10 Spring Festivals Around the World You Have to Check Out

When: May 23 to July 23

This festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, (the biggest northern city in the world) is an annual international tradition to mark the season of the midnight sun with music, opera, and ballet performances and events at Mariinsky Theatre and Concert Hall, as well as a series of carnivals featuring period costumes. The city's Palace Square is also a famed stage for big-name performers – recent performers have included The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney.