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Когда идёт
Огни и костры — январь
- Пальма 🇪🇸 ИспанияSant Sebastia · 17–21 янвPalma's patron saint, and the one night the city is entirely its own: bonfires in half a dozen squares on 19 January, people grilling sausages over them, free stages until the small hours.79
- Йезд 🇮🇷 ИранSadeh fire festival · 28 янв – 2 февThe Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.74
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.70
- Лечче 🇮🇹 ИталияFocara di Novoli · 14–18 янвA twenty-metre cone of vine cuttings is stacked all winter at Novoli, twenty minutes north, and burnt on the eve of Sant'Antonio Abate.69
- Кобе 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKobe Luminarie · 25 янв – 10 фев (обычно)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.69
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.68
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияWakakusa Yamayaki · 20–28 янв (обычно)The grass on Wakakusa hill is set alight on the fourth Saturday of January, fireworks first.67
- Пусан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяHaeundae Light Festival · 29 ноя – 18 янв (обычно)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.66
- Напа 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNapa Lighted Art Festival · 10 янв – 20 фев (обычно)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.64
- Роли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15 ноя – 12 янв (обычно)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.62
- Душанбе 🇹🇯 ТаджикистанSada fire festival · 30 янвThe ancient Tajik festival of fire, made an official national celebration, is marked in Dushanbe with bonfires, music and folk shows on 30 January.61
- Ричмонд 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиGardenFest of Lights · 15 ноя – 5 янв (обычно)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.59
- Сендай 🇯🇵 ЯпонияDonto-sai · 14 янвNew Year decorations are burned at Osaki Hachimangu on 14 January and a procession of men walks to it through the cold in loincloths, carrying bells.57
- Мацумото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияCastle projection mapping · 10 дек – 20 фев (обычно)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.57
- Никко 🇯🇵 ЯпонияYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25 янв – 2 мар (обычно)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.55
- Фудзикавагутико 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 24 янв – 23 фев (обычно)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.55
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыAmsterdam Light Festival · 26 ноя – 17 янвLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.48
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo White Illumination · 20 ноя – 14 марOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.40
- Оттава 🇨🇦 КанадаWinter Lights Across Canada · 5 дек – 8 янв (обычно)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.32
- Нодзаваонсен 🇯🇵 ЯпонияDosojin Fire Festival · 15 янвMen of twenty-five and forty-two defend a wooden shrine on the night of 15 January while the rest of the village attacks it with burning torches.30
Огни и костры — февраль
- Тайнань 🇹🇼 Китайская РеспубликаYanshui Beehive Fireworks · 5 фев – 10 мар (обычно)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.91
- Канберра 🇦🇺 АвстралияEnlighten Festival · 25 фев – 10 мар (обычно)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.89
- Йезд 🇮🇷 ИранSadeh fire festival · 28 янв – 2 февThe Zoroastrian midwinter fire festival, lit at dusk outside the city at the end of January.81
- Тайбэй 🇹🇼 Китайская РеспубликаLantern Festival · 15 фев – 15 мар (обычно)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.79
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.77
- Напа 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNapa Lighted Art Festival · 10 янв – 20 фев (обычно)Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so.73
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.70
- Кобе 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKobe Luminarie · 25 янв – 10 фев (обычно)The light memorial for the 1995 earthquake, which moved out of December in recent years and now runs for about ten nights at the turn of January into February across Meriken Park and the old settlement.70
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNara Rurie winter illumination · 5–16 фев (обычно)For a week in mid-February, blue light links Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji through Nara Park, with evening temple openings and food stalls; it is the park's one busy night-time event of winter.69
- Мацумото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияCastle projection mapping · 10 дек – 20 фев (обычно)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- Бристоль 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBristol Light Festival · 15 фев – 1 мар (обычно)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.62
- Никко 🇯🇵 ЯпонияYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25 янв – 2 мар (обычно)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.60
