Events

Men show off their best skills at three manly games: archery, wrestling, and horse racing

Once a year Fairbanks turns into an ice city the Ice Queen would envy!

Watching fireflies is a summer obsession for the Japanese

A vibrant celebration with over 150 years of history

December marks the peak of colorful religious celebrations held monthly in Andacollo

A beautiful festival to make a wish that will come true

Thai New Year lasts for at least three days, depending on the region, and is one of the most joyful celebrations of the new year worldwide

The annual event is a great opportunity to experience a canoe competition, as well as other performances that come along

Mapuche Indians along with other Chilean indigenous nations celebrate their traditions in June

A deadly festival of log riding that attracts more than half a million people

Bored with solemn processions? St. Stupid’s Day allows to play a fool in the silliest walk of all times

The celebration of San Sebastiano in Sicily can easily top every patron saint festival in the whole Italy

A spectacular competition of building human towers - something to be seen only in Catalonia

The fertility rites and ceremonies play a major role in Thai culture. One of the most famous is the Rocket festival

Symbolic costumed performances and water fighting traditions that go back over 2,000 years

Witness the traditional Moroccan horsemanship spectacle

Towns of Paucartambo and Pisac near Cusco are home to a festival dedicated to Virgen del Carmen, a ceremony well worth attending

A truly wild festival with giant floats and hundreds of participants

One of the most authentic festivals in Cambodia that attracts several millions people each year and marks a unique natural phenomenon—the reversing flow between the Tonle Sap Lake and the Mekong River

Follow the Burry Man throughout the streets of Queensferry as he drinks whisky and spreads good luck

The 500-year-old​ traditions with bonfires and parades of fearsome monsters unfold on the bank of the Danube, making one of the strangest and most unforgettable events in Hungary

Easter in Florence is memorable for splendid fireworks display

Feel the power of art, creativity and style at one of world's best festivals

A medieval equestrian knightly competition in Sinj that is part of the UNESCO list

Get out and participate in one of the largest boat races in Venice

Both religious and cultural, the festival adorns the country

The beautiful though often underappreciated blossom of the Japanese plum is one of the first signs of spring

Enjoy the fireworks from one of the many gondolas in St. Mark's Basin

Enjoy a truly unique and often hilarious experience at the Reindeer Racing Championship

This is the only occasion to see a thousand Chilean national dances at one spectacle

Hindu devotees dance with heavy and prickly kavadis decorated with flowers and peacock feathers and pour life-giving milk to honour Murugan

This ancient Scandinavian market is recreated in this special UNESCO world heritage site

Empathize with the locals over the darkest pages in the world's history

If your life seems grey and you are looking for more color, check out Goa's Holi Festival

Everything is illuminated around you. This is a period of Amsterdam beautifully transforming​ into a city from a fairy tale

One of the holiest days for Buddhists, celebrates the day when 1250 disciples of Buddha gathered for his preaching. The holiday includes one of the most spectacular ceremonies in Buddhism

A unique blend of thousands of known and less-known artists performing a wide variety of shows in smaller venues around the city

When charged up Uppies and Doonies fight for the leather trophy ball, the townspeople protect their dwellings with wooden barricades

This spectacle of parades, fireworks, open museums, and exclusive natural illumination happens just once a year during Rome birthday party

These spring flowers transform the Netherlands into a large colourful carpet

A one-hour military demonstration that attracts approximately 300,000 viewers every year is surely something that may pique your interest

Marking the last day of Khmer year, the festival is dedicated to ancestors and is a mix of solemn peaceful celebration and full of adrenaline festive activities

A music festival which represents Corsica's cultural identity

Festivities introduce Māori culture, highlighting traditional underground oven cooking and tribal customs

An interesting festival that celebrates fertility and openness that welcomes everyone!

Over 100,000 vibrantly-coloured lanterns illuminate the Cheonggyecheon Stream

The most famous and most important holiday in Vietnam that brings lots of joy and happiness to people

Lund is one of the most intense student towns of Sweden. Every four years its intensity and level of fun rise well above the maximum!

