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 Spring Scream music festival first
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every January to FebruaryHarbin ice and snow festivalHarbin, Heilongjiang
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every December to JanuarySydney harbour new year's eve fireworksSydney
Every July to OctoberHumpback whales at Marino BallenaUvita
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every December to MarchLos Roques dry seasonLos Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Every March to AprilNational cherry blossom festivalWashington, D.C.
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every January to MarchGray whale calving seasonLaguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur
Montego Bay · Every July
Reggae Sumfest
Jamaica's biggest reggae and dancehall stage, two all-night shows by the sea in Montego Bay.
Galway · Every September
Galway International Oyster Festival
The first native oysters of the season, shucked at world championship speed, with Guinness on the side.
Nile riverbanks and public gardens, Cairo and Alexandria · Every April to May
Sham el-Nessim
Vientiane · Every May to June
Boun Bang Fai rocket festival
Christmas Island · Every October to January
Red crab migration on Christmas Island
Plaza de Armas, Cusco · Every March to April
Señor de los Temblores
Bhaktapur · Every April
Bisket Jatra
Arugam Bay · Every May to September
Arugam Bay surf season
Mount Bromo, East Java · Every June to July
Yadnya Kasada
Addis Ababa · Every November
Great Ethiopian Run
Raja Ampat, West Papua · Every October to January
Raja Ampat manta season
Ayacucho · Every March to April
Semana Santa in Ayacucho
Prague · Every October
Signal Festival Prague
Ashikaga Flower Park, Tochigi · Every April to May
Ashikaga Great Wisteria
Yosemite National Park, California · Every February
Yosemite Firefall
Trujillo, La Libertad · Every September to October
Festival Internacional de la Primavera
Ivrea · Every February to March
Battle of the Oranges
Durban to Pietermaritzburg · Every June
Comrades Marathon
Ohrid · Every July to August
Ohrid Summer Festival
Harbin, Heilongjiang · Every January to February
Harbin ice and snow festival
Siwa Oasis, Western Desert · Every October
Siyaha Festival at Siwa
Port Louis, Mauritius · Every January to February
Thaipoosam Cavadee
Tacloban, Leyte · Every June
Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival
Petra, Wadi Musa · Every September
Petra Desert Marathon
Tripunithura, Kochi · Every August to September
Onam and the Athachamayam
Nosy Be · Every September to December
Whale sharks off Nosy Be
Bumburet, Kalash Valleys, Chitral · Every December
Chawmos, the Kalash winter solstice festival
Baía das Gatas, São Vicente · Every August
Baía das Gatas Festival
Shirakawa-go, Gifu · Every January to February
Shirakawa-go winter illumination
Parque O'Higgins, Santiago · Every September