London's best: Winter festivals
1. Horizon Festival
Ski to the parties at this new festival as DJs and producers congregate with the crowds on the slopes of Bansko, Bulgaria.
March 23-29, £190 including five-day ski pass, togetherski.com
2. WF Leysin
Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival finds a new home this year on the slopes in Leysin, Switzerland.
March 20-24, £205 (¤240) including ski pass, worldwidefestival.com/en/leysin
3. Sochi Winter Music Conference
Electronic music on the Russian coast of the Black Sea. This year with Berlin-based Tiefschwarz in the line-up.
February 7-10, £53 (2500 RUB), swmc.ru
4. Miami Music Week
Sun is the added bonus to the parties at the Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival, which run concurrently.
March 15-24, £250 ($395), wintermusicconference.com /£190 ($299), ultramusicfestival.com
5. Vinterfest
This is the place for candlelit classical music — in a barn on the frozen edge of Lake Orsasjon, Sweden.
Feb 14-17, tickets priced by individual concert, vinterfest.se
