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A giant Kermit the Frog balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Courtesy of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (R).

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

26 Nov 2009 (annual)

Celebrating Thanksgiving Day, Macy's colourful parade is one of New York's best. It features clowns, floats, marching bands and plenty of celebrities. Gigantic helium balloons shaped like…

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The Jose Gasparilla pirate ship. Photo by Matt Larson, © EventFest, Inc.

Gasparilla Pirate Fest

30 Jan 2010 (annual)

The Gasparilla Pirate Fest draws crowds of more than 500,000 for each spectacular event. The Floridian festival includes the "invasion" of Tampa by a fully working pirate ship and continues…

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A pretty colourful dancer at Barranquilla Carnival, Colombia. Photo by Fernando Solano

Barranquilla Carnival

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)

To call Barranquilla Carnival a huge party is a mighty understatement. The people of the Caribbean city take to the streets for dazzling parades of colourful costumes, salsa and cumbia music…

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Winterlude. Photo by Pierre St. Jaques, courtesy of Tour Ottawa

Winterlude

5 - 21 Feb 2010 (annual)

Ottawa's Winterlude takes place over three weekends in February and is North America's largest winter festival. Amongst a myriad activities, the event boasts the world's largest skating rink…

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Royal Easter Show

1 - 5 Apr 2010 (annual)

The Royal Easter Show attracts thousands each year to Auckland's ASB Showgrounds with a winning mix of fairground rides, live shows, exhibitions and livestock events. Take the whole family for…

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Dragon boats and rowers. © Hong Kong Tourist Board

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

16 Jun 2010 (annual)

Head down to the waterside for the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Crowds cheer on the long, narrowboats with ornately carved and painted dragon heads. More than 100 teams compete on the Shing…

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Mighty Mud Mania, Scottsdale. © Doug Williams, City of Scottsdale

Mighty Mud Mania

18 Jun 2010 (annual)

Mighty Mud Mania is a highlight of Scottsdale's summer. Every year 160 tonnes of "clean" dirt and water are sifted into freshly dug pits in Chaparral Park and thousands of kids show up ready…

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All very childish... © Rock Ici Mômes

Rock Ici Mômes

22 Jul 2010 (annual)

Rock Ici Mômes, the Woodstock for kids at the Chateau de Colbert in Sablé-Sur-Sarthe, is intended for three to twelve year olds. Fancy dress, fun and face-paints are in, listening to mum and…

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Teepees. Courtesy of Get Involved Communications Ltd

Camp Bestival

30 Jul - 1 Aug 2010 (annual)

Camp Bestival is the little sister festival of Bestival and takes place at Lulworth Castle near to the Dorset coast. With an emphasis on family fun and fantastic camping, the event presents an…

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Nebuta Matsuri, Aomori. © JNTO Courtesy of JNTO

Aomori Nebuta Matsuri

2 - 7 Aug 2010 (annual)

Demons, spirits and mythical warriors on spectacular floats fill the streets of Aomori every August for Japan's answer to the Rio carnival - Aomori Nebuta Matsuri. More than three million…

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Cowboys entertaining the crowds at Gold Rush Days in Old Sacramento. Courtesy of Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau Photo courtesy of Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau

Gold Rush Days

Sep 2010 (annual)

Old Sacramento travels back in time over Labor Day weekend at the Gold Rush Days festival. Re-enactors roam the streets and cars are banned for this weekend that also features horse-drawn…

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A Dalek entertains young visitors at the Bath Festival of Children's Literature. Photo Jay Williams, © Bath Festival of Children's Literature

Bath Festival of Children's Literature

Sep 2010 (annual)

The best children's books are brought to life by their authors and illustrators at the Bath Festival of Children's Literature. Kids are encouraged to take part in author interviews and…

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Midway Games at the State Fair of Texas, Dallas. Courtesy of Dallas CVB

State Fair of Texas

Sep - Oct 2010 (annual)

True to the Lone Star State's custom of boasting the biggest of everything, the State Fair of Texas at Dallas' Fair Park is North America's largest annual exposition. The 16m-tall cowboy Big…

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Paris' Cirque de Demain. © Maison de la France/C Cincet

International Circus Festival of Tomorrow

28 - 31 Jan 2010 (annual)

The annual International Circus Festival of Tomorrow at Paris' Pelouse de Reuilly, offers the chance to catch the world's finest circuses under one roof. The cream of the acrobatic crop come…

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Melbourne Moomba Waterfest

5 - 8 Mar 2010 (annual)

Melbourne Moomba Waterfest brings a riot of aquatic fun to the city's waterfront parks. First held in 1955, the event is Melbourne's premier family festival with water-skiing demonstrations, a…

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Houston Children's Festival. Courtesy of Houston Children's Festival

Houston Children's Festival

10 - 11 Apr 2010 (annual)

The Houston Children's Festival takes over downtown Houston one weekend each April. Ten themed family adventure zones and six outdoor stages host shows and live music especially for families…

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The Cheung Chau Bun Festival parade. Courtesy of The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

May 2010 (annual)

The Cheung Chau Bun Festival parade day is the climax of a week of lion dances and Chinese opera performances on this Hong Kong island. The event is a religious tradition believed to calm the…

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Kids with monster masks. Photo by Tim Matheson, courtesy of Vancouver International Children's Festival

Vancouver International Children's Festival

17 - 24 May 2010 (annual)

Children arrive full of energy to be welcomed by stiltwalkers and clowns to the Vancouver International Children's Festival. An international banquet of mime, multimedia and great new theatre awaits.

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Imaginate Festival

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

Edinburgh hosts the annual Imaginate Festival, Britain's biggest performing arts festival for kids. Leading international children's theatre groups bring wonder, drama and excitement in…

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Fireworks. Photo by Claudia Fogg, © Whatsonwhen

June Festival

24 Jun 2010 (annual)

An integral part of Brazilian culture, the June Festival (Festa Juninia) sees children (and numerous adults) in country-style lumberjack shirts, straw hats, pigtails and painted freckles.…


Highlights

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy's New York, New York City, USA

26 Nov 2009 (annual)

Gasparilla Pirate Fest

Tampa, USA

30 Jan 2010 (annual)

Barranquilla Carnival

Barranquilla, Colombia

13 - 16 Feb 2010 (annual)