- Ереван 🇦🇲 АрменияTrndez, the fire holiday · 13–14 февBonfires in courtyards and churchyards on the evening of 13 February, with couples jumping the flames.59
- Фудзикавагутико 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKawaguchiko Winter Fireworks · 24 янв – 23 фев (обычно)Free weekend fireworks over the lake from three launch points, the winter counterpart to the August festival, set against a snow-capped Fuji.58
- Портленд 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиPortland Winter Light Festival · 1–12 фев (обычно)Ten nights of light installations along the waterfront and out in the industrial east side in early February.55
- Люксембург 🇱🇺 ЛюксембургLiichtmessdag · 2 февOn 2 February children walk the streets after dark with home-made lanterns and sing at doors for sweets.53
- Зильт 🇩🇪 ГерманияBiikebrennen · 21 февNine bonfires are lit across the island on the evening of 21 February to burn out the winter, followed by kale and pork in the village halls.52
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo White Illumination · 20 ноя – 14 марOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.45
- Местиа 🇬🇪 ГрузияLamproba torch festival · 5–25 фев (обычно)Svan villages cut birch torches and carry them to the family graves after dark, one for every man in the household.40
Огни и костры — март
- Канберра 🇦🇺 АвстралияEnlighten Festival · 25 фев – 10 мар (обычно)For ten nights the national institutions are projected onto and open late, so the buildings people normally drive past become the reason to be out.90
- Валенсия 🇪🇸 ИспанияLas Fallas · 1–19 марA daytime gunpowder concert in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento every day from 1 March, then on the night of the 19th several hundred enormous sculptures are burned in the streets that built them.84
- Тайбэй 🇹🇼 Китайская РеспубликаLantern Festival · 15 фев – 15 мар (обычно)The city runs its own lantern displays for a fortnight after Lunar New Year, and Pingxi up the branch line releases sky lanterns on two announced nights.82
- Тайнань 🇹🇼 Китайская РеспубликаYanshui Beehive Fireworks · 5 фев – 10 мар (обычно)Racks of bottle rockets fired horizontally into the crowd at Yanshui on Lantern Festival night.82
- Тегеран 🇮🇷 ИранChaharshanbe Suri · 14–19 мар (обычно)The fire festival on the last Tuesday evening before the new year: bonfires at every junction, fireworks that are technically illegal, and hospitals braced for it.81
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.75
- Загреб 🇭🇷 ХорватияFestival of Lights Zagreb · 15–25 мар (обычно)Five evenings of free light installations and projections across the Upper and Lower Towns in March.74
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияOmizutori · 1–14 марBurning cedar torches are run along the balcony of Todai-ji's Nigatsu-do every night for a fortnight, the 12th being the big one.74
- Чеджу 🇰🇷 Республика КореяJeju Fire Festival · 1–15 мар (обычно)A whole hillside at Saebyeol Oreum is set alight over a weekend to burn off the old grazing grass.73
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.73
- Бристоль 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBristol Light Festival · 15 фев – 1 мар (обычно)Ten nights of light installations around the harbour and the old centre in late February, free and walkable in an evening.67
- Люксембург 🇱🇺 ЛюксембургBuergbrennen bonfires · 8 фев – 15 мар (обычно)On the first Sunday of Lent every village and city quarter burns a wooden cross on a hill to see winter off.65
- Никко 🇯🇵 ЯпонияYunishigawa Kamakura Festival · 25 янв – 2 мар (обычно)Hundreds of small snow huts lit by candles along the riverbed at Yunishigawa Onsen, deep in the mountains of the city's northern district.65
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo White Illumination · 20 ноя – 14 марOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.57
Огни и костры — апрель
- Валлетта 🇲🇹 МальтаMalta International Fireworks Festival · 14 апр – 1 май (обычно)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.93
- Алис-Спрингс 🇦🇺 АвстралияParrtjima festival of light · 5–20 апр (обычно)Ten free nights of First Nations light work thrown across two kilometres of the MacDonnell Ranges at the Desert Park, with talks and music underneath it.89
- Сеул 🇰🇷 Республика КореяLotus Lantern Festival · 25 апр – 25 май (обычно)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.85
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.81
- Прага 🇨🇿 ЧехияBurning of the Witches · 30 апрBonfires go up on Petrin, Ladronka and the hills around the city on the night of 30 April to see winter off.79
- Цюрих 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияSechselauten · 12–22 апр (обычно)The guilds parade on the third Monday of April and burn a snowman on a bonfire; how fast his head explodes is taken as the summer forecast.78
- Эдинбург 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBeltane Fire Festival · 30 апрA ticketed fire procession up Calton Hill on the night of 30 April, run by volunteers and cold enough that most of the audience regrets what they wore.76
