Events calendar for annual European events

July events

Cactus Festival - Bruges
| A mix of outdoor concerts.
International Street Theatre Festival - Krakow
| It's international. It's street theatre. It's a festival.
Jazz Festival Vienna - Vienna
| Ever-increasing popularity and stature
Karlovy Vary IFF - Prague
| International Film Festival
Roskilde Festival - Copenhagen
| Northern Europes biggest music festival
Stockholm Jazz Festival - Stockholm
| One of Sweden's oldest festival.
Stockholm Pride - Stockholm
| The largest Pride event in the Nordics
Tour de France - Paris
| The culmination of this gruelling task ends in Paris
World Congress of Santa Clauses - Copenhagen
| Lots of Father Christmases on their summer break

August events

Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Edinburgh
| The worlds biggest art celebration
Edinburgh Military Tatoo - Edinburgh
| A tattoo spectacular infront of Edinburgh Castle
Notting Hill Carnival - London
| Maybe getting a bit too big - but that might be your thing...
Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival - Glasgow
| Featuring the biggest names in Scottish and international piping...
Tango on ICEland Festival - Reykjavik
| Yepp - a Tango festival. On Iceland. It was packed and heaving

September events

ArtsFest - Birmingham | The UK's largest free Art Festival
Braderie - Lille | Europes biggest flea market
Bristol International Festival of Kites & Air Creations - Bristol | The title sort of gives it away
Copenhagen Blues Festival - Copenhagen | World class blues music lasting five days
Festes de la Merce - Barcelona | Barcelona's main festival with music, fireworks, human pyramids and Cava
International Puppet festival - Zagreb | Good old fashioned Puppets reliving this magnificent art form
Oktoberfest - Munich | Started in 1810 and still going strong…
Rettir (sheep and horse roundup) - Reykjavik | Your chance to watch som Islandic sheep herding as the summer draws to a close

Octoberevents

Expovina - Zurich | A floating wine exhibition aboard 12 lake cruisers. What could possibly go wrong?
Insomnia Festival - Tromso | Techno-fest for ultimate cred factor
International Film Festival - Zagreb | Relatively new European Film Festival full of promise
Loch Ness Marathon - Inverness | Run a marathon whilst slightly nervously peeking to one side …
Viennale - Vienna | Annual film festival

November events

Aberdeen Santa Run - Aberdeen | A 6k run around Aberdeen beach while dressed up as Santa
High Times Cannabis Cup - Amsterdam | Six days of pure hedonism: music, events, forums, and tasting sessions.
Millionaire Fair - Moscow | The place to go for your diamond encrusted mobile phone - or your next Bugatti …
Prague International Jazz Festival - Prague | the XXIII Jazz Festival of Prague
Unglist - Reykjavik | A festival for for young, up-and-coming artists, photographers, dancers and musicians

December events

Christmas Market - Brussels | Christmas tree and light show on the Grand Place
Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmärkte) - Berlin | Christmas markets are big in Germany. If you haven't been - you won't know

January events

Blessing of the animals - Rome | On Piazza Vittoria dogs, cats, hamsters, horses, anything goes will be present to receive a blessing
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Brussels | One of the many Film Festivals that takes place in Brussels
Regatta delle Befane - Venice | Over 50s male rowing race the length of the Grand Canal
Tromso International Film Festival - Tromso | Probably the northern-most Film Festival in the world

February events

Copenhagen Fashion Weekend - Copenhagen | The general public section of the International Fashion Fair
Fat Thursday - Krakow | Stuff your face with donuts (!?)
Opera Ball - Vienna | Held annually in the stunning ballroom at the Opera House
Zoom Arrière - Toulouse | A celebration of France's cinematic heritage, in which film-lovers can take a look back at films from yesteryear

March events

Paris Fashion Week - Paris | It’s a week - and it's fashion.
Budapest Spring Festival - Budapest | A two-week long festival with internationally renowned Classical music stars
Eurochocolate Festival - Rome | An exhibition of 3000 chocolate eggs. No touching!
Carnivale - Venice | A 10-day carnival, 24/7 fancy dress

April events

Brugge Chocolate Festival - Bruges | A festival all about chocolate, chocolate and chocolate
Dia de Sant Jordi - Barcelona | The Ramblas becomes a huge flower market and book stall (men buys the woman a flower, the women buy their man a book)
Flemenco Summit - Madrid | The best of flamenco
Glasow Art Fair - Glasgow | Now in its 13th year presenting artwork from galleries throught the UK
IndieLisboa Independent Film Festival - Lisbon | Hundreds of independent films are screened
Queensday - Amsterdam | It is the Queen mothers birthday. It’s a big party - and it's orange
Summer in Tivoli - Copenhagen | Theatre, dance, music and films. Amusemetn park open from April till September

May events

Balmoral Show - Belfast | "2008 saw a record number of livestock exhibitiors". You go, enjoy.
Brussels Jazz Marathon - Brussels | More than 100 concerts over a single weekend with locally and internationally acclaimed musicians
Chelsea Flower Show - London | Global floral event looking nice nice.
Festival of Fools - Belfast | An annual Street Festival
Fiesta de San Isidro - Madrid | Celebrating the start of a new Bullfighting season
French Open - Paris | One of the ATP top four tennis tournaments
Procession of the Holy Blood - Bruges | The Procession of the Holy Blood going through Bruges celebrates one of Belgium's sacred relics - a stained cloth, allegedly used to wipe Christ's wounds.
Rock in Rio - Lisbon | Rock in Rio moved from Rio de Janeiro in 2004. Go figure.

June events

Animafest - Zagreb | World Festival of Animated Film
Bukta Open Air Festival - Tromso | Openair music festival under the midnight sun
Donauinselfest - Vienna | Free pop-music festival
Dance Prague - Prague | Classic, contemporary, jazz and folk dancer gather from all over the world
Eurokaz - Zagreb | Famous European theatre festival
Love Parade - Berlin | The biggest Techno/Dance party in the world
Midnight Sun Marathon - Tromso | Rapidly expanding marathon (not in length, but in popularity)
Military Orchestra Festival - Krakow | Get your boots on for some seriuos oompa mania
Ommegang - Brussels | Celebrating the Virgin Mary Statue from Antwerp to Brussels
Prague writers' Festival - Prague | One of the most notable literary events in Europe
Biennale - Venice | Modern art painters, sculptors and performance artist from all over the world. Lasts from June till October
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament - London | Tennis, strawberries, Pimms and tennis