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Glowing open-air festival main stage at night with sweeping lasers, spotlights, festoon lights and a Ferris wheel.

Experience

Festivals & Events

Festival travel times the trip to the event — a music, arts, or film festival that takes over a place for a few days and shows it at full voltage. The destination and the calendar matter equally; the same town is a different trip during its festival.

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Best places to stay for festivals & events

Ranked by global recognition — how widely each place is read about across Wikipedia's language editions. Never paid placement, prices, or reviews.

Waterfront view of Venice with St Mark's Campanile, the Doge's Palace and boats on the lagoon under a bright sky

Venice

Veneto · ItalyVenice is a lagoon city in northeastern Italy, built across 126 islands threaded by canals and crossed by the Grand Canal at its centre.Where to stay →Aerial view of Rio de Janeiro's long curving beach, coastal lagoons and green mountains meeting the Atlantic.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro · BrazilBetween the mountains and the South Atlantic sits Rio de Janeiro, the second-largest city in Brazil, founded in 1565.Where to stay →Gothenburg's central canal lined by classic facades with the German Church tower rising behind

Gothenburg

Västra Götaland County · SwedenGöteborg is Sweden's second-largest city, a major port on the west coast where the Göta älv river meets the Kattegat.Where to stay →Cannes old port and marina full of yachts along the bay and Croisette under a clear sky.

Cannes

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · FranceThe sea shines below Le Suquet at Cannes, a resort city on the French Riviera in the Alpes-Maritimes, home of the Cannes Film Festival.Where to stay →The stone Baluarte de Santiago fort and palm-lined plaza under a blue sky in Veracruz, Mexico

Veracruz

Estado de Veracruz-Llave · MexicoSea air fills the harbour at Veracruz, a port city in Estado de Veracruz-Llave, known for San Juan de Ulúa and its carnival.Where to stay →Zielona Góra skyline of apartment blocks along a ridge above a broad belt of green forest and rooftops.

Zielona Góra

Lubusz Voivodeship · PolandVineyards climb the hills of Zielona Góra, the wine city of western Poland and a seat of the Lubusz Voivodeship, gathered below Saint Hedwig Cathedral.Where to stay →A row of brightly painted terraced townhouses on a Notting Hill street in London.

Notting Hill

London · England · United KingdomNotting Hill is a district of West London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, known for the Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road.Where to stay →

Vitebsk

Vitebsk Oblast · BelarusThe Western Dvina divides Vitebsk, a city in north-eastern Belarus and the seat of Vitebsk Oblast, known as the birthplace of Marc Chagall.Where to stay →

Venice

Los Angeles · California · United StatesVenice is a district of Los Angeles laid out in 1905, known for the Venice of America House and the First Lutheran Church of Venice.Where to stay →A calm river reflecting a yellow farmhouse and red barn among pine forest near Sodankylae in Finnish Lapland.

Sodankylä

Lapland · FinlandSodankylä is a town in Lapland, in the Arctic north of Finland, set on the Kitinen River and known for its Midnight Sun Film Festival.Where to stay →Yellow wooden church with a clock-topped lantern dome under blue sky in Kaustinen, Finland

Kaustinen

Keski-Pohjanmaa · FinlandKaustinen is a folk-music municipality in western Finland, in the Keski-Pohjanmaa region known for the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.Where to stay →

Dubai Festival City

Dubai · Dubai · United Arab EmiratesDubai Festival City, or Al Kheeran, is a waterfront district of Dubai on the eastern bank of Dubai Creek, developed from 2003.Where to stay →
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Italy (2)

CannaregioVenice · Veneto · ItalySanta CroceVenice · Veneto · Italy

Common questions

How should I plan around a festival?

Book far ahead — beds vanish and prices climb around a major festival — and decide whether you want the event or the place, because during the headline days you rarely get both quietly. Shoulder dates around the peak can split the difference.