AUSTRIA WACHAU: Gourmet Festival, through April 10.
VIENNA: Sound Frame, festival for audio-visual expression, through April 13.
VIENNA: Easter markets, Schönbrunn Palace and Freyung, through April 21.
ST. ANTON: Snow Volleyball Tour, April 5-6.
MAYERHOFEN: Snowbombing, festival with music and parties to close ski season, April 7-12.
INNSBRUCK: Easter market, April 10-21.
GRAZ: Easter markets, Franziskanerplatz, Hauptplatz and Tummelplatz, April 11-19.
SALZBURG: Traditional Easter market, Open Air Museum, April 12.
SALZBURG: Easter Festival, highlights classical music, April 12-21.
VIENNA: Vienna City Marathon, April 13.
VIENNA: Osterklang, opera festival, Theater an der Wien, April 13-20.
ST. ANTON AM ARLBERG: The White Thrill, 9-km. ski race is first stage in Arlberg Eagle Alpine triathlon, April 19.
STEYR: Schubert Festival, April 24-27.
SÖLDEN: Harley & Snow, April 25-27.
KREMS: Donau Festival, avant-garde pop festival, April 25-26 and April 30-May 3.
POYSDORF: Weintour Weinviertel, open doors at wineries throughout Weinviertel wine region, April 26-27.
ZELL AM ZILLER: Gauder Fest, traditional spring festival, May 1-4.
ISCHGL: Top of the Mountain Concert, Robbie Williams performs, May 3.
VIENNA: Genuss Festival, culinary treats in Stadtpark, May 9-11.
BELGIUM BRUSSELS: Historical Expo-It’s Our History, examines WWI, Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, through April 26.
BRUSSELS: Bifff-Brussels International Festival of Fantasy, Thriller and Science Fiction Film, Palais des Beaux Arts, April 8-20.
BRUSSELS: Brussels Tango Festival, April 10-14.
TOURNAI: Flower Market, April 18.
CINAY: Flea market and antiques fair, April 18-21.
LAEKEN: Royal Greenhouses open, April 18-May 9.
NAMUR: Folknam, Namur Day of Traditions and Folklore, April 19-20.
LIBRAMONT: Hunting, hunting expo, Ferme de Mehaignoul, April 19-21.
JEMAPPES: Cavalcade and Giant’s Procession, April 20-22.
HERVE: Cavalcade of Herve, parade of floats pulled by draft horses, starts 2 p.m., April 21.
BRUSSELS: Brussels Short Film Festival, April 23-May 5.
BRUSSELS: Art Brussels, affordable contemporary art fair, April 25-27.
SPA: ING Ardenne Roads, rally of pre-1969 sports cars, April 26-27.
CINEY: Bourse Militaria, flea market for military memorabilia, April 27.
BRUSSELS: BOZAR Night, electronic music festival and art exhibitions, April 30.
LIEGE: Liege Jazz Festival, May 8-10.
BRUSSELS: Zinneke Parade, May 10.
BRUSSELS: Iris Fest, May 10-11.
CROATIA LABIN: 100 Miles of Istria, ultra trail race, April 11-13.
ROVINJ: Red Bull Air Race, April 12-13.
KOPRIVNICA: Fishermen to their Town, celebrates freshwater fish, April 12-13.
ZAGREB: St. Mark’s Festival, music festival, April 25-May 5.
CZECH REPUBLIC PRAGUE: St. Matthew’s Fair, Exhibition Grounds, through April 30.
PRAGUE: Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon, April 5.
VELKÉ BÍLOVICE: From Cellar to Cellar, wine sampling in open cellars, April 5-15.
PRAGUE: Easter markets, Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, April 5-27.
BRNO: Easter Festival of Spiritual Music, April 13-27.
OLOMOUC: Flora, horticultural exhibition, April 24-27.
PRAGUE: Festival of Moravian and Czech rosé wines, Prague Castle, May 1.
PILSEN: Celebration of end of WWII and liberation of Pilsen by the U.S. Army, May 2-6.
