Festivals

Rainforest World Music Festival 2026 blends live music, Sarawak culture and immersive experiences into an unforgettable festival getaway.

Gawai Dayak in Sarawak offers travellers a rare chance to experience longhouse culture, harvest rituals, and community traditions firsthand.

Planning travel to Sabah or Sarawak? Learn when to visit and how to experience Kaamatan and Gawai festivals confidently.

Travelling during sacred holidays reshapes how we honour traditions, experience culture, and redefine belonging away from home.

Three Kuala Lumpur festivals in April and May 2026 spotlight art, music, markets, and immersive cultural experiences across the city.

Planning your first Rainforest World Music Festival trip? Here’s how to organise your visit and make the most of the experience.

Rainforest World Music Festival 2026 returns this June, giving travellers the perfect reason to plan a culture-rich Sarawak escape.

Solo female travel in Mongolia reveals the Golden Eagle Festival’s living heritage, and a powerful journey of cultural connection, courage, and transformation.

Growing up, I dismissed yee sang—but learning its symbolism reshaped how I understand Malaysian heritage and identity.

Melaka’s San Pedro Festival celebrates Portuguese-Eurasian heritage through fishing traditions, faith, food, and Kristang culture at the Portuguese Settlement.

A cultural guide to the 15 days of Chinese Lunar New Year traditions, meanings, and evolving modern practices.

Explore Portugal’s seasonal festivals through traditional dishes that reveal how food, culture and celebration shape each time of year.

Vilnius launches its first ‘Christmas Before Christmas,’ offering travellers an early, crowd-free festive escape filled with local traditions and seasonal events.

Does the dark and morbid bring you comfort? Here are festivals of the dead you can experience while you’re out exploring the world.

Treat yourself and loved ones to an unforgettable weekend of music, art, and coastal charm at the Ombak Festival in Desaru Coast.

The Sarawak Rainforest World Music Festival 2023 is set to be an electrifying celebration of music, culture, and natural beauty. With a focus on funky African beats, this year's festival promises to transport attendees into a world of vibrant rhythms, soulful melodies, and infectious energy.

Get ready to taste traditional baked mooncakes in innovative flavours from Shangri-La Hotel Kuala Lumpur this Mid-Autumn Festival. But if healthy is the way to go, then try these treat from Oh Cha Matcha.

Where and what it’s like to celebrate the beautiful water festival known as Songkran.

Calling all lit lovers, you may have missed out on your favourite festivals in 2020, but they’re back with a vengeance this year! If your goal for 2021 is to read more, then this list is for you.

More than its beautiful climate or the friendly people, the Philippines is a place of interest for another reason: its festivals.

I made plans to attend the Fuji Rock Festival and the entire process has been quite the experience in itself. If you’re thinking about doing the same, I’ve broken down my entire process from start to finish.

Gearing up for the wet and wild in Thailand? Here's everything you need to know about surviving Songkran.

Holi is an opportunity for people to get together with friends and loved ones for some good old-fashioned fun.

Hong Kong is to be intrigued by and marvelled at. So, come and be captivated by this oriental gem.