Фестиваль искусств, месяц за месяцем по всему миру
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Когда идёт
Фестиваль искусств — январь
- Антофагаста 🇨🇱 ЧилиFITZA theatre festival · 15–31 янв (обычно)A free week of theatre from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in the Teatro Municipal, parks and neighbourhood squares, held every January for nearly three decades.94
- Крайстчерч 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияBread & Circus buskers festival · 20 янв – 3 фев (обычно)Ten days of street performance in the squares and along the river at the end of January, free in the daytime and ticketed at night; the city centre finally feels full.93
- Калькутта 🇮🇳 ИндияInternational Kolkata Book Fair · 20 янв – 8 фев (обычно)A fortnight on the Salt Lake ground that draws crowds a book fair has no business drawing, plus food stalls and evening music.92
- Джайпур 🇮🇳 ИндияJaipur Literature Festival · 14–24 янв (обычно)Five days, free to attend if you register, and big enough that hotel rates across the city move for it.87
- Аль-Ула 🇸🇦 Саудовская АравияAlUla Arts Festival · 16 янв – 14 фев (обычно)A month of installations and light works through the oasis and the old town, timed for the coldest and clearest weeks.86
- Бамако 🇲🇱 МалиBamako Encounters photo biennial · 1 ноя – 15 янв (обычно)African photography takes over the National Museum, the National Library and a string of smaller venues for about two months.84
- Сидней 🇦🇺 АвстралияSydney Festival · 8–26 янв (обычно)Three weeks of theatre, music and free outdoor work across the city in January, timed to the hottest, emptiest, most holiday-shaped part of the year.82
- Перт 🇦🇺 АвстралияFringe World · 18 янв – 16 фев (обычно)Four weeks of comedy, circus and cabaret in spiegeltents around the city and Northbridge, at the hottest time of the year, which is why so much of it starts after dark.82
- Мерида 🇲🇽 МексикаMérida Fest · 5–18 янв (обычно)Two weeks of free concerts, theatre and serenatas around the city's founding anniversary, opening with the alborada in the Plaza Grande on the night of 5 January.82
- Кочин 🇮🇳 ИндияKochi-Muziris Biennale · 10 дек – 31 мар (обычно)South Asia's biggest contemporary art show, spread over godowns and warehouses across Fort Kochi.75
- Суфриер 🇱🇨 Сент-ЛюсияNobel Laureate Festival · 1–31 янв (обычно)January honours the island's two Nobel winners, Sir Arthur Lewis and Derek Walcott, both born on 23 January: readings, lectures, a writers' showcase and school events, mostly in and around Castries.75
- Картахена 🇨🇴 КолумбияHay Festival Cartagena · 25 янв – 5 фев (обычно)Four days of writers and public conversations across the walled city at the end of January, in Spanish and English.74
- Саванна 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSavannah Book Festival · 30 янв – 14 фев (обычно)Authors take over the churches and halls around the downtown squares for a long weekend of literary talks.73
- Галле 🇱🇰 Шри-ЛанкаGalle Literary Festival · 20–28 янв (обычно)Four days of readings and panels in the courtyards and on the ramparts inside the fort.66
- Болонья 🇮🇹 ИталияArte Fiera · 28 янв – 12 фев (обычно)Italy's oldest contemporary art fair, and the week the whole city opens studios and late galleries around it.61
- Корк 🇮🇪 ИрландияFeis Maitiú performing arts · 25 янв – 5 апр (обычно)A long-running performing arts competition at Fr Mathew Hall, with thousands of young singers, actors and musicians taking turns on stage from late January to early April.57
- Белфаст 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияOut to Lunch Arts Festival · 8–31 янв (обычно)The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival's January season of comedy, music, theatre and talks at the Black Box and nearby venues, with cheap lunchtime shows that make the dark weeks after Christmas worth a visit.55
- Базель 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияMuseumsnacht Basel · 15–26 янв (обычно)One Friday in January around forty museums in Basel and its neighbours stay open until the small hours on a single ticket, with shuttle trams between them.51
- Оденсе 🇩🇰 ДанияWord Festival · 28 янв – 10 фев (обычно)A young winter festival of talks, debates and conversations spread over three days across cultural venues and cafes in the city centre, usually on a weekend in late January or early February.44
- Гриндельвальд 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияWorld Snow Festival · 14–27 янв (обычно)Teams carve three-metre blocks of snow into sculptures in the village centre over a week in January, free to walk around, and they stand until the first warm spell takes them.37
- Луиз 🇨🇦 КанадаIce Magic Festival · 15 янв – 10 фев (обычно)Carvers work blocks of ice on the frozen lake in front of the Chateau over a long weekend in deep winter, with a skating rink alongside.28
Фестиваль искусств — февраль
- Сан-Мигель-де-Альенде 🇲🇽 МексикаSan Miguel Writers' Conference · 5–20 фев (обычно)Five days of literary workshops, keynotes and readings that draw writers and readers from the US and Canada, landing in the middle of high season; the better hotels near the centre book out well ahead.94
- Аль-Ула 🇸🇦 Саудовская АравияAlUla Arts Festival · 16 янв – 14 фев (обычно)A month of installations and light works through the oasis and the old town, timed for the coldest and clearest weeks.94
- Крайстчерч 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияBread & Circus buskers festival · 20 янв – 3 фев (обычно)Ten days of street performance in the squares and along the river at the end of January, free in the daytime and ticketed at night; the city centre finally feels full.93
- Палм-Спрингс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиModernism Week · 8–25 фев (обычно)Eleven days of house tours, talks and a design show built around the city's midcentury architecture, and the busiest fortnight of the desert year.92
- Кхаджурахо 🇮🇳 ИндияKhajuraho Dance Festival · 20–26 фев (обычно)A week of classical Indian dance staged in the open air beside the western temples, run by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad since 1975.90
- Аделаида 🇦🇺 АвстралияAdelaide Fringe · 15 фев – 22 мар (обычно)A month of open-access shows in tents and temporary venues around the East End.89
- Ки-Уэст 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиKey West Art & Craft Festival · 10–28 фев (обычно)The island's long-running juried art fair, formerly Old Island Days, fills Truman Waterfront Park for a weekend in February with artists' booths and live demonstrations, run by the Key West Art Center.84
- Мумбаи 🇮🇳 ИндияKala Ghoda Arts Festival · 1–15 фев (обычно)Nine free days in the old fort district, starting the first Saturday of February: installations in the street, readings and a lot of very good food stalls.82
- Калькутта 🇮🇳 ИндияInternational Kolkata Book Fair · 20 янв – 8 фев (обычно)A fortnight on the Salt Lake ground that draws crowds a book fair has no business drawing, plus food stalls and evening music.82
- Перт 🇦🇺 АвстралияFringe World · 18 янв – 16 фев (обычно)Four weeks of comedy, circus and cabaret in spiegeltents around the city and Northbridge, at the hottest time of the year, which is why so much of it starts after dark.82
- Саванна 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSavannah Book Festival · 30 янв – 14 фев (обычно)Authors take over the churches and halls around the downtown squares for a long weekend of literary talks.81
- Suchitoto 🇸🇻 СальвадорFestival de Arte y Cultura · 1–28 фев (обычно)February is the month the town's arts festival runs, founded in 1991 and since then a fixture that brings opera, theatre, film and companies from abroad into a place of a few thousand people.81
- Пласенсия 🇧🇿 БелизPlacencia Sidewalk Arts Festival · 5–16 фев (обычно)Two days when the village's famously narrow sidewalk becomes the exhibition: painters, carvers and bands along its whole length, and every room on the peninsula taken.79