Grab a checkered skirt and head for the Celtic Festival—tradition and lots of fun for the whole family

This is a great event for the local and international film industry and a wonderful occasion to meet your favourite actors in person

A remarkable mixture of pagan and Christian traditions turns into sombre but festive celebration of skull in the city of La Paz

A unique occasion to discover London's secret venues with free guided tours

No fireworks or fancy family dinners, but rather a​ temple worship, splashing water, and street food

Take a glance of one of the most impressive performances of Cappadocia's best whirling dancers

One of the most colorful cultural events in Hawaii held to honor King David Kalakaua

A dynamic celebration of Hawaiian culture and Aloha spirit

Beautiful opera music in the relaxed atmosphere during the Summer Recital Series

The Lord delights in watching Bolivians trying to outdance one another to please the Gran Poder

The kissing festival for the singles

Deemed world's greatest Easter Week Festival, local celebrations amaze with fervent and colorful ceremonies

One of the most popular events that brin​gs thousands of Icelanders to the capital of the country

Have you ever seen a race of 50,0​00 chickens, bunnies, aliens, spidermen, batmen, and other pop-culture heroes?

It is perhaps the most authentic Native American event in Alaska. People there still preserve their old traditions

At Highland dances, Scottish boys and girls perform in national costumes dancing to the traditional sounds of the hornpipe

A sport in which the French are the ultimate champions

Professional shamans will connect you with spirits, but listen carefully as maybe your ancestors are trying to tell you something

The beautiful mystic sight of spinning fire rings is an unforgettable experience

An unforgettable Taiwanese tradition in which thousands of bright lanterns light up the Pingxi sky!

Streets and roads are empty—the whole country is celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiday of atonement and forgiveness

Florentines salute “crazy cart” carrying the first 2000 bottles of new wine with much ceremonial

Every four years, sometime in October, millions of migrating sockeye salmon paint the Adams River scarlet-red

Instead of oppressive sadness, the cross and crucifixion​ is commemorated through vivid costumed dances

Stunning air dancers resemble circus acrobats, but in fact,​ this is a part of Guatemala's ancient Mayan cultural heritage

Scotsmen respect their national poet and commemorate his legacy by cooking his favorite meal on his birthday

The two-faced and twelve-horned Aya Uma and dancing circles worship sun and nature through ancient Aymara rituals

Khmer New Year's Day is the happiest time in Cambodia when people wish each other peace, happiness, and prosperity

A perfect opportunity to visit the great museums of Provence for free

A great festival that mixes music, drinking, eating and a little romance

This festival reveals the secrets of compassion and peace through sacred dances and ritualistic music

Crowds of bears dance, growl, roll, die, and then resurrect in the snowy Romanian streets

Check out this famous and ancient Japanese sport in action!

A fervent celebration of masculine strength and feminine grace

A Hindu festival celebrated with lots of colors and picturesque traditions

This Inca bridge is a connection between the past and the present, and its renovation is a real tradition for locals

Definitely the wettest in Japan! This water-throwing festival brings both happiness and prosperity

Ten days of mud-packed activities are an excellent chance to wake up the inner child in you

Come view a movie at the oldest film festival in the world

Become a part of the traditional ceremony of ship burning

The Big Round-Up. An event that takes place in the countryside and, as unusual as it sounds, includes sheep and romance

Stalls sagging under the loads of appetizing mooncakes mean that the Mid-Autumn Festival is on

You won't see much difference between the day and night, as it will be freezing all the time. But there is a light at the end of a tunnel, oops, sorry, of a cemetry

Open your mind at one of Europe's best psychedelic trance music events

With thrilling light installations, sound effects, and the overall majesty of the old city, Jerusalem Light Festival will be a high point of your visit

An amazing tradition of constructing human towers

Toronto invites lovers of Caribbean culture to the largest North American street festival of colorful traditions

Painted faces in colorful Mexican clothes reunite with their dead loved ones through cemetery celebrations

A colourful and vibrant celebration of the Caribbean culture

Country's most colorful and delightful carnival—the brightest jewel of Cuba's festivals

Watch a small sleepy seaside town of Saintes Maries de la Mer turns into a noisy and wild carnival with Gypsy dancing and music

If you think the best carnivals are only in South America, visit Basel and you might change your mind!

