Savills guide to the season

Snow Polo World Cup St Moritz
Since 1985, teams from around the world have gathered at the frozen lake in St Moritz to compete for the Snow Polo World Cup. This unique high-goal tournament on snow, the highlight of a weekend of events on the lake, is played against the magnificent backdrop of the Engadin Valley. Reserve a seat in the grandstand at the Perrier-Jouët Chukker Club, offering blankets and champagne.
24-26 January 2025; snowpolo-stmoritz.com

NFL Super Bowl
The biggest game in American football heads to the Big Easy for its 59th edition. Famed for its rich cultural heritage and warm hospitality, New Orleans will host the game at Caesars Superdome, with premium dining options and post-game field access on the day. Kendrick Lamar headlines at half-time.
9 February 2025; nfl.com

Collect Art Fair
The leading international fair for contemporary craft and design is headquartered in London. Collectors can acquire museum-quality work, handmade by the 21st century’s finest craft talents, via specialist galleries, dealers and collectives. Mediums include ceramic, lacquer, precious metals and textiles.
28 February-2 March 2025; craftscouncil.org.uk

Art Basel Hong Kong
Art Basel’s Hong Kong show features modern and contemporary work from more than 240 of the leading galleries in Asia, Europe and North America. First-time exhibitors for 2025 include New York’s prestigious Berry Campbell, while Taiwan’s Tina Keng, LA’s Matthew Marks and Turin’s Mazzoleni are all returning with new signings.
28-30 March 2025; artbasel.com

The Boat Race
First contested by crews from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in 1829, the Boat Race is one of the world’s oldest amateur sporting events. It takes place over 4.25 miles of the tidal Thames, between Putney and Mortlake in London, and is attended by more than 250,000 spectators – a thrilling day out.
13 April 2025; theboatrace.org

Met Gala
Long regarded as the biggest night of the year in fashion, in 2025 the Met Gala will be celebrating the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York. The fundraiser is co-chaired by actor and playwright Colman Domingo, Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton and musicians A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams – under the aegis of Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour.
5 May 2025; metmuseum.org

Badminton Horse Trials
One of England’s biggest sporting events, the Badminton Horse Trials combine dressage, cross-country and showjumping across 500 acres of the Beaufort family seat in South Gloucestershire. The Stallion Parade and the Shetland Pony Grand National are perennial favourites.
7-11 May 2025; badminton-horse.co.uk

Top Marques Monaco
The 20th-anniversary edition of the Monaco auto show brings together a raft of supercars, with world firsts alongside rare classics – including models by Bugatti, Pagani, Ferrari and Lamborghini – at the Grimaldi Forum. High-concept motorbikes and pioneering transport technologies also feature.
7-11 May 2025; topmarquesmonaco.com

Festival de Cannes
The 78th edition of the international film festival celebrates new releases from all over the world in the sunny south of France. The best features compete for the prestigious Palme d’Or, won in 2024 by Sean Baker’s Anora, with masterclasses, exhibitions and a host of high-glamour parties running alongside.
13-24 May, 2025; festival-cannes.com

Glyndebourne Festival
A world-class opera programme – with picnics on the Sussex lawns – kicks off with Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Highlights include Wagner’s Parsifal and Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, while Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová brings the festival to a dramatic close. General booking opens in March.
16 May-24 August 2025; glyndebourne.com

RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The world’s greatest flower show reveals beautiful blooms, cutting-edge garden design, fabulous floral displays and prize-winning plants. Professionals going for gold at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London include Matthew Butler and Josh Parker, with their Garden of the Future, and Tom Hoblyn, who is designing the Hospice UK: Garden of Compassion.
20-24 May 2025; rhs.org.uk

Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
Take a deep dive into the world of classic cars and high-concept vehicles in the gardens of Villa d’Este, an elegant hotel on the shores of Italy’s Lake Como. It’s all wrapped up in a whirl of lunches, dinners and champagne receptions – with the Festival of Lights Party Night over the water at Villa Erba.
23-25 May 2025; concorsodeleganzavilladeste.com