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 Songkran water festival first
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Athens and Epidaurus · Every June to August
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Ancient tragedy played in the theatre it was written for, under a Peloponnesian night sky.
Colina, near Santiago · Every March to May
Fiesta de Cuasimodo
Huasos on horseback escort the priest to the sick, a rural Chilean rite most visitors have never heard of.
Ficksburg, Free State · Every November
Ficksburg Cherry Festival
Chaguanas · Every October to November
Divali in Trinidad
Riebeek Kasteel · Every May
Riebeek Valley Olive Festival
Punchestown Racecourse, County Kildare · Every April to May
Punchestown Festival
Placencia · Every June
Placencia Lobsterfest
Melbourne · Every January to February
Australian Open
Cape Town, South Africa · Every January
Cape Town minstrel carnival
Commonwealth Park, Canberra · Every September to October
Floriade
Guanyinting, Magong, Penghu · Every April to June
Penghu International Fireworks Festival
Bali · Every March to April
Nyepi day of silence
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka · Every June
Otaue Rice Planting Festival
Hoi An ancient town · Every January
Hoi An full moon lantern festival
Phoenix metro area, Arizona · Every February to March
Cactus league spring training
Langadas and Agia Eleni, Macedonia · Every May
Anastenaria fire walking
Huamantla, Tlaxcala · Every August
Huamantla: the night nobody sleeps
Yatsuo, Toyama · Every September
Owara Kaze no Bon
Basel · Every February to March
Basel Fasnacht carnival
Parque González Hontoria, Jerez de la Frontera · Every May
Feria del Caballo
Kishiwada, Osaka · Every September
Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri
Pentecost Island · Every April to June
Naghol land diving
Laya, Gasa · Every October
Royal Highland Festival
Motovun and the Mirna valley, Istria · Every September to November
White truffle season in Istria
Beaujeu, Beaujolais · Every November
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu
Davao City · Every August
Kadayawan Festival
Monterey, California · Every September
Monterey Jazz Festival
Poloniny National Park · Every August
Perseid meteors over Poloniny Dark Sky Park
Brasília, Federal District · Every July to September
Ipê bloom in Brasília
Dublin · Every March