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 Seoul Kimchi Festival first
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every June to JulyLavender bloom in ProvenceValensole and the Luberon, France
Every October to NovemberTozeur date harvestTozeur oasis
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Central Lima · Every October to November
Señor de los Milagros
The largest religious procession in the Americas: a two-tonne litter and a purple sea of people.
Arrowtown, Otago · Every April to May
Arrowtown Autumn Festival
A gold-rush village turns gold for real as its avenues of exotic trees peak in late April.
Hora Arsadi, Bishoftu · Every September to October
Irreecha
Daehan Dawon, Boseong · Every April to May
Boseong Green Tea Festival
Avignon, Provence · Every July
Festival d'Avignon
Cape Byron, New South Wales · Every May to July
Humpback migration off Cape Byron
Ahmedabad, Gujarat · Every September to October
Navratri garba in Ahmedabad
Guanajuato · Every October to November
Festival Internacional Cervantino
Ajloun hills · Every October to November
Ajloun olive harvest
Tagbilaran, Bohol · Every July
Sandugo Festival
Bab Al Makina, Fes · Every May to June
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
Salem, Massachusetts · Every October
Salem Haunted Happenings
Basseterre, St Kitts · Every June to July
St Kitts Music Festival
Paihia and Russell, Northland · Every August
Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival
Tiwanaku ruins, Altiplano · Every June
Aymara New Year at Tiwanaku
Intramuros, Manila · Every December
Simbang Gabi
Leiden · Every October
Leidens Ontzet
Consuegra, Castilla-La Mancha · Every October
Fiesta de la Rosa del Azafrán
Konya · Every December
Seb-i Arus, Rumi's wedding night
Eilat mountains and the Sinai coast · Every February to May
Raptor migration over the Gulf of Aqaba
Nassau · Every December to January
Junkanoo
Belém, Pará · Every October
Círio de Nazaré
Barcelona · Every September
Festes de la Mercè
Nuremberg · Every November to December
Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
Chincoteague Island, Virginia · Every July
Chincoteague Pony Swim
Chagar Hutang, Redang island · Every June to September
Redang green turtle nesting
Yoshino, Nara · Every March to April
Cherry blossom season at Mount Yoshino
Longsheng, Guangxi · Every April to June
Spring water season at Longji rice terraces
Katmai National Park, Alaska · Every July
Brown bears at Brooks Falls
Pendleton, Oregon · Every September