- Стокгольм 🇸🇪 ШвецияValborg · 30 апрBonfires and choirs on the evening of 30 April, at Skansen and along the water at Riddarfjarden.73
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.68
Огни и костры — май
- Валлетта 🇲🇹 МальтаMalta International Fireworks Festival · 14 апр – 1 май (обычно)Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April.94
- Сеул 🇰🇷 Республика КореяLotus Lantern Festival · 25 апр – 25 май (обычно)Lanterns hang through the temple courtyards for weeks and a parade fills Jongno on the weekend before Buddha's Birthday, which is usually in May.90
- Пусан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяBusan Lotus Lantern Festival · 1–17 май (обычно)Streets fill with handmade lotus lanterns and a parade in the run-up to Buddha's Birthday, a UNESCO-listed tradition with roots going back 1,200 years.88
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.85
- Брно 🇨🇿 ЧехияIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25 май – 10 июл (обычно)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.85
- Сидней 🇦🇺 АвстралияVivid Sydney · 22 май – 14 июн (обычно)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.83
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.62
- Дананг 🇻🇳 ВьетнамDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25 май – 15 июл (обычно)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.61
- Вьентьян 🇱🇦 ЛаосBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 1 май – 15 июн (обычно)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.50
Огни и костры — июнь
- Фуншал 🇵🇹 ПортугалияAtlantic Festival · 1–30 июн (обычно)Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it.94
- Копенгаген 🇩🇰 ДанияSankt Hans Aften · 23 июнBonfires on the beaches at Amager and Bellevue on the evening of 23 June, with a witch on top and a song everyone in the crowd knows by heart.92
- Брно 🇨🇿 ЧехияIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25 май – 10 июл (обычно)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.92
- Санкт-Петербург 🇷🇺 РоссияScarlet Sails · 18–30 июн (обычно)The school-leavers' night in late June: a tall ship with red sails comes up the Neva and the city puts on its largest fireworks.90
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияCastle illumination nights · 1 июн – 15 июл (обычно)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.89
- Оденсе 🇩🇰 ДанияSankt Hans Aften · 23 июнMidsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.89
- Орхус 🇩🇰 ДанияSankt Hans Aften · 23 июнMidsummer Eve on 23 June: bonfires are lit by beaches, lakes and in parks across the country, often with a witch figure on top, while people sing the midsummer song and picnic into the light evening.88
- Барселона 🇪🇸 ИспанияSant Joan · 23–24 июнBonfires, firecrackers and fireworks on the beach from dusk until dawn on the night of the 23rd, followed by a public holiday to sleep it off.87
- Иерусалим 🇮🇱 ИзраильFestival of Light · 1 июн – 5 июл (обычно)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.87
- Ивиса 🇪🇸 ИспанияNit de Sant Joan · 23–24 июнBonfires on the beaches on midsummer night and people jumping the waves at midnight, which is the island's own festival rather than an imported one.87
- Пиза 🇮🇹 ИталияLuminara di San Ranieri · 16–17 июнOn the night of 16 June the palazzi along both banks of the Arno are outlined in tens of thousands of candles and the street lights go off.87
- Аликанте 🇪🇸 ИспанияHogueras de San Juan · 20–25 июнNinety-odd sculptures go up in the streets on 20 June and burn on the night of the 24th, with daily mascleta bangs in Plaza de los Luceros.85
- Детройт 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиFord Fireworks · 20–30 июн (обычно)The river fireworks in late June are shared with Windsor across the water, and both riverfronts fill by mid-afternoon.84
- Олесунн 🇳🇴 НорвегияSlinningsbalet midsummer bonfire · 19–25 июн (обычно)Teenagers spend two months stacking pallets into a tower on the Slinningen point and light it on the Saturday nearest 23 June.84
- Андорра-ла-Велья 🇦🇩 АндорраSolstice fire festivals · 21–24 июнOn midsummer night the parishes carry burning torches down off the mountainsides into the villages, a Pyrenean tradition UNESCO lists across the three countries that share it.77
- Сидней 🇦🇺 АвстралияVivid Sydney · 22 май – 14 июн (обычно)Three weeks of projections and light walks around the harbour from the end of May, on the coldest evenings of the year, with the ferries and Circular Quay solid after six.77
- Аделаида 🇦🇺 АвстралияIlluminate Adelaide · 26 июн – 19 июл (обычно)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.74
- Baqueira-Beret 🇪🇸 ИспанияHaro de Les solstice fire · 23 июнDown the valley at Les, a burning fir trunk is dropped in the square on midsummer night, one of the Pyrenean fire festivals UNESCO lists.70
- Ораньестад АрубаDia di San Juan · 24 июнMidsummer bonfires and the Dera Gai dance in red and yellow, held out in the country districts rather than in town.69
- Данидин 🇳🇿 Новая ЗеландияMidwinter Carnival · 8–25 июн (обычно)A lantern procession around the Octagon on the darkest weekend of the year, with the lanterns made in community workshops over the preceding months.66
