1. Carnaval Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much like Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnevale in Venice, Canaval is a nonstop party, just with special addition of Brazilian flair. Its filled with samba music, colorful costumes, and giant parades.

2. Oktoberfest Munich, Germany. Though there are many smaller offshoots of Oktoberfest around the world, Munichs original fair is the biggest beer festival in the world. In 2013, more than 96,178,668 worth of beer was served every day during the festivals.

3. Snow Ice Festival Harbin, China. The Harbin festival is the largest snow and ice festival in the world, and it features carvings towering over 20 feet in height and full-size buildings made from gigantic blocks of ice.

4. Holi Celebrated by Hindus Around the World. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, celebrates the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Its fun, safe, and free. Just remember to BYOD bring your own dye.

5. Cascamorras Baza, Spain. Every year hundreds of Spaniards cover themselves in grease to reenact the stealing of a famous statue of the Virgen de la Piedad, which took place over 500 years ago. Best of all, after the greasing, a great big party ensues

6. Carnevale Venice, Italy. Carnevale, or Carnival, has been a Venice tradition since the 13th century. People flock from all over the world to participate in the masked festivals, arguably making it one of the best parties on Earth.

7. Up Helly Aa Fire Festival Lerwick, Scotland. This is Europes largest fire festival, complete with the burning of a full-scale Viking ship. Need we say more?

8. Tomorrowland Boom, Belgium. Tomorrowland has quickly grown to become one of the worlds largest electronic dance music EDM festivals. Each year over 100,000 visitors flock to Belgium to dance the day and night away.

9. Mardi Gras New Orleans. In many ways Mardis Gras reputation precedes itself if you want to party like theres no tomorrow, New Orleans is where you belong.

10. La Tomatina Buol, Spain. As crazy as it may seem, these festivals are held every year purely for fun, meaning it isnt tied to any ancient traditions. In 1945 a few locals began throwing fruits and vegetables during a parade and ever since then the tomato-throwing festival has continued on.

11. Albuquerque International Balloon Festival Albuquerque, N.M. The Albuquerque International Balloon Festival is the largest gathering of hot air balloons in the world. Essentially its like Up but better.

12. Cooper Hills Cheese Rolling Festival Gloucester, England. If youve ever wanted to watch hundreds of men run down a hill while chasing a wheel of cheese, then youre in luck because the Cooper Hill Cheese Roll not only exists, its quite the romp.

13. Cochella Indio, California. Each year Coachella boasts the biggest names in music, not to mention an impressive showing of Hollywoods biggest celebrities. Plus, you can spend the weekend camping in the desert with your friends.

14. Dia De Los Muertos Celebrated by Mexican. Dia de los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead, celebrates All Saints Day, which remembers all those who have passed before us. A colorful display of costume and culture, Dia de los Muertos is a day you dont want to miss. These Mexican festivals are held throughout the world, but a few of the bigger celebrations take place in Mexico City and Los Angeles.

15. Running of the Bulls Pamplona, Spain. Lets be real who doesnt like watching people make fools of themselves? The Running of the Bulls is a time-honored Spanish tradition, which is such to raise your adrenaline levels, whether youre running or watching.

16. Songkran Water Festival Chiang Mai, Thailand. This is the water fight of your dreams, so back up your Super Soakers, water balloons, and water bottles and head to Thailand for a wet and wild adventure.

17. Burning Man Black Rock City, Nevada. Burning Man is where humans go to shed themselves of the conventions of society. If you want a break from the ordinary and can actually party 247, then head to the deserts of Nevada.

18. Kirpinar Oil Wrestling Tournament Erdine, Turkey. Strong men wrestling while covered in oil. There is literally nothing else to say.

19. Lantern Festival Pingxi, Taiwan. Watch the sky light up during one of the worlds largest lantern festivals. If youre looking for a little magic, there is nothing more surreal than a sky ablaze with thousands of floating lanterns.

20. Glastonbury Glastonbury, England. Aside from the incredible music youll find at Glastonbury, perhaps the funnest part of the festivals is wading through the mud in your rain boots while camping with all of your friends. Glastonbury is dirty, loud, and wild, aka everything a music festival should be.