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 St. Patrick's parade first
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every September to OctoberLarch season above Moraine LakeBanff National Park, Alberta
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every OctoberBlue Ridge Parkway fall colorAsheville, North Carolina
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every September to OctoberElk rut in Rocky Mountain National ParkEstes Park, Colorado
Every FebruaryYosemite FirefallYosemite National Park, California
Hermanus · Every September to October
Hermanus Whale Festival
The best land-based whale watching in the world, with southern rights breaching metres from the cliff path.
Borobudur, Central Java · Every May to June
Waisak at Borobudur
Thousands of monks process to the largest Buddhist monument on earth under the May full moon.
Southern Serengeti and Ndutu, Tanzania · Every January to February
Wildebeest calving season
Puerto Iguazu, Misiones · Every December to February
Iguazu Falls at peak flow
Edinburgh · Every August
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Davao City · Every August
Kadayawan Festival
Koohrang, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari · Every April to May
Inverted tulip bloom at Chelgerd
Macha · Every April to May
Tinku ritual fighting festival
Poland (nationwide, notably Kraków and rural villages) · Every March
Marzanna drowning (topienie Marzanny)
Mount Mulanje · Every July
Mount Mulanje Porters Race
Tachuan Village, Yi County, Anhui · Every November
Tachuan Autumn
Kinigi, Volcanoes National Park · Every August to October
Kwita Izina
Marina Bay, Singapore · Every July to August
Singapore National Day Parade
Parque Simón Bolívar, Bogotá · Every August
Festival de Verano de Bogotá
Mumbai, Maharashtra · Every August to September
Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai
Athens and Epidaurus · Every June to August
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Honolulu, Oahu · Every December
Honolulu Marathon
All England Club, Wimbledon, London · Every June to July
The Championships, Wimbledon
Hamburg · Every May
Hamburg Harbour Birthday
Palais des Festivals, Cannes · Every May
Cannes Film Festival
Nejapa · Every August
Bolas de Fuego
La Rural, Palermo, Buenos Aires · Every April to May
Buenos Aires International Book Fair
Ajloun hills · Every October to November
Ajloun olive harvest
Bhaktapur · Every August to September
Gai Jatra
Fairbanks, Alaska · Every June
Midnight Sun Game and solstice
Puri, Odisha · Every June to July
Rath Yatra
Quillacollo, Cochabamba · Every August
Virgen de Urkupiña
Selcuk, near Ephesus · Every January to February
Camel wrestling in Selcuk
Kasanka National Park · Every October to December
Kasanka bat migration
Blumenau, Santa Catarina · Every October