May Events and Festivals

May is a great month across the world for cultural events, strange festivals and sporting championships. Plenty of the best ones are covered by Suite101's International Events Topic. Here are the ones we currently have articles and blog entries about, and more are being added all the time.

May Events, Festivals and Sporting Championships

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Buenos Aires Book Fair

Vienna, Austria: International Music Festival

Vienna, Austria: Vienna Festival

Bhutan: Bumthang

Cameroon: Cameroon Sheep Festival

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Bloor-Yorkville Wine Festival

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic: Prague Spring Festival (classical music)

Democratic People’s Republic of Congo:Liberation Day

Bentley Bridge Inn, Derbyshire, England: World toe-wrestling championships (sport)

Haworth, Yorkshire, England: 1940s weekend

London, England: Chelsea Flower Show

London, England: FA Cup Final (football)

Europe: Eurovision Song Contest (music)

Europe: UEFA Champions’ League final (sport)

Cannes, Cote d’Azur, France: Cannes Film Festival

Paris, France: Roland Garros/ French Open (tennis)

Berlin, Germany: Karneval der Kulturen

Munich, Bavaria, Germany: Maidult Fair

Athens, Greece: Athens in Bloom

Camogli, Liguria, Italia: Sagra del Pesce (food)

Genoa, Liguria, Italy: Slow Fish (food)

Rome, Italy: Primo Maggio (music)

Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Ciclo di Spettacoli Classici (Greek theatre)

Vilnius, Lithuania: Carnival

Mexico: Cinco De Mayo

Monaco: Monaco Grand Prix (sport)

Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland International Comedy Festival

Cusco, Peru: Cusco Beer Festival (drink)

Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Ghost Festival

Speyside, Scotland: Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA: Indy 500 festival (sport)

McMinnville, Oregon, USA: UFO Festival

New York City, New York, USA: Tribeca Film Festival (film)

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