A weekend in Hawkes Bay was timed well for the food and wine festival, writes Catherine Smith.

More than 170,000 people turned up at this year's Glastonbury Music Festival to see hundreds of acts including BB King, U2 and Wu-Tang Clan.

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.

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.

Political satire on floats is probably not what you'd expect in this town on the Tuscan coast, writes John Watson.

India, Iran, Canada and Kenya are just some of the countries represented at the Rainforest World Music Festival, which takes place in the heart of the lush Borneo jungle.

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.