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 Toraja funeral season first
Every March to AprilNyepi day of silenceBali
Every December to MarchYuanyang Rice Terraces Mirror SeasonDuoyishu, Yuanyang, Yunnan
Every AprilAnzac Day dawn service at GallipoliAnzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula
Every JanuaryHoi An full moon lantern festivalHoi An ancient town
Every November to DecemberAutumn leaves in KyotoKyoto, Japan
Every January to MarchMagh MelaPrayagraj (Sangam)
Every March to AprilSemana Santa processions and sawdust carpetsAntigua
Every October to NovemberYi Peng lantern festivalChiang Mai
Every April to MayHirosaki Cherry Blossom FestivalHirosaki Park, Aomori
Every April to JuneBalloon season over CappadociaGoreme, Nevsehir
Every JanuaryRann UtsavGreat Rann of Kutch
Every January to MarchChinese new year in ChinatownChinatown, Singapore
Every SeptemberWachau grape harvestWachau valley
Every February to MarchAlmond blossom festivalValley of the Temples, Agrigento
Every April to MayFuji Shibazakura FestivalFujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi
Every March to MayTulip season in HollandKeukenhof and the Bollenstreek, Netherlands
Every OctoberAlbuquerque Balloon FiestaAlbuquerque, New Mexico
Every March to AprilCanola flower season at JejuJeju Island
Every March to MayRhododendron bloomAnnapurna and Langtang foothills
Every March to AprilCherry blossom season at Mount YoshinoYoshino, Nara
Every October to NovemberCloud sea season at ZhangjiajieWulingyuan, Hunan
Every December to FebruaryIguazu Falls at peak flowPuerto Iguazu, Misiones
Every September to DecemberWhale sharks off Nosy BeNosy Be
Every May to JulySunrise at DeadvleiSossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft
Seoul Plaza, Seoul · Every November
Seoul Kimchi Festival
Kimjang season in front of City Hall: thousands salting and stuffing cabbages for winter, and you can join.
Andacollo, Coquimbo region · Every December
Fiesta Grande de Andacollo
A mining town behind La Serena hosts a Christmas-week pilgrimage of chinos dancers and a tiny wooden Virgin.
Kelaa M'Gouna, Valley of Roses · Every May
Rose Festival of Kelaa M'Gouna
La Rural, Palermo, Buenos Aires · Every April to May
Buenos Aires International Book Fair
Petra, Wadi Musa · Every September
Petra Desert Marathon
Martinborough, Wairarapa · Every November
Toast Martinborough
Ficksburg, Free State · Every November
Ficksburg Cherry Festival
Pentecost Island · Every April to June
Naghol land diving
Bern · Every November
Zibelemärit onion market in Bern
Page, Arizona · Every June to August
Light beam season in Antelope Canyon
Bhaktapur · Every April
Bisket Jatra
Washington, D.C. · Every March to April
National cherry blossom festival
Okahandja · Every August
Herero Day
Oaxaca, Mexico · Every October to November
Day of the Dead in Oaxaca
Tarnetar, Surendranagar, Gujarat · Every August to September
Tarnetar Mela
Cambridge, Massachusetts · Every October
Head of the Charles Regatta
Pokhara · Every December to January
Tamu Lhosar, the Gurung new year
Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki · Every April to May
Nemophila Harmony
Tomb of Hafez, Shiraz · Every December
Yalda Night in Shiraz
Texas Hill Country · Every March to April
Bluebonnet bloom
15 July Martyrs Bridge to Sultanahmet, Istanbul · Every November
Istanbul Marathon
Kraków · Every May
Juwenalia in Kraków
Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi Pans · Every December to March
Zebra migration to Nxai Pan
Slaughter Beach, Delaware · Every May to June
Horseshoe crab spawning and red knots on Delaware Bay
Tozeur oasis · Every October to November
Tozeur date harvest
Piazza Navona, Rome · Every December to January
Epiphany in Rome and the Befana markets
Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire · Every June
Royal Ascot
Kathmandu Durbar Square · Every August to September
Indra Jatra
Sonepur, Bihar · Every November to December
Sonepur Mela
Grand-Bassam · Every October to November