- Картахена 🇨🇴 КолумбияHay Festival Cartagena · 25 янв – 5 фев (обычно)Four days of writers and public conversations across the walled city at the end of January, in Spanish and English.75
- Кочин 🇮🇳 ИндияKochi-Muziris Biennale · 10 дек – 31 мар (обычно)South Asia's biggest contemporary art show, spread over godowns and warehouses across Fort Kochi.74
- Авиньон 🇫🇷 ФранцияLes Hivernales dance festival · 3–21 фев (обычно)Three weeks of contemporary dance across the town in February, on a scale you can still book into a week ahead.73
- Милан 🇮🇹 ИталияFashion Week, autumn collections · 18 фев – 5 мар (обычно)Six days of shows split between the Montenapoleone streets and the Tortona sheds.66
- Болонья 🇮🇹 ИталияArte Fiera · 28 янв – 12 фев (обычно)Italy's oldest contemporary art fair, and the week the whole city opens studios and late galleries around it.66
- Сент-Питер-Порт ГернсиGuernsey Eisteddfod · 15 фев – 15 мар (обычно)The island's performing-arts and crafts festival fills late winter with competitive classes in music, speech, dance and art, with many sessions open to an audience.62
- Корк 🇮🇪 ИрландияFeis Maitiú performing arts · 25 янв – 5 апр (обычно)A long-running performing arts competition at Fr Mathew Hall, with thousands of young singers, actors and musicians taking turns on stage from late January to early April.60
- Йорк 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияYork Literature Festival · 27 фев – 31 мар (обычно)A month of author talks, poetry and workshops in venues across the city through March, with a weekend strand given over to folk horror and ghost stories.60
- Оденсе 🇩🇰 ДанияWord Festival · 28 янв – 10 фев (обычно)A young winter festival of talks, debates and conversations spread over three days across cultural venues and cafes in the city centre, usually on a weekend in late January or early February.52
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo Snow Festival · 4–12 фев (обычно)A week of monumental snow and ice sculptures across Odori Park and Susukino, in the coldest fortnight of the year.45
- Луиз 🇨🇦 КанадаIce Magic Festival · 15 янв – 10 фев (обычно)Carvers work blocks of ice on the frozen lake in front of the Chateau over a long weekend in deep winter, with a skating rink alongside.35
Фестиваль искусств — март
- Мельбурн 🇦🇺 АвстралияComedy Festival · 25 мар – 20 апр (обычно)Four weeks from late March, spread across the Town Hall and every pub back room in the centre.93
- Аделаида 🇦🇺 АвстралияAdelaide Fringe · 15 фев – 22 мар (обычно)A month of open-access shows in tents and temporary venues around the East End.92
- Перт 🇦🇺 АвстралияSculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe · 1–25 мар (обычно)Three weeks of sculpture along Cottesloe Beach in March, free, and best in the hour before sunset when everyone else has the same idea.85
- Куритиба 🇧🇷 БразилияFestival de Teatro de Curitiba · 18 мар – 12 апр (обычно)For a fortnight the city runs the largest theatre festival in Latin America across dozens of stages, with a fringe programme that spills into bars and bus terminals.81
- Гонконг 🇭🇰 ГонконгArt Basel Hong Kong · 20 мар – 1 апр (обычно)Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang.80
- Шарлотт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиCharlotte SHOUT · 25 мар – 25 апр (обычно)A couple of weeks of public art, installations and food events across Uptown in early April, most of it free and outdoors.78
- Милан 🇮🇹 ИталияFashion Week, autumn collections · 18 фев – 5 мар (обычно)Six days of shows split between the Montenapoleone streets and the Tortona sheds.75
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияQuais du Polar · 28 мар – 10 апр (обычно)Europe's big crime-fiction festival takes over the Palais de la Bourse, the city hall and venues across the Presqu'ile for a weekend in early spring: author talks, signings and a city-wide detective game, mostly free.75
- Хило 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиMerrie Monarch Festival · 25 мар – 20 апр (обычно)The week after Easter, the world's most serious hula competition fills Hilo along with a craft fair and a parade down Kilauea Avenue.70
- Кочин 🇮🇳 ИндияKochi-Muziris Biennale · 10 дек – 31 мар (обычно)South Asia's biggest contemporary art show, spread over godowns and warehouses across Fort Kochi.68
- Роттердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыMuseumnacht010 · 1–14 мар (обычно)On one Saturday night in early March dozens of museums, galleries and venues stay open until one in the morning on a single ticket, with performances and DJ sets between the exhibitions.68
- Лейпциг 🇩🇪 ГерманияLeipzig Book Fair · 15 мар – 1 апр (обычно)Four days when the fairground fills with readers rather than trade, the Manga-Comic-Con puts several thousand people in costume on the tram, and the Leipzig liest readings spill into bars across the city.68
- Оксфорд 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияOxford Literary Festival · 20–29 мар (обычно)Nine-day festival of author talks and panels across the Bodleian, Sheldonian Theatre and colleges, affiliated with the Sunday Times; headline events sell out weeks ahead.68
- Маастрихт 🇳🇱 НидерландыTEFAF art fair · 8–20 мар (обычно)The world's serious art and antiques fair, a week in March at the MECC that fills every hotel in the province and puts private jets on the runway at Beek.68
- Сент-Питер-Порт ГернсиGuernsey Eisteddfod · 15 фев – 15 мар (обычно)The island's performing-arts and crafts festival fills late winter with competitive classes in music, speech, dance and art, with many sessions open to an audience.68
- Корк 🇮🇪 ИрландияFeis Maitiú performing arts · 25 янв – 5 апр (обычно)A long-running performing arts competition at Fr Mathew Hall, with thousands of young singers, actors and musicians taking turns on stage from late January to early April.67
- Йорк 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияYork Literature Festival · 27 фев – 31 мар (обычно)A month of author talks, poetry and workshops in venues across the city through March, with a weekend strand given over to folk horror and ghost stories.67
- Сент-Андрус 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияStAnza poetry festival · 1–20 мар (обычно)Scotland's international poetry festival fills the Byre Theatre and venues around town for a long weekend in March with readings, open mics and exhibitions, one of the few busy weekends before the golf season.67
- Thredbo 🇦🇺 АвстралияLake Light Sculpture, Jindabyne · 20 мар – 26 апр (обычно)Over the Easter long weekend the Jindabyne foreshore, about 35 minutes away, turns into an outdoor gallery of sculptures lit at night, with music and fireworks.66
- Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 АвстралияLake Light Sculpture, Jindabyne · 20 мар – 26 апр (обычно)Over the Easter long weekend the Jindabyne foreshore, half an hour below Perisher, becomes an open-air show of sculptures lit after dark, with music and fireworks.66
- Бат 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBath Comedy Festival · 18 мар – 22 апр (обычно)Several weeks of stand-up spread across the city's theatres, pubs and halls from late March into April, from established names to the new-act competition.66
Фестиваль искусств — апрель
- Перт 🇦🇺 АвстралияPerth Comedy Festival · 15 апр – 20 май (обычно)Four weeks of stand-up from late April into May at the Regal, the Astor, the State Theatre Centre and smaller rooms, mixing touring international names with local acts.92
- Атланта 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAtlanta Dogwood Festival · 5–20 апр (обычно)A free arts festival in Piedmont Park in the second week of April, timed to the dogwoods and running since 1936.90
- Будапешт 🇭🇺 ВенгрияBudapest Spring Festival · 5–25 апр (обычно)Three weeks of concerts and theatre across the city's halls in April, the point at which Budapest's cultural year restarts after the winter.88
- Шарлотт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиCharlotte SHOUT · 25 мар – 25 апр (обычно)A couple of weeks of public art, installations and food events across Uptown in early April, most of it free and outdoors.88
