New Zealand musicians have secured a special place on the programme for the City of London Festival.

Festival-goers in gumboots, raincoats and their best party attire braved mud and rain for Glastonbury 2011.

This fabulous summer arts festival offers a creative, entertaining range of events.

It's a pop-up world of panama hats and outdoor reading (when it's sunny), scarves and cups of coffee (when it's not), and an erudite audience.

The annual Medellín Flowers Festival sees Colombia's "City of Eternal Spring" bedecked with colourful blooms.

Billed as the largest cultural festival of its kind in North America, Toronto's Caribana Festival is an exciting celebration of Caribbean music and culture.

Advice on visiting Disneyland's theme parks in Asia and which currency to travel with in India.

U2 bassist Adam Clayton says he is looking forward to seeing Elbow perform at Glastonbury.

The seaside town of Knysna is famous for its oysters and during the annual Oyster Festival thousands of people participate in celebrations dedicated to the delicacy.

Two New Zealand films have been selected to screen at the inaugural Beijing International Film Festival.

The peaceful Town of 1770 bursts into life every May for the Captain Cook 1770 Festival.

Ireland's National Heritage Council protects and enhances the nation's built, natural and cultural heritage, so the activities on offer during National Heritage Week are incredibly diverse.

South Australia's Copper Coast was once home to thousands of Cornish miners and this heritage is remembered during Kernewek Lowender.

Established in 1947, the Holland Festival is a trendsetting international performing arts festival.

Images from the Holi Festival of colour, during which Hindu devotees light bonfires, dance, and throw coloured powder and water at each other.

It's the flags you see first. WOMAD, held annually at Taranaki's beautiful Brooklands Park, is littered with them.

There is a whole host of fabulous events happening at next week's Fashion Festival in Auckland.

Following the success of last year's show, Fashion Festival now lasts an entire week.

Robert Redford says he is planning to launch a four-day version of the Sundance Film Festival in London.

Carnaval de Noumea - the Noumea Carnival - is a major festival held in the New Caledonian capital every April.

There's a lot more choice when it comes to quenching your beer thirst these days.