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.52
- Дананг 🇻🇳 ВьетнамDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25 май – 15 июл (обычно)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.51
- Вьентьян 🇱🇦 ЛаосBoun Bang Fai, the rocket festival · 1 май – 15 июн (обычно)Villages around the capital fire homemade bamboo rockets into the sky to ask for rain, with a good deal of drinking and mud on the ground beneath them.47
Огни и костры — июль
- Кёльн 🇩🇪 ГерманияKoelner Lichter · 8 июл – 5 авг (обычно)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.90
- Брно 🇨🇿 ЧехияIgnis Brunensis fireworks · 25 май – 10 июл (обычно)The international fireworks competition is fired over the Brno dam on a handful of Wednesday and Saturday nights between late May and early July, with drone shows on some of them.87
- Минск 🇧🇾 БеларусьKupalle · 5–8 июлMidsummer night in the Belarusian calendar: bonfires, wreaths on the water and the fern-flower story, held at the open-air museums and villages outside the city rather than in it.86
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияCastle illumination nights · 1 июн – 15 июл (обычно)Red flares light the castle ruin and fireworks go off over the old bridge for about twenty minutes, on the first Saturday of June and again in July.85
- Иерусалим 🇮🇱 ИзраильFestival of Light · 1 июн – 5 июл (обычно)A week of projections and light installations along marked routes inside the Old City walls, free and running late.83
- Саут-Лейк-Тахо 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиLights on the Lake fireworks · 3–5 июлBarge fireworks off the south shore on the fourth, watched from boats and from the beach at Nevada Beach.83
- Канны 🇫🇷 ФранцияFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 4 июл – 24 авг (обычно)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.83
- Каркасон 🇫🇷 ФранцияEmbrasement de la Cite · 14 июлAt half past ten on 14 July the lights go out and the ramparts appear to burn, for about twenty-five minutes.83
- Монако 🇲🇨 МонакоFireworks competition · 10 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.82
- Блед 🇸🇮 СловенияBled Days · 18–31 июл (обычно)A craft fair and free concerts round the lake on the fourth weekend of July, ending on the Saturday night when thousands of candle-lit eggshells are floated on the water before the fireworks.81
- Венеция 🇮🇹 ИталияFesta del Redentore · 14–21 июл (обычно)A pontoon bridge to the Giudecca and forty-five minutes of fireworks over the basin on the third Saturday of July, watched from boats moored gunwale to gunwale.78
- Задар 🇭🇷 ХорватияNight of the Full Moon · 15 июл – 15 авг (обычно)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.78
- Бостон 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиBoston Pops on the Esplanade · 4 июлThe Pops play the Hatch Shell on the Charles on the Fourth and the fireworks follow at dusk.76
- Аделаида 🇦🇺 АвстралияIlluminate Adelaide · 26 июн – 19 июл (обычно)A winter light and culture festival across the CBD with more than a hundred events, light installations and immersive art running through most of July.76
- Колумбус 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиRed, White and Boom · 1–5 июл (обычно)The largest fireworks display in the Midwest, fired over the Scioto on the evening of the 3rd with a street festival along the Mile all day.71
- Дали 🇨🇳 КитайTorch Festival · 15 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.66
- Лицзян 🇨🇳 КитайNaxi Torch Festival · 15 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.63
- Токио 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSumida River fireworks · 20–31 июл (обычно)Twenty thousand shells over the river at Asakusa on the last Saturday of July, watched by close to a million people.58
- Дананг 🇻🇳 ВьетнамDa Nang Fireworks Festival · 25 май – 15 июл (обычно)Six competition nights spread over about six weeks, with international teams firing over the Han River from a grandstand in the middle of town.56
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.56
Огни и костры — август
- Калгари 🇨🇦 КанадаGlobalFest fireworks · 15 авг – 1 сен (обычно)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.94
- Кёльн 🇩🇪 ГерманияKoelner Lichter · 8 июл – 5 авг (обычно)A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks.89
- Санта-Фе 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиZozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 28 авг – 14 сен (обычно)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.88
- Квебек 🇨🇦 КанадаGrands Feux Loto-Quebec · 1–24 авг (обычно)Free pyromusical shows fired from a barge on the St Lawrence between Quebec and Levis, spread across Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday nights through the month; the boardwalk spots fill early.87
- Анси 🇫🇷 ФранцияFete du lac · 1 авг (обычно)The pyrotechnic show over the water on the first Saturday of August pulls a six-figure crowd into a small town.87
- Сан-Себастьян 🇪🇸 ИспанияAste Nagusia · 8–18 авг (обычно)The week around 15 August, when an international fireworks competition is fired over the bay every night and judged by the crowd on the promenade.84
