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The culture edit

93 events worth planning a year around.

• AfrikaBurn — Tankwa Karoo, Western Cape · Apr 27 - May 3 2026
• Afro Nation Portugal — Portimao, Algarve · Jul 3-5 2026
• Alpine Winter Season — St. Moritz · Courchevel · Aspen · Dec 2026 - Feb 2027 (peak)
• Amnesia Opening / Ibiza May — Ibiza · May 9 2026
• Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) — Amsterdam · Oct 21-25 2026
• Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach, FL · Dec 4-6 2026 (VIP Dec 2-3; Art Week ~Dec 1-7)
• Awakenings Festival — Hilvarenbeek · Early-to-mid July
• Boom Festival — Idanha-a-Nova · Late July, every other year
• Boomtown Fair — Winchester · Mid-August
• Boryeong Mud Festival — Boryeong (Daecheon Beach) · Mid-to-late July
• BPM Festival — Playa del Carmen / Tulum · Jan 2026 (~10 days)
• Burning Man — Black Rock Desert, Nevada · Aug 30 - Sep 7 2026
• Cannes Film Festival — Cannes · May 12-23 2026
• Cannes Lions — Cannes · Jun 22-26 2026
• Caribana — Toronto Caribbean Carnival — Toronto · July, peaking the first weekend of August
• Carnaval de Barranquilla — Barranquilla · The four days before Ash Wednesday
• Carnaval de Rua São Paulo — São Paulo · February or March, moving with Easter
• Chinese New Year — Hong Kong · Feb 17 2026 (Year of the Fire Horse)
• Circuit Festival Barcelona — Barcelona · Aug 1-9 2026
• Coachella — Indio, CA · Apr 10-12 & 17-19 2026
• Creamfields — Daresbury, Cheshire · The August bank holiday weekend
• Crop Over — Bridgetown · Grand Kadooment Aug 3 2026 (festival Jul-Aug)
• Day Zero Tulum — Tulum · Jan 10, 2026 (annual ~2nd Sat Jan); Jan 9, 2027
• Dekmantel Festival — Amsterdam · Late July into early August
• Dia de los Muertos — Oaxaca City & Mexico City · Oct 31 - Nov 2 2026
• EDC Las Vegas — Las Vegas, NV · May 15-17 2026
• EDC México — Mexico City · Late February
• Edinburgh's Hogmanay — Edinburgh · 30 December to 1 January
• Essence Festival — New Orleans, LA · Jul 3-5 2026
• Estate Romana — Rome · June through September
• EXIT Festival — Novi Sad · Jul 2026 (~4 days)
• F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix — Abu Dhabi · Dec 4-6 2026
• F1 Australian Grand Prix — Melbourne · Mar 6-8 2026
• F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix — Las Vegas, NV · Nov 20-22 2026
• F1 Miami Grand Prix — Miami Gardens, FL · May 1-3 2026
• F1 Monaco Grand Prix — Monte Carlo · Jun 5-7 2026
• F1 Singapore Grand Prix — Singapore · Oct 9-11 2026
• Feria de las Flores — Medellín · Late July into early August
• Fuji Rock Festival — Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata · Jul 24-26 2026
• Full Moon Party — Koh Phangan · Monthly on full moon (e.g. Aug 28, Sep 26, Dec 24 2026; NYE Dec 31)
• Fête de la Musique — Paris · 21 June, the solstice
• Gion Matsuri — Kyoto · All July; the parades on the 17th and 24th
• Glastonbury Festival — Pilton, Somerset · Late June, five days
• Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival — Harbin · January into February
• Hideout Festival — Pag Island · Jun 30 - Jul 3 2026
• Holi — Nationwide India · Mar 4 2026 (Holika Dahan Mar 3)
• Ibiza Closing Parties — Ibiza · Late Sep - early Oct 2026
• Ibiza Opening Parties — Ibiza · Late Apr - mid-May 2026 (IMS Apr 22-24; openings Apr 24-26)
• Junkanoo — Nassau · Dec 26 2026 & Jan 1 2027
• Kentucky Derby — Louisville, KY · May 2 2026
• King's Day and Koningsnacht — Amsterdam · 27 April, with King's Night before it
• La Tomatina — Bunol · Aug 26 2026 (last Wed of Aug)
• Las Fallas — Valencia · 15–19 March, fixed
• MDLBEAST Soundstorm — Riyadh · Dec 3-6 2026
• Melbourne Cup — Melbourne · Nov 3 2026
• Movement — Detroit, MI · Memorial Day weekend, late May
• Mykonos & St-Tropez Summer Season — Mykonos, Greece & St-Tropez · Jul-Aug 2026 (peak)
• New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — New Orleans, LA · The last weekend of April into the first of May
• New Orleans Mardi Gras — New Orleans, Louisiana · Fat Tuesday Feb 17 2026 (season from Jan 6)
• New Year's Eve Rio (Reveillon) — Rio de Janeiro · Dec 31 2026
• New Year's Eve Sydney — Sydney · Dec 31 2026
• Notting Hill Carnival — London · Aug 29-31 2026
• Oktoberfest — Munich · Sep 19 - Oct 4 2026
• Primavera Sound — Barcelona · Jun 4-6 2026
• Rio Carnival — Rio de Janeiro · Feb 13-21 2026 (Sambadrome Feb 15-16; Champions Feb 21)
• Rock in Rio — Rio de Janeiro · September, in even-numbered years
• Royal Ascot — Ascot · Jun 16-20 2026
• Salvador Carnival — Salvador, Bahia · Feb 12-17 2026
• San Fermin / Running of the Bulls — Pamplona · Jul 6-14 2026
• Semana Santa, Seville — Seville · Holy Week, moving with Easter
• Songkran — Thailand · Apr 13-15 2026
• Spice Mas — St. George's · Aug 10-11 2026 (J'ouvert + Parade)
• Stagecoach — Indio, CA · Apr 24-26 2026
• Sundance Film Festival — Park City & Salt Lake City, Utah · Jan 22 - Feb 1 2026
• Super Bowl LX — Santa Clara / Bay Area, CA · Feb 8 2026
• SXSW — Austin, Texas · Mar 12-18 2026
• Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras — Sydney · Feb 13 - Mar 1 2026 (Parade Feb 28)
• Sziget Festival — Budapest · Aug 2026 (~1 week)
• Sónar — Barcelona · Mid-to-late June
• Tel Aviv Pride — Tel Aviv · June, usually the second week
• The Malta Mid-August Stack — Malta · Around 11–16 August, on the Santa Marija holiday
• The Yacht Week — Croatia · Jun-Sep 2026 (peaks mid-Jul)
• Time Warp — Mannheim · Late March or early April
• Tomorrowland — Boom · Jul 17-19 & 24-26 2026
• Tomorrowland Winter — Alpe d'Huez, French Alps · Mar 21-28 2026
• Trinidad & Tobago Carnival — Port of Spain · Feb 16-17 2026 (Carnival Mon & Tue)
• Ultra Europe — Split · Jul 10-12 2026
• Ultra Music Festival Miami — Miami, FL · Mar 27-29 2026
• Up Helly Aa — Lerwick, Shetland · The last Tuesday in January
• Venice Carnival — Venice · Jan 31 - Feb 17 2026
• Wonderfruit — Pattaya (Chonburi) · Early December
• WorldPride Amsterdam — Amsterdam · Jul 25 - Aug 8 2026
• Zamna Festival Tulum — Tulum, Quintana Roo · Dec 31, 2025 - Jan 11, 2026