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.
Best Weather Season
Dry season for exploration
Food Festival
Celebrate Singapore's culinary heritage
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.
Athens Epidaurus Festival
Greece's premier cultural event presents ancient Greek tragedies and comedies in the perfectly preserved ancient theaters of Athens and Epidaurus from June through August. Watching a classical performance under the stars in the 2,500-year-old Epidaurus amphitheater is an unforgettable cultural experience.
Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia)
Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia)
The Bali Arts Festival (Pesta Kesenian Bali) is an annual month-long celebration of Balinese culture held in Denpasar, Indonesia, showcasing traditional dance, music, crafts, and rituals that reflect the island's rich artistic heritage.
Copenhagen Summer
Da Nang Fireworks Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The UK's legendary music and performing arts festival draws over 200,000 people to Somerset's Worthy Farm.
Gnaoua World Music Festival
Essaouira hosts this internationally acclaimed world music festival each June, where the trance-inducing rhythms of Gnaoua musicians blend with jazz, blues, and global sounds on stages throughout the medina. The four-day festival transforms Morocco's Atlantic coast city into a vibrant hub of cross-cultural musical fusion.
Inti Raymi Sun Festival
The Festival of the Sun is one of South America's most spectacular indigenous celebrations, held at Sacsayhuaman fortress near Cusco on June 24th, the winter solstice. The ancient Inca ceremony honoring the sun god Inti is reenacted with thousands of participants in elaborate period costumes.
Lisbon Santos Populares Festivals
June is the month of the Popular Saints in Lisbon, when the entire city erupts into street parties honoring Saint Anthony, Saint John, and Saint Peter. The Alfama and Mouraria neighborhoods transform with colorful decorations, sardine grills, and traditional arraial dancing that continues through the night.
Summer Music Festivals
Glastonbury and major festivals