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This little piggy went to the festivals

Festivals

We're friends who have been to the world's best parties & we want to share our tips with you. We've run with the bulls in Spain, chugged beers at Munich Oktoberfest & danced naked at Burning Man.

Celebrate Hogmanay in style, discover hidden secrets of Batalla Del Vino or worship a goat at Puck Fair. It's all out there & in here.

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We've been from Boi Bumba to The Love Parade to La Tomatina & everywhere in between. But sometimes we miss out on the details ! So always check date & location with official websites or a secondary source.



World Festivals





Amsterdam Roots
Amsterdam roots, every June a fantastic world music line-up in Europe's party city.

Batalla Del Vino
Batalla Del Vino is a crazy wine fight in a Spain's wine capital Rioja- free drink everywhere as the entire town is flooded with wine. Just after morning mass !

Brasil Carnaval
Brasil Carnaval is the hottest and sexiest party in the world. Millions of Brasilians line the streets dancing a sweet sexy samba. A once in a lifetime experience.

Bull Running in Pamplona & The Fiesta of San Fermin
Bull running in Pamplona. Can you run with the bulls and party all night ? The Fiesta of San Fermin has something for everyone.

Burning Man
Burning Man needs no introduction but just in case- Blackrock City, Desert, nakedness, drugs, bicycles, experimenting & altered perceptions.

Calcio Storico
Calcio Storico is the oldest of soccer games in the world. Ever wonder where the game murder-ball came from ? From Florence of course. This time when the Italian dives it's for real.

Calgary Stampede
Calgary Stampede a festival with rodeos, chuckwagon races & all night line dancing. Take a step back in time to when the world’s toughest stock walked on two legs.

Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire
Chase a wheel of cheese rolling down a hill in Gloucestershire, the fromage reaches speeds of 92kph ! there is no prize but expect to celebrate like a winner.

Cois Fharraige in Clare
Cois Fharraige 2008 the Irish surf contest with & world class music acts.

Cruinniu na mBad
Cruinniu na mBad - Kinvara in Galway's gathering of the beautiful Irish Hooker boat. Pints of Guinness to be had.

Darwin Beer Can Regatta
Darwin Beer Can Regatta - Build a ship for battle out of 1000 beer cans. Or just drink the beer. The regatta is where you can get away with both.

Day of The Dead
Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos as it's known in Mexico is a beautiful mourning of loved ones past on and an amazing celebration of life where people claim to contact their late friends, family and lovers. Best celebrated in Mexico and traditionally in a graveyard.

Dia de la Rebel
Dia de la Rebel dia Nacional in Cuba there are only 1 or 2 chances left to see this Communist Carnival of colour, dance and culture.


Electric Picnic Music Festival
Electric Picnic is a top notch music festival, often referred to as the European Burning Man. But forget the line up, the novelty is off the stage. The amazing food and stalls to cure your hangover. Naked weddings are not uncommon here.

Exit Music Festival
The Exit Festival is the best music knees up in Europe. It takes place in Serbia- with friendly locals with beautiful weather guaranteed. Serbia's economy is also not performing so it possible to do all this on €300 !

Father Ted Carnival
This festival is a tribute to the funniest TV show we were blessed to receive: Father Ted

Fantasy Fest Key West
Ten days of fancy dress but there are no hidden desires here. Key West lets it's hair down and pulls her skirt up for the ultimate party. Leave your inhibitions in the airport locker : fun for boys & girls.

Full Moon Party
The Full Moon party on Koh Phangan where up to 30,000 people get a boat out to Haad Rin paradise beach off of Thailand and help themselves to local buckets of drink and Mushroom shakes.

Galway Oyster Fair
Galway Oyster Fair voted up there with Oktoberfest, 15,000 people celebrate 1 shellfish and a lot of Guinness

Glastonbury Music Festival
Glastonbury is an ancient music festival by modern standards but pull factor is more then the world's best music acts. There is always rain therefore mud slides and hence hand parties. Europe's largest music festival with every possible music niche catered for.
Hogmanay in Edinburgh
Hogmanay in Edinburgh is the ultimate way to celebrate the new year click here to find out more.

La Tomatina Fiesta
La Tomatina Fiesta : tomato throwing where a quaint Spanish village turns into a pool of tamatoes.

Lanjaron Water Fiesta
Lanjaron Water Fiesta is Spain's greatest water fight at the peak of Summer heat.

Love Parade 2009
Love Parade 2009 in Bochum, the greatest party on earth. Since it's move from Berlin it only gets better.

Mardi Gras New Orleans
Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, whatever language it can mean only one thing beginning with "B".... beads. New Orleans enjoys a fortnight of tourist hedonism and local culture.

Oktoberfest in Munich
Oktoberfest 2008 in Munich this Beerfest is the best reason in the world to party. Fourteen beer tents and 8 million people create the ultimate atmosphere.

Orange Throwing at the Ivrea Carnival
Orange throwing in Ivrea, italy is a different type of carnival. Your travel insurance policy won't cover this.

Oxegen Music Festival
Oxegen is Ireland's largest music festival, it has featured all the biggest names in world music and funky concepts like silent tents (you wear earphones) it is rivalled only by Glastonbury for best music event in Europe.

Palio di Siena
Palio di Siena - an epic traditional Italian horse race dating back hundreds of centuries. The Siena locals celebrate in a medieval fashion as 17 different areas fight against one another.

Pourcailhade
Pourcailhade - a French boom devoted to prime pigs.

Puck Fair
Puck Fair -Goat worshipping ? only in Ireland. This is Ireland's second biggest celebration after St. Paddys day. The population of Kerry increases by 100,000 people for 4 days.

Songkran Water Fight
Songkran Water Fight: celebrate the new year in Thailand and enjoy the party in Chang Mai.

Stuttgart Volkfest
Stuttgart Volkfest is Germany's second biggest beer festival after the Oktoberfest in Munich. With less tourists at the Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen hence there is more beer per person!

Surin Elephant Celebration
Surin Elephant Festival pays the mightiest animal in the world a thousands complements as the elephants display their capabilities and are worshipped so.

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
Sydney Mardi Gras: A street filling event of parades and entertainment hosted by the Sydney Gay and Lesbian community. Fun for all regardless of sexual orientation.

Tar-Barrel Carrying
Tar-barrel carrying originated in 1688, or did it ? who cares it's a 17 stage pub crawl with father and son competing with tar barells on fire.

Thaipusam in Penang
Thaipusam in Penang is a celebration of the Kevadi. People perform fascinating feats and exercise exreme will power in the name of religion.

Vappu in Finland
Spring break Finnish style, college students go wild for two days in Finland as the country also celebrates labour day.

Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air, Germany's metalfest will get your head rockin'- everything from death metal to folk metal and over 60,000 metal minded people.


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