Where To Go And What To Do In 2026: Most Iconic Events Worth Travelling For This Year
This curated guide to 2026’s unmissable events - fashion weeks, film festivals, F1 races, and gallery openings, lets you plan your holidays around the moments you truly don’t want to miss
Some people plan holidays to switch off. Others plan them to tune in. If you’re in the second camp, drawn to film festivals, fashion weeks, F1 weekends, yacht-packed ports, or for that matter, cities that feel charged with purpose – this is for you. This kind of travel follows the pulse. You don’t schedule a trip and hope something’s happening, you go because something is. The place is almost secondary.
It’s early January. Only a handful of dates are already fixed, others are still being argued over somewhere between meetings and martinis, and a handful of cities haven’t quite made up their minds yet. But if you like to plan early, here it is – a 2026 watch-out list for cinema lovers, fashion lovers, sports enthusiasts, and everyone in between (and beyond).
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January
Jan 11: The Golden Globes 2026 — Beverly Hills, California
Jan 12-Feb 1: Australian Open — Melbourne, Australia
Jan 16-20: Men’s Milan Fashion Week — Milan, Italy
Jan 19-21: LVMH Watch Week 2026 — Milan, Italy
Jan 20-25: Men’s Paris Fashion Week — Paris, France
Jan 22-Feb 1: Sundance Film Festival — Park City, Utah
Jan 23-25: St. Moritz Snow Polo — St. Moritz, Switzerland
Jan 26-29: Paris Couture & Haute Couture SS26 — Paris, France
Jan 30-31: The ICE St. Moritz — St. Moritz, Switzerland
February
Feb 1: Grammy Awards — Los Angeles, USA
Feb 1-6: Dubai Fashion Week — Dubai, UAE
Feb 6-22: Winter Olympics — Milan & Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Feb 8: Super Bowl — California, USA
Feb 8, 15, 22: White Turf — St. Moritz, Switzerland
Feb 12-17: New York Fashion Week — New York, USA
Feb 13-21: Rio Carnival — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Feb 19-23: London Fashion Week — London, United Kingdom
Feb 24-March 2: Women’s Milan Fashion Week — Milan, Italy
March
March 2-10: Women’s Paris Fashion Week — Paris, France
March 5-8: F1 Australia — Melbourne, Australia
March 13-15: F1 China — Shanghai, China
March 15: Academy Awards — Los Angeles, USA
March 27-29: F1 Japan — Suzuka, Japan
April
April 4-12: Rolex Monte Carlo Masters — Monte Carlo, Monaco
April 10-12, 17-19: Coachella — California, USA
April 10-12: F1 Bahrain — Sakhir, Bahrain
April 14-20: Watches & Wonders — Geneva, Switzerland
April 17-19: F1 Saudi Arabia — Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
May
May 1-3: F1 Miami — Miami, USA
May 4: Met Gala — New York, USA
May 12-23: Cannes Film Festival — Cannes, France
May 15-17: Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este — Lake Como, Italy
May 22-24: F1 Canada — Montreal, Canada
May 24-June 7: Roland Garros — Paris, France
June
June 5-7: F1 Monaco — Monte Carlo, Monaco
June 11-July19: FIFA World Cup — USA, Canada & Mexico
June 12-14: F1 Spain — Barcelona, Spain
June 13-14: 24 Hours of Le Mans — Le Mans, France
June 16-20: Royal Ascot — Ascot, United Kingdom
June 19-28: Milan & Paris Menswear SS — Milan, Paris
June 26-28: F1 Austria — Spielberg, Austria
July
June 29-July 12: Wimbledon — London, United Kingdom
July 3-5: F1 Great Britain — Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
July 4-26: Tour De France — France
July 9-12: Goodwood Festival of Speed — West Sussex, United Kingdom
July 17-19: F1 Belgium — Spa, Belgium
July 24-26: F1 Hungary — Budapest, Hungary
August
Aug 20-23: Hublot Polo Cup — Gstaad, Switzerland
Aug 21-23: F1 Netherlands — Zandvoort, Netherlands
Aug 30-Sep 7: Burning Man — Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA
September
Sep 2-12: Venice Film Festival — Venice, Italy
Sep 4-6: F1 Italy — Monza, Italy
Sep 11-13: F1 Spain — Madrid, Spain
Sep 11-16: New York Fashion Week SS — New York, USA
Sep 22-28: Milan Fashion Week Womenswear SS — Milan, Italy
Sep 23-26: Monaco Yacht Show — Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sep 24-26: F1 Azerbaijan — Baku, Azerbaijan
October
Sep 28-Oct 6: Paris Fashion Week Womenswear SS — Paris, France
Oct 3-4: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe — Paris, France
Oct 9-11: F1 Singapore — Singapore
Oct 23-25: Art Basel Paris — Paris, France
Oct 23-25: F1 USA — Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 30-Nov 1: F1 Mexico — Mexico City, Mexico
November
Oct 30-Nov 9: Japan Mobility Show(Tokyo Motor Show) — Tokyo, Japan
Nov 6-8: F1 Brazil — São Paulo, Brazil
Nov 19-21: F1 Las Vegas — Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Nov 27-29: F1 Qatar — Lusail, Qatar
December
Dec 4-6: F1 Abu Dhabi — Abu Dhabi
Throughout Dec: Christmas Markets — Worldwide