PRAGUE: Czech Beer Festival, Expo Center Prague Holesovice, May 15-31.
DENMARK COPENHAGEN: CPH PIX, film festival, through April 16.
HELSINGØR: Viennese Ball at Hamlet’s Castle, April 5.
ODENSE: Warehouse Festival, music festival, April 16-19.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen Games 2014, computer gaming event, Øksnehallen, April 16-20.
COPENHAGEN: Offspring Festival, 40 bands across five stages, Tivoli, April 25-26.
RIBE: Viking Market, Ribe VikingeCenter, April 28-May 4.
AARHUS: SPOT Festival, celebrates Danish and Nordic music, May 2-3.
COPENHAGEN: Eurovision Song Contest, May 10.
COPENHAGEN: Nykredit Copenhagen Marathon, May 18.
ENGLAND LONDON: Creative Stitches with Fashion Embroidery & Stitch and Hobbycrafts, ExCeL, through April 5.
LONDON: The London Coffee Festival, Old Truman Brewery, through April 5.
LONDON: The Boat Race, Oxford vs. Cambridge’s annual boat race on the Thames, April 6.
LONDON: The London Book Fair, Earls Court, April 8-10.
LONDON: Bird’s Eye View, film festival with focus on women film makers, Southbank Centre & Barbican, April 8-13.
BIRMINGHAM: The Gadget Show, showcases consumer tech goods, NEC, April 9-13.
LONDON: Cake International – The Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating & Baking Show, April 10-12.
BIRMINGHAM: Antiques for Everyone, NEC, April 10-13.
BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE: Bowness Bay Blues, blues festival, April 11-13.
LONDON: Virgin Money London Marathon, April 13.
LONDON: Shakespeare’s Birthday Open House, free entry to family-friendly events and magic, Shakespeare’s Globe, April 21.
BURY ST. EDMUNDS: East Anglian Beer Festival, April 23-26.
LONDON: Sundance Film Festival, O2, April 25-27.
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: Shakespeare’s birthday celebrations, April 26-27.
LONDON: RHS Chelsea Flower Show, May 20-24.
FRANCE PARIS: ÉCU–The European Independent Film Festival, through April 6.
PARIS: European Artistic Crafts Days, through April 6.
METZ: Salon des Vins et de la Gastronomie, food and wine fair, Parc des Expositions, through April 6.
PARIS: Banlieuesbleues Festival, Seine-St.-Denis, through April 11.
PARIS: Foire du Trône, fun fair, Pelouse de Reuilly, through June 9.
METZ: Les Puces de Metz, flea and antiques market, Metz Expo, April 5 and 26.
PARIS: Paris Marathon, April 6.
PARIS: Saut Hermès, equestrian jumping event, Grand Palais, April 14-16.
ARLES: Feria de Pâques, street party marks opening of bullfighting season, April 18-21.
CANNES: Shopping Festival, fashion event, April 18-21.
MAGNY-COURS: Bol D’Or, motorcycle race, April 26-27.
PARIS: Paris Fair, Paris Expo Port de Versailles, April 30-May 11.
PARIS: Contemporary art market, Place de la Bastille, May 1-5.
COUNTRYWIDE: European Opera Days, May 10-11.
GERMANY HAMBURG: Dom, fun fair, through April 21.
NUREMBERG: Easter Market, through April 21.
DINKELSBÜHL: Easter Market, April 5-6.
RONNEBURG: Historical Easter market at the castle, April 5-6.
WÜRZBURG: Frühjahrsvolksfest, through April 13.
HOMBURG: Pottery Market, April 5-6.
WIESBADEN: Go East! Festival of East European Films, April 9-15.
STUTTGART: CineLatino, Latin American film festival, also in Freiburg, Rottenburg and Tübingen, April 9-16.
COLOGNE: Art Cologne, art fair, April 10-13.
FRANKFURT: International Tattoo Convention, Hall 5.0, Messe, April 11-13.
