magpie’s calendar of international events

We maintain a calendar of events around the world that seem relevant to the magpie mission – namely the kind of things that magpie likes to cover, everything from art and design fairs to street art and light festivals. This isn’t specifically for producing articles and the like in magpie, more for our own education and generally keeping up to date with what the event organisers think is hot, what’s now passé, and how much of it matters.

We have upcoming dates in eight categories – art, design, literature, dance, jazz, photography, light festivals and a catch-all ‘other’ subsection. We’re planning to add further categories (along with clickable hotlinks to the event websites) but in the meantime we have colour-coded the what’s-on table as follows:

	ART (fairs, festivals, biennials, triennials etc)
	DANCE (festivals, workshops, conferences etc)
	DESIGN (design weeks, festivals, etc)
	LIGHT FESTIVALS (and one-off public lighting events)
	LITERATURE (book fairs, literary festivals, etc)
	JAZZ festivals
	PHOTOGRAPHY (festivals, exhibitions, expos etc)
	OTHER (not yet categorised, but watch this space ...)

Start	Ends	Event	Category
SEPTEMBER
06 Sep 23	16 Sep 23	ilb internationales literaturfestival berlin
6 Sep 23	10 Dec 23	35th Bienal de São Paulo
7 Sep 23	10 Sep 23	KIAF Korea International Art Fair
7 Sep 23	10 Sep 23	Sydney Contemporary
7 Sep 23	28 Nov 23	France Design Week
8 Sep 23	10 Sep 23	PHOTOFAIRS New York
8 Sep 23	10 Sep 23	The Armory Show
8 Sep 23	15/10/23	Open Your Eyes Fotofestival Zürich
9 Sep 23	30/9/23	Biennale de la danse de Lyon
11 Sep 23	17/9/23	Frei Art Festival 2023 | Freiburg
13 Sep 23	17 Sep 23	Berlin Art Week
14 Sep 23	17 Sep 23	Hay Festival Segovia
14 Sep 23	6 Oct 23	Biennale de Mons
15 Sep 23	17 Sep 23	MENART FAIR Paris
15 Sep 23	24 Sep 23	Sydney Design Week
15 Sep 23	14 Jan 24	Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts
16 Sep 23	24 Sep 23	London Design Festival
16 Sep 23	24 Sep 23	Lake Como Design Festival
16 Sep 23	19 Nov 23	GIBCA Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art
18 Sep 23	29 Sep 23	Leeds Digital Festival
18 Sep 23	10 Mar 24	Vantage Point Sharjah 11
20 Sep 23	21 Sep 23	Kraków International Interior and Architecture Fair
20 Sep 23	24 Sep 23	Affordable Art Fair | NYC
20 Sep 23	23 Sep 23	Design London / Clerkenwell Design Week
20 Sep 23	29 Oct 23	Frieze Sculpture
21 Sep 23	23 Sep 23	Visualia Festival of Light | Croatia
21 Sep 23	23 Sep 23	FIND – Design Fair Asia 2023 | Singapore
21 Sep 23	24 Sep 23	Unseen Amsterdam
21 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Singapore Design Week
21 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Toronto International Festival of Authors
23 Sep 23	12 Nov 23	Photometria International Photography Festival | Greece
23 Sep 23	14/10/23	15m2 international festival of itinerant microdance | Spain
24 Sep 23	10 Feb 23	Brooklyn Book Festival
26 Sep 23	10 Jul 23	Excentriques | France
26 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Zagred Design Week
27 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Indonesia International Book Fair
28 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	British Art Fair
28 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Budapest International Book Festival
28 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Contemporary Istanbul
28 Sep 23	1 Oct 23	Gothenburg Book Fair
29 Sep 23	8 Oct 23	Essen Light Festival
30 Sep 23	29 Oct 23	Festival of Ethical Photography | Italy
OCTOBER
01 Oct 23	31 Oct 23	Dubai Calligraphy Biennale
4 Oct 23	10 Jun 23	LIBER, Feria Internacional del Libro, Spain
4 Oct 23	10 Aug 23	Designblok: Prague International Design Festival
4 Oct 23	7 Oct 23	Lichtstadt Feldkirch | Austria
5 Oct 23	10 Aug 23	Lviv BookForum
5 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	212 Photography Istanbul
6 Oct 23	7 Oct 23	Butoh Festival Amsterdam
6 Oct 23	8 Oct 23	Liverpool Literary Festival
6 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Cheltenham Literature Festival
6 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Berlin Festival of Lights
6 Oct 23	31 Oct 23	Dance Umbrella Festival | London
