6 Amazing Festivals in May 2025
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in May 2025 from around the Globe, from Cuba to Australia, so wherever you are join in the celebrations. Cultural Festivals…
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Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in May 2025 from around the Globe, from Cuba to Australia, so wherever you are join in the celebrations. Cultural Festivals…
If you’re a live music lover planning your summer adventure, Lollapalooza Chicago 2025 is an unmissable highlight. Set in the heart of the city at the stunning Grant Park, this…
Judith Schrut previews La Linea, London’s annual Latin Music Festival, this year celebrating its 25th Anniversary It won’t surprise you to learn that London, the world’s most diverse city, is…
There are few nations in the world for which song holds a greater cultural status than Estonia. The bloodless, so-called Singing Revolution in the late 1980s was a defiant national…
The Also Festival in Warwickshire is an ideas festival; a weekend of inspiration, creativity, and wellness, blending invigorating talks, workshops, music and performances. Attendees can expect enriching experiences from world-class…
The Spring Joshua Tree Music Festival is a family friendly, immersive and rejuvenating independent event in the heart of California’s stunning desert. From 15 to 18 May 2025, festival-goers will…
Discover the Ozora Festival 2025 Held from July 25, to August 5, 2025, the Ozora Hungary Festival is an extraordinary fusion of music, creativity and spirituality. Set in the scenic…
Held in Dadpuszta Hungary from Monday 25 July to Tuesday 5 August 2025, The Ozora Festival brings together thousands of people for an unforgettable celebration of creativity, spirituality and community…
In the Dark is a new and astonishing live music experience. Judith Schrut went to London’s ancient church of St Bartholomew the Great to see what it’s all about. Take…
Vegas, Hawaii, Nashville and, of course, Graceland, Memphis – these are destinations many an Elvis fan has firmly in their pilgrimage sights, or indeed, has visited multiple times. Yet there’s…
The Green Man Festival is an ethical, independent, non-corporate celebration of music, art and nature set in the stunning Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park. With its vibrant line-up of…
Pranafest Sunshine Coast is an inspiring three-day celebration of health, wellness and spirituality, set in the heart of Australia’s Sunshine Coast. Taking place from 6 to 8 June 2025, the…
Derby’s Markeaton Park is set to pulse with musical magic for the highly anticipated TK Maxx Presents Derby Summer Sessions 2025. Adding even more star power to an already dynamic…
The Evolve Festival, is a dynamic celebration of health, well-being, and personal growth. Set in the stunning landscape of Nelson, New Zealand, this one-day event brings together expert speakers, immersive…
From 19 to 23 February 2025 the Winter Jazz Festival Le Touquet France promises five days of star-studded performances at the Palais des Congrès. Le Touquet and Jazz Le Touquet-Paris-Plage…
From 12 to 22 December 2024, Mauritius will come alive with the island’s first International Kreol Festival, a vibrant celebration of Creole culture under the theme Kreolite boté nou mauricianisme…
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in January 2025 across the Globe, from Benin to the Shetlands, so wherever you are there is no reason to avoid…
Legendary snooker player turned DJ, Steve Davis is to headline Psychic Dancehall festival in Derby. The initial lineup for the Psychic Dancehall Festival in Derby, set for 22 March 2025…
The Wonderfruit Thailand Festival is a celebration of art, music, food, and sustainable living, held in Chonbury near Pattaya. From 12 to 16 December 2024, it promises world-class performances…
Robert Spellman previews the EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 held from 15 to 24 November featuring Pat Metheny, Jamie Callum and Dave Holland. The reliably fantastic EFG London Jazz Festival is…
Shoreditch hotel, nhow London, is hosting an intimate concert featuring the world-famous composer and musician John Altman, celebrating his collaborations with icons like Van Morrison, Rod Stewart and George Michael…
Wanderlust Palmaïa is an extraordinary wellness festival that brings together yoga, music, meditation and personal growth in an unforgettable setting. Out on the amazing beaches of Playa del Carmen, Mexico…
Mark Bibby Jackson travels to Finland’s Lake District to visit Lake Saimaa and the Savonlinna Opera Festival It is on our return journey that Captain Mikael allows me to take…
Prepare to liberate your spirit and sway to the rhythms of the Costa Rican sunshine at the Envision Festival 2025, an exuberant mosaic of music, dance, art and mindful existence…
Like travelling, music opens people’s mindsets and is often a great and fun way to experience the richness of foreign cultures and the diversity of ways of life on our planet – which is why at Travel Begins at 40 the world’s melodic traditions take up a special place in our travels.
Whether you’re into Blues in Wales and Country in Nashville, or Jazz in Chiang Mai and Electronic Dance in Singapore, check out our Festivals section to choose your favourite sounds on your travels whether they be near or far.
From Soho Music Month in London to UNESCO’s recognition of Jamaican Reggae, stay tuned in to our News section for the latest updates.
Sometimes the best melodic experiences happen unplanned and spontaneously – poignant, old folk songs inside a yurt in Kyrgyzstan or stumbling across the Leipzicher Notenspur, a 5km music trail in Germany – may your travels let you experience the world with your ears as well as your eyes.