France 14 cities
Paris
5 picks · Paris Plages Summer Beach Festival, Fete de la Musique (Music Festival), Champs-Elysees New Year Illuminations
Colmar
5 picks · Colmar Christmas Markets (Marchés de Noël), Colmar Spring Wine Fair (Foire aux Vins du Printemps), Colmar International Festival (Festival International de Colmar)
Alsace
5 picks · Colmar International Wine Fair, Strasbourg Christmas Market (Christkindelsmarik), Ribeauville Medieval Pipers Festival
Nice
5 picks · Carnaval de Nice, Nice Jazz Festival, Village de Noel and New Years Eve on the Promenade
Lyon
5 picks · Nuits de Fourviere Summer Festival, Fete des Lumieres (Festival of Lights), Festival Lumiere de Printemps (Spring Light Preview)
Bordeaux
5 picks · Bordeaux Fete le Vin, Bordeaux So Good Food Festival, Bordeaux Christmas Market
Brest
5 picks · Les Tonnerres de Brest Maritime Festival, Brest Spring Flower and Garden Festival, Brest Summer Harbor Concert Series
Cannes
5 picks · Cannes Film Festival Public Fringe, Cannes Lions and Festival Season Kickoff (MIPIM Echoes), Nuits Musicales du Suquet Summer Concert Series
Metz
5 picks · Fete de la Mirabelle, Marche de Noel de Metz, Constellations Metz Light Festival
Nantes
5 picks · Le Voyage a Nantes Summer Trail, Nantes Christmas Market on Cours des 50 Otages, Rendez-vous de lErdre Boat Festival
Reims
5 picks · Fetes Johanniques de Reims, Flaneries Musicales de Reims, Reims Champagne Harvest Days
Strasbourg
5 picks · Strasbourg Spring Festival (Printemps de Strasbourg), Strasbourg Music Festival (Festival de Musique), Strasbourg New Year Celebration (Reveillon Place Kleber)
Toulouse
5 picks · Rio Loco Music Festival, Toulouse dEte Summer Concert Series, Toulouse Christmas Market at Place du Capitole
Marseille
4 picks · Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents, Fiesta des Suds, New Year's Eve at the Vieux Port
Spain 9 cities
Mallorca
6 picks · Sant Sebastia Festival (Palma), Sant Joan Bonfire Night (Nit de Sant Joan), Palma Nights Summer Concert Series
Barcelona
5 picks · Festa de Sant Jordi, La Mercè Festival, Primavera Sound Barcelona
Madrid
5 picks · Fiestas de San Isidro, Christmas Lights, Markets and New Year at Puerta del Sol, Veranos de la Villa Summer Festival
Bilbao
5 picks · Aste Nagusia (Bilbao Big Week), Bilbao BBK Live Festival, Bilbao Christmas Market and Olentzero Parade
Seville
5 picks · Semana Santa: Holy Week Processions, Feria de Abril: April Fair, Vela de Santa Ana: Triana Summer Festival
Granada
5 picks · Semana Santa (Holy Week) Processions, Corpus Christi Granada Fair, International Festival of Music and Dance
Tenerife
5 picks · Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival, Corpus Christi Flower Carpets in La Orotava, Tenerife New Years Eve Fireworks at Plaza de Espana
Ibiza
5 picks · Sant Miquel Grape Harvest and Wine Fair, Sant Antoni Spring Folk Festival, Ibiza Light Festival
Valencia
4 picks · Las Fallas Spring Festival, Feria de Julio (July Fair), Valencia Christmas Market and New Year Celebration
United States 9 cities
Myrtle Beach
6 picks · Sun Fun Summer Concert Series, Carolina Country Music Fest, Canadian-American Days Festival
Las Vegas
5 picks · Life is Beautiful Music and Art Festival, National Finals Rodeo, Las Vegas New Year Eve Fireworks on the Strip
Maui
5 picks · Maui Whale Festival, Maui Ocean Fest and Paddleboard Championships, Maui Fair
Kauai
5 picks · Waimea Town Celebration, Kauai Mokihana Festival, Prince Kuhio Festival
Big Island
5 picks · Merrie Monarch Festival, Ironman World Championship, Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
Key West
5 picks · Key West Songwriters Festival, Fantasy Fest, New Year's Eve Sunset Celebration and Conch Drops
Hilton Head
5 picks · RBC Heritage Golf Tournament, Hilton Head Island Wine and Food Festival, Concerts on the Green Summer Series
Destin
5 picks · Destin Fishing Rodeo, Destin Seafood Festival, Mattie Kelly Arts Festival
Santa Barbara
5 picks · Santa Barbara International Orchid Show, Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Celebration, Old Spanish Days Fiesta
Italy 6 cities
Rome
5 picks · Rome Christmas Markets and Piazza Navona Lights, Capodanno Concerto at Circus Maximus, Natale di Roma (Rome's Birthday Festival)
Bologna
5 picks · Bologna Estate Summer Festival Series, Bologna Christmas Market and New Year in Piazza Maggiore, Arte Fiera Bologna
Florence
5 picks · Scoppio del Carro (Explosion of the Cart), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Estate Fiesolana Summer Festival
Milan
5 picks · Fuorisalone (Milan Design Week), Oh Bej! Oh Bej! Christmas Fair, New Years Eve at Piazza Duomo
Venice
5 picks · Venice Carnival (Carnevale di Venezia), Festa del Redentore (Feast of the Redeemer), Vogalonga Rowing Regatta
Naples
4 picks · Maggio dei Monumenti Spring Festival, Napoli Teatro Festival Italia, Naples New Year Fireworks over the Bay
Germany 5 cities
Berlin
5 picks · Christmas Market at Gendarmenmarkt, Festival of Lights, Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures)
Munich
5 picks · Munich Opera Festival, Oktoberfest, Christkindlmarkt at Marienplatz
Leipzig
5 picks · Bachfest Leipzig, Leipziger Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market), Wave-Gotik-Treffen
Dresden
5 picks · Dresdner Musikfestspiele (Dresden Music Festival), Dresdner Striezelmarkt and New Year at the Altmarkt, Dresdner Fruhlingsfest (Spring Festival)
Frankfurt am Main
5 picks · Luminale 2026 (Biennale of Lighting Culture), Museumsuferfest (Museum Embankment Festival), Frankfurt Christmas Market
Greece 3 cities
Peloponnese
5 picks · Epidaurus Festival: Ancient Drama Revival, Patras Carnival, Kalamata International Dance Festival
Thassos
5 picks · Thassos Summer Music Nights, Panagia Feast Day Celebration, Thassos Spring Flower Festival
Halkidiki
5 picks · Ouranoupoli Feast of the Assumption, Kassandra Spring Wine and Food Festival, Sithonia Summer Concert Series
