Don’t let the onset of winter in Europe keep you inside! Here is a sampling of events on the docket as of Jan. 15, 2016. It’s wise to confirm details with organizers or local tourism boards before traveling.
Austria FILZMOOS: International Balloon Festival, through Jan. 16
NASSFELD: Schlag das Ass-Nassfeld trophy, through Jan. 16.
VIENNA: Vienna Auto Show, Messe, through Jan. 17.
KITZBUEHEL: Snow Polo World Cup, Reith, through Jan. 17.
SAALBACH: Mountain Attack, six peak, 40 km ski marathon race, Jan. 15.
VIENNA: Ball season, upcoming balls include Flower Ball Jan. 15; Vienna Philharmonic Ball Jan. 21; Hunters’ Ball Jan. 25; Doctors’ Ball Jan. 30; Viennese Ball of the Sciences Jan. 30; Opera Ball Feb. 4; Bonbon Ball Feb. 5; Coffee-house Owners’ Ball Feb. 5; Lawyers’ Ball Feb. 6; Johann Strauss Ball Feb. 13.
KITZBUEHEL: Hahnenkamm Races, Jan. 19-24.
OGGAU: 24 Hour Burgenland Extreme Tour, 120 km walking marathon, Jan. 22.
SALZBURG: Mozart Week, Jan. 22-31.
INNSBRUCK: ART Innsbruck, international fair for contemporary art and antiques, Jan. 28-31.
GASTEIN: Art on Snow, ice sculpture exhibition, Jan. 30-Feb. 2.
INNSBRUCK: Air+Style, snowboarding competition and music festival, Olympiaworld, Feb. 6.
VIENNA: Masters of Dirt, freestyle motocross show, Feb. 19-21.
VIENNA: Accordion Festival, Feb. 20-March 20.
Belgium BRUSSELS: River Jazz Festival, Marni, Le Senghor and Jazz Station, through Jan. 23.
BRUSSELS: Auto/moto salon, automobile expo, Brussels Expo, through Jan. 24.
BRUSSELS: Djangofollies, music festival celebrates music of Django Reinhardt, through Jan. 31.
LIEGE: Ice Sculpture Festival, theme for 2015 is “Star Wars,” through Jan. 31.
LIEGE: Transardentes, electronic music festival, Les Halles des Foires, Jan. 23.
BRUSSELS: BRAFA, Brussels Fine Arts and Antiques Fair, Tour & Taxis, Jan. 23-31.
ANTWERP: Pastry week, special deals at bakeries and patisseries, Jan. 29-Feb. 7.
BRUSSELS: Salon des Vacances, public travel and tourism fair, Feb. 4-8.
BRUSSELS: Art Truc Troc and Design, Bozar Centre, Feb. 5-7.
BRUSSELS: Salon du Chocolat, chocolate show, Brussels Expo, Feb. 5-7.
SPA: Whisky Live Belgium, Rue Servais 8, Feb. 5-7.
BRUSSELS: Anima, Animated Film Festival, Flagey, Feb. 5-14.
BRUGE: Bruges Beer Festival, Beursplein, Feb. 6-7.
ANTWERP: Chocolate week, Feb. 19-27.
BRUSSELS: Affordable Art Fair, Tour & Taxis, Feb. 26-29.
Croatia DUBROVNIK: Fest of St. Blaise, celebrations in honor of city’s patron saint, Feb. 3.
Czech Republic PRAGUE: Iranian Film Festival, Kino Svetozor, through Jan. 17.
PRAGUE: Grand Restaurant Festival, through Jan. 29.
HRADEC KRALOVE: Winter Run, 4 and 8 km routes, Jan. 16; Ostrava, Jan. 23; Ceske Budejovice Feb. 6; Prague Feb. 20; Olomouc, Feb. 27.
PRAGUE: Prague Short Film Festival, Svetozor, Jan. 20-24.
JEDLOVÁ: Sled dog racing, Jan. 28-30.
PRAGUE: Opera Ball, State Opera. Feb. 6.
Denmark AALBORG: Northern Winter Beat, Skraen, Jan. 28-30.
SKAGEN: Winter Swimming Festival, Jan. 28-31.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen International Fashion Fair, Bella Center, Feb. 3-5.
COPENHAGEN: Winter Jazz, also countrywide, Feb. 5-28.
COPENHAGEN: Copenhagen Dining Week, Feb. 14-21.
