Blacks and Whites' Carnival (January)
Colombia is recognized by its large variety of festivals, carnivals and fairs. The Colombian carnival has incorporated elements from European culture as well as traditions that belonged to the African and Amerindian cultures of Colombia...

Carnival of Bogotá (August)
Carnival of Bogotá is celebrated in Bogotá every year on August 5 and 6 for the city's anniversary of its Hispanic foundation. Bogotá was one of the first cities in the continent to celebrate its own carnival...

Rock al Parque (July)
Rock al Parque, is a rock music festival taking place in Bogotá, Colombia, since 1995. Today the festival takes place over three days at Bogotá's Simon Bolivar Park. The festival's entry is free of charge. Due to the free nature of the festival, attendees can expect it to get very busy around the afternoon...

Ibero-American Theater Festival (March-April)
The Ibero Theater Festival of Bogotá is a major cultural event in Colombia and one of the largest performing arts festivals in the whole world. It takes place every other year in the Colombian capital and brings together the most important theater companies from five continents...

Festival of the Flowers (August)
Festival of the Flowers is a festival that takes place in Medellín, Colombia. The first Festival of the Flowers took place on May 1, 1957. Today the feast of flowers takes place in early August and lasts ten days and it is the most important social event for the city...

Barranquilla's Carnival (February)
Barranquilla's Carnivalis Colombia's most important folklore celebration and one of the biggest carnivals in the world. The carnival has traditions that date back to the 19th century. During the carnival the city gets busy with street dances, musical and masquerade parades...

Cali Fair (December)
Every year, immediately after Christmas, between December 25 and 30, the city of Cali fills up with tourists from all over the country and abroad who come to participate in this great fair. The Cali Fair is the most important cultural event in Cali...

Cuba

Carnival of Santiago de Cuba (July)
The Carnival of Santiago de Cuba is a large public celebration as far back as the 17th century. The history of Carnival in Cuba has been nuanced by a wide variety of interests and influences...

Parrandas (December)
Parrandas are a traditional carnival-like street party with origins date back to the 18th century. The carnival takes place in northern and central cities of the former Las Villas province...

Marabana Marathon (November)
Marabana, is the name a popular marathon in Cuba. Since 1987 the Marabana has been held in Havana, Cuba, during the month of November. It contains both a half marathon and a marathon in a circuit around the most central avenues in Havana...

Havana Film Festival (December)
The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of latinamerican filmmakers. It is also known in Spanish as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana...

Cine Pobre Film Festival (May)
The Cine Pobre Film Festival, based in the coastal city of Gibara in the eastern province of Holguín, Cuba. It is one of the most popular event of the alternative film circuit. The catalogue contains both quality and diversity...

Camagüey Theater Festival (August-September)
The 14th edition of Camagüey's Theater Festival, to be held in September 8-15, will include in its program plays by Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera and some others inspired in his life and work ...

Denmark

Copenhagen Jazz Festival (July)
Copenhagen Jazz Festival is an annual event that takes place in Copenhagen. The festival pays tribute to the freedom of jazz music as a art form and its treatment of musical aesthetics...

Roskilde Festival(June-July)
Roskilde Festival is the largest North European culture and music festival and has existed since 1971. It is held south of Roskilde in Denmark. Since 1972 ...

Copenhagen Distortion(May-June)
Copenhagen Distortion takes place in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, and in dozens of unusual locations around city. The festival has always been a leader in the field of using urban spaces. In 2011...

NorthSide Festival(June)
NorthSide Festival is held every year in June at Ådalen in Aarhus, Denmark. The first festival was first held 2010 and it has grown from a one-day event to a three-day festival. The festival...

Aalborg Carnival(May)
Aalborg Carnival is the name for the annual cultural event carnival in the city of Aalborg. The carnival takes place the last week in May and is the largest carnival in Scandinavia...

