Moments
Time-bound reasons to travel — a meteor shower, a rare bloom, a museum opening — worth catching while they're happening.
EventIn 7 days© Myrabella · Public domainThe Bayeux Tapestry leaves France for the first time in 900 years
10 Sep 2026 – 11 Jul 2027
EventIn 19 days© Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0George Lucas's museum finally opens in Exposition Park
22 Sep 2026 – 30 Sep 2027
EventIn 30 days© Manel Tineo · CC BY 2.0Concurs de Castells 2026, Tarragona
3 Oct 2026
EventIn 86 days© Steve Parker · CC BY 2.0The London Museum opens free in Smithfield's Victorian markets
28 Nov 2026 – 30 Nov 2027
EventIn 120 days© Geolina163 · CC BY-SA 4.0Two hundred years since Beethoven
1 Jan 2027 – 31 Dec 2027
Event© Reena Yadav · Unsplash License272 Steps Under a Kavadi
Usually around 14 Jan 2027 – 20 Feb 2027
Natural wonder© Brooke Smith · CC BY 4.0Half a Million Calves in Three Weeks
Only The short rains must green the southern plains; if the grass has not come up the herds calve elsewhere or later
Event© DonCamillo · CC BY-SA 4.0The Ark Goes to the Water
19 Jan 2027
Event© Roy Mullay · CC BY 4.0Burning a Galley in Lerwick
Usually around 25 Jan 2027 – 31 Jan 2027
Event© Jdvillalobos · Public domainFour Days Before the Ash
Usually around 31 Jan 2027 – 9 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© Sergey Pesterev · CC BY-SA 4.0Baikal's Clear Ice
1 Feb 2027 – 31 Mar 2027
Event© Giò · CC BY 2.0Nine Teams and 265 Tonnes of Fruit
Usually around 1 Feb 2027 – 9 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© Martin Acosta Albarracin · CC BY 4.0Orcas That Come onto the Beach
Only Sea lion pups must be old enough to be playing in the shallows, and attacks only come on specific high tides; days can pass with no attempt at all
Event© Ian Gampon from NYC, USA · CC BY 2.0Two Million a Day on the Street
Usually around 1 Feb 2027 – 10 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© Fanghong · CC BY-SA 3.0Golden Sea at Luoping
1 Feb 2027 – 31 Mar 2027
Event© Lesley Granderson · CC BY-SA 4.0J'ouvert Before Sunrise
Usually around 2 Feb 2027 – 9 Mar 2027
Event© t-konno · CC BY-SA 3.0Four Hundred Statues of Snow
Usually around 4 Feb 2027 – 11 Feb 2027
Natural wonder© Dpickd1 · CC BY 4.0Ring of fire over Patagonia
6 Feb 2027
Natural wonder© Etwas Neues · CC BY-SA 3.0Plum Before Cherry at Kairakuen
10 Feb 2027 – 31 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© Pamela Heckel · Unsplash LicensePoppy Superbloom, Antelope Valley
Only Depends on winter to early spring rainfall; a dry December to February produces little or no bloom
Event© Theunexploredyatri · CC BY-SA 4.0When Braj Turns to Powder
Usually around 25 Feb 2027 – 21 Mar 2027
Event© Bruce Baker · CC BY 2.0First Saturday of March on Oxford Street
Usually around 28 Feb 2027 – 7 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© (c) tunicatedreamz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BYFish That Spawn on Dry Sand
Only The second to fourth nights following a full or new moon, a little after high tide; runs are predicted rather than guaranteed and some nights produce nothing
Event© Marcelo · Unsplash LicenseEverything Burns on the Nineteenth
1 Mar 2027 – 19 Mar 2027
Natural wonder© Stephenw04 · CC BY-SA 4.0Swimming with whale sharks
1 Mar 2027 – 31 Aug 2027
Event© Javinaselli · CC BY-SA 4.0Harvest Night at the Greek Theatre
Usually around 1 Mar 2027 – 9 Mar 2027
Event© Albert Ivan Damanik · CC BY-SA 4.0The Day Bali Stops
Usually around 7 Mar 2027 – 30 Mar 2027
Event© Benjamín Núñez González · CC BY-SA 4.0La Madrugá, Midnight to Midday
Usually around 15 Mar 2027 – 25 Apr 2027
Event© Dennis Sylvester Hurd · CC0Sawdust Carpets Made to Be Ruined
