgh's Hogmanay
Kazanlak · Every May to June
Rose Festival in the Valley of Roses
Hirosaki Park, Aomori · Every April to May
Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival
Cheltenham racecourse · Every March
Cheltenham festival
Dublin · Every March
St Patrick's festival
Consuegra, Castilla-La Mancha · Every October
Fiesta de la Rosa del Azafrán
Bluff, Southland · Every May
Bluff Oyster and Food Festival
Grand Canal, Venice · Every September
Regata Storica
Bagan · Every December to January
Ananda Pagoda Festival
Cousin Island, near Praslin · Every October to January
Hawksbill nesting on Cousin Island
Puri, Odisha · Every June to July
Rath Yatra
Page, Arizona · Every June to August
Light beam season in Antelope Canyon
Xichang, Liangshan, Sichuan · Every July to August
Yi Torch Festival
Sarayici, Edirne · Every May
Hidrellez in Edirne
Intramuros, Manila · Every December
Simbang Gabi
Avignon, Provence · Every July
Festival d'Avignon
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones · Every December to February
Iguazu Falls at peak flow
Hokitika · Every March
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Ludzidzini Royal Village, Lobamba · Every August to September
Umhlanga Reed Dance
Reykjavík · Every December to January
New Year's Eve bonfires and fireworks in Reykjavík
Bern · Every November
Zibelemärit onion market in Bern
Comayagua · Every March to April
Semana Santa sawdust carpets in Comayagua
Socorro, New Mexico · Every November to January
Snow geese liftoff at Bosque del Apache
Nashville, Tennessee · Every June
CMA Fest
Hobart, Tasmania · Every June
Dark Mofo
Balik Pulau, Penang · Every June to August
Penang durian season
Taungbyone, near Mandalay · Every August