This awe-inspiring street performance is more entertaining than any kind of circus

The patron saint of Palermo who once saved the city is honored by a grandiose celebration

Red wine seems to be flowing in the veins of locals in Haro. Once a year it also fills up the streets of the town—at the exuberant battle of wine

A pilgrimage visited every year by thousands of believers

The festival that marks the end of the Buddhist lent is full of celebrations and interesting authentic activities

Join colorful pointed hoods processions carrying the Holy Statues through Ibiza Town

The evil spirits are scared off by the rhythms of the devils' dance

The indigenous people of Mexico gather thousands at the amphitheatre to introduce pre-Hispanic culture

Lots of music and rakija at the craziest brass festival in the world

The post-New Year celebration of the original value is a traditionally big event for Cape Town

This Baby Crying Festival that has been making children cry for over 300 years!

Take part in the nationwide future forecast on harvest, weather, and epidemics during the Royal Ploughing Ceremony

The bright, colorful, and fragrant Lemon Festival is among the most important events of the Riviera

The weirdest event you may ever see, but the one that will make you laugh and relax

It can be a very calming and peaceful experience to join the Lao people in temples on the first day of Buddhist Lent

Do you believe in miracles? Many locals swear by Ekeko, the Andean god of abundance, claiming he can turn small trinkets into big blessings

One of the most visited events in Prague attracts thousands of tourists and locals with its fantastic light shows

For many travelers to Myanmar, the most notable sight is the yellowish paste called Thanaka, painted on the faces of Burmese women and children

One of the world's most famous carnivals, second only to Rio, is held in the Canary Islands

Witness this breathtaking alternative to a traditional firework show

Feel the tropical vibe of this celebration, held on a beautiful Caribbean island

Come to celebrate samba and all things Brazil at Liverpool's Brazilica Festival

A celebration of life and gratefulness—that's what this festival is about

Joining this colorful parade is a great way to get to know Spanish traditions and customs

A wild music festival is a perfect place to spend a hot summer night

This annual event draws crowds to the largest island on the Great Salt Lake. It's a unique experience for both the spectators and participants

Adventures in utopia with plenty of music, art and films

Time to commemorate the birth of the legendary king who united the Hawaiian islands

Enormous characters set afire to guide ancestors to the other world

See the Berlin streets come to life while the colorful kaleidoscope swirls you in a bright wild dance!

An 18th-century Venezuelan tradition became one of the world's most colorful carnivals

This celebration of freedom costs 500,000 kilos of fruit and, probably, as many orange-sized bruises, but locals know it's worth the price

One of the best electronic music festivals in the world

Musicians from Celtic countries and further lands annually reunite in Glasgow in the celebration of folk music

Central Park turns into a theatre for Shakespeare lovers, during the open-air summer productions

A free flamboyant music and dance event

​You heard of water fights at Songkran, Thailand, and you definitely saw your neighbour's kids splashing water in the summer. But Wet Monday is nothing you have seen so far!

One of the largest Pride celebrations in the world is attended by over 1 million people

This contemporary circus brings true aesthetic pleasure

As the clock strikes 6, the townspeople of Guatemala City leave their homes to set the devil on fire

The capital of Great Britain is hardly recognizable when the Afro-Caribbean spirit revels in the streets of London

What could be better than lovely Arlesian women dressed in gorgeous costumes walking the streets of beautiful Arles?