- Канны 🇫🇷 ФранцияFestival d'Art Pyrotechnique · 4 июл – 24 авг (обычно)Six firework shows fired from a barge in the bay across July and August, one country a night, judged as a competition.82
- Монако 🇲🇨 МонакоFireworks competition · 10 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Several evenings across July and August when competing teams fire from a barge in Port Hercule and the whole waterfront and the Rock turn out for it.80
- Будапешт 🇭🇺 ВенгрияSt Stephen's Day · 20 авгThe national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill.79
- Цинциннати 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиRiverfest fireworks · 30 авг – 8 сен (обычно)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.79
- Задар 🇭🇷 ХорватияNight of the Full Moon · 15 июл – 15 авг (обычно)For a few nights in high summer the waterfront switches off its lights and the quays are lit by candles and torches, with the boats along the Riva selling what the region grows and catches.75
- Котор 🇲🇪 ЧерногорияBoka Night · 12–28 авг (обычно)Usually the third Saturday of August: decorated boats parade the length of the harbour under lanterns, a prize goes to the best, and it finishes with fireworks off the walls.74
- Лицзян 🇨🇳 КитайNaxi Torch Festival · 15 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Pine torches outside every door on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth lunar month, usually late July or early August.68
- Фудзикавагутико 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKawaguchiko Lake Festival Fireworks · 5 авгAround ten thousand fireworks over the lake with Mount Fuji behind them, the largest of the Fuji Five Lakes' summer displays and running since 1917.67
- Аддис-Абеба 🇪🇹 ЭфиопияBuhe, the Transfiguration · 18–19 авгOn the eve of 19 August boys go door to door singing and cracking braided whips, and neighbourhoods light bonfires in the evening.63
- Дали 🇨🇳 КитайTorch Festival · 15 июл – 20 авг (обычно)Bai and Yi villages around Erhai raise a pine torch in the square on the twenty-fourth of the sixth lunar month and carry smaller ones through the fields after dark.63
- Нара 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKasuga Mantoro · 14–15 авгThree thousand lanterns lit along the stone approach and through the shrine on the two nights of Obon.60
- Нагано 🇯🇵 ЯпонияLake Suwa fireworks · 15 авгOn 15 August tens of thousands of fireworks go up over Lake Suwa, about an hour and a half south by train, watched by crowds in the hundreds of thousands.60
- Киото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияGozan no Okuribi · 16 авгFive giant characters are lit on the hills on the evening of 16 August to send the ancestors home.54
- Кагосима 🇯🇵 ЯпонияKinko Bay Summer Night Fireworks · 1–31 авг (обычно)One of Kyushu's largest displays, fired over the port with the volcano behind it on a late-summer Saturday.52
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.50
Огни и костры — сентябрь
- Санта-Фе 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиZozobra and Fiestas de Santa Fe · 28 авг – 14 сен (обычно)A fifteen-metre marionette stuffed with the year's written-down troubles is burned in front of tens of thousands on the Friday before Labor Day, and the town's fiestas follow the week after.92
- Гейдельберг 🇩🇪 ГерманияSeptember castle illumination · 1–8 сен (обычно)The third and last illumination of the year, on the first Saturday of September, with a beer garden and live music on the Nepomuk terrace at the end of the old bridge from late afternoon.91
- Цинциннати 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиRiverfest fireworks · 30 авг – 8 сен (обычно)On the Sunday of Labour Day weekend half a million people line both banks for a half-hour firework show fired off barges and the Purple People Bridge.89
- Сан-Мигель-де-Альенде 🇲🇽 МексикаAlborada · 26 сен – 1 окт (обычно)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.89
- Калгари 🇨🇦 КанадаGlobalFest fireworks · 15 авг – 1 сен (обычно)Four nights of competing international fireworks teams with food pavilions underneath, at the end of August.86
- Лодзь 🇵🇱 ПольшаLight Move Festival · 28 сен – 12 окт (обычно)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.81
- Аддис-Абеба 🇪🇹 ЭфиопияMeskel · 26–28 сенThe demera bonfire is lit in Meskel Square on the eve of 27 September in front of a crowd that fills the whole bowl.67
- Бахр-Дар 🇪🇹 ЭфиопияMeskel · 26–28 сенA demera bonfire is stacked and lit on the eve of 27 September, and the direction the pole falls is read for the year ahead.66
- Нодзаваонсен 🇯🇵 ЯпонияToro Matsuri (Lantern Festival) · 8–9 сенThe Yuzawa Shrine festival: on the night of 8 September lantern processions climb to the shrine for lion and court dances, and more than a thousand fireworks go up over the village.64
- Сингапур 🇸🇬 СингапурMid-Autumn Festival · 1 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.60
- Гуанчжоу 🇨🇳 КитайMid-Autumn Festival · 5 сен – 8 окт (обычно)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.50
- Гонконг 🇭🇰 ГонконгMid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 5 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.47
