January 27 - February 4, 2018 Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut, Switzerland Details This European Alpine balloon festival sees Switzerland take centre stage, bringing hundreds of variously shaped balloons together in the Vaudois Alpine skies. Now in its 40th year, there are hot air balloon rides, parachute shows, a kids’ day and a number...
December 15 - April 15, 2018 Melbourne, Australia Details Melbourne gets its own recurring festival of art – starting this summer Sydney has the Biennale, Adelaide has its Biennial – and finally Melbourne has its own recurring festival of contemporary art. The inaugural NGV Triennial will feature more than 100 artists...
February 22 - March 4, 2018 Montreal, QC, Canada Details Canadian winters can be notoriously long, dark and cold, but Montrealers have never let that hold them back. Instead, every year they don their warmest coats and host one of the biggest, most elaborate winter festivals the world...
February 16 - March 18, 2018 Adelaide, Australia Details Adelaide Fringe – the country’s largest and possibly wackiest festival. A huge, colourful and unhinged event – Edinburgh in the sun. The more formal Adelaide Festival now happens every year since 2012! The festival was born 57 years ago and since then it...
February 9 - 13, 2018 New Orleans, LA, USA Details Mardi Gras is synonymous with hedonism and debauchery, and with a motto of Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the good times roll), it’s no surprise that this is probably the wildest party in the United States. Mardi Gras is more than just beads...
February 5 - 12, 2018 Sapporo, Japan Details The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido's capital Sapporo. It is one of Japan's most popular winter events. The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few...
February 23 - 25, 2018 Auckland, New Zealand Details A South Pacific beach, a picturesque natural park, a lineup of eclectic musical acts and costumes galore – this, my festival-loving friends, is where it’s at. Splore (which means “to carouse or frolic”) promises to be a “boutique music...
February 2 - 3, 2018 Finse, Norway Details Creating a truly unique aural experience, the world’s only Ice Music Festival will return for a trailblazing 13th year on February 2nd & 3rd 2018. Constructed and formed exclusively from naturally harvested ice and snow, the Festival is a tribute...
Until January 28, 2018 London, UK Details Be wowed by some of the globe’s most original and exciting products, concepts and designers, for the 10th edition of Beazley Designs of the Year awards and accompanying exhibition at the Design Museum. The show brings together 62 shortlisted nominations spanning six categories, including architecture,...
January 17 - 20, 2018 Groningen, Netherlands Details Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping new acts break into the international music scene. Selling out each year Eurosonic Noorderslag attracts over 4000 delegates, including 400...
