Archive of: June 2022

Japanese festivals

Film festivals

Music festivals

This is a list of regular festivals and events in the Isle of Man, both traditional and recently established.

Traditional annual events

The Isle of Man is a Celtic nation, and as such there are close correspondences to Irish and Scottish festivals.

Modern sports events

Other events

References

Iranian festivals

• Norooz: no means new and the word rooz means day, so Norouz means starting a new day and it is the Celebration of the start of spring (Rejuvenation). It starts on the first day of spring (also the first day of the Iranian Calendar year), 21 March, in that 12 days as a sign of the past 12 months, all Iranian families gather around and visit each other. It is also the best time to re-experience the feeling of mehr (pure love). In Norouz all families talk about their best experiences of the last year and the things they are looking forward in the next year and they all become bonded again in peace. There are many other things Iranians do for nowruz including khane tekani (cleaning the house) and haji firooz, where a person who makes his face black and wears a red dress, walks around the streets and entertains people by singing a special song.

Haft Seen traditional table of Norouz

• Sofre-ye Haft-Sin: sofre (tablecloth), haft (seven), sin (the letter S [س]). Al-Bīrūnī said: Haft-sin came from Jamshid since he destroyed the evil that made Persian lands weak, so in first day of Iranian calendar people celebrated Norouz and they put 7 different symbolic items on their table as a sign of thanking nature for giving humans all they need. Since then every year Iranians put Haft-sin on their tables, but nowadays they put 7 things that start with letter “S (س)”. Some people also believe that Sasanians had a very beautiful plate that was given to them from China and they called it chini plate, and after some years the word chini changed into sini (a beautiful plate) so people would put 7 things in a sini.
• Sizdah Bedar: Persian Festival of “Joy and Solidarity”. The 13th and last day of Norouz celebration. Because of the end of twelve days (a sample of twelve month) they celebrate the 13th day as a new beginning of the next twelve month and it has no relations with the number 13 (as an unlucky number). It is celebrated outdoors along with the beauty of nature. Al-Bīrūnī also called this day: tir ruz: blissed day.
• Mehregan: Festival of Mehr (or Mihr=MIthra). A day of thanksgiving. It is a day which everyone show the mehr or the love they have for each other and it is one of the most important days in the year.
• Jashn-e Sade: A mid-winter feast to honor fire and to “defeat the forces of darkness, frost and cold” in which people gather around and build a fire so that they can receive good things from the fire and give the fire their incompleteness.
• Shab-e Yalda: Also known as The turning point. End of the longest night (darkness) of the year, and beginning of growing of the days (Lights). A celebration of Good over Evil. Also known as they have special nuts for that night.
• Sepandarmazgan: Day of Love, Friendship and Earth in ancient Persian culture.
• Chaharshanbe Suri: Festival of Fire, last Wednesday night in the Iranian Calendar year. It marks the importance of the light over the darkness, arrival of spring and revival of nature.

Zoroastrianism

The basis of nearly all of Iranian national festivals are from its Pre-Islamic Zoroastrian era. However, there are some festivals that are celebrated exclusively by Zoroastrians and some with less extent in other communities too.

• Khordadgān: Celebration of the 6th day of Iranian calendar. Khordad is one of the Izadans name which means completeness. In this day people used to go near the river or a sea to thank God for everything and they gave each other flowers as a sign of happiness.
• Bahmanagān: Also maintained by Iranian Muslims until the Mongol invasion. The festival was celebrated on the second day of the month of Bahman. Bahmanjana is a later modified form of Bahmanagān.
• Sepandarmazgān: Esfandegān or Spandegān is the day of love.
• Farvardingân: Festival of the Forouhar .
• Jaşne Sade: Festival of Fire. Lit. the 100th day (before Nowruz).
• Jaşne Mehregân: Festival of Mihr (or Mehr). A day of thanksgiving dedicated to the highest Angel, Mithra (c.f. Metatron).
• Jaşne Tiregân: Festival of Tir. A day dedicated to Tishtrya, Angel of the star Sirius and rain. Also celebrated in some Muslim regions in Iran including Mazandaran.
• Nowruz: New Year’s Day. March (first day of Spring).
• Khordad Sal: Birthday of the Prophet Zarathushtra.
• Zartosht No-Diso: Anniversary commemorating the death of the Prophet Zarathushtra.
• Azargān: The day of fire commonly held by Zoroastrians in their Fire Temples.

• Abanegān: A celebration for the goddess Naheed (Anahita).

