[Bucket List]: Festivals, Festivals, Festivals

• Burning Man (Black Rock Desert, Nevada): August-September

  Do you have your hippie, steampunk costume ready? While not a music festival, Burning Man is a temporary city erected in the Nevada desert, bringing together music, art installations, performance art, and the ceremonial fire of a giant man.

• Carnaval (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

• Mardi Gras (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA): February

  Also known as Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras is a festival famous around the world for its partying, parades, and floats! Wear your mask, grab some beads, and experience all New Orleans has to offer.

• Dia De Los Muertos (Mexico): October

  Celebrate loved ones who have passed on with a unique day of memorial. Be ready for sugar skulls, vibrant colors, costumes, floats, and so many rituals!

• Holi Festival (India and Nepal): March

  To spread love, people from all over the world come throw pigmented powder in the air, on their closest friends and family! Wear white and prepare to get messy!

• Coachella (Indio, California, USA): April

  Coachella is the ultimate boho music festival loved by celebrities and your friends alike! This unique festival is the epitome of “if you didn’t instagram, did it happen?”.

• St. Patrick’s Day Festival (Dublin, Ireland)

• Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany): September-October

  Drink all the beer you can get your hands on and toast with thousands of your closest friends.

• Albuquerque International Balloon Festival (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA)

• Lantern Festival (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

• Carnival of Venice (Venice, Italy)

• Cherry Blossom Festival (Japan)

• Diwali (India and Nepal)

• Tomorrowland (Boom, Belgium): July

  Tomorrowland is the ultimate EDM (electronic dance music) festival known for its eccentric outfits and out-of-this world stages! Be ready to be surrounded by glitter, fireworks, vibrant colors, and thousands of your closest friends from around the world!