COPENHAGEN: Jewish Film Festival, Cinemateket, Feb. 23-28.
England LONDON: London Boat Show, Excel, through Jan. 17.
LONDON: Lumiere London, light installations and 3D projections, Trafalgar Square, through Jan. 17.
LONDON: London Short Film Festival, ICA Cinema and other venues, through Jan. 17.
WHITTLESEA: Straw Bear Festival, through Jan. 17.
LONDON: International Mime Festival, various venues, through Feb. 6.
MANCHESTER: Manchester Beer and Cider Festival, Central Station, Jan. 20-23.
LONDON: London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, tickets necessary, Jan. 20-24.
COLCHESTER: Winter Ale Festival, Colchester Arts Centre, Jan. 27-30.
LONDON: VAULT Festival, shows in vaulted chambers beneath Waterloo, Jan. 27-March 6.
PETERBOROUGH: Katharine Of Aragon Festival, historical festival evokes Tudor era, Cathedral, Jan. 28-30.
LONDON: The Holiday and Travel Show, Olympia, Feb. 4-7.
SOUTH DEVON: Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series, run along scenic coastal landscape, Feb. 6.
LONDON: Orchid Festival, Kew Gardens, Feb. 6-March 6.
CAMBRIDGE: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Corn Exchange, Feb. 10.
LONDON: The Telegraph Outdoor Adventure and Travel Show, Excel, Feb. 11-14.
SCARBOROUGH SPA: Coastival, music, arts and street performances, Feb. 12-14.
BLACKPOOL: Showzam, festival of circus and performance, Feb. 13-20.
LONDON: Chinese New Year, West End, Feb. 14.
DERBY: CAMRA’s National Winter Ales Festival, Roundhouse, Feb. 17-20.
LONDON: The London Classic auto show, Excel, Feb. 18-21.
BROADSTAIRS: Broadstairs Blues Bash, blues festival, Feb. 19-21.
LONDON: London Fashion Weekend, Saatchi Gallery, Feb. 25-28.
BATH: Bath Literature Festival, Feb. 26-March 6.
COLCHESTER: Winter Ale Festival, Colchester Arts Centre, Jan. 27-30.
Finland HELSINKI: DocPoint, documentary film festival, Jan. 25-31.
France METZ: Ice Sculpture Festival, Disneyland Paris themed sculptures, Place de la Republique, through Jan. 17.
SAMOENS: La Grande Odyssee Savoie Mont Blanc, sled dog race, through Jan. 20.
SURESNES: Suresnes Cites Danse, hip hop dance festival, Jean Vilar Theatre, through Feb. 8.
PARIS: Winter sales, through Feb. 16.
ANGOULEME: International Comic Strip Festival, Jan. 28-31.
PARIS: International Festival of the Circus of Tomorrow, Cirque Phenix, Pelouse de Reuilly, Jan. 28-31.
PARIS: Salon Retro Mobile, vintage auto show, Porte de Versailles, Feb. 3-7.
PARIS: Musicora, public fair for musical instruments, la Grande Halle de la Villette, Feb. 5-7.
CLERMONT-FERRAND: International Short Film Festival, Feb. 5-13.
PARIS: Paris Manga & Sci Fi Show, Porte de Versailles, Feb. 6-7.
PARIS: Carnaval de Paris, Place Gambetta, Feb. 7.
PARIS: Chinese New Year celebrations, Place d’Italie-Quartier Chinois, Feb. 8.
PARIS: Taste of Paris, gourmet festival, Grand Palais, Feb. 11-14.
MOREZ: Transjurassienne, cross country ski race, Feb. 13-14.
NICE: Carnival, this year’s theme is “King of Media,” Feb. 13-28.
MENTON: Lemon Festival, Feb. 13-March 2.
MANDELIEU-LA NAPOULE: Mimosa festival, Feb. 17-24.
Germany PASSAU: Impuls Festival, pop culture and showcase festival, various venues, through Jan 16.
FRANKFURT: Holiday on Ice, ice show, Festhalle, through Jan. 17.
SINDELFINGEN: Antik & Kunst, art and antiques fair, Messe, through Jan. 17.
BAD RAPPENAU: Mulled wine market, Salinenpark, through Jan. 17 and 22-24.
STUTTGART: CMT, tourism and leisure trade fair, Messe, Jan. 16-24.
BERLIN: Berlin Fashion Week, Jan. 18-22.
COLOGNE: Cologne Music Week, concerts and parties, Koelner Stadtgarten, Jan. 18-23.