• Amordadegān: without Death

Islamic

• Eid-e Fetr: “The Festival of Fast-Breaking” which comes at the end of Ramadan. People give gifts and money to the poor, the sick and others.
  • Ramadan (Ramazan in Persian): Iranians have special recipes as Zoolbia-Bamieh, Shole Zard, Ferni, Halva and Ash Reshteh in Ramezan.
• Nimeh Şaabân: celebration for the twelfth and final Shi’a Imam. The festival consists of some fireworks and decorating the cities with lights, bulbs and trees.
• Shab-e Qadr: the “Night of Qadr” towards the end of Ramadan, which is when the first verses of the Qur’an were revealed to Muhammad. Iranians stay awake during the nights and some light candles and listen to Dua while reciting the Qur’an.
• Eid-e Qurban: “The Festival of Sacrifice”. In Iran, some wealthy people and farmers sacrifice their herds and offer the meat to neighbors and the poor as charity.
• Eid-e Ghadir Khumm: is a Shia feast, and is considered to be among the “significant” feasts of Shia Islam. The Eid is held on 18 Dhu Al-Hijjah at the time when the Islamic prophet Muhammad (following instruction from Allah) was said to have appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor.
• Shiite and Sunni unity week for the birth of the Prophet of Islam: 12-17 Rabiʽ al-Awwal
• Birth of Hasan ibn Ali: 15 Ramadan
• Birth of Husayn ibn Ali: 3 Sha’ban
• Birth of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin: 5 Sha’ban
• Birth of Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn (Young Day): 11 Sha’ban
• Birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib: 13 Rajab
• Fatimah bint Musa birthday (Girl’s Day): 1 taste
• Birth of Ali al-Ridha: 11 Dhu al-Qadah
• Eid al-Fitr of the Prophet of Islam: 27 Rajab
• Celebrating the beginning of the Imamate of Muhammad al-Mahdi: 9th of Rabiʽ al-Awwal
• Marriage celebration of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah: 1 Dhu al-Hijjah

Christian

The majority of Iranian Christians are Armenian-Iranians also known as Parska-Hye who follow the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Oriental Orthodox branch of Christianity. This minority has their very own special festivals and traditions.

There is also a significant minority of Assyrian people who follow the Oriental Orthodox Christian Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church, these two church groups also have a minority of Persian followers. The followers of this church have a blend of Persian and Assyrian culture.

Iran has an overwhelmingly Muslim population but the Christian Community has a visible presence. During Christmas times, Christmas trees can be seen from windows in Tehran and north-western provinces. Although Christmas has an official recognition in Iran, it is not a national holiday.

Jewish

• Purim Festival
• Illanout (tree festival) Celebrated in February, it is identical to Shab-e Cheleh and is a lot more elaborate, reminiscence of the pre-Islamic celebrations
• Shab-e Sal, lit. Night of the Year: The night of the end of Passover, when chametz can once again be eaten. It is usually celebrated with many types of breads and dairy items. This festival is unique to Persian Jews due to the holiday’s proximity to Nowruz and is not celebrated in this way by most other Jews, just as the holiday itself is celebrated in a fashion unique to Persian Jews, Shab-e Sal has similarities to the Moroccan Jewish holiday Mimouna. The day after Passover is similarly known as Rooz-e Sal.

Public Holidays in Fiji reflect the country’s cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji’s major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for something relevant to the city or town, such as the Sugar Festival in Lautoka, as Lautoka’s largest and most historically important industry is sugar production.

List of important festivals and days in Fiji

This is a list of festivals and carnivals in Denmark.

By type

General

Top Festivals in Costa Rica

This is a list of festivals celebrated in Costa Rica: This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

January

Festival de la Creatividad (2008)

Fiestas de Palmares

This is celebrated in the first two weeks of January in Palmares de Alajuela. Concerts with music, rodeos and firework displays are held. There is also a fairground and sporting competition.

Fiesta Patronal de Santo Cristo

This is a religious fiesta held in mid January in Santa Cruz, Costa Rica. Rodeos, folk dancing and street festivities are held for two days to honor Santo Cristo de Esquipulas. A parade of ox-carts is also part of the tradition, as is a large feast.

Festival de las Kobe

This is held in late January at Playas Esterillos, near Jacó. Mule races are held on the beach, with bullfights, music and a crafts fair.

