January 2020
- 1 January - New Year’s Day Street Festivals in Scotland carry over from the Hogmanay New Year’s Eve parties the night before.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 2 January - Berchtoldstag in Switzerland
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 5 January - Twelfth Night (also called Wassail Eve or Eve of Epiphany) in England
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6 January - Epiphany as observed by Catholics across Europe
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6-13 January - Ivrea Carnival in Ivrea, Italy. Quite a rager…complete with bonfires and citrus fights!
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 20 January - St. Agnes Eve in Great Britain
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 January - Australia Day. Expats will find many celebrations in London.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 3rd Sunday - The Truffle mushroom festival held in Uzes, France (near Nimes)
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February 2020
- 1st Sunday - Hamstrom on first Sunday in Switzerland.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 11 February - Dusseldorf Carnival Parade in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid Feb-March - The Lemon Fesival in Menton, France.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid Feb-March - The Carnival Of Venice.
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March 2020
- March-April - Carnival/Lent/Easter.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - The Carnival Of Venice – Feb 16- Mar 5, 2020.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - St. Patrick’s Day – Mar 17, 2020.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Carnava – Mar 3-5, 2020.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 1 March - St. David’s Day-(Wales).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 3 March - Bulgarian National Day.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 8 March - International Women’s Day across UN member nations.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 17 March - St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland and North Ireland (fireworks in Dublin).
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 19 March - St. Joseph’s Day in Italy and Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 March - Independence Day in Greece Lady Day (Quarter Day) in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 26 March - Fiesta del Arbol (Arbor Day) in Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 29 March - The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race on the Thames River. The starting point is near Putney Bridge (southwest London) and finish is near Chiswick Bridge in Mortlake. The whole race lasts under 20 minutes and posits rivals Oxford (69 victories),wearing dark blue, against Cambridge (77 victories), wearing light blue, on the 4 mile 374 yard course up the River Thames. Mostly a big piss-up for spectators, the nearly 150 year old tradition has seen 3 total sinkings.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid March - Las Fallas - a huge week of all night partying, fireworks, and processions held in Valencia, Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Last Week in March - Salon de Mars - Paris’ most important flower show on the Champ de Mars
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April 2020
- 1 April - Victory Day in Spain and April Fools’ Day (All Fools’ Day) in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 7 April - World Health Day in all UN member nations. The Paris Marathon - Nearly 30,000 runners begin from the Champs-Elysees near the Arc de Triomphe and finishes at Foch Avenue.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 3rd Week - The Moros y Cristianos festival in Alcoy, Spain re-enacts the historical battles between Moors and Christians.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 14 April - London Marathon - nearly 30,000 runners complete the 26.2 mile course which begins in Greenwich Park and Blackheath.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 22 April - Queen Isabella Day in Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 23 April - St. George’s Day in England Good Friday & Easter Monday – Europe-wide. In Florence Piazza del Duomo, they apparently have a cart full of fireworks that they explode. If all goes well, it’s a sign of a great year to come.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 April - Feast of St Mark in Venice. Liberation Day in Italy. Anzac Day for Australians and New Zealanders. A festival is also held in Gallipoli, Turkey.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 30 April - King's Day, a celebration in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam the city center streets are closed off and the whole place becomes a street party and market.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 30 April - Walpurgis Night in Germany and across Scandinavia.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 30 April - Beltane Fire Festival in honor of the Ancient Celts who celebrated the summer solstice on this day, complete with bonfires, costumes, and dances.
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May 2020
- 1 May - Labour Day/May Day- observed across Europe.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 8 May - Victory in Europe Day.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 9 May - Victory over Fascism Day in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 15 May - Festival of San Isidro in Madrid.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mis May - Cannes Film Festival held at the Palais de Festival for 10 days, everyone is competing for the 14 prizes, especially the Palm D’Or Award.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24 May - Procession of the Holy Blood in Brugge, Belgium.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 May - Aalborg Carnival- join 10,000 people as they celebrate the close of winter and the beginning of springtime.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - May 27-June 9 - French Open in Paris, France.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Last week May to 1st week of June - Dresden International Dixieland Jazz Festival (yup, that’s right, Dixieland).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid May- Mid June - Vienna Festival, featuring loads of cultural & music concerts.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - May to June - Romeria del Rocio- Aan up to 1 million person festive pilgrimage/procession to the shrine the shrine of the Virgin in Andalucian village of El Rocio (Pentecost weekend, 7th after Easter)
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June 2020
- Various days in June - Pride parades across European cities.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Beginning of June - Rock Im Park, a musical festival in Germany.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Beginning of June - Glastonbury Music Festival.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Early June - Annual Cheese Rolling Contest held at Cooper’s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucester, England. Competitors chase an 8 pound Double Gloucester down a very steep hill with a one-in-three gradient.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 2 June - Founding of the Republic Day in Italy-celebrates the formation of a unified Italy into a Republic on June 2, 1946.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 5 June- Constitution Day in Denmark. World Environment Day for all UN members.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6 June - Flag Day in Sweden.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 2nd Sat in June - Rose Flower Festival at the Valsaintes Abbey (near Avignon).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 10 June - Portugal Day- celebrates the 1580 union of Spain and Portugal under King Philip.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 12 June - Republic Day in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 12-17 June - International Art Festival, Basel, Switzerland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid June Queen’s Official Birthday celebrated on the Second Saturday in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid June Midsummer’s Celebrations in Sweden.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 21 June to 7 July - Viking Festival- relive Nordic Sagas at this 2 week festival celebrated by open-air theatre plays and banquets.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24 June Feast of St John the Baptist in Florence.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 29 June Feast of St Peter & St Paul in Italy, Spain, and Vatican City.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - End of June - Free rock, jazz and folk concerts in Vienna.
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July 2020
- San Fermin – Jul 6-14, 2020.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 5 July Cyril & Methodius Saints Day in Czech Republic.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6 July Jan Hus Day, Prague.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6 July - Tour de France bicycle race begins in Luxembourg. The grand finale takes place on Champs-Elysees in Paris.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 6-14 July - San Fermines (Running of the Bulls), Pamplona.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 12 July - Orangemen’s Day in North Ireland.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Early July – early Aug The Avignon Festival which hosts more than 300 venues of theatre, music, dance, poetry, film, and circus productions.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 14 July - Bastille Day, France- (celebrated countrywide) commemorates the storming of the famous Bastille prison by French revolutionaries in 1789 with a military parade down the Champs-Elysees beginning at the Arc de Triomphe.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 18 July - National Day in Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 21-22 July - Belgium Independence Day-celebrates their independence from the Netherlands and the ascension of their first king, Leopold 1 on July 21, 1831.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 22 July - National Liberation Day in Poland.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24-25 July - International Cliff Diving Championship in Ticino,Switzerland where contestants jump into water that is 18 meters deep from heights of up to 26 meters.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 July St. James Day in Spain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 July-4 Aug - Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Late July Lavender Festival in Valensole, France (near Aix-en-Provence).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 31 July - Pipesmoking World Championships in Thisted, Denmark. Current record is 1 hour, 36 minutes and 36 seconds.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - No specified date - Munich Opera Festival, German/American Folk Festival, Berlin Copenhagen Jazz Festival- one of Europe’s best including indoor/outdoor concerts (some of which are free).