- Куритиба 🇧🇷 БразилияFestival de Teatro de Curitiba · 18 мар – 12 апр (обычно)For a fortnight the city runs the largest theatre festival in Latin America across dozens of stages, with a fringe programme that spills into bars and bus terminals.88
- Милан 🇮🇹 ИталияSalone del Mobile and Fuorisalone · 12–28 апр (обычно)The furniture fair itself is out at Rho, but the Fuorisalone takes over Brera, Tortona and Isola for the week.85
- Мельбурн 🇦🇺 АвстралияComedy Festival · 25 мар – 20 апр (обычно)Four weeks from late March, spread across the Town Hall and every pub back room in the centre.85
- Хьюстон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиArt Car Parade · 5–20 апр (обычно)Two hundred and fifty mutated vehicles down Allen Parkway on a Saturday in April, free to watch and genuinely strange.85
- Буэнос-Айрес 🇦🇷 АргентинаFeria del Libro · 22 апр – 12 май (обычно)The largest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world takes over La Rural for three weeks, and the city fills with readings and queues that have nothing to do with tourism.84
- Окленд 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияNZ International Comedy Festival · 28 апр – 25 май (обычно)Three weeks of stand-up in theatres and bars around the central city, shared with Wellington.83
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияQuais du Polar · 28 мар – 10 апр (обычно)Europe's big crime-fiction festival takes over the Palais de la Bourse, the city hall and venues across the Presqu'ile for a weekend in early spring: author talks, signings and a city-wide detective game, mostly free.83
- Нюрнберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияBlaue Nacht · 20 апр – 10 май (обычно)One night in late April or early May when the museums, churches and cultural venues stay open until the small hours and the old town is lit blue with installations.79
- Лейпциг 🇩🇪 ГерманияLeipzig Book Fair · 15 мар – 1 апр (обычно)Four days when the fairground fills with readers rather than trade, the Manga-Comic-Con puts several thousand people in costume on the tram, and the Leipzig liest readings spill into bars across the city.79
- Щецин 🇵🇱 ПольшаKontrapunkt theatre festival · 8–30 апр (обычно)Szczecin's international theatre festival, run by the Wspolczesny and Pleciuga theatres, fills about two spring weeks with competition productions and fringe events.77
- Бат 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBath Comedy Festival · 18 мар – 22 апр (обычно)Several weeks of stand-up spread across the city's theatres, pubs and halls from late March into April, from established names to the new-act competition.76
- Кардифф 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияChildren's Literature Festival · 18–30 апр (обычно)Author talks and workshops for families, largely at Cardiff Castle, with school sessions on weekdays and the public events concentrated on the final weekend; popular sessions sell out.76
- Корк 🇮🇪 ИрландияFeis Maitiú performing arts · 25 янв – 5 апр (обычно)A long-running performing arts competition at Fr Mathew Hall, with thousands of young singers, actors and musicians taking turns on stage from late January to early April.76
- Богота 🇨🇴 КолумбияFeria del Libro de Bogota · 18 апр – 6 май (обычно)A fortnight of publishers, readings and queues at Corferias, with a guest country and half a million visitors.75
- Голуэй 🇮🇪 ИрландияCuirt literature festival · 15–30 апр (обычно)One of Ireland's oldest literary festivals brings Irish and international writers to the Town Hall Theatre and smaller venues for readings, talks and workshops.74
- Гонконг 🇭🇰 ГонконгArt Basel Hong Kong · 20 мар – 1 апр (обычно)Five days at the convention centre that pull the regional art trade in at once, with satellite fairs and late gallery nights in Central and Wong Chuk Hang.71
- Хило 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиMerrie Monarch Festival · 25 мар – 20 апр (обычно)The week after Easter, the world's most serious hula competition fills Hilo along with a craft fair and a parade down Kilauea Avenue.68
- Perisher Valley 🇦🇺 АвстралияLake Light Sculpture, Jindabyne · 20 мар – 26 апр (обычно)Over the Easter long weekend the Jindabyne foreshore, half an hour below Perisher, becomes an open-air show of sculptures lit after dark, with music and fireworks.63
- Thredbo 🇦🇺 АвстралияLake Light Sculpture, Jindabyne · 20 мар – 26 апр (обычно)Over the Easter long weekend the Jindabyne foreshore, about 35 minutes away, turns into an outdoor gallery of sculptures lit at night, with music and fireworks.60
- Абиджан 🇨🇮 Кот-д’ИвуарMASA performing-arts biennial · 5–20 апр (обычно)Africa's performing-arts market fills the Palais de la Culture in Treichville for a week, with a street programme across the city.60
Фестиваль искусств — май
- Антофагаста 🇨🇱 ЧилиFILZIC book fair · 20 май – 15 июл (обычно)The international book fair of the Zicosur region sets up for about twelve days near the regional stadium, with authors from northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, school programmes and evening music.93
- Сиракузы 🇮🇹 ИталияGreek tragedy at the Teatro Greco · 1 май – 10 июл (обычно)Aeschylus and Sophocles staged in the fifth-century BC theatre they were written for, most evenings from early May to the end of June.93
- Загреб 🇭🇷 ХорватияCest is d'Best · 25 май – 5 июн (обычно)A free street festival of performers, music and acrobats on stages through the centre over four days around the end of May.91
- Нови-Сад 🇷🇸 СербияSterijino pozorje · 22 май – 5 июн (обычно)The oldest theatre festival in the region, running since 1956 and staged over three to five days in the Serbian National Theatre and the smaller houses around it.91
- Жирона 🇪🇸 ИспанияTemps de Flors · 8–18 май (обычно)For nine days in May the old town's private courtyards, staircases and the cathedral steps are given over to flower installations, and the whole thing is free to walk.91
- Балтимор 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиArtscape · 20–31 май (обычно)The largest free arts festival in the country, now on the Memorial Day weekend downtown around War Memorial Plaza.90
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияNuits de Fourviere · 28 май – 25 июл (обычно)Two months of concerts, theatre and circus in the Roman theatres on the hill, from the end of May to late July.89
- Вена 🇦🇹 АвстрияWiener Festwochen · 14 май – 20 июн (обычно)Five weeks of theatre and performance from the middle of May, using the Museumsquartier and a shifting set of borrowed halls.87
- Сан-Паулу 🇧🇷 БразилияVirada Cultural · 15–31 май (обычно)Twenty-four hours of free music and theatre across the centre on a weekend in May, stages in the middle of avenues that are otherwise eight lanes of traffic.87
- Турин 🇮🇹 ИталияSalone del Libro · 5–25 май (обычно)Italy's book fair fills the Lingotto for five days in May and takes most of the hotel stock with it.87
- Тегеран 🇮🇷 ИранTehran International Book Fair · 1–20 май (обычно)Iran's biggest publishing event takes over the Musalla complex for about ten days with hundreds of domestic and foreign publishers, drawing huge weekday crowds of readers and school groups.87
- Венеция 🇮🇹 ИталияBiennale · 9 май – 22 ноя (обычно)The art and architecture exhibitions alternate years and run from May to late November across the Giardini, the Arsenale and pavilions all over the city.86
- Перт 🇦🇺 АвстралияPerth Comedy Festival · 15 апр – 20 май (обычно)Four weeks of stand-up from late April into May at the Regal, the Astor, the State Theatre Centre and smaller rooms, mixing touring international names with local acts.86
- Кёльн 🇩🇪 ГерманияSommerblut Kulturfestival · 8–28 май (обычно)An inclusive arts festival in May built around disability, diversity and social themes, with theatre and performance across the city, many events free and step-free.84
- Миннеаполис 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиArt-A-Whirl · 13–21 май (обычно)The third weekend of May, when hundreds of studios in the old Northeast warehouses open their doors at once.84
- Нюрнберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияBlaue Nacht · 20 апр – 10 май (обычно)One night in late April or early May when the museums, churches and cultural venues stay open until the small hours and the old town is lit blue with installations.84
- Приштина Республика КосовоPolip Literature Festival · 10–25 май (обычно)Three days of readings, panels and music in mid-May that bring writers from Kosovo, Serbia and further afield into the same rooms.84
- Торонто 🇨🇦 КанадаDoors Open Toronto · 22–31 май (обычно)One free weekend at the end of May when a couple of hundred buildings that are normally shut open their doors, from water filtration plants to bank vaults.83
- Бат 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияThe Bath Festival · 10–26 май (обычно)Nine days of music and books in May, opening with Party in the City, when venues across the centre play free on the same evening.83
- Лодзь 🇵🇱 ПольшаŁódź Design Festival · 5–25 май (обычно)Exhibitions spread through the old mill complexes and the art museum, in a city that was built by textile industrialists and is still mostly made of their brick.83
- Йорк 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияYork Festival of Ideas · 28 май – 15 июн (обычно)Two weeks of mostly free talks, exhibitions, tours and performances hosted by the University of York from the end of May into mid-June.83
- Килкенни 🇮🇪 ИрландияCat Laughs comedy festival · 28 май – 5 июн (обычно)Ireland's comedy weekend, run over the June bank holiday in pubs, halls and the castle grounds rather than one arena.83
- Буэнос-Айрес 🇦🇷 АргентинаFeria del Libro · 22 апр – 12 май (обычно)The largest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world takes over La Rural for three weeks, and the city fills with readings and queues that have nothing to do with tourism.82
- Екатеринбург 🇷🇺 РоссияNight of Museums · 14–21 май (обычно)On a Saturday in mid-May around a hundred museums, galleries and art spaces stay open after dark with performances and tours.82
- Брайтон 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBrighton Festival and Fringe · 1–31 майEngland's largest arts festival outside Edinburgh takes the whole of May, with a guest director each year and an open-houses trail of artists' front rooms alongside it.82
…и ещё 5 в этом месяце (май).
Фестиваль искусств — июнь
- Санта-Барбара 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSummer Solstice Parade · 19–22 июн (обычно)A costumed, wordless parade up State Street on the Saturday nearest the solstice, with no motors and no written signs allowed in it.98
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Art Festival · 24 июн – 6 сен (обычно)Two hundred local artists selling out of their own booths in a eucalyptus grove, on ground actually covered in sawdust.94
- Антофагаста 🇨🇱 ЧилиFILZIC book fair · 20 май – 15 июл (обычно)The international book fair of the Zicosur region sets up for about twelve days near the regional stadium, with authors from northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, school programmes and evening music.93
- Сиэтл 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиFremont Solstice Parade · 15–22 июн (обычно)The Saturday nearest the solstice, and the one parade with rules against motors, logos and printed words of any kind.92
- Познань 🇵🇱 ПольшаMalta Festival · 15 июн – 10 июл (обычно)International theatre and performance staged around Lake Malta and in the city, with a good share of it free and outdoors.92
- Лодзь 🇵🇱 ПольшаFotofestiwal · 5–25 июн (обычно)A photography festival that hangs its shows in the former factories rather than a gallery, so half of it is a tour of buildings you would not otherwise get into.92
- Люблин 🇵🇱 ПольшаNight of Culture · 1–15 июн (обычно)One June night when the old town opens courtyards, cellars and rooftops that are shut the rest of the year, and everyone walks between them until dawn.92
- Лозанна 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияFestival de la Cité · 26 июн – 10 июл (обычно)Six days of free music, theatre and dance staged in the lanes and courtyards of the cathedral quarter, where the streets are the venue.91
- Мюнхен 🇩🇪 ГерманияTollwood summer festival · 15 июн – 22 июл (обычно)A month of tented concerts, theatre and market stalls in the Olympiapark, much of it free.90
- Бат 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBath Fringe Festival · 20 май – 8 июн (обычно)A fortnight of theatre, music, street performance and cabaret in small venues from late May into early June, running alongside the bigger festivals but cheaper and looser.90
- Вена 🇦🇹 АвстрияWiener Festwochen · 14 май – 20 июн (обычно)Five weeks of theatre and performance from the middle of May, using the Museumsquartier and a shifting set of borrowed halls.89
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияYosakoi Soran Festival · 6–16 июн (обычно)Thousands of dancers with clappers take Odori Park and the main streets for five days in June, which is the best-weather month in the country.89
- Базель 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияArt Basel · 12–25 июн (обычно)The art fair every other art fair copies, plus a dozen satellite shows across the city.89
- Роттердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыPoetry International Festival · 1–10 июн (обычно)One of the oldest poetry festivals in the world, running since 1970: four days in early June of readings by poets from around the world, mostly at LantarenVenster, with translations on screen.89
- Корк 🇮🇪 ИрландияCork Midsummer Festival · 15–30 июн (обычно)Ten days of theatre, dance and site-specific work staged in warehouses, churches and the docklands as much as in theatres.89
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияHeidelberg Castle Festival · 10 июн – 5 авг (обычно)Open-air theatre, opera and concerts in the castle courtyard and Dicker Turm from mid-June into the first days of August, running since 1926.89
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыVondelpark open-air theatre · 1 июн – 31 авг (обычно)Free weekend concerts, cabaret and children's theatre in the park from June to the end of August.88
- Дублин 🇮🇪 ИрландияBloomsday · 16 июнReadings and Edwardian breakfasts retrace Ulysses around the city on 16 June.88
- Марсель 🇫🇷 ФранцияFestival de Marseille · 14 июн – 8 июл (обычно)Three weeks of dance and live art spread across a dozen venues from the Friche to the beaches, in June and early July.88
- Солт-Лейк-Сити 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиUtah Arts Festival · 18–21 июн (обычно)Utah's largest multidisciplinary arts event fills Library Square and the City and County Building for four days with visual art, live music, dance, film and food vendors; it has run since the 1970s.88
- Монпелье 🇫🇷 ФранцияMontpellier Danse · 18 июн – 10 июл (обычно)One of the older contemporary dance festivals in Europe, staged in the Agora cloister and the Opera Comedie for a fortnight from late June.88
- Белфаст 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBelfast Book Festival · 3–14 июн (обычно)A week of readings, workshops and debates based at the Crescent Arts Centre near Queen's University in early June, mixing Northern Irish writers with international names.88
- Кливленд 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиParade the Circle · 8–15 июн (обычно)The Cleveland Museum of Art's signature event since 1990: a costumed art parade with handmade puppets and masks through University Circle, drawing tens of thousands for one Saturday.88
- Шарлоттаун 🇨🇦 КанадаCharlottetown Festival · 15 июн – 26 сен (обычно)The Confederation Centre's summer theatre season, running from late June into late September, built around the Anne of Green Gables musical that has played here since the 1960s.87
- Йорк 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияYork Festival of Ideas · 28 май – 15 июн (обычно)Two weeks of mostly free talks, exhibitions, tours and performances hosted by the University of York from the end of May into mid-June.87
…и ещё 24 в этом месяце (июнь).