Usually around 15 Mar 2027 – 25 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Mark Tegethoff · Unsplash LicenseTidal Basin Peak Bloom
Usually around 18 Mar 2027 – 10 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Brett Beutell · Unsplash LicenseKeukenhof and the bulb fields
Usually around 20 Mar 2027 – 15 May 2027
Natural wonder© Yu Kato · Unsplash LicenseThe cherry blossom front
Usually around 20 Mar 2027 – 10 May 2027
Natural wonder© Mustafa Fatemi · Unsplash LicenseAsia's largest tulip garden
Usually around 20 Mar 2027 – 20 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Matthew Lancaster · Unsplash LicenseBluebonnets on the Roadsides
20 Mar 2027 – 25 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Janabaevazizbek · CC BY-SA 4.0Istanbul's Tulip Month
1 Apr 2027 – 30 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Nalgae · CC BY-SA 3.0Jinhae Under Cherry Snow
1 Apr 2027 – 10 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Bonn's Pink Tunnel
5 Apr 2027 – 30 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© Click and Learn Photography · Unsplash LicenseBluebell Weeks in Ancient Woodland
10 Apr 2027 – 15 May 2027
Event© CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 4.0New Year Fought With Water
13 Apr 2027
Natural wonder© no rights reserved · CC0An Old Spawn and the Birds That Follow
Only A new or full moon high tide with warm calm water; a cold snap or an onshore blow can flatten a spawn entirely
Natural wonder© Tomas Castelazo · CC BY-SA 4.0Saguaro Crowns in Bloom
1 May 2027 – 30 Jun 2027
Event© Jennifer 8. Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0Venice Architecture Biennale 2027
8 May 2027 – 21 Nov 2027
Event© Dimitrije Milenkovic · Unsplash LicenseExpo comes to the Balkans
15 May 2027 – 15 Aug 2027
Natural wonder© Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0Clouds at the Edge of Space
15 May 2027 – 15 Aug 2027
Natural wonder© Lina Nguyen · Unsplash LicenseLotus Season on West Lake
25 May 2027 – 15 Sep 2027
Natural wonder© nanamori · CC BY 3.0Genji Fireflies over Slow Water
25 May 2027 – 10 Jul 2027
Natural wonder© Ximonic (Simo Rasanen) · CC BY-SA 4.0The sun does not set
25 May 2027 – 17 Jul 2027
Natural wonder© Mylon Ollila · Unsplash LicenseElephants Come Down to the River
Only The interior pans must dry out to force the herds to the river; a long or late wet season keeps them dispersed inland
Natural wonder© F igy · CC BY 3.0Green Turtles on the Arabian Sea
1 Jun 2027 – 30 Sep 2027
Natural wonder© Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0Wildflower Wave, Western Australia
1 Jun 2027 – 31 Oct 2027
Natural wonder© Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Capelin Roll onto the Beach
Only Beach water temperature; capelin only spawn on the sand within a narrow temperature band, so the roll can arrive weeks early or late and lasts only a few days on any one beach
Event© Lestat (Jan Mehlich) · CC BY-SA 3.0The Pergamonmuseum reopens after four years behind hoardings
4 Jun 2027 – 30 Jun 2028
Event© Paul Broeker · CC BY-SA 4.0documenta returns to Kassel
12 Jun 2027 – 19 Sep 2027
Event© Marsupium · CC BY 4.0Skulptur Projekte, once a decade
13 Jun 2027 – 3 Oct 2027
Event© Tall Black · CC BY-SA 4.0AFCON 2027: Pamoja, Across East Africa
19 Jun 2027 – 17 Jul 2027
Event© Agencia Brasil Fotografias · CC BY 2.0The first Women's World Cup in South America
24 Jun 2027 – 25 Jul 2027
Event© McKay Savage · CC BY 2.0The Sun Festival at Sacsayhuaman
24 Jun 2027
Natural wonder© Niccolo' Candelise · Unsplash LicenseSunflower Fields of Tuscany
25 Jun 2027 – 10 Aug 2027
Event© Bjs · CC0Landshuter Hochzeit 1475
25 Jun 2027 – 18 Jul 2027
Event© Edomura no Tokuzo · CC BY-SA 4.0A Thousand Julys in Kyoto
1 Jul 2027 – 31 Jul 2027