TIMING IS EVERYTHING

You might like to plan your visit around these key events in the cities

AFRIKABURN

South Africa’s answer to Nevada’s legendary Burning Man Festival is a wild and wonderful six days of fire, festivities and art installations on a private farm called Stonehenge in the arid semidesert of Northern Cape roughly 300 kilometres from Cape Town. The next event is scheduled for April 2018. afrikaburn.com

THE PROMS, LONDON

Its name is short for promenade concerts, and it’s a hugely popular festival of classical music held at the Royal Albert Hall and other venues. The series comprises 92 concerts between July and September with tickets priced as low as £5. Conductors lead orchestras through a wide range of music by composers such as Beethoven, Wagner and Bruckner—and even Hollywood film scores. The season runs from July 14 to September 9. royalalberthall.com

SINGAPORE ART WEEK

The 12-day fair returns in January 2018 with more than 100 events ranging from art shows and gallery openings to art walks around the city— plenty for art lovers of all ages, interests and experience. artweek.sg

SÃO PAULO BIENNALE

Initiated in 1951, the Bienal de São Paulo is the second oldest art festival of its type in the world after the Venice Biennale. The next one, to take place in September 2018, will bring a flood of local and international artists and galleries to the city for a celebration of cultural life. bienal.org.br