The most popular annual event in Coroando, California is the July 4 parade. Coronado Independence Day activities kick off with a 15k Run/Walk at dawn. The day includes a rough-water swim at North Beach, the famous two-hour parade along Orange Avenue, Art-in-the-Park, a concert in Spreckels Park, and culminates with spectacular fireworks over Glorietta Bay. Traffic is ...

Aalsmeer Flower Auction is a flower auction, located in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. It is the largest flower auction in the world. The auction building of the flower auction in Aalsmeer is the 5th largest building in the world, in terms of floorspace, covering 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft). Flowers from all over the world (Europe, Ecuador, Colombia, Ethiopia, et...

As Canada's largest air show, the Abbotsford Airshow attracts more than 125,000 spectators to watch dozens of performers take to the skies, including the Canadian Snowbirds, SkyHawks (parachuting team), Thunderbirds and Blue Angels. The Abbotsford International Airshow is held annually on the second Friday, Saturday and Sunday in August at Abbotsford International Ai...

The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance is an automotive charitable event held each year during the second weekend in March on the Amelia Island Golf Links at Amelia Island, Florida. A New York Times article about celebrity car ownership listed "the nation's top concours d'elegance: Pebble Beach in California, Meadow Brookin Michigan, Amelia Island in Florida and the Lo...

The Aoi Matsuri, or "Hollyhock Festival," is one of the three main annual festivals held in Kyoto, Japan and takes place every May 15. It is a festival of the two Kamo shrines in the north of the city, Shimogamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine. The festival may also be referred to as the Kamo Festival. There are two parts to Aoi Matsuri: the procession and the shrine ...

Annual Art in the Park Fine Art Exhibition featuring 48 artworks referencing Mission Trails Regional Park; its landscapes, animals, plants, and history.

EarthFair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. You will find 300 exhibitors, special theme areas, a Food Pavilion, a special Children's Activity Area, five entertainment venues, the Children’s Earth Parade, the eARTh Gallery art show, and the Cleaner Car Concourse. Crafts, games, face painting, storytelling, and hands-on ac...

Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale and commonly Le quatorze juillet (the fourteenth of July). The French National Day commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the Storming of the Bastille on the 14th J...

Big Bay Boom is an annual Independence Day fireworks display in San Diego, California. The event has been put on since 2001. It is claimed to be one of the largest annual fireworks displays in the United States. It is "one of the most logistically complex displays in the world;" from 2010 through 2012 it spanned 14 miles and five locations. The primary sponsor is the ...

B Ocean Resort in Fort Lauderdale partners with the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program, reducing artificial lights on the beach and organizing night walks to watch over hatchlings as they make their way to the water. From March through October, which is turtle nesting season in Greater Fort Lauderdale, guests can participate in eco tours, turtle treks and ...

Spanish-style bullfighting is called a corrida de toros (literally a "running of bulls"), or fiesta brava. In traditional corrida, three toreros, also called matadores or, in French, toréadors, each fight two out of a total of six fighting bulls, each of which is at least four years old and weighs up to about 600 kg/1,300 lb (with a minimum weight limit of 460 ...

The Central Library has many events throughout the year. Most of the are held in Neil Morgan Auditorium or Joan A Irwin Jacobs Common. The Concert Series is made possible by the Friends of the Central Library, the San Diego Public Library matching fund program, the San Diego Library Foundation, and public and private donations. All programs are FREE and open to the pu...

Ceremonies known as the Ceremony of the Keys are held in at least two locations in the United Kingdom: London, and Edinburgh, as well as Gibraltar. Probably the best known such ceremony is the one that takes place every night at the Tower of London, and has done so in some form or another since the 14th century. At exactly 9.53pm, the Chief Yeoman Warder, dressed in T...

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show, is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London. The show is the most famous flower show in the United Kingdom, perhaps the world attracting visitors from all over the world. Highlights to the Chelsea...

Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the United States, held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It bills itself as the "World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo and Western Celebration." The event, claimed to be one of the largest of its kind in the world, draws nearly 200,000 annually. Lodging fills up quickly during the peak tourist seas...