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The Definitive Guide to
What's on When

Frommer's 300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World is our own inspirational guide and will put you on the right track to diving into local life and catching vibrant memories to take home.

Whatever floats your boat or revs your engine there's a celebration to suit your mood - from crowd crazy tomato throwing at Spain's Tomatina to peaceful retreats watching nature's awesome cosmic show at The Northern Lights, and glamorous cultural events for the jet set. We've organised our favourite events by theme so you can follow your passions around the planet.

Whether you have the body of an athlete that yearns for adventure and exotic sporting challenges, an enquiring mind seeking the world's weird and wonderful spectacles, or just want to armchair travel, our events and insights will take you to the beating heart of the action.

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300 Unmissable Events and Festivals around the World

What's the best of the best?

In the book, we've picked our 300 favourite events. From coffee festivals in Puerto Rico to the Rain of Fish in Honduras (yes, fish actually fall from the sky) but if our backs were against the wall, these are the events in the book that have to be our absolute favourites:

Art and Culture
Garma Festival, The Shoot Out Boulder

Families festival
Mighty Mud Mania, Camp Bestival

Food and Drink festival
Menton Lemon Festival, Oktoberfest

Glamour festival
Venice Carnival, Dubai shopping festival

Music festival
Festival in the Desert , BBC Henry Wood Proms

Natural wonders festival
Red Crab Migration, Northern Lights

Spectacular festival
Loi Krathong, Independence Day Celebrations

Spiritual and Religious festival
Santos Populares, Paro Tsechu

Sport and Adventure festival
Icarus Cup Free-Flying Festival, Patrouille des Glaciers

Weird and Wonderful festival
Up Helly Aa, Yasothon Rocket Festival