The Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in NYC is held on Easter on Fifth Avenue, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.It's a free event where people gather in festive attire and elaborate bonnets.The parade route is typically along Fifth Avenue, between 49th and 57th Streets. “This parade is all about the hats—lavishly decorated, from the exquisite to the outlandish. A...

The FREE, family-friendly Annual East Village Opening Day Block Party will be the ultimate tailgating scene on J Street between 6th and 10th Avenues. Show your team pride and “root, root, root for the home team” as we kick-off the party. Enjoy live entertainment from local bands and DJ’s Thirst-quenching local craft beer garden between 8th and 9t...

For more than 50 years, Eldorado Polo Club has been blending the allure of the 1,000 year old game of polo with the glamour of Los Angeles and Palm Springs, and mixing in a lot of cowboy for good measure. The result is a unique mixture of old and new, tradition and innovation, champagne and long-neck Coronas, that has come to be known as polo, desert style.The El...

Little Italy's biggest party of the year. Ferragosto is an annual theme party every year in San Diego's Little Italy. Great live entertainment and yummy food. A good time for all.

Fire shows are popular performances in Thailand. Tourists love them therefore you can find them nearly at every beach after sunset.

On the first Thursday of each month in the East End of London, over 100 galleries and museums stay open late and host special events in a district-wide celebration of culture and learning. What happens continually changes but don't worry, whenever you will enjoy (mostly complimentary) arts shows, musical performances and maybe even a few free beers.

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is an annual celebration held in the city of Tampa, Florida. Held each year in late January or early February and hosted by Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla and the City of Tampa, it celebrates the apocryphal legend of José Gaspar (Gasparilla), a mythical Spanish pirate captain who supposedly operated in Southwest Florida. Over its f...

Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, Germany, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics. History: The first concert hall was constructed in 1781 by architect Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe inside the Gewandhaus, a building used by cloth (garment) merchants. The sec...

Grande halle de la Villette formerly a slaughterhouse and now a cultural center, is located in Paris, France. It is situated on Place de la Fontaine aux Lions within the Parc de la Villette, in the 19th arrondissement. While the Grande Halle is within Paris' main abattoir district, the historical building now serves as a venue for trade fairs, exhibitions, music festi...

Haro Wine Festival is a festival in the town of Haro in the La Rioja region of northern Spain. It is held every year in the summer and involves wine drinking competitions and contests and a Batalla de Vino (Battle of Wine) where wines are poured at each other from buckets. The celebration takes place on June 29, the day of the patron saint San Pedro. The day begins at...

Hippie Fair is a place where you can meet locals, grab delicious food and watch street performers. It's a big area with many kiosks so you can come back many times and still discover new spots.

The Houston Art Car Parade is an annual event in Houston, Texas, featuring a display of all types of rolling art. The first art car parade took place on May 14, 1986, when 11 vehicles participated in a parade down Montrose Boulevardin the Neartown area. In later years the parade moved to Allen Parkway, then to Smith Street in Downtown Houston, passing Houston City Hal...

The Ivrea Carnevale (Battle of the Oranges) is a carnival and festival in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea, which includes a tradition of throwing of oranges between organized groups. It is the largest food fight in Italy. The core celebration is based on a locally famous Battle of the Oranges that involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat tea...

Junkanoo is a street parade with music which occurs in many towns across The Bahamas every Boxing Day (December 26), New Year's Day and, more recently, in the summer on the island of Grand Bahama. It begins in the early hours of the morning (1:00 a.m.) and ending around 10 a.m. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in Nassau, the capital. There are also Junkanoo parades...

Beer floating (Kaljakelluntain Finnish) is an open and unofficial Finnish summer event. In the event, the participants float on the Kerava River or on the Vantaa River from Vantaa to a downstream riverside beach in Helsinki. The participants use small rubber crafts while equipping usually nothing more than a paddle and loads of beer. The event has no official organize...