February

Expo Pérez Zeledón

February celebrations in Liberia, Costa Rica

This is held in early February. Cattle and horse displays, rodeos, orchid and agricultural displays and beauty contests are held

Good Neighbors Jazz Festival

Carnaval de Puntarenas

March

El Día del Boyero

This takes places the second Sunday of March. El Día del Boyero means Oxcart Driver’s Day. This celebration’s main festivity of the parade is the painted and decorated oxcarts. Also, the priest comes to bless all of the crops and animals that are in the parade. The carts are beautifully decorated by very skilled artist. The designs on these oxcarts are mostly patterns of stars, flowers, and the sun with a variation of colors. Over one hundred oxcarts are decorated for this festival many more ox’s are pulling these carts. A boyero, or oxcart driver, guides the oxen and hopes that they will win the competition.

International Festival of the Arts

This is held on the second Sunday in San José when the theatres are jam packed with people watching live theatre, music and dance performances.

Southern Caribbean Music Festival

Semana Santa

April

Día de Juan Santamaría

This is held on April 11 in Alajuela with marching bands and a beauty pageant to celebrate Juan Santamaría, a national hero who died fighting William Walker in the 1856 war.

Feria del Ganado

Semana Universitaria

Commonly named Semana U, the event is held in the last week of April in San José at the Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, main campus of the University of Costa Rica with open air arts shows, sporting events, and concerts.

May

Día de los Trabajadores

Fiesta Cívica

This is held in early May in Cañas with cowboy traditions such as bullfights and horse displays (topes) and street fairs.

Corpus Christi

This is held on May 29 in Pacayas and Cartago with religious parades and church services.

June

Sac anoi festival

Día de San Pedro y San Pablo

Compañía de Lírica Nacional

Festival Juvenil de Piano – Costa Rica Piano Festival

July

Fiesta de la Virgen del Mar

Día de la Anexión de Guanacaste

Chorotega Tourist Fai

International Festival of Music

August

Día de Nuestra Señora de la Virgen de los Ángeles

Liberia Blanca Culture Week

National Adventure Tourism Festival

Día de San Ramóa

Semana Afro-Costarricense

September

Correo de la Candela de Independencia

Día de la Independencia

Orosi Colonial Tourist Fair

October

Carnaval

Día de Las Culturas

Fiesta del Maíz

Día del Sabanero

November

Días de Los Santos

La Ruta de los Conquistadores

Feria Agroecoturística

Fiesta de las Carretas

Costa Rica International Film Festival

December

Fiesta de los Negritos

This is a Boruca festival held on December 8. The indigenous Boruca peoples celebrate traditions with traditional dress, dancing, and music with flutes and drums.

Fiesta de la Yegüita

This is held on December 12 by the Nicoya. A Chorotega legend is recalled and villagers carry an image of La Virgen de Guadalupe in procession. The festival is a mixture of native Indian and Roman Catholicism.

Las Posadas

This is held on December 15 as part of the Christmas season when carolers visit houses and receive refreshments.

Tope Nacional de Caballos

This is held on Boxing Day, December 26, in San José, where the most talented horsemen in Costa Rica perform a display along the Paseo Colon with more than 3,000 horses.

Festival de la Luz

This is held on the second Saturday of December in San José with a Christmas tree parade at night and fireworks.

Carnaval Nacional

This is held on December 27 in San José when people wear costumes and dance in the streets in accompaniment to live music. A procession of decorated floats is also held.

Fiesta de Zapote

This is held in the suburb of Zapote in late December for the fairground, fireworks, and rodeo performances

Fiesta de los Diablitos

This is held from December 31 to January 2 over the New Year by the Boruca when the men dress as devils and run through Boruca villages to re-enact battles with the Spanish. It is simply a reenactment of the Spanish invasion.

Famous Festivals in Colombia Uncover Colombia

Traditional and cultural Colombian festivals

January

• Campeonato de Voleibol Playa – Cartagena – Bolívar
• Carnaval de Blancos y Negros – Pasto – Nariño
• Carnaval de Riosucio – Riosucio – Caldas
• Carnavales de Ocaña – Norte de Santander
• Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música – Cartagena – Bolívar
• Feria de Cali – Cali – Valle del Cauca
• Feria de Manizales – Manizales – Caldas
• Feria Taurina – Cartagena – Bolívar
• Feria Taurina de la Candelaria – Medellín – Antioquia
• Festival de la Miel – Oiba – Santander
• Festival de La Panela – Villeta – Cundinamarca
• Fiesta de las Corralejas – Sincelejo
• Hay Festival – Cartagena – Bolívar
• Reinado del Arroz – Aguazul – Casanare
• Reinado Departamental de la Panela – Villeta
• Sirenato del Mar – Tolu

February

• Carnaval de Barranquilla – Barranquilla – Atlántico
• Carnaval del Fuego – Tumaco – Nariño
• Feria Taurina Bogotá
• Festival de la Subienda – Honda – Tolima
• Festival del Corrido Llanero – Puerto Carreño – Vichada
• Fiesta de la Candelaria – Cartagena – Bolívar
• Temporada Taurina – Medellín – Antioquia

