Ocaso Festival 2024, Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Billing itself as an underground electronic music festival for adults, the Ocaso Festival has chosen a great location beside a beautiful beach with rainforest close behind…
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Billing itself as an underground electronic music festival for adults, the Ocaso Festival has chosen a great location beside a beautiful beach with rainforest close behind…
During Uttarayan, one of India’s most eagerly awaited celebrations, the International Kite Festival in the state of Gujarat sees millions of kites…
How about a festival on one of the most remote islands in the world? Easter Island’s Fiesta Tapati de Rapa Nui is a celebration in a place that is fascinating to explore between events…
It’s fair to say that no other nation celebrates the coming New Year quite as much as the Scots. So, if you are looking to see in 2025, there is…
Held in January, along with Hogmanay and St Andrew’s Day, Burns Night is the leading festival in Scotland. However, Burns Night is more widely celebrated across the country than the…
January may seem like a month of rest and relaxation after festive indulgences, but there are plenty of reasons to keep celebrating with Burns Night on 25 January…
The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival, or Kaapse Klopse, is a festival held on 2 January each year, but in 2020 it is on 4 January. Also known as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar (or Second New Year…
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The Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, takes place every year and is one of the most important and most visited film festivals on the planet with films screened from all…
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Whistler offers a full eclectic lineup of events throughout the winter season for guests to enjoy. From festivals, concerts and competitions to spectate please see below a snapshot…
A New York institution, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been delighting the crowds for decades. The pre-Parade event, if you like, is the inflation of the helium balloons. This takes place at the…
With many beach events, music and a parade, the Pride of the Americas will be turning Fort Lauderdale into one big party. But that’s not all. The festival will also…
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A large open air art event in downtown Scottsdale, the Canal Convergence features local and international artists. It begins in the late afternoon and continues into the night. Scottsdale Public…
Billed as America’s oldest folklife festival and hailed as one of the country’s top celebrations, the Kutztown Folk Festival is a veritable journey back into time with plain, good old-fashioned…
One of the most remarkable events in the last 50 years has to be the Fall of the Berlin Wall. On 9 November 1989, the physical barrier that separated East…
The Ultra Music Festival Miami is one of the biggest EDM (electronic dance music) parties in the world and it always kicks off the concert season with style in Florida. The Ultra has moved around Miami…
The magnificent Royal Barge Procession in Thailand, a very rare and grand event with much splendour, will take place again this December after a seven-year-long hiatus…
The Royal Barge Procession Thailand – a very rare and grand event marking the end of the year-long celebrations of the new Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s coronation…
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Algarve Tourism authorities have launched the fourth edition of its innovative arts and cultural programme- 365 Algarve. From now to the end of May 2020, the region…
Each March, residents of Mongolia’s Khövsgöl Lake area celebrate the Khövsgöl Ice Festival with horse-drawn sleighs, elaborate ice sculptures, traditional food and vibrant competitions including ice skating…
We love a good festival or two at Travel Begins at 40, which is why we have devoted a whole section to it – along with events.
In addition to giving a round-up of the most esoteric worldwide festivals for 2019, we have unique pages on many of the best – and most quirky – festivals from around he world. From spiritual and nature festivals such as India’s colourful Hindu festivals Diwali and Holi, and the Cherry Blossom Season Japan, to the messy but fun Boryeong Mud Festival in Korea and the outrageous Songkran new year celebrations in Thailand, we’ll have it covered. It’s a good idea to check up on what festivals there are in the place you are going on your holidays before setting off, although the delight of wandering unwittingly into a major cultural event can not be overstated.
We also have details of some of the biggest events – or our favourites – in the UK. So whether you are going to the Edinburgh Festival or the Notting Hill Carnival in August, or fancy a Watercress Festival in Hampshire, we have just the place for you.
Edinburgh is, of course, one of the highlights of the festival season in the UK, and we have pages devoted to both it and the Edinburgh Fringe.
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