The funk calendar

The year in funk.

66+ moments the taste tribe travels for — natural wine fairs from RAW WINE to La Dive Bouteille, plus the film festivals, fashion weeks, art fairs, and sporting fortnights that fill the world's funkiest cities. Month by month, with where to drink when you land.

January

Wine fairJanuary

Millésime Bio

The world's largest organic wine fair, held annually in Montpellier. Over 1,400 exhibitors from 25+ countries. A trade and public event showcasing certified organic wines.

Wine momentLate January – early February

La Dive week (Loire salons)

The famous February pilgrimage: La Dive Bouteille and the satellite salons — the natural wine world's annual gathering in the Loire.

Saumur & Angers

FilmLate January

Sundance Film Festival

Indie film's big week — and the crowd that fills natural wine bars from Salt Lake to LA on the way home.

Park City

February

Wine fairFebruary

La Dive Bouteille

The legendary Loire Valley natural wine fair held in the troglodyte caves of Saumur. A pilgrimage for serious natural wine lovers — expect funky, raw, and zero-zero wines. The 26th edition ran February 1–2, 2026; the 27th is expected the first weekend of February 2027 (dates TBC).

Wine fairFebruary

RAW Wine Paris

RAW Wine in the natural wine capital — the fair's Paris edition lands mid-February, in the thick of the winter salon season.

Wine fairFebruary

Salon des Vins Anonymes

A blind tasting concept fair in Paris where wines are poured anonymously — no labels, no bias. Discover wines purely on taste. One of the most unique fair concepts in the natural wine world.

Wine fairFebruary

Vini Circus

A travelling natural wine circus through French cities. Fun, irreverent, and packed with winemakers who don't take themselves too seriously.

Wine momentLate January – early February

La Dive week (Loire salons)

The famous February pilgrimage: La Dive Bouteille and the satellite salons — the natural wine world's annual gathering in the Loire.

Saumur & Angers

FilmMid-February

Berlinale

Europe's big winter film festival, in a city where the wine bars are as raw as the programming.

FashionLate February & September

Milan Fashion Week

Fashion's Milan weeks, with VinNatur's orbit and Italy's natural scene an aperitivo away.

Milan

FashionFebruary & September

New York Fashion Week

The industry descends on the city where Brooklyn set the natural wine bar standard.

ArtEarly February

Zona Maco

Latin America's biggest art fair, in the fastest-rising natural wine city on the map.

SportEarly February

Super Bowl

The rotating host city gets a week of the whole country's attention — and its bars get the overflow.

United States (rotates)

March

Wine fairMarch

Caractère

A curated Parisian wine fair focused on artisan winemakers with character. Intimate tastings, winemaker dinners, and a strong emphasis on terroir-driven wines.

Wine fairMarch

The Other Right

Melbourne's indie natural wine fair. Small producers, emerging winemakers, and a focus on what's new and exciting in Australian natural wine.

FilmMid-March

SXSW

Film, music, and tech collide in Austin — and the taste crowd that comes with them.

Austin

FilmEarly March

The Oscars

Awards week floods LA with exactly the crowd that drinks skin contact after the after-party.

FashionMarch & late September

Paris Fashion Week

Twice a year the world's taste industry lands in the world's natural wine capital. Belleville books out.

April

Wine fairApril

Natural Wine Fair Tokyo

Tokyo's growing natural wine scene comes together for a major tasting event. Japanese and international producers, plus sake crossover tastings.

Wine fairApril

VinNatur

Italy's flagship natural wine fair in the stunning Villa Favorita. Over 200 producers from Italy and across Europe, with a strong focus on Italian natural winemaking.

ArtMid-April

Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile)

The design world's annual pilgrimage — a week when every studio, showroom, and wine bar in Milan overflows.

Milan

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

MusicTwo weekends in April

Coachella

The desert festival that routes the culture crowd through LA on both ends.

Indio / Los Angeles

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May

Wine fairMay

Real Wine Fair

London's long-running celebration of real wine. Producers who farm sustainably and make wine with minimal intervention. Masterclasses and open tastings.

Wine fairMay

Under the Radar

Copenhagen's underground natural wine fair. Scandinavian and European producers share space in a raw industrial setting. Nordic cuisine pairings and late-night after-parties.

Wine momentMay

Georgian New Wine Festival

The origin country opens its qvevris — 8,000 vintages of tradition, one festival.

FilmMid-May

Cannes Film Festival

The Croisette by day, the Riviera's caves à vin by night — the funk follows the film industry south.

Cannes

FashionFirst Monday of May

Met Gala

Fashion's biggest night pulls the industry to New York — the after-afters end up in natural wine bars.

