Festivals

Festivals on Globerove tracks the events worth planning a trip around. the articles in this category cover religious calendars, harvest celebrations, music gatherings that fill a small town for one weekend a year, and the larger national holidays that change how a country eats and moves for a week.

You will read about Holi crowds in northern India, Christmas markets in central Europe, Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, smaller saint days that locals attend without tourists, and the practical question of whether a famous festival is worth the booking pressure it creates. We try to flag when a festival is best skipped because the venue cannot absorb its own crowd.