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The calendar in November

November

Sale weeks in New York, the Melbourne Cup, Geneva's watch auctions, Las Vegas under lights.

A month page is evergreen: it describes what every November looks like on the international calendar, then lists the dated events of the next November with their status.

01Where the season is concentrated

November is the auction month. New York's fall marquee sales at Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips in the second and third weeks are the year's largest concentration of art money in one city; Geneva's watch and jewelry auctions and the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie fall in the same fortnight; Hong Kong's autumn sales close the Asian year; the Hospices de Beaune auction on the third Sunday is the wine trade's oldest fixture. Paris has Paris Photo in the Grand Palais. Racing has its two southern-hemisphere and American climaxes — the Melbourne Cup Carnival in the first week and the Breeders' Cup — and Formula 1 heads for its Las Vegas night race and then the Gulf. Abu Dhabi Art, Dubai Watch Week (odd years), the Dubai Airshow (odd years), Web Summit in Lisbon and the CFDA Fashion Awards fill the calendar; the DP World Tour Championship ends the golf season in Dubai. St. Barts' gourmet festival opens the Caribbean season quietly.

Manhattan skyline, New York City, New York, USA Destination New York 2 events University of Geneva Destination Geneva 2 events Vosges Square, Paris, Region of Île-de-France, France Destination Paris 2 events Views of Dubai Destination Dubai 2 events Ca'Rezzonico, Venice facade of Giorgio Massari Destination Venice 1 events Las Vegas at night. (North is to the right of the picture.) The surrounding darkness of the desert presents a stark contrast Destination Las Vegas 1 events

02Major events

Week by week: the events that open each week of the month, the most important first.

Nov 1Week 1
It looks like red was the hit in the finals. 2nd Place Christine Spielmann (left), Winner Chloe Moo (middle) and runner up, Melbourne Cup Carnival Melbourne Melbourne Cup Carnival Oct 31 – Nov 7 Corrected by Jacek Halicki, Mexico City Grand Prix Mexico City Mexico City Grand Prix Oct 30 – Nov 1 The 59th annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Oct 28 – Nov 1
Nov 2–8Week 2
Lima The World's 50 Best Restaurants Nov 3–4 Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva Watch and Jewelry Auction Weeks Geneva Geneva Watch and Jewelry Auction Weeks Nov 6–9 New York CFDA Fashion Awards Nov 2
Nov 9–15Week 3
Rockefeller Center in November 2024, New York Fall Marquee Auctions New York New York Fall Marquee Auctions Nov 9–20 First evening in Beaune, Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction Beaune Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction Nov 14–16 Pavillon Daru, Louvre, Paris, France, Paris Photo Paris Paris Photo Nov 12–15
Nov 16–22Week 4
The Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, Las Vegas Grand Prix Las Vegas Las Vegas Grand Prix Nov 19–21 This illustation is part of the Images from UAE in Lens Competition, Abu Dhabi Art Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Art Nov 18–22 Luzerner Konzerthaus Seeseite, Lucerne Festival Lucerne Lucerne Festival Nov 20–22
Nov 23–29Week 5
Photograph of Le Bal des Debutantes Paris Le Bal des Debutantes Nov 28 Doha skyline taken from Al corniche road, Qatar Grand Prix Lusail Qatar Grand Prix Nov 27–29 Dubai Marina Yacht Club @ Yellow Boats Tour @ Dubai Marina, Dubai International Boat Show Dubai Dubai International Boat Show Nov 25–29
Nov 30Week 6
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03The ten defining events · November 2026

The full calendar for November · 25 events →

04Important destinations

New York and Geneva for the sales; Melbourne for its Cup week; Las Vegas for a race weekend; Hong Kong, Paris and Abu Dhabi for their fairs; Dubai in odd years; Turin for the tennis finals; St. Barts as it reopens.

Manhattan skyline, New York City, New York, USA Destination New York 2 events this month Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva) main building exterior Destination Geneva 2 events this month

05Geographic movement

The season begins to divide. Collectors are in New York, then Geneva; the Formula 1 crowd is in Las Vegas and then the Gulf; racing moves from Melbourne to the Breeders' Cup and then stops; and by the last week the first winter movements begin — south to the Caribbean and Florida, up to the Alps as the first resorts open.

Venice — 1 events New York — 2 events Las Vegas — 1 events Melbourne — 1 events Geneva — 2 events London — 1 events Mexico City — 1 events Miami — 1 events Beaune — 1 events Los Angeles — 1 events Paris — 2 events Turin — 1 events Sao Paulo — 1 events Abu Dhabi — 1 events Doha — 1 events Dubai — 2 events Lucerne — 1 events Lisbon — 1 events Alba — 1 events St. Barts — 1 events

06Weather

New York is cold and can be wet; Geneva is grey; Melbourne is spring and can be hot on Cup day. Las Vegas at night in November is cold enough that the race has needed heated grandstands. Dubai and Abu Dhabi enter their best season. St. Barts is at the end of its rainy months.

07The most important weekends

The middle weekend of November, between the New York evening sales and the Geneva auctions, and the Melbourne Cup week at the start. The Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend is the month's loudest.

08Where the season moves next

December: Art Basel Miami Beach and Design Miami in the first week, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, La Scala's opening night on the 7th, the Fashion Awards in London, the Antigua Charter Yacht Show, and then the migration to St. Barts and the Alps for the festive season, with New Year's Eve in Gustavia's harbour as the year's last fixture.

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