FRANKFURT: Dippemess, fun fair at Ratsweg fairgrounds, April 11-May 4.
NUREMBERG: Frühlingfest, fairgrounds near Dutzendteich, April 11-May 9.
MAINZ-KASTEL: Middle Ages Easter festival, Reduit, April 19-21.
BAYREUTH: Frühlingsfest, April 19-27.
AACHEN: Öcher Bend, spring fair at the Bendplatz, April 19-May 5.
NUREMBERG: Frühlingsfest, April 19-May 11.
WIESBADEN: Flea market, Biebrich Castle grounds, April 19 and May 17.
MANNHEIM/LUDWIGSHAFEN/HEIDELBERG: Long Night of Museums, April 20.
TRAUNSTEIN: Sword Dance, traditional dance to chase away winter, April 21.
BAMBERG: Beer Day, April 23.
WIESBADEN: Frühlingsfest, Elsässer Platz, April 25-28.
MAINZ: Mainz Wine Days, along Rhine banks by Kaisertor, May 1-4.
NUREMBERG: Blue Night, open museums and cultural institutions, May 3.
FRANKFURT: Long Night of Museums, May 10.
BAMBERG: Frühjahrsplärrer, spring fun fair, May 16-June 1.
BERLIN: Long Night of Museums, May 17.
HUNGARY BUDAPEST: Budapest Spring Festival, orchestral, chamber, folk and world music concerts, dance, theater, and more, through April 6.
BUDAPEST: Titanic, international film festival, Uránia National Film Theatre, through April 12.
IRELAND GALWAY: Cúirt International Festival of Literature, writer’s festival, April 8-13.
DUNGARVAN: West Waterford Festival of Food, April 10-13.
CORK: Funderland, traveling theme park, Marquee, April 10-27.
GALWAY: Food Festival, April 17-21.
CARLOW: International Pan Celtic Festival, offers music, dance, parades and street entertainment, April 22-27.
CORK: Cork International Choral Festival, April 30-May 4.
ITALY SPOLETO: Fantacity, creative events aimed at kids and teens, through April 6.
VENICE: International Boat Show and Nautic Show, Parco San Giuliano, through April 6 and April 11-13.
MILAN: Flowers on the Naviglio Grande, April 6.
MILAN: Milan Marathon, April 6.
VERONA: Vinitaly, wine expo, April 6-9.
FLORENCE: Explosion of the Cart, traditional Easter celebrations in front of Duomo, April 20.
FERMIGNANO: Palio della Rana, race of frogs being pushed in wheelbarrows, April 24-27.
FLORENCE: The International Handicrafts Trades Fair, Da Basso Fortress, April 24-May 1.
VENICE: Feast of St. Marco, city celebrates its patron saint, April 25.
FLORENCE: Spring plant and flower show, Giardino dell’Orticoltura, April 25-May 1.
PADOVA: St. Anthony Marathon, April 27.
FLORENCE: White Night, exhibits, performances, concerts and more, April 30.
JESOLO: Harlem Globetrotters Italian Tour, April 30.
TRIESTE: Bavisela, Europe’s Marathon, May 4.
SOAVE: Medieval White Wine Festival, May 15-18.
LUXEMBOURG CITY: Emaischen, sale of clay bird whistles, Fishmarket, April 21.
CITY: Duck Race, competition of rubber ducks floating downriver, April 26.
CITY: BLC Car Boot Sale, Glacis Car Park in Limpertsberg, May 3.
COUNTRYWIDE: Invitation to the Museums, free entry to state museums, May 17-18.
MONACO MONTE CARLO: Top Marques, luxury car show, The Grimaldi Forum, April 17-20.
NETHERLANDS LISSE: Keukenhof gardens open, through May 18.
ALKMAAR: cheese market, Fridays only at 10 a.m., through Sept. 5.
COUNTRYWIDE: National Museum Weekend, free entry to over 500 museums, April 5-6.
AMSTERDAM: Imagine Film Festival, Eye, April 9-18.
