The Spring Social Season

Prestige events of the spring social season, with dates, locations and how to attend.

• Saut Hermès Grand Palais, Paris, France - Late Mar 2027 (dates TBC)
• The Masters Tournament Augusta, Georgia, USA - Apr 5 - 11, 2027 (dates TBC)
• US Open Polo Championship International Polo Club, Wellington FL - Early - late Apr 2027 (dates TBC)
• Watches & Wonders Geneva Geneva, Switzerland - Apr 5 - 11, 2027
• Badminton Horse Trials Gloucestershire, England - May 5 - 9, 2027
• Bergen & Fjord Food Journey Bergen & Western Fjords - May - Sep (best months)
• Bjerke Racecourse Oslo Oslo, Norway - Season May - Oct 2026; Norwegian Trotting Derby early Sep 2026, Oslo Grand Prix mid-Jun 2027
• Cannes Film Festival Cannes, France - May 11 - 22, 2027
• Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este Lake Como, Italy - Mid-May 2027 (dates TBC)
• Kentucky Derby Louisville, Kentucky, USA - May 1, 2027
• Sentebale Polo Cup Various (Rome / Singapore) - 2027 edition not announced (dates TBC)
• Cartier Queen's Cup Polo Guards Polo Club, Windsor - Late May - mid-Jun 2027 (dates TBC)
• Cheltenham Festival Cheltenham, United Kingdom - Mar 16 - 19, 2027
• Punchestown Festival Naas, Ireland - Late Apr 2027 (five days, Tue - Sat - confirm on the official site)
• Preakness Stakes Baltimore, United States - May 15, 2027 (approx; third Saturday of May - confirm the venue and date on the official site)
• Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis, United States - May 30, 2027 (race day; on-track activity from around May 18)
• Dubai World Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Mar 27, 2027 (approx; last Saturday of March - confirm on the official site)
• Grand National Liverpool, United Kingdom - Apr 8 - 10, 2027 (Grand National on Sat Apr 10)
• Feria del Caballo (Jerez Horse Fair) Jerez de la Frontera, Spain - Apr 24 - May 1, 2027
• Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Lexington, USA - Apr 22 - 25, 2027
• Devon Horse Show Devon, USA - Approx. late May - early Jun 2027 (confirm on the official site)
• Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo Rancagua, Chile - Approx. late Mar - early Apr 2027 (confirm on the Federacion del Rodeo Chileno calendar)
• Roland-Garros (French Open) Paris, France - May 17 - Jun 6, 2027
• Miami Open Miami Gardens, USA - Mar 14 - 28, 2027
• Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters Monte Carlo, Monaco - Mid-Apr 2027 (2026 edition ran Apr 5 - 12)
• Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain - Apr 19 - May 2, 2027
• Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Italian Open) Rome, Italy - Early to mid May 2027 (2026 edition ran May 4 - 17)
• Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (Trofeo Conde de Godo) Barcelona, Spain - Mid-Apr 2027, dates to be confirmed (2026 edition ran Apr 13 - 19)
• Grand Prix Hassan II Marrakech, Morocco - Late Mar to early Apr 2027, dates to be confirmed (2026 edition ran Mar 30 - Apr 5)
• Credit One Charleston Open Charleston, USA - Mar 27 - Apr 4, 2027
• PGA Championship Newtown Square, USA - Mid-May 2027 at PGA Frisco, Texas (exact dates to be confirmed)
• The Players Championship Ponte Vedra Beach, USA - Mar 11 - 14, 2027 (tournament week Mar 8 - 14)
• RBC Heritage Hilton Head Island, USA - Apr 15 - 18, 2027 (tournament week Apr 12 - 18)
• Hero Indian Open Gurugram, India - Late Mar 2027 (2026 edition ran Mar 26 - 29; 2027 dates to be confirmed)
• U.S. Women's Open Various, USA - Late May / early Jun 2027 (host course to be confirmed)
• Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Monte Carlo, Monaco - Early May 2028 (biennial; the Automobile Club de Monaco lists the next edition for 2028, with no 2027 running - confirm exact dates on acm.mc)
• Tour Auto Optic 2000 Paris, France - Late Apr - early May 2027 (route and dates confirmed the previous autumn)
• Nurburgring 24 Hours Nurburg, Germany - May 27 - 30, 2027 (provisional; the ADAC slot has moved between May and June in recent years, so confirm with the organiser)
• The Amelia Amelia Island, United States - Mar 4 - 7, 2027
• Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Greenwich, United States - Late May or early Jun 2027 (confirm on the official site; the 2026 edition ran May 30 - 31)
• Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka, Japan - Late Mar 2027 (confirm against the published F1 calendar)
• Automobile Council Chiba, Japan - Mid Apr 2027 (dates typically announced the previous winter)