SAARBRUECKEN: Persistence Tour, features heavy, metal and punk bands, Jan. 20.
WIESBADEN: Persistence Tour, features heavy, metal and punk bands, Jan. 22.
FREINSHEIM: Red wine hiking, Jan. 22-24, includes torchlit night hike at 6 p.m. Jan. 22.
TRIER: Moselle Wine Forum, Thermen am Viehmarkt, Jan. 22-24.
BERLIN: JapanFestival, Urania, Jan. 23-24.
MANNHEIM: Winterlichter, illuminations in Luisenpark, Jan. 23-Feb. 21.
DRESDEN: SemperOpernball, Jan. 29.
BREMEN: Samba Carnival, Jan. 29-30.
BAD HINDELANG: Ski Trail, cross country ski race, Jan. 29-31.
NEUBURG: Donauschwimmen, Europe’s biggest winter swimming event, pre-registration necessary, Jan. 30.
FELLBACH: Middle Ages market, Alte Kelter, Jan. 30-31.
SCHWAEBISH GMUEND: Internationales Guggenmusiktreffen, groups play loud, discordant carnival music in city center, Jan. 30-31.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Audi FIS Ski World Cup, men’s races Jan. 30-31; women’s races Feb. 6-7.
SCHWAEBISCH HALL: Hallia Venezia, Venetian style carnival celebration, Jan. 31.
BERLIN: Transmediale, festival of art and the creative application of digital media, Feb. 3-7.
FRANKFURT: International Musikparade, Festhalle, Feb. 5.
BREMEN: Classic motor show, vintage car exhibition, OVB-Arena, Feb. 5-7.
LEIPZIG: Motorrad Messe Leipzig, motorcycle trade fair, Feb. 5-7.
LEOBERG: Pferdemarkt, market, carnival music and entertainment in downtown area, Feb. 5-9.
NEUSTADT A. D. WEINSTASSE: InBianco, Great European White Wine Tasting, Saalbau, Feb. 6.
OBERAMMERGAU: Koenig Ludwig Lauf, cross country ski race, Feb. 6-7.
DORTMUND: Jagd und Hunt, hunting expo, Messe, Feb. 9-14.
MUNICH: f.re.e, public travel and tourism fair, Messe, Feb. 10-14.
BERLIN: Berlinale, international film festival, Feb. 11-21.
KARLSRUHE: art KARLSRUHE, art fair, Feb. 18-21.
MUNICH: Finest Spirits Festival, whiskey and spirits fair, Muenchner MVG Museum, Feb. 19-21.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Kongresshaus, Feb. 22.
NUREMBERG: Meine Freizeit, public travel and tourism fair, Messe, Feb. 24-28.
MUNICH: Braukunst Live, craft beer fair, Muenchner MVG Museum, Feb. 26-28.
BAD DUERKHEIM: (W)Einkaufsnacht, illuminations and wine in city streets, from 7 p.m., Feb. 27.
FRANKFURT: Winterworld, techno festival, Messe, Feb. 27.
TUEBINGEN: Irish Spring, festival of Irish Folk Music, Soziokulturelles Zentrum Sudhaus, Feb. 29.
Hungary MISKOLC: Becherovka “Kocsonya” carnival celebrations, Jan. 28-31.
MOHACS: Busojaras, carnival celebrations involve furry costumed beasts, Feb. 4-9.
BUDAPEST: Mangalica Festival, culinary festival celebrates pork products, Szabadsag Ter, Feb. 12-14.
Ireland SIXMILEBRIDGE: Shannonside Winter Music Weekend, Jan. 21-25.
DUBLIN: Tradfest, festival of traditional and folk music, Temple Bar district, Jan. 27-31.
Italy MONZA: Chinese Lanterns Festival, various dates through Jan. 31.
PIACENZA: Arte Piacenza, art fair, Expo, Jan. 16-18.
MADONNA DEL CAMPIGLIO: Winter Marathon, classic auto race through Dolomites mountain range, Jan. 21-24.
SEISER ALM: Moonlight Classic, 15 and 30 km cross country night ski race, Jan. 22.
VERONA: Motor Bike Expo, Fiere, Jan. 22-24.
FLORENCE: International Skate Award, figure skating show, Nelson Mandela Forum, Jan. 23-24.
VENICE: Carnival celebrations include opening celebrations Jan. 23, water parade Jan. 24, Festa della Marie parade Jan. 30, flight of the angel Jan. 31, flight of the eagle Feb. 7 and ascent of the lion Feb. 9.
