Events & Festivals
Discover travel events, festivals, and cultural celebrations around the world.
Hoi An Lantern Festival
On the 14th day of each lunar month, Hoi An's ancient town turns off its electric lights and glows entirely by the light of hundreds of colorful silk lanterns floating on the Thu Bon River. The monthly festival preserves a tradition dating back centuries and creates an enchanting atmosphere throughout the UNESCO heritage town.
Eid Al Fitr Morocco
Morocco's Eid Al Fitr celebrations blend Islamic tradition with Moroccan cultural heritage, filling mosques and city squares with communal prayers followed by elaborate family feasts featuring traditional pastilla and b'stilla. The festive atmosphere extends through the medinas with special markets, traditional music, and joyful gatherings.
Eid Al Fitr UAE
Eid Al Fitr marks the end of Ramadan with three days of joyful celebration across the UAE, featuring communal prayers, family gatherings, charitable giving, and festive meals. Shopping malls, parks, and public spaces host entertainment events, and the entire country is adorned with colorful lights and decorations.
Spring Flowers
Cherry blossoms and spring flowers
Spring in UK
Spring flowers in gardens and parks
Greek Orthodox Easter
Greek Orthodox Easter is the country's most important religious celebration, marked by midnight candlelight processions, the joyful cry of "Christos Anesti," and festive lamb feasts on Easter Sunday. The entire country pauses for the Holy Week with deeply moving ceremonies in churches from Athens to the smallest island villages.
Best Weather Season
Dry season for exploration
Cannes Film Festival
World's most prestigious film festival
Chelsea Flower Show
The world's most prestigious garden show at the Royal Hospital Chelsea showcases breathtaking floral displays each May.
Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's unexpected victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, celebrated most vigorously in Puebla with historical reenactments, parades, and cultural performances. The date has become a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride, marked with traditional food, music, and dance.
Food Festival
Celebrate Singapore's culinary heritage
Marrakech Rose Festival
The charming Kelaat M'Gouna valley in Morocco hosts the annual Rose Festival each May, celebrating the harvest of Damascus roses with parades, folk music, and the crowning of a rose queen. The festival fills the air with the intoxicating scent of roses and showcases traditional Berber culture.
Royal Events
Royal ceremonies and celebrations
Vivid Sydney
Vivid Sydney is the Southern Hemisphere's largest festival of light, music and ideas, transforming the city's harbour, landmarks and laneways into a dazzling open-air canvas of large-scale light installations and projections each autumn.