• Safari Rally Kenya Naivasha, Kenya - Mid Mar 2027 (confirm against the WRC calendar published in autumn)
• Simola Hillclimb Knysna, South Africa - Apr 29 - May 2, 2027
• Australian Grand Prix Melbourne, Australia - Early Mar 2027 (confirm against the published F1 calendar)
• Les Voiles d'Antibes Antibes, France - Late May - early Jun 2027 (32nd edition; the 2026 edition ran May 27 - 31)
• Semaine du Golfe Gulf of Morbihan, France - May 3 - 9, 2027 (14th edition, biennial)
• Charleston Race Week Charleston, South Carolina, USA - Mid-Apr 2027 (usually the third weekend of April; the 2026 edition ran Apr 16 - 19)
• Antigua Sailing Week English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda - Apr 24 - 30, 2027 (the regatta runs the week from the last Saturday in April; 2026 ran Apr 25 - May 1)
• Les Voiles de Saint-Barth Richard Mille Gustavia, Saint Barthelemy - Apr 2027 unconfirmed - the official website is no longer live and no future edition has been announced
• St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten - Mar 4 - 7, 2027
• BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Nanny Cay, British Virgin Islands - Mar 29 - Apr 4, 2027 (Sailing Festival first, then the three-day Spring Regatta)
• Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta English Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda - Apr 14 - 19, 2027
• Dubai to Muscat Offshore Sailing Race Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Starts Mar 20, 2027 (34th edition, boats finish in Muscat over the following days)
• Rolex China Sea Race Hong Kong, China - Starts Mar 8, 2028 (66th edition; biennial, even years)
• Top of the Gulf Regatta Pattaya, Thailand - Late Apr - early May 2027 (approximate; confirm the event is running before booking)
• Sail Port Stephens Port Stephens, Australia - Apr 12 - 17, 2027 (Commodores Cup week; later weeks run Apr 23 - 25 and Apr 30 - May 2)
• Skagen Race Marstrand, Sweden - Mid-May 2027 (Ascension weekend; staggered starts from Marstrand and Norwegian ports)
• Venice Biennale (Biennale Arte 2026) Venice, Italy - May 9 - Nov 22, 2026
• TEFAF Maastricht Maastricht, Netherlands - Mar 13 - 18, 2027 (invitation-only preview days precede public opening)
• Glyndebourne Festival Opera Lewes, United Kingdom - May 21 - Aug 30, 2026
• Whitney Biennial New York, USA - Mar 8 - Aug 23, 2026
• Spoleto Festival USA Charleston, USA - Late May - early Jun 2027 (expected 17-day run)
• New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, USA - Apr 22 - May 2, 2027 (two weekends)
• SP-Arte Sao Paulo, Brazil - Apr 7 - 11, 2027
• Art Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Apr 7 - 11, 2027 (moved from its usual March slot; confirm on site)
• Art Basel Hong Kong Hong Kong, China - Mar 25 - 27, 2027 (public days; VIP previews earlier that week)
• FESPACO (Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Mar 20 - 27, 2027 (30th edition; moved from the traditional late-Feb slot)
• Fes Festival of World Sacred Music Fez, Morocco - Late May - early Jun 2027 (dates TBA; 2026 edition ran Jun 4 - 7)
• Sauti za Busara Zanzibar, Tanzania - Mar 19 - 21, 2027 (24th edition; moved from the traditional February slot)
• Biennale of Sydney Sydney, Australia - Mar - Jun 2028 (26th edition, biennial; the 2026 edition 'Rememory' ran Mar 14 - Jun 14)
• WOMADelaide Adelaide, Australia - Mar 5 - 8, 2027 (four days over the March long weekend)
• Bergen International Festival (Festspillene i Bergen) Bergen, Norway - Late May - early Jun 2027 (typically ~2 weeks; the 2026 edition ran May 27 - Jun 10)
• Der Weiße Rausch St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria - Apr 17, 2027
• Engadin Skimarathon St. Moritz to S-chanf, Switzerland - Mar 14, 2027
• Patrouille des Glaciers Zermatt, Switzerland - Apr 2028 (held in even years only; the 2026 edition ran Apr 13 - 19)
• Zermatt Unplugged Zermatt, Switzerland - Apr 6 - 10, 2027
• Caprices Festival Crans-Montana, Switzerland - Early to mid Apr 2027 (the 2026 edition ran Apr 4 - 6 and Apr 11 - 13)
• Tomorrowland Winter Alpe d'Huez, France - Mar 20 - 27, 2027
• Snowbombing Mayrhofen, Austria - Apr 5 - 10, 2027
• Freeride World Tour - YETI Xtreme Verbier Verbier, Switzerland - Late Mar to early Apr 2027, exact day set by conditions (the 2026 finale ran Mar 28)
• Trento Film Festival Trento, Italy - Late Apr - early May 2027 (dates TBA; the 2026 edition ran Apr 30 - May 10)
• Vasaloppet Salen to Mora, Sweden - Mar 7, 2027 (Vasaloppet Week runs the preceding week)
