Here is a sampling of upcoming carnival events throughout Europe.

BelgiumAalst: March 6, parade 1 p.m.

Amay: Through March 12.

Andenne: April 3, Carnival of the Bears.

Bastogne: March 4-6.

Beaumont: March 10.

Berzee: April 16-17.

Bienne-Lez-Happart: May 8.

Binche: March 6-8, Carnival of the Gilles.

Bomal: March 5, children’s carnival.

Brussels: March 12.

Chapelle-Lez-Herlaimont: April 1-3.

Charleroi: March 8.

Écaussinnes: May 1-2.

Ermeton-sur-Biert: March 6, Witches Hunt.

Estinnes-Au-Mont: March 27.

Eupen: March 3-7.

Falisolle: March 6-12.

Florenville: April 1-4.

Fontaine-L’ÉvÊque: April 2-4.

Fosses-la-Ville: April 3-4, Carnival of the Chinels.

Franchimont: March 12.

Frasnes: March 11-13.

Gemmenich: March 6-8.

Genappe: April 16.

HastiÈre-Lavaux: March 8.

Houyet: March 5-6, giants carnival and bonfire.

Jalhay: March 13.

La LouviÈre: April 3-5.

La Roche-en-Ardenne: March 12, masked ball April 2-3.

Limbourg/Dolhain: March 6.

Lodelinsart: March 12, masked ball.

Malmedy: March 5-8.

Manage: April 24-26.

Marche-en-Famenne: March 6.

Mont-Sainte-GeneviÈve: May 1-2.

Morlanwelz: March 13.

Neuville: March 19.

Perwez: March 19.

Petigny: March 4-8, Carnival of the Evil Good.

PlombiÈres: March 5.

Rebecq: April 8.

Saint-Aubin: March 12.

Saint-Gilles: March 5-9, carnival of the Witches of Tarkham.

Sars-la-BuissiÈre: April 24-26.

Sart-TiÈge: March 27.

Schaerbeek: April 2, carnival parade.

Slins: March 12.

Spa: March 8.

Stavelot: April 2-3, Carnival of the Blancs-Moussis.

Tamines: March 26-27.

Tilff: March 12-April 3.

Tournai: April 1-2.

Trooz: March 26.

Vierves-sur-Viroin: March 6-8.

Villers-La-Ville: March 3.

Waremme: March 13.

Wavre: March 2.

Wellin: March 12-13, Carnival of the Giants.

CroatiaDubrovnik: through March 6.

Rijeka: March 6, largest carnival celebration in Croatia, parade at noon.

Samobor: Through March 8.

FranceAnnecy: March 18-20.

Colmar: March 26-27.

Mulhouse: March 12-13.

Dunkirk: through April 3.

Menton: through -March 9. Lemon Festival, including fruit parades Feb. 27 and March 6; night parade March 3.

Nice: through March 8.

Paris: March 6 and April 3, Place Gambetta.

Pau: Through March 8.

Sarreguemines: through March 9.

Strasbourg: March 20, with parade of giant marionnettes.

GermanyAachen: March 6, Rose Monday parade.

Bad Godesberg: March 6, parade 1 p.m.

Bad Endorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m.

Bad Homburg-Kirdorf: March 8, 2:11 p.m.

Bad Saulgau: March 8, Narren-sprung (Fools Jump) 10:30 a.m.

Bad Waldsee: March 7, Narren-sprung (Fools Jump) 2 p.m.

Bingen: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m.

Blankenheim: March 5, ghost parade 7:11 p.m.

Bamberg: March 8, parade.

Bonn: March 5, parade 3 p.m.

Bonn: March 7, Rose Monday parade at noon.

Boppard: March 6, evening parades.

Bräunlingen: March 6-7.

Buchholz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 3 p.m.

Büttelborn: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.

Erlangen: March 3, Altweiberfasching, 6 p.m.

Cologne: through March 9. March 3, women’s carnival; March 6, children’s parade; March 7, Rosenmontag parade.

Cologne: March 5, parade 2 p.m., Am Pisdorhof/Frohnhofstrasse.

Cologne-Neubrueck: March 6, parade 12:30 p.m.

Cologne-Nippes: March 8, parade 1:30 p.m.

Cologne-Höhenhaus: March 6, parade 2 p.m.

Dahn: March 6, traditional carnival parade.

Donaueschingen: March 6, parade 2 p.m., and March 8, parade 6:45 p.m.

Dudweiler: March 6, carnival parade 1:11 p.m.

Düsseldorf: March 3-9.

Elzach: March 6, parade 3 p.m., torchlight parade 8 p.m.; March 8, parade 3 p.m.

Emmerich/Rhine river: March 6, parade 11:11 a.m.

Endingen: March 3-8, big parade March 7, 2:30 p.m..