- Макао 🇲🇴 МакаоFireworks Display Contest · 1 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.46
- Шэньчжэнь 🇨🇳 КитайMid-Autumn Festival · 15 сен – 5 окт (обычно)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.46
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.44
- Хошимин 🇻🇳 ВьетнамMid-Autumn Festival · 5 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.43
Огни и костры — октябрь
- Сан-Мигель-де-Альенде 🇲🇽 МексикаAlborada · 26 сен – 1 окт (обычно)For the feast of the town's patron the fireworks start at four in the morning over the Parroquia and go on until sunrise.94
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.82
- Прага 🇨🇿 ЧехияSignal light festival · 12–20 окт (обычно)Four evenings of projections and light installations walked as a route through the old town.73
- Лейпциг 🇩🇪 ГерманияLichtfest · 8–10 октOn 9 October the ring road is lit with installations to mark the 1989 Monday demonstration that broke the regime's nerve without a shot.72
- Берлин 🇩🇪 ГерманияFestival of Lights · 3–15 окт (обычно)Ten evenings in early October with projections on the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral and the television tower.71
- Берн 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 15 окт – 25 ноя (обычно)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.71
- Гуанчжоу 🇨🇳 КитайMid-Autumn Festival · 5 сен – 8 окт (обычно)The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon.70
- Уитби 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 20 окт – 2 ноя (обычно)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.69
- Ливерпуль 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияRiver of Light · 22 окт – 2 ноя (обычно)A free trail of light installations along the waterfront for ten nights around the end of October, lit early because it is dark early.68
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 ЛаосAwk Phansa and river lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)The end of Lent is celebrated with candles around the temples and small banana-trunk boats of flowers and candles floated down the Nam Ou at night; riverside towns hold their boat races around the same days.68
- Луангпхабанг 🇱🇦 ЛаосAwk Phansa and Lai Heua Fai · 5–31 окт (обычно)The end of the rains retreat, and the night Luang Prabang floats lit boats down the Mekong: the biggest thing in the local year after new year.67
- Лодзь 🇵🇱 ПольшаLight Move Festival · 28 сен – 12 окт (обычно)Projections and light installations thrown onto the palaces and tenements down Piotrkowska over one long autumn weekend, when it is dark early enough to work and not yet cold enough to hurt.67
- Гонконг 🇭🇰 ГонконгMid-Autumn and the fire dragon · 5 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Lanterns go up in Victoria Park and a straw dragon stuck with incense is carried through the lanes of Tai Hang for three nights.65
- Шэньчжэнь 🇨🇳 КитайMid-Autumn Festival · 15 сен – 5 окт (обычно)A three-day holiday when families gather for mooncakes and reunion dinners; parks and waterfront promenades put on lantern displays and light shows, and domestic travel bookings surge around the long weekend.65
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 МьянмаThadingyut festival of lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)The end of Lent is marked with oil lamps and paper lanterns on houses and pagodas for three nights, and it is a public holiday.64
- Кало 🇲🇲 МьянмаTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 25 окт – 30 ноя (обычно)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.64
- Макао 🇲🇴 МакаоFireworks Display Contest · 1 сен – 10 окт (обычно)Five nights spread over four weeks, two displays a night from a barge in front of Macau Tower, with teams competing.63
- Мандалай 🇲🇲 МьянмаThadingyut, festival of lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)The end of the Buddhist lent: candles and lamps on every house and monastery for three days, and the start of the season when people travel again.63
- Паган 🇲🇲 МьянмаThadingyut, festival of lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)The end of Buddhist Lent, marked with candles and paper lanterns on pagoda platforms for three nights.60
- Янгон 🇲🇲 МьянмаThadingyut, festival of lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)The end of Buddhist Lent, when candles and coloured lights go up on every house and pagoda platform for three nights and younger people pay respects to their elders.57
- Моламьяйн 🇲🇲 МьянмаThadingyut festival of lights · 1–31 окт (обычно)Candles and strings of bulbs on every house and monastery for the full moon that ends the Buddhist Lent, and a river town that is worth walking after dark for a change.56
- Сингапур 🇸🇬 СингапурMid-Autumn Festival · 1 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Lanterns go up over Chinatown for weeks beforehand and the mooncake stalls take Smith Street; the street celebration itself lands on the weekend nearest the full moon, and it is shoulder to shoulder after dark.52
- Виган 🇵🇭 ФилиппиныRaniag Twilight Festival · 25 окт – 2 ноя (обычно)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.50