• Birkebeinerrennet Rena to Lillehammer, Norway - Mid to late Mar 2027 (the 2026 race ran Mar 21; traditionally a Saturday in the second half of March)
• World Ski & Snowboard Festival Whistler, Canada - Apr 2027, dates to be confirmed (the 2026 edition ran Apr 6 - 12)
• Gudauri Freeride Week Gudauri, Georgia - Mar 2027, not yet confirmed (the 2026 edition ran Mar 6 - 15; the northern-hemisphere Freeride World Tour Qualifier calendar for 2027 had not been published at time of writing)
• MAD Symposium (MAD7) Copenhagen, Denmark - TBA - MAD7 ran May 2025; next edition unannounced
• Charleston Wine + Food Charleston, USA - Early Mar 2027 (first full weekend, dates TBC; 2026 ran Mar 4 - 8)
• Pebble Beach Food & Wine Pebble Beach, USA - Apr 1 - 4, 2027
• Morelia en Boca Morelia, Mexico - Expected late May 2027 (2026 edition ran late May; dates confirmed on the official site)
• Dubai Food Festival Dubai, UAE - Expected late Apr - May 2027 (2026 Dubai Restaurant Week ran May 1 - 31)
• Ubud Food Festival Ubud, Bali, Indonesia - Expected late May - early Jun 2027 (2026 10th-anniversary edition ran May 28 - 31)
• Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Melbourne, Australia - Expected mid-to-late Mar 2027 (2026 edition ran Mar 20 - 29; program confirmed ~Nov)
• Tasting Australia Adelaide, Australia - Expected early May 2027 (2026 edition ran May 8 - 17)
• Hokitika Wildfoods Festival Hokitika, New Zealand - Expected mid-Mar 2027 (one day; 2026 edition ran Mar 14)
• Bluff Oyster & Food Festival Bluff, New Zealand - Expected late May 2027 (one day; 2026 edition ran May 23)
• Sami Easter Festival & Sámi Grand Prix Kautokeino, Norway - Approx Mar 20 - 29, 2027 (Easter week; Easter Sunday falls Mar 28, 2027)
• Holmenkollen Ski Festival Oslo, Norway - Mid-Mar 2027 (Nordic World Cup weekend; confirm exact dates on the official site in autumn)
• King's Cup Reindeer Race (Porokuninkuusajot) Inari, Finland - Late Mar - early Apr 2027 (season finale; the host village rotates around Finnish Lapland)
• Arctic Circle Race Sisimiut, Greenland - Late Mar 2027 (three days; the 2026 edition ran Mar 27 - 29)
• Sunfest Week (Solfestuka) Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway - Mar 1 - 14, 2027 (the sun-return ceremony is on Mar 8)
• Fjällräven Polar Signaldalen, Norway - 2027 edition unconfirmed - recent editions ran late Mar to early Apr; check with Fjallraven before planning
• Vinterfestuka (Winter Festival Week) Narvik, Norway - Approx Mar 12 - 21, 2027 (ten days from mid-March; 2026 ran Mar 13 - 22 for the 70th edition)
• Are Winter (Ski World Cup weekend) Are, Sweden - Mar 2027, dates to be confirmed by FIS (the 2026 weekend ran Mar 13 - 15)
• Hong Kong Sevens Hong Kong, China - Apr 9 - 11, 2027
• Takayama Festival Takayama, Japan - Apr 14 - 15, 2027 (spring Sanno Matsuri; fixed dates)
• Niigata Sake no Jin Niigata, Japan - Expected mid-Mar 2027 (2026 edition ran Mar 7 - 8)
• Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - Not on the published 2026 Formula 1 calendar; a Jeddah round is expected to return in 2027, date not yet confirmed
• Cartagena Film Festival (FICCI) Cartagena, Colombia - Apr 2027 (expected; the 2026 edition ran Apr 14 - 19)
• Feria Nacional de San Marcos Aguascalientes, Mexico - Mid-Apr - early May 2027 (approx 3 weeks, dates TBC)
• Lollapalooza Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina - Mid-Mar 2027 (3 days, dates TBC)
• Trophee Hassan II Rabat, Morocco - Late May 2027 (2026 edition ran May 18 - 24; 2027 dates to be confirmed)
• Cape Town International Jazz Festival Cape Town, South Africa - Late Mar 2027 (dates TBC)
• MTN Bushfire Festival Malkerns Valley, Eswatini - Late May 2027 (last weekend of May, dates TBC)
• AfrikaBurn Tankwa Karoo, South Africa - Apr 26 - May 2, 2027
• Festival of Roses (Kelaat M'Gouna) Kelaat M'Gouna, Morocco - Early - mid May 2027 (timed to the rose harvest, dates TBC)
• Sardine Run Wild Coast, South Africa - Late May - Jul 2027 (peak activity mid-Jun to early Jul)
• Adelaide Equestrian Festival Adelaide, Australia - Approx. mid-Apr 2027 (confirm on the official site; the 2026 edition ran Apr 16 - 19)
• Vivid Sydney Sydney, Australia - May 28 - Jun 19, 2027
• Barossa Vintage Festival Tanunda, Australia - Apr 21 - 25, 2027 (biennial, odd years)
• Parrtjima - A Festival in Light Alice Springs, Australia - Apr 2027 (10 nights, dates TBC)
• Finnmarksløpet Alta, Norway - From Mar 5, 2027 (the FL-1200 runs about a week; 2027 also hosts the IFSS Long Distance World Championships)
• Gothenburg Horse Show Gothenburg, Sweden - Mar 24 - 28, 2027