Hornbill Festival 2024 in Nagaland, India
The biggest event of indigenous warrior tribes in India’s Nagaland state, the 10-day Hornbill Festival in December sees singing, dance and sports performances mix with traditional crafts…
Angkor Photo Festival 2025, Cambodia
Traditionally Siem Reap, Cambodia, is brought to life with powerful images from across the world when the annual Angkor Photo Festival lands in January or February. Now in its 20th…
Salzburg Christmas Market 2024
If you are planning to take a trip to a Christmas market this year, you could do far worse than travelling to Austria’s world-heritage city Salzburg, home of Mozart. Currently…
Visit Salzburg Festive Markets with Kirker
Travel to Austria with Kirker to visit the Christmas markets in Mozart’s magical home city of Salzburg from 22 November to 26 December. Enjoy choral singing from the cathedral steps, wind…
Isle of Wight Holidays: Walks, Pubs & Victoria
On his annual Isle of Wight holidays Mark Bibby Jackson takes a step back in history, as well as visiting a few familiar haunts. The Isle of Wight has always…
Winchester Christmas Market 2024
A highlight of the festive season, Winchester Christmas Market opens on 22 November. Since 2006 the market has been recognised as one of the leading Christmas Festivals…
Whiskey Live, Printworks Dublin Castle
November sure is the month for whiskey lovers. After the Seattle Whiskey Extravaganza on Friday 9 November, you could hop on a plane and pop over to Ireland for Whiskey…
Dublin Book Festival 2024, Ireland
From Joyce to Yeats and Wilde, Ireland has been renowned for its literary prowess, come this November you can meet the finest crop of the Emerald Isle’s bards at the Dublin Book Festival…
Tenby Blues Festival 2024, Wales
Southwest Wales will be getting deep, down and meaningful when the Tenby Blues festival comes to the Pembrokeshire town between 9-12 November, 2023. This year sees …
Celebrate Diwali with Awesome Experiences
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights and symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. Explore northern India during this incredible event…
Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2025, Thailand
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most colourful events in Thailand attracting thousands of floral enthusiasts year on year. It’s not haphazard that Chiang Mai…
Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 2025, Taiwan
Experience the magic of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in February when thousands of glowing lights float up into the ink black sky above the small hillside village of Shifen in northern Taiwan…
Chiang Mai Jazz Festival, Thailand
Please note that, according to the organisers, the Chiang Mai Jazz Festival 2020 edition has been postponed until further notice. We will publish any news and updates as and when…
EFG London Jazz Festival, UK 2024
The EFG London Jazz Festival held in November is the leading jazz festival in the UK capital. This year it will include Imelda May, Pat Metheny, ANOHNI and Meshell Ndegeocello…
Innsbruck 500th Anniversary Celebrations
The Capital of the Alps, Innsbruck is set to quite literally shine the spotlight on one of its most iconic forefathers this winter. Bringing the historic right up to date…
Experience Lithuania Christmas Markets
The traditional Christmas market has become a key player in Europe’s festivities, with Lithuania offering some of the best. From the cosmopolitan capital Vilnius to the buzzing…
Jazz Brugge Festival 2023, Belgium
During three days Bruges will become the Mecca of jazz when the biannual Jazz Brugge Festival 2018 sees both established names and emerging talent getting this medieval…
Beverley Festival of Christmas 2024
The hugely popular Beverley Festival of Christmas, in East Yorkshire, has grown from a small market to one of the largest festive celebrations in England. Held on 8 December…
Twitchers, Balloons & Miracles: October Festivals
The summer festival season in the UK might be over and the Oktoberfest might be in full swing, but that does not mean the end to all the joy and frivolity around the world…
Austin City Limits Music Festival 2024, Texas
Tyler, Dua Lipa and Chris Stapleton are in town when the state capital of Texas welcomes the Austin City Limits Music Festival on 4-6 and 11-13 October. How to Get…
Lord of Miracles, Señor de los Milagros, Peru
A key moment in Peru’s Catholic calendar, the Lord of Miracles, or Señor de los Milagros in Spanish, is a procession that takes place in Lima each October. Hence its full title La Procesión…
Holi Festival 2024 India and Worldwide
The Hindu Holi Festival is a riotous Hindu celebration where crowds douse each other with colour and water – and is probably India’s most vibrant and fun festival. Holi, the festival of colours…
Things to Do in Derby: from Pubs to Suffragettes
Looking for things to do in Derby, join Mark Bibby Jackson as he has a run in with an anti-suffragette, climbs a steep tower and settles into a pint or…
Ardh Kumbh Mela 2025 India
Ardh Kumbh Mela is a phenomenal spectacle of millions of Hindu pilgrims in India who gather every six years to bathe in a sacred river – this time in Allahabad…