A scary, and at the same time majestic spectacle—the sight of burning island is

The world-known zoo surprises with a variety of entertainment for everybody

This feast showcases Italian culture in America's melting pot

Tens of thousands of performers and 100,000 in the audience

A flamboyant run in red dresses accompanied by great music and plenty of beer

The actors perform in both warm starry nights and stormy weather

Classic rally for old cars' fans

Experience Valencia’s silliest and funniest event at the infamous tomato fight

Get festive in one of Orlando's magical theme parks

The world’s weirdest show proves that San Francisco is an idyllic spot where you can be your odd self

The festival of the Goddess of the Sea is a holiday for the Brazilian religion—Umbanda

A mixture of pagan and Christian traditions, Lomisoba is a colorful insight into Georgian culture

Each dance, performed at this festival, is an old story that combines costumes, masks, and sacred knowledge

Celebrated to pay respect to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha in Kandy

Become a part of this major Hindu festival in Goa

A traditional parade to honour Korea’s royal ancestors that showcases vibrant costumes, elaborate rituals, and cultural performances.

It must be programmed in human nature to feel some nostalgy for yesteryear—New York's vintage train on Christmas provides a chance to soothe that pain

One of the world's coolest fashion parties!

Feel the warmth of hearts during this Asian Valentine's day

An indigenous ethnic group of Northern Laos displays its colorful festive traditions

A unique bi-national event celebrated between the two neighbouring cities of Brownsville and Matamoros

Sweet festivals in beautiful old villages are a sign of spring

A story of how to get dirty and be okey with that

Enjoy one of the most spectacular events in July

For Sami, the people who live in Northern Lapland, reindeer means life itself

The annual sheep herding festival in Idaho's Basque Country

Giant balloons flood the streets of the Big Apple during Thanksgiving Day

Visit the hundred-year-old wisteria gardens during bloom and see their unbelievable beauty

Wild celebrations, colorful costumes, parades, and performances create an unforgettable atmosphere all around the city

This Danish-style month-long Christmas celebration welcomes you to have lots of fun

A memorable representation of dance, military pageantry and music as part of the Edinburgh Festival

Witness one of the most spectacular cultural events in the world and taste the life in Papua New Guinea

More than a just a sport, Lelo Burti is a spectacular ritual event

A bizarre pagan show with straw bears, gypsies, and evil spirits occurs every winter in a small Bukovyna village

A traditional feast day in the lovely little town of Fréjus

The largest air, army, and security show in Central Europe

In the Myanmar Buddhist tradition boys under the age of twenty have to enter the Buddhist Order

The festival of umbrellas in Bor Sang, not far from Chian Mai, is a highlight of the region and the beauty of the time

Choose your favorite Charleston Christmas lights destination and enjoy its twinkling lights

One of the biggest events that are​ socially important for Nepalese, features a huge decorated chariot moved around the city of Patan

Athens' monuments bathed in moonlight offer free admission​ only once a year—an occasion not to be missed

Water throwing awaits the residents of towns and villages in Myanmar after the arrival of a tropical spring

Cinco de Mayo introduces the best of Mexican culture preserved in San Francisco

A little medieval town of Guardia Sanframondi situated about 60 km from Naples, hosts the mystical medieval event every seven years

Hypnotizing sounds seem to be coming from the afterlife—Mongolian singing must be the weirdest traditional music in the world

Have you ever wondered what chocolate is made of? Now is the time to see a cocoa bean!

Visit Sani music fest in sunny Greece!

Don't miss UK’s most mesmerizing light festival

South Korea is home to one of the world's largest coastal marshes which boasts a vast field of tall reeds

A traditional tribute to Lord Indra, the protector of Tenganan village

New Orleans has been taking part in the World Naked Bike Ride since 2009

This exciting and flirtatious dance plays a major role in the Dominican culture

The festival where millions of roses are harvested will strike your imagination!

One of the best ways to spend a winter day is to visit a magical ice castle

This is one the most ancient carnivals in South America, its origins date back to the times of Spanish rule. Be ready to be painted in different colors!

One of the best ways to celebrate the arrival of spring is by viewing cherry blossoms

Water Lantern Festival is a huge lantern festival all over the USA, taking place in Arizona as well

One of a kind celebration of the unique culture and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana with a true jazz spirit