2015 science festivals around the world

Want to travel the world visiting science festivals? You could, if you wanted to.

The first major science festival of the year is already over. Techfest (Asia’s largest science/tech festival) ran from January 2 to 5 in Bombay, India. It’s an annual event, so consider this a heads-up for 2016.

Below is a list of science festivals for the rest of 2015. It doesn’t include all science festivals – there are way too many. Instead, it lists some throughout the year, across the world, including some of the biggest ones. For a more complete list see this 2011 post on Schemes and Memes.

February

• February 28 – National Science Day – India (nationwide events)

March

• March 9-22 – Cambridge Science Festival – Cambridge, UK
• March 18-24 – Scifest Africa – Grahamstown, South Africa

April

• April 17-26 – Cambridge Science Festival – Cambridge, MA, USA

May

• May 9 – Science Rendezvous – Canada (nationwide events)
• May 9 – Science Picnic – Warsaw, Poland
• May 27-31 – World Science Festival – New York City, NY, USA

June

• June 2-7 – Cheltenham Science Festival – Cheltenham, UK

July

• 2015 dates tba – New Zealand International Science Festival – Dunedin, New Zealand

August

• 2015 date tba – Geek Picnic – St Petersburg, Russia

September

• 2015 dates tba – Ultimo Science Festival – Sydney, Australia
• 2015 dates tba – Tokyo International Science Festival – Tokyo, Japan

October

• October 10-19 – Hawaii Science Festival – Across Hawaiian islands, USA
• October 22 – Nov 1 – Festival della Scienza – Genoa, Italy
• 2015 dates tba – Semana Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia – Brazil (nationwide)

November

• 2015 dates tba – Abu Dhabi Science Festival – Abu Dhabi, UAE

I challenge you to visit all of them! (Good luck on May 9…)