Tickets for Coachella trade out in an instant . flight into New Orleans before Mardis Gras are prohibitory , and forget about hotel . No problem – you’re able to still receive party on this planet that your friends have n’t already selfied to exhaustion . Look further afield , around and outside the Americas , and you ’ll find colorful , rowdy party all over the globe . funfair vibraharp , electronic music fete , and spiritually inclined choice abound .
You may have heard of some of these – clearly someone has , or else it would n’t be much of a party . But chances are you ’re going to overhear at least a strain of FOMO reading through these . metre to put some play - strong miles on the pass .
AfrikaBurn
Tankwa Karoo National Park , South AfricaWhen : April or May
Black Rock City ’s desert rave is among the growing roll of incinerate Man - affiliatedburner eventspopping up worldwide that partake in the worldly ethos of revolutionary inclusion and creativity . One of the most popular – with its dramatic landscape and hallucinogenic installations – is AfrikaBurn , which every spring light up South Africa ’s arid , bird - rich Tankwa Karoo National Park . The calendar week - long not - for - net income festival , which launched in 2007 , is an all - inclusive space for artists , instrumentalist , craftspeople , and anyone else who want to have too - vividMad Max : Fury Roadflashbacks in an African desert .
King’s Day
Amsterdam , the NetherlandsWhen : April 27th each year
Formerly Queen ’s Day , the Dutch national holiday – known to the topical anaesthetic asKoningsdag– is the annual jubilation of the Royal ’s birthday . And a purple throwdown it is : festivals , concerts , sauceboat parties , and intimate - city beach raves , plump up across Amsterdam ’s canals , street , and parks . Dress code , you ’ll notice , is that particular nicety of rich tangerine tree that makes the Dutch easy to spot at World Cup matches . Get to get laid your inner Dutchman , or just foregather a thousand other rowdy ones during Amsterdam ’s most decadent of daylight ( which is really say something ) . make it early so you could enjoy the outcome immediately lead : King ’s Night .
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music
Fes , MoroccoWhen : May
This eight - mean solar day fountain festival of consecrated music brings together ancient and contemporary humanistic discipline in a landscape of tranquility and mantrap . Previous headliners have included Ravi Shankar and Björk , who crest solar day of local , phantasmal Sufi acts . Held throughout various little venue , the festival offer an introduction to the mystical traditions of Sufism and dervish saltation . It ’s a colourful , rejuvenate getaway that calls for your undivided attention .
Fusion Festival
Lärz , GermanyWhen : June
This annual arts and music gala lands each year at a former Russian air force fundament in Northern Germany , replete with a runway and pasturage - covered aircraft hangars that extend a post - industrialTeletubbiesfeel . It aims to embody " holy communism , " creating an environment of transformative creativeness outside one ’s daily round of life . Its programming , stage design , and sharply aesthetic vibe have earned it comparisons to Glastonbury and Burning Man , but it needs no analogue : it ’s one of Germany ’s most democratic festivals , despite famously keeping its card a mystery until the event .
Distortion
Copenhagen , DenmarkWhen : June
This citywide fete casts Copenhagen into a week - long binge of Danish music , with street culture and nightlife colliding with alternative communities and unseasoned ethnic music . It ’s a carnival of electronic music swaggie , culminate in a big knee - up in the city ’s harbor at the weekend ’s end . highlight some of Europe ’s more popular underground acts , this open - to - all event is a great chance to fraternize with friendly local youth to give away some of the city ’s good haunt .
Ati-Atihan
Kalibo , the PhilippinesWhen : January
This is the Filipino Mardi Gras , where the locals carve out a merry parade on the island of Aklan , with rainbow - colored indigenous costumes and frenetic dance performances . The festival honors an eld - old tradition in which the local mountain - dwell tribe – the Atis – came down to take the lowlanders – the Kalimantan , who had arrived from Borneo – for solid food during periods of regretful harvesting . As a substance of thanks , the Atis would paint their faces and do ritualized dances . The tradition has lasted 100 of years , incorporate various Catholic component since the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s . If you like Carnival and dear spectacle , put this on your list beside New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro .
Wanderlust Squaw Valley
North Lake Tahoe , CaliforniaWhen : July
This is your chill , outdoorsy alternative to urban celebration , desert raves , and bombastic spiritual carnivals . Lake Tahoe ’s latest fete have music , yoga , paddleboarding , and pool parties set in the deeply InstagrammableSquaw Valley . After you ’ve camp under the stars , back - stroked around Lake Tahoe , and glut heedfully on natural food , you may start to ask yourself what all the fuss about Coachella was .
Esala Perahera
Kandy , Sri LankaWhen : AugustA visual treat and a pleasure for the weed , Esala Perahera is a 10 - day festival of processions , fire dancing , and acrobatics in central Sri Lanka . It ’s consuming for the eyes , as well as the nose – you ’ll be bomb by a rich range of incense . The festival respect the sanctified relic of the tooth of Buddha , supposedly smuggled out of India to this island country more than 400 years ago . plunge yourself in this ocular feast , as elephants , dancers , singer , and drummer make one of the existence ’s great religious party .
Les Dunes Electroniques
Nefta , TunisiaWhen : February
Set in the Sahara desert in the honest-to-goodness set George Lucas built to shoot the originalStar Wars , this unique and challenging rave puts advanced electronic euphony in a serene , yet foreboding environment , while a preponderantly French detail – tog up as Jedis and Sith Lords – dances through the weekend . It ’s picayune surprise that Les Dunes Electroniques creates an preternatural feel , fall in that it began life as Tatooine , but the dune , deserts , and sunsets , all soundtracked by leading electronic medicine gift , truly will have you look around for a second sunlight . Alas , safety concerns led to the cancellation of the 2016 party , but here ’s looking in the lead , in trueStar Warsfashion , to future installments .
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