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August 2020
- 1 August - Doggett’s Coat and Badger Race in London. Lammas Day in England. Bank Holiday in Ireland. National Day in Switzerland.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Palm Sunday to August 15 - The Lourdes Pilgramage, France.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 3-27 August -Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 1st or 2nd Weekend - The Parade of Lavender Floats in Digne, France.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 11 August - Geneva Festival.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 14 August-13 Sept - Lucerne Festival
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 15 August - Assumption Day in all Catholic countries.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 15 August-1 Sept - Summer Fest, Munich, Germany.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid-August - Lavender Festival in Sault, France (near Avignon and Aix-en-Provence).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 17-19 August - Dresden City Festival.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 17-25 August - Brugge Festival.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 21-25 August - World Air Guitar Championships in Olou, Finland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 23-28 Aug 2020 - Water Jousting.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24-28 August - Rose of Tralee Festival in Tralee, Ireland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24-26 August - Notting Hill Carnival, London, UK. Europe’s biggest street carnival with over a million in attendance.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 27-30 August Redding Music Festival in Redding and Leeds.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Last Wednesday of August - La Tomatina Festival in Bunol, Spain (40 km west of Valencia) –World’s largest tomato fight-takes place in the steets.
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September 2020
- Sept & Oct - Berlin Festival of Music & Drama.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Early Sept - Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Mid Sept. - Sherry Wine Harvest in Jerez, Spain Autumn Festival, Paris, France.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 21 Sept - Rhine in Flames, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 22 Sept – 9 Oct - Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - Throughout Sept - The Grape Harvest begins throughout France
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October 2020
- Throughout Oct. Berlin Jazz Festival.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 26 October - Austrian National Day - celebrates passing of 1955 law officially giving sovereignty and neutrality to Austria. Cork Jazz Festival.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 28 October - Okhi Day (National Holiday) in Greece. Republic Day (Czech Republic).
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 31 October - Halloween.
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November 2020
- First 2 weeks - Dijon International Food and Wine Festival-gastronomic/wine festival.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 2 November All Souls’ Day in Luxembourg, San Marino.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 4 November National Unity Day in Italy.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 5 November Guy Fawkes Day (Bonfire Night) in Great Britain.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 9 Novermber - The Lord Mayor’s Show, London, England.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 11 November - Armistice Day in Belgium Veterans Day in France. Commemorated by the President of the Republic who lays a wreath before the tomb of the unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 17-20 November - The Cannibis Cup, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 19 November National Holiday in Monaco.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 28 Nov-1 Dec - St. Andrew’s Week, St. Andrews, Scotland
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December 2020
- 8 December - Feast of the Immaculate Conception-observed in most Catholic countries.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 10 December - Human Rights Day for all UN member nations.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 10-12 December - Escalade, Geneva, Switzerland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 19 December - Floating Lights, Zurich, Switzerland.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 24 December - Christmas Eve- celebrated Euro-wide in all Christian countries Christmas Service at Westminster Abbey, London.
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[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 25 December - Christmas Day-celebrated Euro-wide in all Christian countries.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 26 December - Boxing Day in Great Britain and North Ireland St Stephen’s Day in Austria, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Switzerland.
[dt_divider style="thin" /] - 31 December - New Year’s Eve throughout the world Hogmanay Day in Scotland
2021
- Feb 13-16 The Carnival Of Ivrea & Battle of Oranges
Others
- Klapa Music Festival – 29 Jun-21 Jul 2020
- Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival – 10-18 Aug 2020
- Lavender Mob – 3-7 Aug 2020
- Flamenco Fair – 20-24 Sep 2020
- Dead Good Fun – 29 Jul 2020
- Noble Grapes – 15 Sep 2020
- Mad For Folk – 9-11 Aug 2020
- Pizzafest – 29 May-7 Jun 2020
- La Tamborrada (Drum Festival) – 20 Jan 2020
- Creamfields – 27-30 Aug 2020
- Up Helly Aa – 28 Jan 2020
- Amsterdam Light Festival – 28 Nov 2019 – 19 Jan 2020
- Dimensions Festival – 13 – 18 Aug 2020
- Bratislava Music Festival – 25 Sept – 1 Oct 2020
- Tomorrowland – Fri, 17 Jul, 2020 – Sun, 26 Jul, 2020
- Sziget Festival – 5th August to 12th August
- Colours Of Ostrava – 15th Jul to 18th Jul, 2020
- Soundwave Festival – April, 20th
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