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 31st, 2022 Buñol, Spain Details La Tomatina Festival is regarded as “the world’s biggest food fight.” The festival takes place on the last Wednesday of every August in the eastern town of Bunol, which is near Valencia in eastern Spain. It is also the messiest date on...
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 20 - 24, 2022 San Diego, CA, USA Details Some may dismiss Comic-Con International as a geekfest, but the true fans know that it’s four days of fun when they can meet industry stars and play in a fantasy land, all in downtown San Diego. Packed with...
May, 2023 Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Japan Details A procession of 1,000 samurai warriors staged at a world heritage site The highlight of this festival is the procession called Hyakumono-Zoroe Sennin Gyoretsu of some 1,000 men dressed as samurai warriors on the 18th. Nikko Toshogu, which is registered as a...
April 23, 2023 Budapest, Hungary Details The 40th Budapest Spring Festival, awaits visitors with a programme that involves many of the arts, with events in classical music, opera, jazz, world music, dance, contemporary circus, theatre and the visual arts. With the best Hungarian performers and real world stars,...
February 3 - 5, 2023 Chiang Mai, Thailand Details Every February, the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai is overtaken by the heady scent of flowers. The biggest flower exhibition in all of Thailand happens at this time. The event also serves as an example of the customs of...
November 1, 2016 Melbourne, Australia Details The Melbourne Cup is the crown jewel of the Australian horse racing calendar. First run in 1861, the Melbourne Cup is steeped in social, fashion related and cultural tradition. Each year on the first Tuesday of November, the greatest thoroughbreds from across the...