- Хошимин 🇻🇳 ВьетнамMid-Autumn Festival · 5 сен – 5 окт (обычно)Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 turns into a wall of paper lanterns for a fortnight beforehand, and mooncakes appear on every corner.45
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.45
Огни и костры — ноябрь
- Гуанчжоу 🇨🇳 КитайInternational Light Festival · 10–30 ноя (обычно)Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha.86
- Пусан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяBusan Fireworks Festival · 1–10 ноя (обычно)An hour of fireworks over Gwangalli bridge on a Saturday in early November, watched by around a million people, with the beachfront closed to traffic.82
- Кало 🇲🇲 МьянмаTaunggyi fire balloon festival · 25 окт – 30 ноя (обычно)Shan State's capital, a couple of hours east, spends the week before the Tazaungmon full moon launching hot-air balloons, many strung with fireworks.82
- Инле 🇲🇲 МьянмаTaunggyi balloon festival · 1–25 ноя (обычно)On the Tazaungmon full moon the hill town up the road launches paper balloons loaded with fireworks, which go off overhead as often as they go up.81
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.80
- Роли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15 ноя – 12 янв (обычно)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.77
- Чианграй 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoi Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Floats onto the Kok river on the twelfth full moon; smaller than the Chiang Mai version and easier to be in the middle of.76
- Чиангмай 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoi Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Falls on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month; the lantern release reschedules flights around it.74
- Pai 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoy Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Floats onto the Pai river below the bamboo bridge and lanterns off the field behind the walking street; small enough that the whole town is at it.74
- Ричмонд 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиGardenFest of Lights · 15 ноя – 5 янв (обычно)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.74
- Канчанабури 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoy Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Floats released onto the Kwai from the town bank on the twelfth full moon, with the bridge lit above them.71
- Аюттхая 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoi Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Floats go onto the old canals and the river around the island on the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, which is the one night the ruins are busy after dark.70
- Янгон 🇲🇲 МьянмаTazaungdaing · 1–30 ноя (обычно)The festival of lights that follows a month later, with all-night weaving contests at Shwedagon where teams make monks' robes between dusk and dawn.69
- Хот-Спрингс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиGarvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 20 ноя – 31 дек (обычно)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.67
- Хуа Хин 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoy Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Floats go out from the fishing pier and the hotel beaches on the twelfth full moon, which is the one night the whole seafront is lit.66
- Бангкок 🇹🇭 ТаиландLoy Krathong · 5–30 ноя (обычно)Candles and banana-leaf floats go onto every canal and onto the Chao Phraya on the November full moon.65
- Чэнгуань 🇨🇳 КитайGanden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 25 ноя – 31 дек (обычно)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.65
- Виган 🇵🇭 ФилиппиныRaniag Twilight Festival · 25 окт – 2 ноя (обычно)The town lights lanterns and stages a night festival around All Saints' and All Souls', which is also when Ilocano families come home to the cemeteries.65
- Кембридж 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияFireworks night on Midsummer Common · 5 нояThe city council's free bonfire-night display on Midsummer Common is one of the biggest in the region, with food stalls from early evening and fireworks at 7pm; the riverside paths are packed afterwards.63
- Лондон 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBonfire Night · 5 нояFireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed.61
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo White Illumination · 20 ноя – 14 марOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.59
- Утрехт 🇳🇱 НидерландыSint Maarten · 11 нояThe city's patron saint.59
- Уитби 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияWhitby Abbey Illuminated · 20 окт – 2 ноя (обычно)English Heritage floods the abbey ruin with coloured light on the dark evenings of half-term week.58
- Берн 🇨🇭 ШвейцарияRendez-vous Bundesplatz · 15 окт – 25 ноя (обычно)A free projection show on the parliament building, three times a night for about five weeks.57
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыAmsterdam Light Festival · 26 ноя – 17 янвLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.56
…и ещё 9 в этом месяце (ноябрь).
