September 17 - October 3, 2022 Munich, Germany Details To some, Oktoberfest is German for “massive consumption of beer,” and while that’s part of the festival, it’s not the whole story. Beer, after all, is more than a drink for the residents of Munich, it’s a way of...
August 13 - 15, 2023 Japan Details Buddhists celebrate Obon every year as a time to remember their ancestors. Every year, during obon, it is thought that the ghosts of the ancestors visit their loved ones in this world. In accordance with custom, food sacrifices are made at...
August 20 - 21, 2022 Tokyo & Osaka, Japan Details The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice...
August 28 - September 5, 2022 Black Rock City, NV, USA Details Burning Man isn’t your usual festival. It’s a city wherein almost everything that happens is created entirely by its citizens, who are active participants in the experience. The Playa (the desert stage location where the Man, the...
August 26 - 28, 2022 Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands Details The Netherlands is a huge player in the world of electronic music, with a proliferation of Dutch DJs striking global fame and fortune. It doesn’t come as a huge surprise then that one of the oldest dance music festivals originated...
August 10 - 15, 2022 Budapest, Hungary Details Sziget’s winning festival recipe comes not only from its prime location on the island of Óbudai-sziget in the Danube in the heart of Budapest, but also from its 24-hour non-stop mix of music, art, food, performance and regional culture. It...
August 5 - 29, 2022 Edinburgh, Scotland Details The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the single biggest celebration of arts and culture on the planet. For three weeks in August the Edinburgh Festival Fringe opens the doors, streets and alleyways of an entire city to an explosion of creative...
July 7 , 2022 Nationwide, Japan Details Tanabata, commonly referred to as the "star festival," occurs on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. According to the traditionally established lunar calendar, the seventh month of the year roughly corresponds to August rather than July, hence in certain...
July 29 - 31, 2022 Niigata, Japan Details The Fuji Rock Festival is one of those magical events. Set amidst a pristine mountain forest in one of Japan’s biggest ski resorts, rock out to the sounds of headline international bands and the best of the Japanese music scene. The annual...
August 12 - 14, 2022 Barunga, Australia Details Barunga Festival is one of the most important and longest-running community festivals in regional Australia. A renowned event on the national festival calendar, the Barunga Festival has a rich history of celebrating the best of remote Indigenous Australia. During the three-day...