Aarhus Festival (August-September)
Aarhus Festival represents a yearly arts and culture festival in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. Aarhus Denmark is the country's bohemian capital, a town known most for its high student population...

Aarhus Food Festival(September)
Aarhus Food Festival is a gathering point for everyone interested in food, a place where you will be entertained and challenged. The Food Festival is going to be...

Copenhagen International Literature Festival (May)
Copenhagen International Literature Festival presents some of the highest quality fiction and poetry staged in readings, conversations, drama, music, documentaries, and film...

Egypt

Cairo Jazz Festival (March)
The Cairo Jazz Festival is a music festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It first took place in 2009. The festival takes place at El Sawi Cultural Centre in Zamalek and at the Cairo Jazz Club. In 2009 the first annual Cairo Jazz Festival (CJF) was founded by 3 Egyptian Jazz musicians, bassist Samer George, Pianist Amro Salah and Vocalist...

Alexandria International Film Festival (September-October)
Organized by the Egyptian Association of Film Writers and Critics since 1979, the Alexandria International Film Festival aims to broaden film culture and strengthen the relationships between filmmakers...

Cairo International Book Fair (January)
The Cairo International Book Fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the Arab world, held every year in the last week of January in Cairo, Egypt, at the Cairo International Fair Grounds in Madinat Nasr, near Al-Azhar University, it is organised by the General Egyptian Book Organisation...

Luxor Festival for Egyptian and European Cinema (September)
Under the auspices of The Egyptian Tourist Authority, The First Luxor Festival for Egyptian and European Cinema is taking place in Luxor from 17th to 22nd of September 2012. Noon Organization for Culture and Arts is organizing this annual festival which aims to open channels for cultural and artistic exchange among Egypt and the other countries...

Dahab International Festival (April)
The Dahab International Festival of watersports, culture and desert adventure is going to be even better and bigger than the first one in 2011. Highly supported by the Egyptian Tourism Authority, the festival shows the whole range of activities the beautiful holiday-destination Dahab at the Red Sea has to offer...

Sun Festival at Abu Simbel (February-October)
Ramses II built his temple at Abu Simbel so that the internal chamber would light up two times a year: once on the anniversary of his ascension to the throne (in February, around the 22nd), and once on his birthday (in October, around the 22nd)...

Finland

Pori Jazz (July)
Pori Jazz is a large international jazz festival, held annually in the coastal city of Pori, Finland. It is one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe...

Helsinki Film Festival (September)
The Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy is a non-competitive film festival held since 1988 in Helsinki, Finland, yearly in September. The aim of Finland’s...

Funky Elephant (April)
Funky Elephant is an annual springtime music festival in Helsinki, Finland. It's dedicated to a vast variety of styles within black rhythm music...

Konemetsä (July)
Konemetsä - Open Air Forest Festival is an electronic music festival held in South West of Finland in the village of Ollila in Marttila county. The characteristic aspect of the festival is that the music is played continuously 24 hours...

Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (July)
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival is celebrated yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland. It is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. It was first celebrated in 1968...

Baltic Circle Festival (June)
Baltic Circle is an international contemporary theatre festival that takes place every November in Helsinki, both in theatre venues and on different sites in the city...

ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival (September)
ANTI - Contemporary Art Festival is a yearly international live-art festival which uses modern cityscapes as a stage for its contemporary art performances and installations...

France

Bastille Day (July)
Bastille Day is the name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on the 14th of July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation...

Cannes Film Festival (May)
The Cannes International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. It is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival...

Eurockéennes (June-July)
The Eurockéennes de Belfort is one of France's largest rock music festivals. The Eurockéennes, a play on words involving the words rock and européennes (Europeans), is a festival based in a nature reserve beside Lac de Malsaucy near Belfort. Les Eurockéennes takes place on the peninsula of Lake Malsaucy, 10 kilometres from Belfort...

Paris Fashion Week (September-October)
Paris Fashion Week is an apparel trade show held semi-annually in Paris, France with Spring / Summer and Autumn / Winter events held each year. Dates are determined by the French Fashion Federation. Currently, Fashion Week is held in the Carrousel du Louvre, as well as at various other venues throughout the city...

La Route du Rock Festival (August)
La Route Du Rock has seen headline sets from Sonic Youth, Portishead, PJ Harvey, The Cure, Sigur Ros, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, The National, TV On The Radio and Tindersticks in recent years, and always has a great international supporting bill of up-and-coming bands...

Festival d'Avignon (February-October)
The Festival d'Avignon, or Avignon Festival, is an annual arts festival held in the French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Popes' Palace as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest extant festival in France and one of the world's greatest...

Germany

Berlin International Film Festival (February)
Berlin International Film Festival is a great cultural event and one of the most important dates for the international film industry. With 274,000 tickets sold and 487,000 admissions it is considered the largest publicly attended film festival worldwide...

Rock am Ring and Rock im Park (June)
The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival is held held annually in Germany. Rock am Ring takes place at the Nürburgring racetrack in the west of Germany, Rock im Park takes place around the Frankenstadion...

Elbjazz Festival in Hamburg (May)
The famous harbor of Hamburg, the second busiest port in Europe, turns into a stage during the international jazz festival. More than 50 concerts take place. Barges and ferries shuttle between venues – a boat trip with breath-taking sights of Hamburg’s fascinating harbour...

Oktoberfest (September)
Oktoberfest is a 16-day festival held annually in Munich Germany, running from late September to the first weekend in October. It is one of the most famous events in Germany and is the world's largest fair, with more than 5 million people...

Rhein in Flammen (May-September)
Rhein in Flammen is the name of five different firework displays along the river Rhine in Germany. The displays take place annually, at various locations along the river...

Carnival of Cultures (June)
Every summer, Berlin celebrates its own special carnival, the colorful Carnival of Cultures. Over the last fifteen years, the numbers of participants and visitors have risen. In 2012, 1.28 million visitors celebrated at the street festival and the parade...

Jazzfest Berlin (November)
JazzFest Berlinis a jazz festival based in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Jazz Festival is a world renowned festival that presents all the manifold and diverse styles of jazz. The tightly arranged, varied programme is equally traditional and progressive...

Nature One (August)
Nature One is one of the largest European open air Electronic music festivals, featuring many renowned DJs from Germany and all over the world. Nature...

Popkomm (May-June)
Popkomm is an international trade show for the music and entertainment business, and also integrates a congress and festival. It is held in Berlin but has had entries from at least 55 other countries...

Ghana

Fancy Dress Festival (January)
The Fancy Dress Festival is a masquerade festival held on the first day of January every year by the people of Winneba in the Central region of Ghana. It is a colourful festival that features brass band music. In its early years, the music for all groups in the festival was traditional adaha music...

Hogbetsotso Festival (November)
The Hogbetsotso Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Anloga in the Volta region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in the month of November. The name of the festival is derived from the Ewe language and translates as, the festival of exodus or "coming from Hogbe (Notsie)"...

Aboakyir Festival (May)
This popular festival is celebrated on the first Sunday in May by the chiefs and people of Winneba. The festival begins with a competitive hunt between two traditional warrior groups in a nearby game reserve...

Kundum Festival (August-November)
The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta or Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. Kundum is both a harvest and religious festival. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food as it ushers in the harvest period of the area. The festival is believed to have first been celebrated in the 16th century...

Bakatue Festival (July)
Literally translated to mean "opening up of the Benya Lagoon into the sea", Bakatue symbolizes the beginning of the fishing season, which is the main livelihood of the people of Elmina. It is celebrated annually in Elmina on the first Tuesday in July and originated centuries ago, long before the arrival of the Europeans...

Fetu Afahye Festival (September)
This festival is celebrated annually on the first September by the communities in the Cape Coast Traditional Area (Fetu). It is characterized by a durbar of chiefs and processions of "Asafo Companies" (traditional warrior groups) and numerous social organisations...

Panafest (July)
The Pan African Historical Theatre Project now known as PANAFEST is a cultural event held in Ghana every two years for Africans and people of African descent. It was first held in 1992. The idea of this festival is to promote and enhance unity, Pan-Africanism, and the development of the continent of Africa itself...

Greece

Athens & Epidaurus Festival (May-October)
Athens - Epidaurus Festival is an annual arts festival that takes place in Athens and Epidaurus, from May to October. It is one of the most famous festivals in Greece. The festival includes musical, theatrical and other cultural events...

Rockwave Festival (June-July)
Rockwave Festival is a rock festival held in Malakassa. It is one of the most famous music festivals in Greece...

Thessaloniki International Film Festival (November)
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival is the top film festival of South Eastern Europe, the presentation platform...

Patras Carnival (January)BR> The Patras Carnival, Patrino karnavali is the largest event of its kind in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe...

Olympus Festival (June-July)
Olympus Festival is an annual Festival of music and theatre which takes place at the Ancient Theatre of Dion in Pieria...

Icarus Festival for Dialogue between Cultures (August)
Icarus Festival for Dialogue between Cultures is an international music festival that began in the summer of 2006 in Ikaria...

Greenland

National Day of Greenland (June)
Greenland's National Day on 21 June is a national festival in all towns and settlements in Greenland. At each location, celebrations consist of a programme comprising morning songs, speeches, hoisting of the flag, a church service, kaffemik and local entertainment such as music, folk dancing, displays of kayaking skills...

The Northern Lights in Greenland (August-April)
Greenland is a very reliable place to see the Northern Lights. Being at such a high latitude, the summer months are not dark enough at night. From the base in Kulusuk for example, the Aurora can been seen from late August until late April...

Nuuk Snow Festival in Greenland (February-March)
Since 1994, the annual Nuuk Snow Festival in Nuuk, Greenland, has brought teams from around the world to the capital city to create elaborate snow sculptures. This competition is usually held in February or March, depending on when the weather is best for working with snow; climate conditions have sometimes prevented the festival from taking place altogether...

Greenland Adventure Race (September)
Southern Greenland's breathtaking scenery is the setting for the Greenland Adventure Race, which can best be described as a Greenlandic version of "Iron Man" - with kayaking instead of swimming of course...

Arctic Circle Race (March)
With its 160 kilometres (100 miles) over three days, the Arctic Circle Race has been called the world's toughest cross-country race. Skiers from all over the world compete against each other in the classic cross-country style race...

Whale Watching (March-August)
Many different species of whale can be seen along Greenland's coasts. And you are left in no doubt when there is a whale in the vicinity, as when it comes up to the surface to breathe, it blasts its breath through the water and air at a speed of several hundred kilometres per hour; a quite astounding sight! This is called the whale's spout and consists of small droplets of water that crystallise into clear funnel-shaped columns...

Hong Kong

Lunar New Year Fair (January-February)
Lunar New Year Fair is a fair held annually a few days before Lunar New Year in markets. In Hong Kong, the fair is held in various location in Hong Kong, notably Victoria Park and Fa Hui Park...

Clockenflap (December)
Clockenflap Multimedia Arts & Music Festival, commonly abbreviated to "Clockenflap", is a two-day (formerly a one-day) music and multimedia arts festival held at various locations in Hong Kong...

Hong Kong International Film Festival (March-April)
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is a platform for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch and experience new film work...

Lantern Festival (February)
The Lantern Festival is a festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the lunar calendar, the last day of the lunisolar lunar New Year celebration. It is not to be confused with the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is sometimes also known as the "Lantern Festival" in locations such as Singapore and Malaysia...