Огни и костры — декабрь
- Гватемала 🇬🇹 ГватемалаQuema del Diablo · 7 декAt six on the evening of the seventh, households burn rubbish and a papier-mâché devil outside the front door to clear the year out.96
- Антигуа-Гуатемала 🇬🇹 ГватемалаQuema del Diablo · 7 декAt six in the evening on 7 December households burn their rubbish and a paper devil in the street to clear the year out.93
- Суфриер 🇱🇨 Сент-ЛюсияFestival of Lights and Renewal · 12–13 декOn the eve of National Day, 13 December, Castries lights its Christmas displays, judges a lantern competition and closes with fireworks; the next day is a public holiday.73
- Нагоя 🇯🇵 ЯпонияNabana no Sato illumination · 18 окт – 31 май (обычно)A day trip away in Kuwana, about half an hour from Nagoya: a flower park lit by millions of LEDs from mid-October through spring.72
- Беппу 🇯🇵 ЯпонияBeppu Christmas Fantasia · 20–25 дек (обычно)Fireworks set to music launched from boats in Beppu Bay on the weekend around Christmas, watched from Matogahama Park and Spa Beach, with children's choirs and food stalls first.72
- Мертл-Бич 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNights of a Thousand Candles · 1–31 дек (обычно)Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, about half an hour south, lights thousands of hand-lit candles among its sculptures on selected December evenings.71
- Пусан 🇰🇷 Республика КореяHaeundae Light Festival · 29 ноя – 18 янв (обычно)Haeundae Beach and the seafront square light up with large-scale sculptures and media art each winter, organised by the district office and free to walk through from 6 to 11pm.70
- Роли 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиNC Chinese Lantern Festival · 15 ноя – 12 янв (обычно)Giant illuminated lantern scenes fill Koka Booth Amphitheatre in neighbouring Cary each evening for about eight weeks, with nightly cultural performances.65
- Мацумото 🇯🇵 ЯпонияCastle projection mapping · 10 дек – 20 фев (обычно)From mid-December to mid-February the castle keep is lit with projection mapping every evening, a short looping show that has become the town's winter night-out.62
- Ричмонд 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиGardenFest of Lights · 15 ноя – 5 янв (обычно)Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is strung with around a million lights from mid-November into the first days of January.61
- Лион 🇫🇷 ФранцияFete des Lumieres · 5–8 дек (обычно)Four nights of light installations around 8 December, free, and the busiest thing that happens here all year: a couple of million people on the same few bridges.59
- Чэнгуань 🇨🇳 КитайGanden Ngamchoe butter lamps · 25 ноя – 31 дек (обычно)Tsongkhapa's memorial day, when rows of butter lamps are set along the roof parapets and window ledges of the old town after dark.57
- Хот-Спрингс 🇺🇸 Соединённые Штаты АмерикиGarvan Gardens Holiday Lights · 20 ноя – 31 дек (обычно)Millions of lights fill the university's woodland garden on Lake Hamilton from late November to New Year's Eve, evenings only and closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas; weekend nights bring long queues at the gate.56
- Брайтон 🇬🇧 ВеликобританияBurning the Clocks · 21 декA solstice lantern parade down to the beach on 21 December, where the paper lanterns are burned and there are fireworks over the water.55
- Хойан 🇻🇳 ВьетнамFull moon lantern night · 1 янв – 31 декOn the 14th of each lunar month the old town switches off its electric lights from about six and runs on silk lanterns and candle floats on the Thu Bon.54
- Амстердам 🇳🇱 НидерландыAmsterdam Light Festival · 26 ноя – 17 янвLight installations along the canals through the darkest eight weeks of the year, free to walk and ticketed by boat.51
- Саппоро 🇯🇵 ЯпонияSapporo White Illumination · 20 ноя – 14 марOdori Park is lit from late November until the middle of March, which covers the dark afternoons and the snow festival in one run.42
- Оттава 🇨🇦 КанадаWinter Lights Across Canada · 5 дек – 8 янв (обычно)Confederation Boulevard is strung with lights from early December to early January, and a free sound-and-light show is projected onto the Parliament buildings most evenings.35