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The region’s great events, month by month, each linked to its official site for this year’s dates.
Last checked October 2026.
Founded by Prince Rainier III in 1974. Its top prize is the Golden Clown. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Baroque music in Malta's baroque capital. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The legendary winter rally, first run in 1911. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The couture houses show their spring collections. They show again in July. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Masks and costumes in the weeks before Lent, and the private masked balls in the great palazzi on the Grand Canal. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Carnival's grandest masked ball, created by Antonia Sautter in 1994. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Italy's great song festival at the Teatro Ariston, since 1951.
The women's autumn and winter collections. It returns in September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The contemporary African art fair founded by Touria El Glaoui, held at La Mamounia. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Spain's great flamenco and Spanish dance festival, centred on the Teatro Villamarta, from late February into March. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The women's autumn and winter collections. It returns at the end of September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Princess Grace Foundation's spring ball at the Sporting Monte-Carlo.
Spain's international contemporary art fair, at IFEMA Madrid. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Monaco's spring festival of music, dance and the arts, presided over by Princess Caroline of Hanover, into April.
Top tennis on clay courts set in terraces above the sea. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Seville's spring fair, for its private casetas, open only to their members and invited guests, and its horse culture, with riders and carriages in traditional dress parading through the fairground each afternoon. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The world's great design fair, with Design Week all over the city. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The spring boat show in the Moll Vell marina of Palma, with a superyacht section, as the Mediterranean season opens.
Historic racing cars on the Grand Prix circuit. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Top tennis on clay, from late April into May. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The classical music festival created by the violinist Renaud Capuçon and Dominique Bluzet, with great orchestras and soloists at the Grand Théâtre de Provence, around Easter, in March or April. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Florence's opera and concert festival, at the Teatro del Maggio, opening in April. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The international contemporary art fair, sister to ARCOmadrid, held each spring since 2016 in the Cordoaria Nacional, the 18th-century royal ropeworks on the Tagus. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Billed as the world's most exclusive supercar show. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The great international art exhibition, May to November in even years. Architecture takes over in odd years. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Italian Open, played at the Foro Italico. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The world's most prestigious film festival, since 1946. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula E on the Grand Prix circuit. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The AIDS research gala at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, held during the festival. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
International show jumping in the gardens of Villa Borghese. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The French Open, from late May into June. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Morocco's royal golf tournament at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, with PGA Tour Champions players, played alongside the women's Lalla Meryem Cup; held in May in recent years. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Classic cars retrace the great Brescia–Rome–Brescia road race of 1927 to 1957; in 2027, its centenary year, it returns to the original 1927 route in late May. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Classical music, with the Romantic repertoire at its heart, in the royal palaces of Sintra, Queluz and Monserrate, with international soloists.
Ancient Greek drama at the theatre of Epidaurus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, through August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Opera in the Roman theatre of Orange since 1869, from June into mid-July. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula 1 through the streets of Monte-Carlo. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Sacred music from the world's faiths in the old imperial city of Fès, founded by Faouzi Skali in 1994. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Elite show jumping, on a tour that also stops in cities such as Paris, Madrid, Monaco and Rome. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Premieres in the ancient Greek theatre, with Etna in the distance. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Music and dance in the palaces and gardens of the Alhambra, since 1952. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The city's great classical music festival, since 1973. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Monaco's TV festival and its Golden Nymph awards. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula 1 just outside Barcelona, taking turns with Spa in Belgium. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The French Oaks, famous for its hats and elegance. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The offshore race from Saint-Tropez around the Giraglia rock off Corsica. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Classic yachts in the Saronic Gulf. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Opera in the Roman arena since 1913, through September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Concerts in a former quarry above the town, plus the Starlite Gala hosted by Antonio Banderas, through August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The great superyacht regatta. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Opera, theatre and dance, founded by Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Slovenia's oldest festival, since 1953, bringing orchestras such as the London Symphony and soloists such as Martha Argerich to the open-air Križanke theatre and Congress Square, through early September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula 1 returns to the Algarve circuit for 2027 and 2028. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Ten days of classical music in the castle courtyard, churches and a great underground cistern of the walled hilltop village of Marvão, near the Spanish border, led by the conductor and violinist Christoph Poppen and the soprano Juliane Banse.
