Marche du Nain Rouge Detroit 2024
The Marche du Nain Rouge Detroit takes place around the Spring Equinox. This traditional festival involves a parade in the Cass Corridor part of the city, were locals outwit the…
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The Marche du Nain Rouge Detroit takes place around the Spring Equinox. This traditional festival involves a parade in the Cass Corridor part of the city, were locals outwit the…
Paczki Day is a Polish festival celebrated in Detroit and other cities in the United States Midwest on Fat Tuesday. The Polish celebration came to the United States with 19th…
The Newbury Spring Festival is a mix of classical, jazz, folk and chamber music thrown in for good measure. It will take place from 11 to 25 May 2024. Concerts will be performed at St Nicolas’ Church…
We all love a good festival. To give you a helping hand, here is our round up of nine of the best festivals in Colorado in 2024. Frozen Dead Guy…
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival is held in September in the glorious town of Telluride nestled in the Rocky Mountains. Over the years it has drawn some of the greatest rock and blues musicians…
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in March 2024 across the globe, from Wales to Colombia, with cherry trees, loads of Guinness and even some frozen dead…
If your idea of a great weekend is to jump on a bus – or bike – and go on a tour of some of the best breweries in Belgium then the Toer de Geuze is right for you. The Toer de Geuze is more like an open house…
Ancient Celtic versions of Halloween, the oldest continuous Parliament in the World, Viking Longboats and Tin Baths, there is a lot to celebrate on the Isle of Man, including a…
Hop Tu Naa is believed to be the oldest festival in Manx culture marking the Celtic New Year at the end of October. The festival is often dubbed the Isle of Man Halloween as it also involves witches…
Tynwald Day is the Manx National Day traditionally held on 5 July. The ceremony goes back 1,000 years to the time when the Vikings settled on the Isle of Man. This makes the…
When you think of Italy perhaps it’s the centuries of culture or the wonderful cuisine that first springs to mind. Or perhaps the breath-taking scenery. But what of the many…
Get ready to dance under the stars at the Bankie Banx’s Moonsplash Music Festival, the Caribbean’s longest-running independent music celebration. From sun-kissed days to moonlit nights pulsating with reggae, island…
Curious Minds, a new arts festival in Bath, curated by the Bath Arts Collective, will run in the spa town from 7 to 28 March 2024. Dubbed a “festival to ignite ideas”, it champions curiosity…
Get ready for a vibrant fiesta unlike any other. The Feria Juniana (Juniana Fair) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, is a two-week extravaganza bursting with colour, music and contagious energy…
What better city in the UK to hold a Wellbeing festival than Bath, the nation’s most famous spa town. Rebalance Bath – Festival of Wellbeing is from 25 January to…
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in February 2024 across the Globe, from Mongolia to Easter Island, so wherever you are you just can’t help celebrating the…
The Otaru Snow Light Path Festival is a winter festival held every February in Otaru on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. Otaru Snow Light Path Festival Initiated in 1999…
From naked men to setting off fireworks and lots of sake, here is our round up of Japan Winter Festivals ranging from the quirky to the strange. Matsutaki Festival…
Lovers of the classic 1993 film will lead little introduction to Groundhog Day Punxsutawney Phil. The movie shot the small town of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania to fame. However, many of you…
Get ready to shimmy under a rainbow of ribbons and sway to infectious beats! The Maypole Festival (Festival del Palo de Mayo) in Bluefields, Nicaragua, bursts onto the scene on…
The Juneteenth Music Festival is a celebration of African American culture held in the Five Points neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado on 15 and 16 June, 2024. The Juneteenth Parade which…
Denver Day of Rock is a free music festival held in the LoDo or downtown area of Denver each June across four stages. The family-friendly music festival is very much…
The Denver Film Festival is one of the major film festivals in the United States. Held in November across 10 days the festival is an amalgam of filmmakers and creatives working in cinema…
The Five Points Jazz festival is a free music festival in Denver Colorado which takes place each June. The Five Points neighbourhood was home to many jazz clubs which hosted legends…
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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