PADOVA: Billy Bob’s Texas Country Fair, Fiere, Jan. 29-31.
AOSTA: Sant’Orso Fair, traditional craft fair, Jan. 30-31.
IVREA: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 6-9.
NAPLES: Mostra de Oltremare, half marathon, Feb. 7.
VIAREGGIO: Carnival celebrations, includes grand processions of floats and costumed participants, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 5.
TURIN: Automotoretro, auto show, Lingotto Fiere, Feb. 12-14.
GENOVA: Arte Genova, shows modern and contemporary art, Feb. 12-15.
MILAN: Bit, travel and tourism fair, FieraMilano, Feb. 13.
MODENA: Modenantiquaria, antiques expo, Fiere, Feb. 13-21.
VERONA: Romeo & Juliet Half Marathon, Feb. 14.
VICENZA: Hunting and Fishing fair, Fiere, Feb. 20-21.
Luxembourg CITY: Vacanz, travel fair, Luxexpo, through Jan. 17.
CITY: Antiques and Art Fair, Luxexpo, Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
DIEKIRCH: Carnival parade, Feb. 7.
REMICH: Streimaennchen, burning of straw figure signifies end of carnival, Feb. 10.
DIEKIRCH: Eurocross, long distance race, Feb. 21.
CITY: Lux City Film Festival, la Cinematheque, Cine Utopia and Utopolis Kirchberg, Feb. 25-March 6.
Malta VALLETTA: International Baroque Festival, celebrates music of the era, Manoel Theatre, Jan. 16-30.
MONACO MONTE CARLO: International Circus Festival, through Jan. 24.
MONTE CARLO: Monte-Carlo Auto Rally, Jan. 18-24.
Netherlands AMSTERDAM: Light Festival, through Jan. 17.
THE HAGUE: Writers Unlimited Festival, Theater aan het Spui, through Jan. 17.
ZWOLLE: Ice sculpture exhibition, this year’s theme is “Journey through a Frozen World,” through Jan. 24.
GRONINGEN: Eurosonic, music festival and conference for up-and-coming bands, through Jan. 16.
AMSTERDAM: Whisky Weekend, tastings and Scottish music, Posthoornkerk, through Jan. 16.
MAASTRICHT: Interclassics, classic auto show, MECC, through Jan. 17.
AMSTERDAM: National Tulip Day, temporary garden on Dam Square from which visitors can take home a bulb, Jan. 16.
AMSTERDAM: Choir Days, Paradiso, 140 amateur groups perform, Jan. 16-17.
AMSTERDAM: International Fashion Week, Jan. 16-26.
AMSTERDAM: Realisme, fair for figurative art, Passenger Terminal, Jan. 21-24.
AMSTERDAM: IMPRO Amsterdam, Compagnietheater, Jan. 25-30.
ROTTERDAM: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Jan. 27-Feb. 7.
THE HAGUE: Holland Dance Festival, Jan. 28.
AMSTERDAM: Jumping Amsterdam, equestrian event at RAI, Jan. 28-31.
AMSTERDAM: Food Soul Festival, indoor food truck festival, Kromhouthal, Jan. 29-31.
APELDOORN: Midwinter Marathon, Feb. 7.
ROTTERDAM: Art Rotterdam, Feb. 11-14.
AMSTERDAM: Wonderland Festival, electronic music fest, Amsterdam Studio’s, Feb. 13.
DELFT: De Koninck Delft Blues Festival, Feb. 13-14.
Norway TROMSO: International Film Festival, Jan. 18-24.
GEILO: Ice Music Festival, Jan. 21-24.
TROMSO: Northern Lights Festival, celebrates jazz and classical music, Jan. 29-Feb. 7.
TROMSO: Sami Week, Feb. 1-7.
LONGYEARBYEN: Polar Jazz, music festival, Feb. 4-7.
KRISTIANSUND: Opera Festival, Feb. 5-19.
Portugal PORTO: International Dog Show of the North, Exponor, Jan. 23-24.
FUNCHAL: Carnival celebrations, Feb. 4-9.
PORTO: Fantasporto, international film festival for fantasy and science fiction, Feb. 26-March 5.
Scotland GLASGOW: The Irn Bru Carnival, Europe’s largest indoor funfair, SECC, through Jan. 17.
DUMFRIES: Big Burns Supper, culture festival, Jan. 22-30.
