Crufts Dog Show

Date: March 7-10.

Location: National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham B40 INT.

Description: More than 20,000 dogs compete.

Contact: 020-7518 1012.

Website: whatsonwhen.com/events/~28313.jml.

Las Fallas

Date: March 15-19.

Location: Plaza Ayuntamiento, Valencia, Spain.

Description: Huge 20ft papier-maché models of celebrities are paraded, then stuffed with fireworks and set alight.

Contact: 0034 96 398 64 22.

Website: whatsonwhen.com/events/~21311.jml.

All Tomorrow's Parties LA

Date: March14-17.

Location: UCLA, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, California, US.

Description: Sonic Youth perform and curate their first stateside All Tomorrow's Parties.

Contact: 001 310 825 4321.

Website: whatsonwhen.com/events/~61968.jml.

Spring Equinox at Chichén Itzá

Date: March 20.

Location: Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, Maya Region, Mexico.

Description: The spectacular lighting of Chichén Itzá's serpent at the exact moment of the equinox dates back to the Mayan civilisation.

Contact: 0052 9924 9495.

Website: whatsonwhen.com/events/~21013.jml.