March

• Exposición Internacional de Orquídeas – Medellín
• Ferias y Fiestas – Acacías – Meta
• Festival de la Canción Llanera – Villavicencio – Meta
• Festival de Música Religiosa – Popayan – Mompox – Pamplona
• Festival del Burro – San Antero – Cordoba
• Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro – Bogotá
• Festival internacional de cine – Cartagena
• Holy Week in Popayán

April

• Feria del Cebú – San Martín – Meta
• Festival de Cine Eurocine – Bogotá
• Festival de Luna Verde – San Andrés
• Festival del Cangrejo – San Andrés Islas
• Festival Internacional de la Leyenda Vallenata – Valledupar

May

• Feria Ganadera – Socorro – Santader
• Feria Internacional del Libro – Bogotá
• Ferias y Fiestas de Natagaima – Tolima
• Festival de Interpretes de la Canción Mono Nuñez – Ginebra – Valle
• Festival de la Arepa de Huevo – Luruaco – Atlántico
• Festival de la Cachama – Puerto Gaitan – Meta
• Festival de la Cultura Wayuú – Guajira
• Fiestas del San Pedro y Festival del Bunde Tolimense – Espinal – Tolima

June

• Corpus Christi – Anolaima
• Feria Nacional Gallistica – Monteria
• Festival del Mango – San Antonio Atlántico
• Festival del Mono Nuñez – Ginebra – Valle
• Festival Folclórico – Ibague Tolima
• Festival Folclórico del Caqueta – Florencia Caqueta
• Festival Folclorico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco – Neiva – Huila
• Festival Internacional de Jazz – Villa de Leyva
• Festival Internacional de Tango – Medellín
• Festival Nacional del Porro – San Pelayo – Monteria
• Festival y Reinado del Divivi – Rioacha – Guajira
• Reinado Nacional de la Ganadería – Monteria – Córdoba
• Reinado Nacional del Bambuco – Neiva – Huila
• Reinado Nacional del Cafe – Calarca – Quindio

July

• Feria Agropecuaria – Charalá – Santander
• Feria de la Piña – Lebrija – Santander
• Ferias y Fiestas de la Panela – Convención – Santander
• Festival de la Cumbia – El Banco – Magdalena
• Festival de la Feijoa – Tibasosa, Boyacá
• Festival del sol y del acero – Sogamoso, Boyacá
• Fiestas del mar – Santa Marta
• International Poetry Festival of Medellín
• Opera al Parque – Bogotá
• Torneo Internacional del Joropo – Villavicencio

August

Festival de verano rio Tùa

• Boyacá International Cultural Festival – Tunja, Boyacá
• Colombiamoda – Medellín
• Desfile de Silleteros – Medellín
• Feria de las Flores – Medellín
• Festibuga – Buga – Valle Del Cauca
• Festival de Cometas – Villa De Leyva
• Festival de la Bahía – Bahía Solano
• Festival de Tiple y la Guabina – Veléz – Santander
• Festival de Verano – Bogotá
• Festival Folclórico del Litoral Pacifico – Buenaventura
• Festival Petronio Alvarez – Cali
• Fiesta del Petróleo – Barrancabermeja
• Fiestas de La Cosecha – Pereira, Risaralda
• Fiestas del Maíz – Sonsón, Antioquia
• Fiestas Folclóricas – Capitanejo – Santander

September

• Boyacá International Cultural Festival – Tunja, Boyacá
• Concurso Nacional de bandas – Paipa, Boyaca
• Feria Bonita – Bucaramanga
• Festival Cuna de Acordeones – Villa Nueva – Guajira
• Festival de la Talla en Piedra – Barichara
• Festival de la Trova – Medellín
• Festival de Música Folclórica – Socorro – Santander
• Festival Internacional del Jazz del Teatro Libre – Bogotá
• Festival Latinoamericano de Teatro – Manizales – Caldas
• Fiestas de San Pacho – Quibdó – Chocó
• Green Moon Festival – San Andrés Islas
• Jazz al Parque – Bogotá

October

• Concurso Nacional de Duos – Armenia – Quindio
• Encuentro Mundial de Coleo – Villavicencio – Meta
• Feria Internacional de Bogotá
• Festival de Cine – Bogotá
• Festival Latinoamericano de Danzas Folclóricas – Guacarí – Valle del Cuaca
• Festival Nacional de Gaitas – Ovejas – Sucre
• Festival y Reinado Nacional del Carbón – