Folk Festivals

02.01Berchtold's Day (Berchtoldstag)Switzerland, Liechtenstein
05.01Three Kings Parade in SpainSpain
05.01TucindanSerbia, Montenegro
10.01Voodoo Day in BeninBenin
11.01Kagami Biraki in JapanJapan
12.01Yennayer (Berber New Year) in AlgeriaAlgeria
13.01St. Knut’s DaySweden, Finland
13.01LohriIndia
14.01Old New YearArmenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia
20.01TamborradaSpain
22.01Lunar (Chinese) New YearBhutan, Brunei, China, Christmas Island, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Suriname, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
24.01Alasitas Festival in La PazBolivia
25.01Saint Dwynwen's Day in WalesUnited Kingdom
30.01Sadeh Festival in TajikistanTajikistan
31.01Me-Dam-Me-Phi Festival in AssamIndia
01.02Imbolc
02.02Groundhog DayUSA, Canada
02.02Candles Day in EstoniaEstonia
02.02Marmot Day in AlaskaUSA
03.02SetsubunJapan
13.02Trndez in ArmeniaArmenia
14.02Feast of Saint Tryphon in Bulgaria and MontenegroBulgaria, Montenegro
14.02Lui Ngai Ni Festival in ManipurIndia
15.02Lui Ngai Ni Festival in ManipurIndia
16.02Fat ThursdayPoland, Germany, Spain, Italy
20.02Shrove MondayGermany, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Andorra, Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Curacao, Dominica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Luxembourg, Martinique, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Cyprus, Greece, Grenada, Haiti, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Barthelemy
21.02Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)Angola, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Dominica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Martinique, Panama, Portugal, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
24.02DragobeteMoldova, Romania
26.02Maslenitsa (Forgiveness Sunday) in the Eastern Orthodox Church
26.02Buergbrennen (Buergsonndeg)Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland
01.03Mărțișor in Moldova and RomaniaRomania, Moldova
01.03Martenitsa in BulgariaBulgaria
03.03Hinamatsuri in JapanJapan
14.03Summer Day in AlbaniaAlbania
15.03Hōnen Matsuri in JapanJapan
18.03Sheelah’s DayIreland, Australia, Canada
19.03Pretzel Sunday in LuxembourgLuxembourg
20.03Ostara
21.03NowruzAfghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
25.03Waffle Day in SwedenSweden
25.03Crane Day in SwedenSweden
01.04Assyrian New Year (Kha b-Nisan)
02.04Sizdah Be-dar (Nature Day) in IranIran
05.04Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day)China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
13.04New Year in South and Southeast AsiaThailand, Laos, Maldives, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Cambodia
23.04Saint George’s DaySpain, Vatican City
25.04Radunitsa (Ancestor Veneration Day)Belarus
30.04Walpurgis NightCzech Republic, Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden
01.05May DayEland, Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Gibraltar, Iceland, Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, India, Libya, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka
01.05BeltaneIreland
03.05Fiesta de las CrucesSpain, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, El Salvador
06.05HıdırellezTurkey
13.05Pretos Velhos Festival in BrazilBrazil
21.05Nestinarstvo / AnastenariaBulgaria, Greece
22.05Nestinarstvo / AnastenariaBulgaria, Greece
23.05Nestinarstvo / AnastenariaBulgaria, Greece
29.05Oak Apple Day in the UKUnited Kingdom
22.06Dragon Boat FestivalChina, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau
23.06St John's EveLatvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faeroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA
23.06Dano Festival (Surit-nal) in KoreaNorth Korea, South Korea
24.06St John's Day (Midsummer)Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Brazil, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Austria, Faeroe Islands, Croatia, Germany, Romania, USA
27.06Seven Sleepers Day in GermanyGermany
07.07Ivan Kupala DayBelarus, Russia, Ukraine
07.07Tanabata Festival in JapanJapan
27.07National Sleepy Head Day in FinlandFinland
01.08LughnasadhIreland
01.08Pachamama Raymi in Peru and EcuadorPeru, Ecuador
12.08Didgoroba in GeorgiaGeorgia
13.08Obon in JapanJapan
14.08Obon in JapanJapan
15.08Flooding of the Nile in EgyptEgypt
22.08Double Seventh Festival in ChinaChina
27.08Karam (Karma) Harvest Festival in IndiaIndia
01.09Gai Jatra in NepalNepal
04.09Umhlanga (Reed Dance) in Eswatini (Swaziland)Swaziland
20.09Nuakhai – Harvest Festival in OdishaIndia
23.09Mabon
25.09Ramdev Jayanti and Teja Dashmi in RajasthanIndia
29.09Mid-Autumn Festival in China and VietnamChina, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam
29.09Chuseok (Hangawi) in KoreaSouth Korea, North Korea
01.10Harvest Festival in GermanyGermany
02.10Mehregan Festival in IranIran
15.10Nine Emperor Gods FestivalMalaysia, Singapore, Thailand
15.10Mehregan Festival in TajikistanTajikistan
31.10SamhainIreland
01.11Day of the Dead in MexicoMexico
01.11Karva Chauth Festival in IndiaIndia
02.11Day of the Dead in MexicoMexico
05.11Guy Fawkes NightUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, Canada, British Virgin Island
11.11Saint Martin's DaySint Maarten
11.11Opening of the Carnival Season in GermanyGermany
12.11Hasyl Bayramy (Harvest Festival) in TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
12.11DiwaliIndia, Guyana, Mauritius, Nepal, Suriname, Fiji, Kenya, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago
25.11Kadripäev (St Catherine's Day) in EstoniaEstonia
05.12Krampus NightAustria
07.12Eve of the Immaculate ConceptionGuatemala, Colombia
07.12Little Candles Day in ColombiaColombia
13.12St. Lucy's DaySweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark
17.12Saint Lazarus Day in CubaCuba
21.12Shab-e YaldaIran
21.12St. Thomas’s Day
22.12Dongzhi FestivalHong Kong, Taiwan, China, Macau
22.12Yule
22.12Karen (Kayin) New YearMyanmar
23.12Tom Bawcock’s Eve in MouseholeUnited Kingdom
25.12TakanakuyPeru
31.12Saint Sylvester’s Day / New Year’s EveArmenia, Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Guatemala, Greenland, Iceland, Cuba, Latvia, Montserrat, Norway, San Marino, Thailand, Faeroe Islands, Philippines, Estonia, Andorra, Bangladesh, Brunei, Denmark, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Germany, Japan, Macau, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Svalbard and Jan Mayen