Фестиваль искусств — июль
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Art Festival · 24 июн – 6 сен (обычно)Two hundred local artists selling out of their own booths in a eucalyptus grove, on ground actually covered in sawdust.93
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыVondelpark open-air theatre · 1 июн – 31 авг (обычно)Free weekend concerts, cabaret and children's theatre in the park from June to the end of August.92
- Сан-Диего 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиComic-Con International · 15–28 июл (обычно)A hundred and thirty thousand people downtown for four days in late July, with badges won by lottery and hotel blocks gone a year ahead.92
- Галифакс 🇨🇦 КанадаHalifax Busker Festival · 24 июл – 8 авг (обычно)Street performers take over the Halifax and Dartmouth waterfronts for the last weekend of July, free to watch and run on hat money.92
- Ору-Прету 🇧🇷 БразилияFestival de Inverno · 1–31 июл (обычно)The winter festival spreads concerts, workshops, theatre and exhibitions across Ouro Preto and Mariana for most of July, timed with the town's birthday on the 8th.92
- Антофагаста 🇨🇱 ЧилиFILZIC book fair · 20 май – 15 июл (обычно)The international book fair of the Zicosur region sets up for about twelve days near the regional stadium, with authors from northern Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, school programmes and evening music.92
- Остенде 🇧🇪 БельгияTheater aan Zee · 28 июл – 12 авг (обычно)Ten days of theatre, music and performance put on in odd corners of the town, from bunkers to the tram depot, with young Flemish companies as the point of it.91
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаEdmonton International StreetFest · 10–20 июл (обычно)Ten days of buskers and street performers from around the world fill Churchill Square, an institution since 1985 that draws crowds in the hundreds of thousands.90
- Манчестер 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияManchester International Festival · 25 июн – 20 июл (обычно)Three weeks of newly commissioned work staged across the city, held every second year in odd-numbered ones (MIF25 was the last, next in 2027) and run out of the Aviva Studios building on the old Granada site.89
- Мюнхен 🇩🇪 ГерманияTollwood summer festival · 15 июн – 22 июл (обычно)A month of tented concerts, theatre and market stalls in the Olympiapark, much of it free.88
- Авейру 🇵🇹 ПортугалияFestival dos Canais · 10–25 июл (обычно)Street theatre and music staged on and around the canals, with the moliceiro boats used as stages.88
- Кэрнс 🇦🇺 АвстралияCairns Indigenous Art Fair · 6–15 июл (обычно)Four days of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, fashion and dance on the Esplanade, with the galleries in town programming around it.87
- Гданьск 🇵🇱 ПольшаShakespeare Festival · 25 июл – 10 авг (обычно)A fortnight of productions in the reconstructed Elizabethan theatre with the sliding roof, staged in several languages with surtitles.87
- Парати 🇧🇷 БразилияFlip literary festival · 18–30 июл (обычно)Five days of authors in a tent by the water, with several hundred fringe events loose in the centre.87
- Познань 🇵🇱 ПольшаMalta Festival · 15 июн – 10 июл (обычно)International theatre and performance staged around Lake Malta and in the city, with a good share of it free and outdoors.87
- Глазго 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияMerchant City Festival · 22 июл – 3 авг (обычно)Street theatre, circus and free stages through the Merchant City over the last two weekends of July, spilling into the first days of August.86
- Голуэй 🇮🇪 ИрландияGalway International Arts Festival · 13–27 июл (обычно)Two weeks of theatre, big-tent gigs and street spectacle that turn the whole city into the venue.86
- Люблин 🇵🇱 ПольшаCarnaval Sztukmistrzow · 20 июл – 2 авг (обычно)Lublin's street-arts and juggling carnival at the end of July, named for the city's magician folklore and staged on the squares rather than in venues.86
- Охрид 🇲🇰 Северная МакедонияOhrid Summer Festival · 12 июл – 20 авгSix weeks of classical music, theatre and folk staged in the churches and the antique theatre above the old town.85
- Шарлоттаун 🇨🇦 КанадаCharlottetown Festival · 15 июн – 26 сен (обычно)The Confederation Centre's summer theatre season, running from late June into late September, built around the Anne of Green Gables musical that has played here since the 1960s.85
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияHeidelberg Castle Festival · 10 июн – 5 авг (обычно)Open-air theatre, opera and concerts in the castle courtyard and Dicker Turm from mid-June into the first days of August, running since 1926.85
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияNuits de Fourviere · 28 май – 25 июл (обычно)Two months of concerts, theatre and circus in the Roman theatres on the hill, from the end of May to late July.84
- Марсель 🇫🇷 ФранцияFestival de Marseille · 14 июн – 8 июл (обычно)Three weeks of dance and live art spread across a dozen venues from the Friche to the beaches, in June and early July.84
- Лозанна 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияFestival de la Cité · 26 июн – 10 июл (обычно)Six days of free music, theatre and dance staged in the lanes and courtyards of the cathedral quarter, where the streets are the venue.84
- Акюрейри 🇮🇸 ИсландияListasumar arts summer · 15 июн – 25 авг (обычно)The town's galleries, churches and the botanical garden run a rolling programme of concerts and shows through the summer rather than one weekend of it.84
…и ещё 30 в этом месяце (июль).
