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Festivals in October 2026

6 festivals worth traveling for this October, soonest first. Multi-week festivals show up in every month they run.

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Colorful light projections covering a historic facade during the Festival of Lights in Berlin
Happening nowOct 9–18, 2026

Festival of Lights Berlin

October nights when Berlin's landmarks become screens for light art

Berlin, Germany$$$$
A white truffle cut open to show its marbled interior
Happening nowOct 10 – Dec 6, 2026

Alba International White Truffle Fair

Nine autumn weekends of white truffles, Barolo and fog in the hills of Piedmont

Alba, Italy$$$$
Crowds before the flower-covered image of the Virgin of the Pillar in Zaragoza's Plaza del Pilar during the Ofrenda de Flores
Happening nowOct 10–18, 2026

Fiestas del Pilar

Zaragoza buries its patron in flowers: a mountain of carnations and nine days of jota

Zaragoza, Spain$$$$
Trim Castle, the Norman fortress at the heart of the Púca Festival, above the River Boyne in autumn
Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2026

Púca Festival

Halloween goes home to its Celtic roots with fire, myth and music in County Meath

Trim, Ireland$$$$
A woman dressed as La Catrina carries an armful of marigolds through a night procession in Mexico City
Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2026

Día de Muertos

Marigold altars, candlelit cemetery vigils and skeleton parades as Mexico's dead come home

Oaxaca, Mexico$$$$
Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda on the water at Inle Lake
Happening nowOct 11–28, 2026est.

Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival

Gilded Buddhas tour Inle Lake by golden barge, towed by teams of leg-rowers

Inle Lake, Myanmar$$$$