7 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Vencie Design Week
9 Oct 23	9 Oct 23	Leipzig Festival of Light
10 Oct 23	5 Nov 23	Design Week Mexico
11 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Frieze London and Freize Masters
12 Oct 23	14 Oct 23	AIGA Design Conference | NYC
12 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
12 Oct 23	13/10/23	Light Night Leeds
13 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Art International Zurich
13 Oct 23	15 Oct 23	Defected Dubai
13 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Sequences Biennial | Reykjavík
13 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	SHINE Mural Festival | Florida
16 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Vancouver Writers Fest
16 Oct 23	28 Oct 23	Barcelona Design Week
18 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Frankfurter Buchmesse | Frankfurt Book Fair
18 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Paris+ par Art Basel
18 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Indonesia
18 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	London Literature Festival
19 Oct 23	22 Oct 23	Clearwater Jazz Holiday | Florida
20 Oct 23	23 Oct 23	Art Taipei
21 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Dutch Design Week
22 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth
26 Oct 23	27 Oct 23	Pictoplasma NYC
26 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Art Toronto
26 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Helsinki Book Fair
26 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Kunst Zurich
26 Oct 23	29 Oct 23	Nordic Light Festival | Norway
26 Oct 23	30 Oct 23	Cork Jazz
26 Oct 23	3 Dec 23	MXSPF – International Street Photography | Mexico
27 Oct 23	30 Oct 23	We Design Beirut
27 Oct 23	31 Dec 23	Lagosphoto Festival
28 Oct 23	5 Nov 23	Istanbul Book Fair
28 Oct 23	1 Dec 23	Mes del Diseño | Chile
29 Oct 23	31 Oct 23	Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
NOVEMBER
1 Nov 23	5 Nov 23	DEFINE Seoul
1 Nov 23	12 Nov 23	Sharjah International Book Fair
2 Nov 23	5 Nov 23	Art X Lagos
2 Nov 23	5 Nov 23	The Art Show ADAA
2 Nov 23	17 Nov 23	International Festival + Assembly | Scotland
3 Nov 23	5 Nov 23	Artissima
3 Nov 32	4 Feb 23	Noor Riyadh
7 Nov 23	9 Nov 23	Smart City Expo World Congress | Barcelona
7 Nov 23	12 Nov 23	Dubai Design Week
8 Nov 23	10 Nov 23	Semi Permanent Aotearoa 2023 | Wellington
8 Nov 23	11 Nov 23	Downtown Design
8 Nov 23	12 Nov 23	Bcuh Wien | Vienna International Book Fair
9 Nov 23	12 Nov 23	Hay Festival Arequipa, Peru
9 Nov 23	12 Nov 23	Paris Photo
9 Nov 23	30 Nov 23	Lima Design Week
9 Nov 23	31 Mar 24	Shanghai Biennale
11 Nov 23	18 Nov 23	GLOW Eindhoven
11 Nov 23	11 Dec 23	Texas Book Festival
11 Nov 23	10 Feb 24	Sharjah Architecture Triennial
13 Nov 23	17 Nov 23	Habitare | Helsinki
14 Dec 23	17 Dec 23	Ibom International Arts and Book Festival | Nigeria
16 Nov 23	19 Nov 23	Art Cologne
16 Nov 23	19 Nov 23	PhotoVogue Festival | Milan
17 Nov 23	19 Nov 23	Edinburgh Art Fair
17 Nov 23	26 Nov 23	Singapore Writers Festival
18 Nov 23	18 Nov 23	The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival | Chicago
20 Nov 23	29/11/23	Partner Dance Festival | Japipur
22 Nov 23	26 Dec 23	Salon du Livre de Montréal
22 Nov 24	26 Nov 24	Abu Dhabi Art
23 Nov 23	24 Nov 23	DIFC Art Nights
23 Nov 23	26 Nov 23	Hay Festival Winter Weekend
23 Nov 23	26/11/23	DunaPart 6 | Budapest
24 Nov 23	26/11/23	FOCAL POINT Art Book Fair
25 Nov 23	3 Dec 23	FIL Guadalajara International Book Fair
30 Nov 23	21 Jan 24	Amsterdam Light Festival
DECEMBER
1 Dec 23	1 Dec 23	Dubai Motorcyle Film Festival 2023
1 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	Kochi International Book Festival
2 Dec 23	2 Dec 13	UAE National Day
2 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	CMDW Chiang Mai Design Week
2 Dec 23	25 Feb 24	Light Up Macao
5 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	Art Miami
5 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	Misk Art Week
7 Dec 23	9 Dec 23	Design Miami
7 Dec 23	9 Dec 23	Art Basel Miami Beach
7 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	Fête des Lumières | Lyon
20 Dec 23	23 Dec 23	Seoul Design Festival