Фестиваль искусств — август
- Эдмонтон 🇨🇦 КанадаEdmonton Fringe Festival · 10–26 авг (обычно)The oldest and largest fringe theatre festival in North America, eleven days taking over Old Strathcona with hundreds of shows and a street of buskers.94
- Берлин 🇩🇪 ГерманияLong Night of the Museums · 20–31 авг (обычно)One ticket, about eighty museums open until two in the morning, and shuttle buses between them.93
- Гданьск 🇵🇱 ПольшаShakespeare Festival · 25 июл – 10 авг (обычно)A fortnight of productions in the reconstructed Elizabethan theatre with the sliding roof, staged in several languages with surtitles.93
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Art Festival · 24 июн – 6 сен (обычно)Two hundred local artists selling out of their own booths in a eucalyptus grove, on ground actually covered in sawdust.92
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыVondelpark open-air theatre · 1 июн – 31 авг (обычно)Free weekend concerts, cabaret and children's theatre in the park from June to the end of August.91
- Оденсе 🇩🇰 ДанияH.C. Andersen Festivals · 14–30 авг (обычно)Ten days in late August of street theatre, light shows and concerts built around the writer's city, most of it free and outdoors.91
- Орхус 🇩🇰 ДанияAarhus Festuge · 25 авг – 8 сен (обычно)Ten days that put around a thousand events into the streets, the harbour and the university park.90
- Шарлоттаун 🇨🇦 КанадаCharlottetown Festival · 15 июн – 26 сен (обычно)The Confederation Centre's summer theatre season, running from late June into late September, built around the Anne of Green Gables musical that has played here since the 1960s.90
- Остенде 🇧🇪 БельгияTheater aan Zee · 28 июл – 12 авг (обычно)Ten days of theatre, music and performance put on in odd corners of the town, from bunkers to the tram depot, with young Flemish companies as the point of it.90
- Галифакс 🇨🇦 КанадаHalifax Busker Festival · 24 июл – 8 авг (обычно)Street performers take over the Halifax and Dartmouth waterfronts for the last weekend of July, free to watch and run on hat money.89
- Байрон-Бей 🇦🇺 АвстралияByron Writers Festival · 5–20 авг (обычно)Three days of talks across venues in the middle of town rather than out at the old marquee site.89
- Люблин 🇵🇱 ПольшаCarnaval Sztukmistrzow · 20 июл – 2 авг (обычно)Lublin's street-arts and juggling carnival at the end of July, named for the city's magician folklore and staged on the squares rather than in venues.89
- Уайт 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияVentnor Fringe · 5–20 авг (обычно)A week of theatre, music and comedy in halls, a chapel and the old town hall in Ventnor, timed to coincide with the Ventnor Carnival in mid-August.89
- Санта-Фе 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSanta Fe Indian Market · 14–24 авг (обычно)The largest Native arts market in the world takes over the plaza on the third weekend of August, with a thousand artists booked into a few blocks.88
- Берн 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияBuskers Bern · 4–14 авг (обычно)Street performers take over the old town lanes for three evenings on a hat-money basis.88
- Хельсинки 🇫🇮 ФинляндияHelsinki Festival · 18 авг – 5 сенThe largest arts festival in the country runs for a fortnight from mid-August, and the Night of the Arts near the start opens venues across the city free for one evening.87
- Эдинбург 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияFringe and International Festival · 1–31 авгThe Fringe, the International Festival and the book festival run at once for most of August.87
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияHeidelberg Castle Festival · 10 июн – 5 авг (обычно)Open-air theatre, opera and concerts in the castle courtyard and Dicker Turm from mid-June into the first days of August, running since 1926.87
- Килкенни 🇮🇪 ИрландияKilkenny Arts Festival · 5–17 авг (обычно)Ten days in August of classical music, theatre and literature using St Canice's cathedral and the medieval buildings as venues.86
- Охрид 🇲🇰 Северная МакедонияOhrid Summer Festival · 12 июл – 20 авгSix weeks of classical music, theatre and folk staged in the churches and the antique theatre above the old town.84
- Бозмен 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSweet Pea Festival · 4–12 авг (обычно)Three days of music, theatre and art in Lindley Park on the first full weekend of August, run by volunteers since 1978.83
- Херманус 🇿🇦 Южно-Африканская РеспубликаKalfiefees · 30 июл – 12 авг (обычно)The Overstrand's arts festival — theatre, music and art — takes over Hermanus in the first days of August, timed with the Women's Day weekend and the first calves in the bay.83
- Рино 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиBurning Man week · 24 авг – 8 сен (обычно)Reno is the gateway to Black Rock City, and for the week ending on Labor Day the airport, the hire cars and every hardware store in town are working to a different clock.83
- Буэнос-Айрес 🇦🇷 АргентинаTango BA Festival and World Cup · 10–25 авг (обычно)Two weeks of free classes, milongas and the world championship finals in the middle of the coldest month, which is exactly when the milongas are at their best anyway.82
- Дарвин 🇦🇺 АвстралияDarwin Festival · 4–24 авг (обычно)Eighteen days of theatre, comedy and music, most of it outdoors in the Botanic Gardens under deckchairs and fairy lights.82
…и ещё 24 в этом месяце (август).
Фестиваль искусств — сентябрь
- Брисбен 🇦🇺 АвстралияBrisbane Festival and Riverfire · 1–30 сен (обычно)Three weeks of theatre and music through September, opened by the Riverfire fireworks on the first Saturday, when both banks of the river and every rooftop with a view are taken.95
- Пловдив 🇧🇬 БолгарияNight of Museums and Galleries · 10–30 сен (обычно)Galleries, courtyards and half the buildings in Kapana open late for one long weekend in September, free, with the crowd moving between them on foot.94
- Торонто 🇨🇦 КанадаNuit Blanche · 28 сен – 6 окт (обычно)One free all-night art event, usually the first Saturday of October, running dusk to dawn across downtown and, in recent years, the inner suburbs.93
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияLyon Biennale · 15 сен – 15 дек (обычно)Contemporary art and dance alternate years, so one of the two takes over disused factories and the theatres from mid-September to December.93
- Бургас 🇧🇬 БолгарияSand sculpture festival · 1 июл – 30 сен (обычно)Carvers build a themed set of sculptures in the Ezero park at the start of July and they stay up, weathering, until the end of September.93
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Art Festival · 24 июн – 6 сен (обычно)Two hundred local artists selling out of their own booths in a eucalyptus grove, on ground actually covered in sawdust.93
- Блантайр 🇲🇼 МалавиBlantyre Arts Festival · 25 сен – 15 окт (обычно)A few days of theatre, traditional dance, music, film and art exhibitions around the Blantyre Cultural Centre, usually in early October, with a street procession to open it.92
- Рино 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиBurning Man week · 24 авг – 8 сен (обычно)Reno is the gateway to Black Rock City, and for the week ending on Labor Day the airport, the hire cars and every hardware store in town are working to a different clock.91
- Загреб 🇭🇷 ХорватияWorld Theatre Festival · 5–30 сен (обычно)Big-name international theatre and dance productions in the city's houses through September.89
- Линц 🇦🇹 АвстрияArs Electronica Festival · 5–15 сен (обычно)Five September days of digital art spread through the postal depot, the university and the riverside, with the Klangwolke sound-and-light night in the Donaupark alongside it.89
- Биарриц 🇫🇷 ФранцияLe Temps d'Aimer la Danse · 5–25 сен (обычно)A fortnight of dance in the Gare du Midi and out on the beach and the squares, running as the summer crowd thins.88
- Грац 🇦🇹 Австрияsteirischer herbst · 18 сен – 20 окт (обычно)One of Europe's oldest avant-garde festivals, running since 1968: commissioned art, theatre and performance placed in odd corners of the city rather than in a venue.88
- Милан 🇮🇹 ИталияFashion Week, spring collections · 18–30 сен (обычно)The September round, and the pleasanter of the two to be in town for.87
- Плеттенберг-Бей 🇿🇦 Южно-Африканская РеспубликаPlett Arts Festival · 20 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Ten days of music, fine art, jazz and land-art installations across town as the southern winter ends, opening with a Twilight Meander through the galleries.87
- Стелленбос 🇿🇦 Южно-Африканская РеспубликаToyota Stellenbosch Woordfees · 28 сен – 14 окт (обычно)The largest arts festival programme in the country: nine days of Afrikaans theatre, music and books through the town's halls and church venues.86
- Маастрихт 🇳🇱 НидерландыNederlandse Dansdagen · 28 сен – 10 окт (обычно)The Dutch Dance Days bring the country's companies to Theater aan het Vrijthof and other stages for a week in early October: premieres, prize-winners, and dance evenings open to anyone who wants to join in.86
- Венеция 🇮🇹 ИталияBiennale · 9 май – 22 ноя (обычно)The art and architecture exhibitions alternate years and run from May to late November across the Giardini, the Arsenale and pavilions all over the city.85
- Наксос 🇬🇷 ГрецияNaxos Festival, Bazeos Tower · 1 июл – 15 сен (обычно)Concerts, theatre and exhibitions through the summer in a restored seventeenth-century tower out towards Sangri, inland and away from the beach strip entirely.85
- Лондон 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияOpen House Festival · 8–22 сен (обычно)Over 600 buildings across all 33 boroughs, from private members' clubs to government offices, open free for two weekends; the popular sites need tickets booked well ahead.84
- Пиза 🇮🇹 ИталияPisa Book Festival · 25 сен – 4 окт (обычно)Independent-publishing fair at Palazzo dei Congressi since 2003, with author meetings, translator seminars and a rotating guest-country programme.84
- Луисвилл 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSt James Court Art Show · 30 сен – 8 окт (обычно)Six hundred artists set up in the Victorian streets of Old Louisville for the first weekend in October, free to walk.83
- Виннипег 🇨🇦 КанадаNuit Blanche Winnipeg · 22 сен – 1 окт (обычно)One late-September night of free art installations and performances from dusk to midnight in the Exchange District, downtown and St Boniface, with free transit between them.83
- Каунас 🇱🇹 ЛитваAURA International Dance Festival · 25 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura's international contemporary-dance festival has run every autumn since 1989, drawing touring companies to the city's stages for about a week.83
- Севилья 🇪🇸 ИспанияBienal de Flamenco · 5 сен – 5 окт (обычно)A month of flamenco across a dozen venues, held in even-numbered years, which is the one time the art is programmed for the city rather than for visitors.82
- Орхус 🇩🇰 ДанияAarhus Festuge · 25 авг – 8 сен (обычно)Ten days that put around a thousand events into the streets, the harbour and the university park.82
…и ещё 26 в этом месяце (сентябрь).