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

SportEarly May

F1 Miami Grand Prix

F1's American glamour stop — a weekend that fills Miami's design district and its wine bars.

Miami

SportLate May

Monaco Grand Prix

F1's glamour weekend, back-to-back with Cannes — the Riviera's biggest fortnight of the year.

Monaco

SportLate May – early June

Roland-Garros

Two weeks of clay-court tennis in the natural wine capital. Book the caves early.

June

Wine fairJune

Festivin

A Parisian festival dedicated to natural wine and good times. Live music, street food, and dozens of producers pouring in an open-air setting.

ArtMid-June

Art Basel

The art market's main event, with the Jura's natural wine heartland just across the border.

Basel

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

MusicLate June

Glastonbury

Britain's giant festival week — London empties into Somerset and celebrates its return after.

Somerset / London

Where to drink →
SportLate May – early June

Roland-Garros

Two weeks of clay-court tennis in the natural wine capital. Book the caves early.

SportLate June – mid-July

Wimbledon

The fortnight London hosts the world — P. Franco to Bright, the wine list is the second draw.

July

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

SportLate June – mid-July

Wimbledon

The fortnight London hosts the world — P. Franco to Bright, the wine list is the second draw.

August

FilmLate August – early September

Venice Film Festival

The Lido's red carpet, then bacari and orange wine from Friuli a vaporetto ride away.

Venice

FashionEarly August

Copenhagen Fashion Week

Scandi fashion in the city where the entire restaurant scene is natural by default.

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

SportLate August – September

US Open (tennis)

Queens by day, Brooklyn's natural wine bars by night.

September

Wine fairSeptember

Rawfair Copenhagen

A satellite edition of the RAW Wine family, bringing natural wine discovery to the Danish capital with Nordic and international producers.

Wine momentSeptember – October

Harvest season

The vineyards work, the cellars open, and visiting producers becomes the trip itself.

Everywhere north

FilmLate August – early September

Venice Film Festival

The Lido's red carpet, then bacari and orange wine from Friuli a vaporetto ride away.

Venice

FashionLate February & September

Milan Fashion Week

Fashion's Milan weeks, with VinNatur's orbit and Italy's natural scene an aperitivo away.

Milan

FashionFebruary & September

New York Fashion Week

The industry descends on the city where Brooklyn set the natural wine bar standard.

FashionMarch & late September

Paris Fashion Week

Twice a year the world's taste industry lands in the world's natural wine capital. Belleville books out.

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

SportLate August – September

US Open (tennis)

Queens by day, Brooklyn's natural wine bars by night.

October

Wine momentSeptember – October

Harvest season

The vineyards work, the cellars open, and visiting producers becomes the trip itself.

Everywhere north

ArtLate October

Art Basel Paris

The Grand Palais fills with collectors; the 11th arrondissement fills with them after.

ArtMid-October

Frieze London

Regent's Park tents by day, Hackney wine bars by night.

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

November

Wine fairNovember

Les Affranchis

Beaune's renegade wine fair, running alongside the more traditional Burgundy tastings. Natural vignerons who refuse to play by the rules — expect skin contact, pét-nat, and zero-zero.

Wine fairNovember

RAW Wine Berlin

RAW Wine's Berlin edition brings together winemakers from across Europe and beyond. Founded by Isabelle Legeron MW.

Wine fairNovember

RAW Wine New York

New York's premier natural wine fair. Producers from around the world gather for two days of tasting and discovery.

New York City

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Wine fairNovember

Rootstock Sydney

Australia's largest celebration of natural, organic, and biodynamic wine. Over 100 producers from Australia and around the world, plus talks, panels, and tastings.

Wine fairNovember

Vini di Vignaioli

A gathering of artisan Italian winemakers in the hills of Emilia-Romagna. Intimate producer-led tastings in a beautiful rural setting.

Fornovo di Taro

Where to drink →
Wine fairNovember

Vivent les Vins Libres

Toulouse's celebration of free wines — producers who reject convention and embrace living wines. Warm southern French hospitality meets radical winemaking.

Wine momentThird Thursday of November

Beaujolais Nouveau Day

The original glou-glou holiday — the year's new Gamay lands in every natural wine bar on earth the same night.

Worldwide

ArtApril – November

Venice Biennale

Seven months of art pilgrimage — and northern Italy's amber wines within reach the whole time.

Venice

SportLate November

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Night racing on the Strip, and a travel spike that spills into LA either side of the weekend.

Las Vegas

December

ArtEarly December

Art Basel Miami Beach

America's art week — and a natural wine scene that's grown up around it.

Miami

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