Glastonbury Festival

Date: June 23-25
Location: Glastonbury
Description: The UK's largest music festival.
Contact: 0115 912 9129. www.glastonbury.co.uk

Royal Ascot

Date: June 20-23
Location: Windsor
Description: The greatest, certainly the grandest, race meeting in the British calendar.
Contact: 01344 622211. www.ascot.co.uk

Spoleto Festival

Date: June 30 - July 16
Location: Spoleto, Italy
Description: Arts entertainment in a stunning Umbrian walled town.
Contact: +390 0743 45028. www.spoletofestival.net

Naadam

Date: July 11-13
Location: Ulan Bataar, Mongolia
Description: Mongols race their horses, wrestle and show off their archery skills.
Contact: + 976 1 328 428.

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