AVIEMORE: Aviemore Sled Dog Rally, Jan. 23-24.
COUNTRYWIDE: Burns Night, Jan. 25.
LERWICK: Up Helly Aa, fire festival, Jan. 26.
EDINBURGH: Mountain Film Festival, George Square Lecture Theatre at Edinburgh University, Feb. 6-7.
ABERDEEN: Spectra Festival of Light, Union Terrace Garden, Feb. 11-14.
GLASGOW: Celtic Connections, folk, roots and world music festival, Jan. 14-31.
FIFE: Fife Jazz Festival, Feb. 11-14.
EDINBURGH: Banff Mountain Film Festival, Festival Theater, Jan. 30.
BANCHORY: Beer @ the Barn, indoor beer fest and live music, Woodend Barn, Feb. 12-13.
FORT WILLIAM: Fort William Mountain Festival, Feb. 17-21.
GLASGOW: Glasgow Film Festival, Feb. 17-28.
Slovakia BRATISLAVA: European Figure Skating Championships, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Jan. 25-31.
SVATY JUR: Open wine cellar days, Jan. 29-30.
HREBIENOK: Tatra Ice Master, ice sculpture competition in the High Tatras Mountains, Jan. 29-31.
TATRANSKA LOMNICA: Snow Dogs, dogsled rides and festivities, Feb. 20-21.
Slovenia BLED: Festive winter village, lakeside promenade, through Jan. 17.
Spain SEVILLE: International Theatre and Scenic Arts Festival, through Jan. 26.
CANARY ISLANDS: Canary Islands Music Festival, classical music festival takes place on all islands, through Feb. 12.
BARCELONA: Cursa Atlètica Barri Sant Antoni, running event, Barri Sant Antoni, Jan. 17.
SANTIPONCE: Italica International Cross-Country, foot race takes place among the ruins of a Roman city outside Seville, Jan. 17.
SAN SEBASTIAN: Tamborrada, drum festival celebrates city’s patron saint, Jan. 20.
MADRID: Gastrofestival, Jan. 23-Feb. 7.
BARRANDA: La Fiesta de las Cuadrillas, folk music concerts, Jan. 24.
PAMPLONA: Point of View, Navarre International Festival of Documentary Cinema, Feb. 8-14.
Sweden BJORKLIDEN: Aurora Festival, festival dedicated to the northern lights, through Jan. 17.
GOTHENBURG: Gotenborg International Film Festival, Jan. 29-Feb. 8.
JOKKMOKK: Jokkmokk Winter Market, Sami meeting, Feb. 4-6.
GOTHENBURG: Gothenburg Boat Show, Maessan, Feb. 6-14.
STOCKHOLM: Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Feb. 18-21.
UMEA: Umefolk, folk festival gathering, Feb. 25-28.
STOCKHOLM: Sonar International Festival of Advanced Music, avant-garde electronic dance music, Nobelberget, Feb. 26-27.
Switzerland BELALP: Witches descent, costumed ski races, through Jan. 16.
WENGEN: Ski World Cup, through Jan. 17.
INTERLAKEN: Ice Magic, skating rinks connected by runways, through Feb. 27.
GRINDELWALD: World Snow Festival, snow sculptures on display, Jan. 18-23.
MUERREN: International Inferno Race, Jan. 20-23.
BASEL: Museum Night, Jan. 22.
JUNGFRAU: Jungfrau Music Festival, showcases wind orchestras, Jan. 23-30.
ST. MORITZ: St. Moritz Gourmet Festival, 2015 edition celebrates Japanese cuisine, Jan. 25-29.
BASEL: Vogel Gryff, archaic ritual on the Rhine, Jan. 27.
GENEVA: Art Geneve, art salon, Palexpo, Jan. 28-31.
ST. MORITZ: St. Moritz World Polo Cup on Snow, St. Moritzersee, Jan. 29-31.
ENGADIN: Engadin Snow Golf World Cup, Silvaplana, Hotel Bellavista, Jan. 30-31.
ST. MORITZ: White Turf, horse races on snow, Feb. 7, 14 and 21.
ZURICH: Swiss Moto, motorcycle exhibition, Messe, Feb. 18-21.
Wales LLANDUDNO: Cambrian Rally, race of MGs through Snowdonia, Feb. 13.
RHYL: Ten Mile Run, Feb. 21.
CRICKHOWELL: Walking Festival, Feb. 27-March 6.