Feldberg: March 4, witches games, ski passes for those dressed in witch costumes.

Frankfurt: March 6, parade 1:01 p.m.

Freiburg: March 7, parade 2 p.m.

Gaggenau: March 6, parade 2:11 p.m.

Gedern: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m.

Gerlingen: March 7, children’s carnival 2 p.m.

Guxhagen: March 3, Altweiber-fasching.

Hausach: March 6, parade 2 p.m.

Heitersheim: March 7, parade 2:11 p.m.

Hörselgau: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2:11 p.m.

Koblenz: March 7, parade 12:11 p.m.

Lenzkirch: March 3-9.

Löffingen: March 3-9.

Lörrach: March 6-7.

Losheim am See: March 7, parade 3:11 p.m.

Ludwigshafen: March 6, parade 1:11 p.m.

Inntal: March 6, big parade 2 p.m.

Mannheim: March 6, children’s carnival 1 p.m.

Mainz: March 7, Rose Monday parade 11:11 a.m.

Mainz: March 8, children’s carnival 1:11 p.m.

Mittenwald: March 3, Schellenrührer at noon, March 7-8, street celebrations.

Mönchengladbach: March 8, parade.

Munich: through March 8. March 7, party at Rotkreuzplatz; March 8, Dance of the Market Women.

Naumburg: March 3, Altweiberball 8 p.m.

Nettersheim: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1:11 p.m.

Neuss: March 6, parade 1:30 p.m.

Neuss/Gussdorf: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m.

Oberlahnstein: March 5, parade by children and teens 2 p.m.

Oberndorf: March 8, Narrensprung (Fools Jump) 1 p.m.

Oberlahnstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 2 p.m.

Oggersheim: March 5, masked ball, Festhalle, 8 p.m.

Ramstein-Miesenbach: March 8,

Rottweil: March 7, parade at 8 a.m.; March 8, parades at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Rudesheim: March 8, children’s carnival, city hall, 2 p.m.

Saarbrücken: March 3, Altweiber-fasching.

Saarwellingen: March 7, carnival parade 2 p.m.

Schramberg: March 6, parade at 1 p.m. and Hanselsprung at 2:30 p.m.; March 7, street fest and Da-Bach-na-Fahrt 1 p.m.

Speyer: March 7, parade.

Stuttgart-Vaihingen: March 3, storming the city hall.

Stuttgart: March 8, parade.

Teisendorf: March 6, parade 2 p.m.,

Triberg: March 3, devils run through the street with torches, 7 p.m.

Trier: March 7, parade at noon.

Villingen-Schwenningen: March 7, historical parade 9 a.m.; March 8, parade 1:30 p.m.

Wassungen: March 5, historic carnival parade 1:30 p.m.

Wehretal: March 4, Altweiberfasching, 7:33 p.m.

Willinghausen: March 6, children’s Fasching.

Wiesbaden: March 6, carnival parade 1:11.

Wiesbaden-Frauenstein: March 7, Rose Monday parade 1 p.m.

Wiesbaden-Freudenberg: March 5, street Fasching, 2:11 p.m.

Wolfach: March 3-9, parade March 7.

GreecePatras: through March 7.

Rethymnon, Crete: through March 7, grand parade and burning of King Carnival March 6.

HungaryMohács: March 3-8.

ItalyAcireale: through March 8, parades with floats March 3, 5, 6 and 8; floats with flowers March 6-8.

Putignano: through March 8.

Venice: through March 8.

Viareggio: through March 13.

Ivrea: through March 9.

LuxembourgDiekirch: March 6, parade, 2:30 p.m.

Esch-sur-Alzette: April 3, parade 2:30 p.m.

Pétange: April 3.

Schifflange: March 13, parade, 3 p.m.

NetherlandsBreda: March 4-8.

Maastricht: March 6-8.

Roermond: March 5-7.

Venlo: March 5-8.

PortugalFunchal, Madeira: March 4 and 8.

SpainCádiz: March 3-13.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: March 4-8, March 10-12.

Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife: March 3, 9, 11 and 12.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife: through March 13. March 4, procession 7 p.m. followed by fireworks; March 8, fireworks; March 9, burial of the sardine 9 p.m.

Sitges: March 3-9.

SwitzerlandAbtwil: March 3, parade and masked ball.

Baden: March 3, street Fasching, 7 p.m.

Baden: March 8, night parade, 8 p.m.

Basel: March 14-16; Morgestraich (pipers cross the town), 4 a.m. March 14.

Bern: March 10-12.

Brunnen: March 3, Dirty Thursday, 1:30 p.m.

Kerns: March 3, Dirty Thursday parade.

Lucerne: March 3, parade at 1:45 p.m., March 7, parade at 1:45 p.m.

Rigi Kaltbad: March 3, children’s carnival, 2 p.m.

Zurich: March 12, parade, noon.