The bareback horse race around the Piazza del Campo, run twice each summer, in early July and mid-August. The best way to see it is as a private guest at the windows and balconies of the palazzi on the Campo. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
One of Europe's great opera festivals. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Star concerts in the Salle des Étoiles at the Sporting, through mid-August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Concerts on the stage over the sea at Villa Rufolo, since 1953.
The great theatre festival, since 1947, with plays in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The autumn and winter couture collections. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The summer photography festival, since 1970, through early October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Jazz under the pines since 1960. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Theatre and music across the walled Old Town, since 1950. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Opera, drama, ballet and concerts in Diocletian's Palace, with opera staged on the Peristyle, through mid-August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Montenegro's leading international arts festival, since 2002, with music and theatre across Kotor and its bay, through mid-August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Monaco's summer gala, presided over by Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Opera and concerts at Peralada Castle. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The summer polo season near Saint-Tropez. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Israel's leading international festival of music, theatre, dance and performance, since 1961, through August. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Israel's leading film festival, conceived by Lia van Leer, founder of the Jerusalem Cinematheque, with screenings at the Cinematheque and the Lev Smadar Cinema and an opening night at the Sultan's Pool below the Old City walls.
The King's Cup regatta, sailed off Mallorca. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Rossini in his hometown, since 1980. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded during the siege of Sarajevo in 1995, now the largest film festival in Southeastern Europe. Its top prize is the Heart of Sarajevo. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Spain's great polo tournament, at the Santa María Polo Club.
The world's oldest film festival, on the Lido, opening in late August or early September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Open-air opera in front of the medieval castle of Paphos, since 1999.
Formula 1 at the Temple of Speed. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Historic boats and costumed crews on the Grand Canal, in early September. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The great maxi yachts racing on the Costa Smeralda. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The great in-water boat show. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula 1 on the Madring circuit. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Swan yachts racing on the Costa Smeralda. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Classic yachts and motorboats at the Yacht Club de Monaco, held every two years, in odd-numbered years. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The international contemporary art exhibition organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts since 1987, through November. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Performances since 1994 in the Roman theatre of Aspendos, built in AD 155.
Classic yachts in the Bay of Cannes. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The women's spring and summer collections. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The world's great superyacht show. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Classic and modern yachts, into early October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The women's spring and summer collections, into early October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A week of chamber music at the Jerusalem International YMCA, led by the pianist Elena Bashkirova, with international soloists and ensembles. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
International show jumping over three consecutive weekends in three cities, under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, ending with the Grand Prix of His Majesty the King at El Jadida, into October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Verdi in his homeland, through most of October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
France's great horse race, at ParisLongchamp in early October. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The white truffle season, with the World White Truffle Auction at Grinzane Cavour Castle in November. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
606 nautical miles around Sicily. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The great art fair, at the Grand Palais. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Formula 1 back at Istanbul Park, on the Asian side of the city, from 2027; the 2027 race is subject to the circuit's FIA approval.
Greece's great film festival, founded in 1960 and international since 1992, held in the Olympion theatre and the port warehouses. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The photography fair at the Grand Palais. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The season-ending championship for the world's top eight tennis players. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 1976 and based at the Cairo Opera House, it is the only festival in the Arab world and Africa accredited in the international film producers' federation's Category A. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
International cinema and stars in Marrakech, since 2001. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Concerts at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (Salle Garnier). Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The debutante ball created by Ophélie Renouard, with young women from around the world presented in couture gowns. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Contemporary art installations set among the Pyramids of Giza, organised by Art D'Égypte each autumn since 2021, under UNESCO patronage. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The season opens in early December, on the feast day of Milan's patron saint. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
The Journées Cinématographiques de Carthage, founded in 1966, the oldest film festival in Africa and the Arab world; its top prize is the Tanit d'Or. Held in November in some years.
Albania and Algeria: None that meets our standard yet. Syria, Lebanon and Libya appear on their culture pages only.
Formula 1 races appear in their months above: Monaco (June), Portimão (June, 2027 and 2028), Barcelona-Catalunya (June, even years), Monza (September), Madrid (September) and Istanbul (October, from 2027).
That makes 108 events in all.
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