Vivid Sydney 2024, New South Wales
Regarded as the biggest light, music and ideas festival in the South, Vivid Sydney will light up the city’s opera house and surrounding harbour area from 24 May to 15…
5 Europe Music Festivals Under the Radar
Travel Begins at 40 knows that music-lovers ahead of the curve are always on the lookout for up and coming or one-off music festivals to discover before the crowds descend…
Venice Biennale 2024 (La Biennale di Venezia)
From April to November, the Venice Biennale (la Biennale di Venezia in its original Italian, and in English also called the Venice Biennial) is one of the world’s most prestigious cultural happenings, famous…
First Lichfield Events Announced
The first events in this year’s Lichfield Festival have been revealed, and include a wealth and diversity of music, theatre, family events and street parades, all taking place between July…
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2024
Lana del Rey, Tyler the Creator and Doja Cat headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held in Indio, Greater Palm Springs, California from 12 to 14 and 19 to 21 April at the Empire Polo Field…
Discover Estonia’s Festival Culture
With Tallinn Music Week just around the corner, these are the most anticipated music festivals in Estonia this year. Whether it’s starting the festival season with a bang at Tallinn…
Colourful Candle Festival Thailand, 2024
Marking the start of the green (or wet) season, the Candle Festival in July is amongst the most beautiful celebrations in Thailand. Extravagant, intricately-carved candle sculptures are shown…
Tallinn Music Week 2025, Estonia
Tallinn with its stunning medieval centre, dating from 1248, and its thriving galleries, restaurants and bars is a must for the traveller. However for one week it is transformed into…
White Nights Festival 2021 Saint Petersburg, Russia
During the period of the White Nights Festival from June to July in Saint Petersburg, the sun never sets and the city never sleeps. Russia’s cultural capital…
Bury St Edmunds Festival 2020, Suffolk
Unfortunately the 2021 Bury St Edmunds Festival was cancelled. The 2022 Festival should go ahead in 2022. Spread over 11 days, in 12 different venues and with 50 different events…
Phi Ta Khon Ghost Festival 2024, Thailand
The immensely popular Phi Ta Khon Festival – also known as the Ghost Festival – is the best reason to visit Loei, a Thai province rarely frequented by international tourists. This three-day event…
Unmissable Costa Rica Festivals 2019
Not only does Costa Rica boast an abundance of unique wildlife, landscapes and climates, but it also hosts an exciting range of events and festivals throughout the year…
Frozen Dead Guy Days, Colorado, USA
Come March, Estes Park Nederland in Colorado hosts one of the quirkiest festivals in the US, if not the world. Frozen Dead Guy Days Nederland features frozen festivities with dozens…
Celebrate the Sound of Love in Berlin
Berlin is a melting pot of creativity with music at its very core. From techno beats in the capital’s uber-trendy clubs to the sound of smooth jazz reverberating from its…
Vinterjazz Festival Denmark 2025
Vinterjazz is a national festival which takes place every February across the whole of Denmark. It will feature hundreds of concerts in different venues from Aalborg, Aarhus…
Vibrant Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024
International top artists giving world class performances ranging from the classical to the avant-garde, and the familiar to the surprising – the Hong Kong Arts Festival is this vibrant city’s…
Trinidad Carnival, Port of Spain 2025
The World’s greatest party might be in Rio de Janeiro, but the Trinidad Carnival is a mix of centuries of tradition and solid fun, and is probably the most vibrant carnival in the Caribbean…
In The Round 2022, Roundhouse London
In recent years, the Roundhouse has done a little mid-winter shapeshifting. The great Victorian hemisphere in Camden Town, now one of London’s most cherished rock venues…
Valetta International Baroque Festival 2025, Malta
The Valetta International Baroque Festival will once more come to the Maltese capital in January. Founded in 1566, the Baroque city is the perfect venue for the musical festival, especially…
Jamaica Reggae Recognised by UNESCO
Recognised as one of the country’s greatest exports, Jamaica reggae music has officially been added to UNESCO’s cultural heritage list. The United Nations has deemed the music…
Chrissie Hynde: Adding The Blue
Chrissie Hynde is best known as the lead singer of The Pretenders, but her latest book, Adding The Blue, demonstrates her talent as an oil painter. Words by Robert Spellman. …
Windrush: A Celebration at the Barbican
Writer and musician Anthony Joseph has said of his project Windrush: A Celebration, ‘How do we look at 70 years of musical and cultural impact?’ Indeed, so deeply entwined are…
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 …
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…