Фестиваль искусств — октябрь
- Гуанахуато 🇲🇽 МексикаFestival Internacional Cervantino · 5–28 окт (обычно)The largest performing arts festival in Latin America takes over the city's theatres, plazas and church steps for most of October, with a guest country each year.93
- Стелленбос 🇿🇦 Южно-Африканская РеспубликаToyota Stellenbosch Woordfees · 28 сен – 14 окт (обычно)The largest arts festival programme in the country: nine days of Afrikaans theatre, music and books through the town's halls and church venues.93
- Алжир 🇩🇿 АлжирAlgiers International Book Fair · 25 окт – 10 ноя (обычно)SILA fills the Pins Maritimes exhibition halls for ten days and is the closest thing Algiers has to a mass cultural event; hundreds of thousands come through and the road out to the site is jammed.91
- Плеттенберг-Бей 🇿🇦 Южно-Африканская РеспубликаPlett Arts Festival · 20 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Ten days of music, fine art, jazz and land-art installations across town as the southern winter ends, opening with a Twilight Meander through the galleries.91
- Шираз 🇮🇷 ИранHafez commemoration day · 11–13 окт (обычно)Hafez Day falls on 12 October (20 Mehr), when Iranians come to the poet's tomb in numbers to read aloud at the graveside.90
- Салоники 🇬🇷 ГрецияDimitria and the city's saint · 1–31 октA month of concerts and theatre across the city, closing on the feast of Agios Dimitrios on 26 October.89
- Жирона 🇪🇸 ИспанияTemporada Alta · 15 окт – 15 дек (обычно)Spain's leading performing arts festival, staged jointly with neighbouring Salt since 1992: contemporary theatre, dance and circus running from autumn into December.89
- Сидней 🇦🇺 АвстралияSculpture by the Sea · 16 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)A hundred works along the Bondi to Tamarama walk for a fortnight from mid-October, free, and shoulder to shoulder on the weekends.88
- Луисвилл 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSt James Court Art Show · 30 сен – 8 окт (обычно)Six hundred artists set up in the Victorian streets of Old Louisville for the first weekend in October, free to walk.87
- Седона 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSedona Arts Festival · 8–20 окт (обычно)A two-day juried art fair at the middle school campus in mid-October, running since the eighties and timed to the best fortnight of Sedona weather.86
- Монтеррей 🇲🇽 МексикаFestival Santa Lucía · 20 сен – 2 ноя (обычно)Nuevo León's biggest cultural festival, two to three weeks of mostly free open-air staging along the Paseo Santa Lucía and the Macroplaza.84
- Блантайр 🇲🇼 МалавиBlantyre Arts Festival · 25 сен – 15 окт (обычно)A few days of theatre, traditional dance, music, film and art exhibitions around the Blantyre Cultural Centre, usually in early October, with a street procession to open it.84
- Порту-Алегри 🇧🇷 БразилияFeira do Livro · 25 окт – 20 ноя (обычно)The country's oldest open-air book fair holds Praca da Alfandega for a fortnight from the end of October: wooden stalls under the plane trees, signings at trestle tables, spring weather that turns.84
- Paihia 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияKOAST open art studios trail · 19–27 окт (обычно)Over Labour Weekend, artists around Kerikeri, twenty minutes north, and across the wider bay open their studios and galleries.84
- Севилья 🇪🇸 ИспанияBienal de Flamenco · 5 сен – 5 окт (обычно)A month of flamenco across a dozen venues, held in even-numbered years, which is the one time the art is programmed for the city rather than for visitors.83
- Валлетта 🇲🇹 МальтаNotte Bianca · 25 сен – 15 окт (обычно)One October night when the palaces, ministries and museums open free until dawn and the whole city walks around inside them.83
- Лонсестон 🇦🇺 АвстралияTasmanian Craft Fair · 28 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)Makers take over venues all over Deloraine, about 45 minutes west of Launceston, for a long weekend around the start of November; one of the biggest craft fairs in Australia and a busy weekend on the roads.83
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияShosoin treasures exhibition · 25 окт – 15 ноя (обычно)A few dozen objects from the eighth-century imperial storehouse go on show at the Nara National Museum for about a fortnight each autumn, and never the same ones twice.82
- Веллингтон 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияWorld of WearableArt · 15 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Three weeks of shows at the arena at the end of September, part fashion and part theatre, and the busiest the city's hotels get all year.82
- Пиза 🇮🇹 ИталияPisa Book Festival · 25 сен – 4 окт (обычно)Independent-publishing fair at Palazzo dei Congressi since 2003, with author meetings, translator seminars and a rotating guest-country programme.81
- Венеция 🇮🇹 ИталияBiennale · 9 май – 22 ноя (обычно)The art and architecture exhibitions alternate years and run from May to late November across the Giardini, the Arsenale and pavilions all over the city.79
- Нельсон 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияNelson Arts Festival · 15 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)Eleven days of theatre, writers and street work across the town centre in late October.79
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияLyon Biennale · 15 сен – 15 дек (обычно)Contemporary art and dance alternate years, so one of the two takes over disused factories and the theatres from mid-September to December.77
- Грац 🇦🇹 Австрияsteirischer herbst · 18 сен – 20 окт (обычно)One of Europe's oldest avant-garde festivals, running since 1968: commissioned art, theatre and performance placed in odd corners of the city rather than in a venue.77
- Сараево 🇧🇦 Босния и ГерцеговинаMESS Theatre Festival · 1–15 окт (обычно)One of the oldest theatre festivals in the region, running since 1960, brings international productions to the National Theatre, the Youth Theatre and SARTR in the first half of October.76
…и ещё 18 в этом месяце (октябрь).