AMSTERDAM: Meibock Festival, celebrates spring beers, Posthornkeerk, April 13.
ROTTERDAM: ABM AMRO Rotterdam Marathon, April 13.
NOORDOOSTPOLDER: Tulip Festival, April 16-May 4.
AMSTERDAM: World Press Photo, display of award winning images from previous year, Old Church, April 18-June 15.
UTRECHT: Elfia, Elf Fantasy Fair, with costume parades and mock battles, April 19-21.
THE HAGUE: King’s Night and Life I Live open-air music festival, April 25.
COUNTRYWIDE: King’s Day, April 26.
NOORDWIJK: Flower parade, route runs past Keukenhof Gardens and finishes in Haarlem, May 3.
AMSTERDAM: Food Film Festival, Westergasfabriek, May 9-11.
NORWAY VOSS: Vossa Jazz Festival, April 11-13.
OSLO: Inferno, metal music fest, April 16-19.
KARASJOK AND KAUTOKEINO: The Easter Festival, Sami culture and reindeer race, April 17-20.
KRISTIANSUND: Nordic Light, International Festival of Photography, May 6-10.
PORTUGAL OBIDOS: International Chocolate Festival, through April 6.
LISBON: Fish and Flavors, culinary festival, through April 13.
BRAGA: Holy Week celebrations, April 18-20.
LISBON: Indie Lisboa, International Independent Film Festival, April 24-May 4.
MONSANTO: Festivity of the Crosses, May 1-5.
FUNCHAL: Flower Festival, May 1-7.
LISBON: Music Days in Belem, classical music concerts, May 2-4.
ESTORIL: Estoril Jazz, May 3-11.
LISBON: Rock in Rio Lisboa, Bela Vista Park, May 23-June 1.
SCOTLAND GLASGOW: International Comedy Festival, through April 5.
INVERNESS: Inverness Whisky Festival, through April 5.
EDINBURGH: International Harp Festival, through April 9.
EDINBURGH: International Science Festival, April 5-20.
FORT WILLIAM: Lochaber Marathon, April 6.
ST. ANDREWS: The St. Andrews Golf Week, April 6-12.
EDINBURGH: Bupa Great Edinburgh Run, April 27.
EDINBURGH: Beltane Fire Festival, Calton Hill, April 30.
SHETLAND ISLANDS: Shetland Folk Festival, venues throughout the islands, May 1-4.
SPAIN MADRID: Almoneda, Antiques, Art Galleries and Collectors Fair, Feria de Madrid, through April 6.
TARRAGONA: Dixieland Jazz Festival, April 7-13.
ELCHE: Palm Sunday procession, April 13.
COUNTRYWIDE: Easter Week celebrations, April 13-20.
MULA: Night of the Drums, April 15.
MADRID: Festimad, alternative rock festival, April 23-May 10.
CORDOBA: Battle of the Flowers, May 1.
SWEDEN ARE: Red Bull Home Run, free-for-all ski or snowboard races, April 20.
STOCKHOLM: Walpurgis Celebration at Skansen, April 30.
GÖTEBORG: Half Marathon, May 17.
SWITZERLAND WINTERTHUR: Inguitar, guitar festival, Casinotheater, through April 6.
MORGES: Tulip Festival, through May 11.
LUCERNE: Tulip Show, Ebikon, through May 18.
KLEINE SCHEIDEGG: SnowpenAir, open air concert, April 5.
LUCERNE: Lucerne Festival at Easter, sacred and concert music, April 5-13.
ZURICH: Zurich Marathon, April 6.
ZERMATT: Zermatt Unplugged, Katie Melua, Jamie Cullum and others perform, April 8-12.
BASEL: Blues Festival Basel, April 9-14.
WALES CARDIFF: RHS Flower Show, Bute Park, April 11-13.
PORTHCAWL: Jazz Festival, April 11-13.
LLANBERIS: Slate Man Triathlon, May 18.
HAY-ON-WYE: Hay Festival, May 22-June 1.