Hong Kong Book Fair (July)
The Hong Kong Book Fair is a book fair organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, held annually (usually in the middle of July) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, selling and exhibiting books, printed matter, stationery, compact discs and other multimedia publishing...

Hong Kong Arts Festival (February-March)
Hong Kong Arts Festival, provides a wide range of art programmes from all over the world. The festival has introduced many exciting programmes - both internationally and locally produced - to the people of Hong Kong, stimulating their interest in the arts and raising their levels of appreciation...

Iceland

Menningarnótt (August)
Menningarnótt or "cultural night" is a yearly event held in Reykjavík, usually on the first Saturday after the 18th of August. It has become one of the largest festivals in Iceland and an essential part of the city’s cultural scene...

National Festival (July-August)
National Festival is an annual outdoor festival held in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, on the weekend before the first Monday in August. There are various events, most prominently big stage concerts, bonfires, fireworks shows...

Sequences Art Festival (July)
Sequences Art Festival is held in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik. The aim of the festival is to celebrate and exhibit cutting-edge visual art...

Iceland Airwaves (October)
Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland on the third weekend of October. Reykjavík is surrounded by some of the most unique and astonishing natural beauty you’re ever likely to see...

Eistnaflug (July)
Eistnaflug is a hard rock festival in Iceland. It is an indoor festival held in Neskaupstaður, which stands in beautiful fjord...

Nordic Music Days (October)
Nordic Music Days is the oldest ongoing collaboration among the Nordic countries: a festival for new Nordic music...

India

Delhi Republic Day Parade (January)
The grand parade on Rajpath in New Delhi on the 26th of January is the main event of the celebration of India's Republic Day which is a three-day celebration, culminating in the beating retreat ceremony on the evening of the 29th January. The parade showcases India's military might and cultural diversity...

Diwali (October-December)
Diwali popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December. For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes...

Holi (February-March)
Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colors. It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. The most celebrated Holi is in the Braj region, in locations connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi...

Ganesh Chaturthi (August-September)
Ganesha Chaturthi also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is the Hindu festival celebrated on the birthday (rebirth) of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. It is believed that Lord Ganesh bestows his presence on earth for all his devotees during this festival...

Rock 'N India (October)
Rock 'N India is an annual music festival organized by DNA Networks at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore. The first festival was held in 2008, with heavy metal bands such as Megadeth and Machine Head headlining. In 2011 the festival was headlined by heavy metal band Metallica...

Sunburn Festival (December)
Sunburn is an electronic dance music festival held in Candolim Beach, Goa, India. The festival is an amalgamation of music, entertainment, food and shopping. Held over three days, the festival has multiple stages with artists playing simultaneously daily. A debut edition in 2007, featured the likes of legends like Carl Cox & Above & Beyond...

Indonesia

Java Rockin'land (July)
Java Rockin'landis a 3-day rock festival held each year in the lakeside of Carnaval Beach, Ancol Dreamland, Jakarta. It has become the biggest rock festival in Southeast Asia...

Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (March)
The three day festival is one of the largest jazz festivals in the world and arguably the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, held in Jakarta, Indonesia...

Jakarta International Java Soulnation Festival (September-October)
Jakarta International Java Soulnation Festival is dedicated to the rhymes, beats and tunes of soul, hip hop, R&B and rap. The festival combines a range of fun attractions and activities and presents an array of talents...

Jakarta Fair (June-July)
Jakarta Fair is a fair held annually in Jakarta International Expo (JIE) Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia, in June and July. It features exhibitions, trade promotions, shopping, music performances, various shows, amusement rides and a food festival...

Bali Kite Festival (July)
The Bali Kite Festival is an annual international kite festival held in July in Padang Galak area, Sanur Beach, Bali. A gamelan orchestra plays music throughout the festival

Java Rockin'land (June)
The BaliSpirit Festival has evolved into South East Asia's most popular Yoga, dance, and world music festival. The annual event now takes part over five days and four nights...