Фестиваль искусств — ноябрь
- Монтеррей 🇲🇽 МексикаFestival Santa Lucía · 20 сен – 2 ноя (обычно)Nuevo León's biggest cultural festival, two to three weeks of mostly free open-air staging along the Paseo Santa Lucía and the Macroplaza.92
- Гвадалахара 🇲🇽 МексикаFeria Internacional del Libro · 25 ноя – 8 дек (обычно)The largest Spanish-language book fair in the world takes over Expo Guadalajara for nine days, and the guest country brings its music, film and theatre into the city with it.91
- Тусон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиAll Souls Procession · 1–9 ноя (обычно)Tens of thousands walk downtown carrying names and photographs of their dead, ending with a burning urn.91
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Winter Fantasy · 20 ноя – 21 дек (обычно)The Sawdust Art Festival's smaller winter edition turns its Laguna Canyon Road grounds into a holiday market of local art, ice skating and lights before Christmas.90
- Лонсестон 🇦🇺 АвстралияTasmanian Craft Fair · 28 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)Makers take over venues all over Deloraine, about 45 minutes west of Launceston, for a long weekend around the start of November; one of the biggest craft fairs in Australia and a busy weekend on the roads.88
- Сан-Кристобаль-де-лас-Касас 🇲🇽 МексикаFestival Cervantino-Barroco · 20 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)A week of music and theatre in the courtyards and churches of the centre at the end of October, mostly free and mostly indoors, which matters when the highland evenings are cold and damp.88
- Сидней 🇦🇺 АвстралияSculpture by the Sea · 16 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)A hundred works along the Bondi to Tamarama walk for a fortnight from mid-October, free, and shoulder to shoulder on the weekends.87
- Нельсон 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияNelson Arts Festival · 15 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)Eleven days of theatre, writers and street work across the town centre in late October.83
- Гибралтар ГибралтарGibraltar Literary Festival · 8–18 ноя (обычно)Five days of talks in the Garrison Library, the Convent and the hotels around Ocean Village, with novelists, historians and broadcasters flown in.83
- Порту-Алегри 🇧🇷 БразилияFeira do Livro · 25 окт – 20 ноя (обычно)The country's oldest open-air book fair holds Praca da Alfandega for a fortnight from the end of October: wooden stalls under the plane trees, signings at trestle tables, spring weather that turns.81
- Алжир 🇩🇿 АлжирAlgiers International Book Fair · 25 окт – 10 ноя (обычно)SILA fills the Pins Maritimes exhibition halls for ten days and is the closest thing Algiers has to a mass cultural event; hundreds of thousands come through and the road out to the site is jammed.80
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияShosoin treasures exhibition · 25 окт – 15 ноя (обычно)A few dozen objects from the eighth-century imperial storehouse go on show at the Nara National Museum for about a fortnight each autumn, and never the same ones twice.80
- Жирона 🇪🇸 ИспанияTemporada Alta · 15 окт – 15 дек (обычно)Spain's leading performing arts festival, staged jointly with neighbouring Salt since 1992: contemporary theatre, dance and circus running from autumn into December.78
- Дакар 🇸🇳 СенегалDak'Art contemporary art biennial · 15 ноя – 20 дек (обычно)The continent's longest-running contemporary African art biennial, with an official selection plus a sprawling OFF programme in galleries and flats across the city.74
- Бамако 🇲🇱 МалиBamako Encounters photo biennial · 1 ноя – 15 янв (обычно)African photography takes over the National Museum, the National Library and a string of smaller venues for about two months.71
- Уагадугу 🇧🇫 Буркина-ФасоSIAO craft fair · 25 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)The international arts and crafts fair fills its own site on the edge of the city with traders from across West Africa for ten days.68
- Лагос 🇳🇬 НигерияLagos Fashion Week · 20 окт – 1 ноя (обычно)Four days of runway shows and a trade programme on Victoria Island, and the reason a certain kind of hotel room on the island is unbookable in late October.67
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияLyon Biennale · 15 сен – 15 дек (обычно)Contemporary art and dance alternate years, so one of the two takes over disused factories and the theatres from mid-September to December.66
- Little Bay МонтсерратAlliouagana Festival of the Word · 1–30 ноя (обычно)A weekend literary festival in November that pulls Caribbean historians and writers over for readings and arguments.66
- Венеция 🇮🇹 ИталияBiennale · 9 май – 22 ноя (обычно)The art and architecture exhibitions alternate years and run from May to late November across the Giardini, the Arsenale and pavilions all over the city.63
- Кентербери 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияCanterbury Festival · 15 окт – 5 ноя (обычно)Kent's main arts fortnight: concerts in the cathedral and the Malthouse, plus talks, comedy and walks in venues around the city.61
- Кольмар 🇫🇷 ФранцияFestival du livre de Colmar · 15–30 ноя (обычно)A free book festival at the Parc des Expositions on a late-November weekend, with a couple of hundred publishers and authors signing.60
- Белфаст 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBelfast International Arts Festival · 14 окт – 8 ноя (обычно)Three and a half weeks of theatre, dance and music across thirty-odd venues from mid-October.59
- Джакарта 🇮🇩 ИндонезияIndonesia Menari · 1–30 ноя (обычно)A day of mass traditional-dance performances staged simultaneously across Jakarta and other Indonesian cities each November, meant to keep folk dance visible to a new generation.56
- Люблин 🇵🇱 ПольшаInternational Dance Theatres Meetings · 3–12 ноя (обычно)Six days of contemporary dance in early November across the Centrum Kultury, Galeria Labirynt and Teatr Stary, running since 1997, with performances, workshops and artist talks.55
…и ещё 2 в этом месяце (ноябрь).
Фестиваль искусств — декабрь
- Гвадалахара 🇲🇽 МексикаFeria Internacional del Libro · 25 ноя – 8 дек (обычно)The largest Spanish-language book fair in the world takes over Expo Guadalajara for nine days, and the guest country brings its music, film and theatre into the city with it.91
- Удайпур 🇮🇳 ИндияShilpgram Utsav · 21–30 декTen days at the crafts village outside town, with several hundred artisans and folk performers from western India and a crowd in the hundreds of thousands.90
- Бамако 🇲🇱 МалиBamako Encounters photo biennial · 1 ноя – 15 янв (обычно)African photography takes over the National Museum, the National Library and a string of smaller venues for about two months.83
- Лагуна-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиSawdust Winter Fantasy · 20 ноя – 21 дек (обычно)The Sawdust Art Festival's smaller winter edition turns its Laguna Canyon Road grounds into a holiday market of local art, ice skating and lights before Christmas.83
- Дакар 🇸🇳 СенегалDak'Art contemporary art biennial · 15 ноя – 20 дек (обычно)The continent's longest-running contemporary African art biennial, with an official selection plus a sprawling OFF programme in galleries and flats across the city.82
- Майами 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиArt Basel Miami Beach · 1–8 дек (обычно)The main fair is three public days at the convention centre, with a satellite fair in every warehouse in Wynwood and Allapattah.81
- Жирона 🇪🇸 ИспанияTemporada Alta · 15 окт – 15 дек (обычно)Spain's leading performing arts festival, staged jointly with neighbouring Salt since 1992: contemporary theatre, dance and circus running from autumn into December.73
- Кочин 🇮🇳 ИндияKochi-Muziris Biennale · 10 дек – 31 мар (обычно)South Asia's biggest contemporary art show, spread over godowns and warehouses across Fort Kochi.70
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияLyon Biennale · 15 сен – 15 дек (обычно)Contemporary art and dance alternate years, so one of the two takes over disused factories and the theatres from mid-September to December.59
- Браззавиль 🇨🇬 Республика КонгоMantsina sur scene theatre festival · 5–23 дек (обычно)An international theatre festival held every December since 2003, with plays, dance, readings and workshops at the Institut Francais and venues around the city.59
- Подгорица 🇲🇪 ЧерногорияDecember Art Scene (DEUS) · 1–29 дек (обычно)The city's month-long winter programme of theatre, concerts, film, literature and exhibitions, running for over three decades, including a theatre-direction festival and a young classical music week.59