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 Taipei 101 New Year's Eve Fireworks first
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every OctoberHead of the Charles RegattaCambridge, Massachusetts
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every February to AprilJacaranda bloom in Mexico CityMexico City
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every NovemberJacaranda season in Buenos AiresRecoleta, Palermo and Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires
Every September to OctoberCommon crane migrationHortobagy national park
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every September to OctoberFat Bear WeekKatmai National Park, Alaska
Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka · Every June
Otaue Rice Planting Festival
A shrine plants its own rice paddy by hand on June 14 with dancers, oxen and 1,800 years of ritual.
Savonlinna, Lakeland · Every July to August
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Opera in the courtyard of a medieval castle on an island in a lake, with the sun still up at curtain.
Pentecost Island · Every April to June
Naghol land diving
Tequila, Jalisco · Every November to December
Feria Nacional del Tequila
Cilaos and the cirques · Every October
Grand Raid, La Diagonale des Fous
Western Wall, Jerusalem · Every September to October
Sukkot and the priestly blessing at the Western Wall
Little India, Singapore · Every October to November
Deepavali in Little India
Persepolis, near Shiraz · Every March
Nowruz at Persepolis
Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar · Every April to August
Puffins return to the Westman Islands
Gregory Town, Eleuthera · Every May to June
Pineapple Fest
Khokana, Kathmandu Valley · Every June to July
Ropai, the rice planting day
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town · Every December to March
Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts
Siem Reap · Every April
Khmer New Year in Siem Reap
Dan Sai, Loei province · Every May to July
Phi Ta Khon ghost festival
Boac, Marinduque · Every March to April
Moriones Festival
Thanjavur and the Kaveri delta · Every January
Pongal
Iztuzu Beach, Dalyan · Every June to August
Loggerhead turtle nesting at Iztuzu
Reykjavik and southern Iceland · Every February
Northern lights over Reykjavik
Kolkata, West Bengal · Every September to October
Durga Puja in Kolkata
Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro · Every December to January
Réveillon at Copacabana
Menton · Every February to March
Fete du Citron
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego · Every June
Fiesta Nacional de la Noche Más Larga
Leiden · Every October
Leidens Ontzet
Tamworth, New South Wales · Every January
Tamworth country music festival
Otavalo, Imbabura · Every August to September
Fiesta del Yamor
Alba, Piedmont · Every October to December
Alba International White Truffle Fair
Victoria Falls · Every March to May
Victoria Falls at peak flow
Beaujeu, Beaujolais · Every November
Les Sarmentelles de Beaujeu
Masai Mara, Kenya · Every July to September
The Great Migration river crossings
Brasília, Federal District · Every July to September