The Sunday Times - UK (2022-02-06)

10 February 6, 2022The Sunday Times

Travel USA special

FEBRUARY
Modernism Week,
California
The city of Palm Springs is
famed for its mid-century
modern buildings, but the
adoration for quirky cool
reaches skyscraper heights
during Modernism Week
(February 17 to 27). As well
as a celebration of design,
architecture, art, fashion and
culture, you’ll get a chance to
peek inside revered properties
owned by Hollywood stars
and celebrated architects.
modernismweek.com

MARCH

The National Cherry

Blossom Festival,

Washington

In 1912 the mayor of Tokyo

gifted 3,000 cherry trees to

Washington DC, and since

1934 it has celebrated the

blanket of pink petals these

produce with the National

Cherry Blossom Festival

(March 20 to April 17). The

event also includes a parade,

a kite festival and a pink-tie

dinner party.

nationalcherryblossom

festival.org

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Festival, California

This year Coachella

takes place over two

weekends (April 15 to 17

and 22 to 24) at the Empire

Polo Club in Indio, and you

can join celebrities and the

oh-so-hip festivalgoers to see

headliners including Harry

Styles, Billy Eilish, Swedish

House Mafia and Flume.

coachella.com

MAY

In America: An Anthology

of Fashion, Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York

This exhibition (May 7 to

September 5) explores and

celebrates American fashion

design from the 18th century

to the present. Using the New

York City museum’s period

rooms as sets, visitors will

sashay their way through a

Shaker retiring room from the

1830s, a 19th-century parlour

from Virginia and a 20th-

century living room designed

by Frank Lloyd Wright.

metmuseum.org

JUNE

CMA Music Festival,

Tennessee

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world’s largest country music

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Where? Nashville, of course.

Music City is the pinnacle of

all things country music,

and you can expect the

biggest names (previous

headliners include Taylor

Swift, Dolly Parton and Keith

Urban). The best bit is that

most of the concerts are free.

visitcmafest.com

JULY

UFO Festival, New Mexico

In July 1947 a UFO crashed

on a ranch northwest of

Roswell. Or did it? Maybe you

can find out at the 75th

annual UFO Festival

there ( July 1 to 3).

Events include the

Alien Rock & Bowl

and food court

(aliens eat corn

dogs apparently),

an Out of this

World costume

competition and a

raft of speakers at

the International

UFO Museum &

Research Center.

ufofestival.com

AUGUST

Minnesota State Fair

The Minnesota State Fair

( July 25 to 31) is the largest

of its kind in the US by

average daily attendance.

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