Worldfair

Date: December 8 - 10.
Location: Conway Hall, London.
Description: Guilt-free Christmas shopping, live world music and more at the former Third World Fair.
Contact: 020-7401 3366
Website: www.whatsonwhen.com/themes/lifestyle.jml

Spanish National Orchestra

Date: December 15 - 17.
Location: Auditorio Nacional, Madrid, Spain.
Description: Two celebratory Beethoven works - the Choral Symphony and Choral Fantasia - from an orchestra about to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Contact: 34 91 337 0139.
Website: www.whatsonwhen.com/themes/classicalmusic.jml

Havana International Jazz Festival

Date: December 12 - 22.
Location: Various venues, Havana, Cuba.
Description: Biennial celebration of Cuban and international jazz, renowned for rum-fuelled late-night jam sessions.
Contact: 537 311 234.
Website: www.whatsonwhen.com/themes/Jazz.jml

La Fiesta de Los Rabanos

Date: December 23.
Location: Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Description: Festival featuring a sculpture competition in which radishes are the only materials allowed.
Contact: 52 951 648 28.
Website: www.whatsonwhen.com/themes/bizarre.jml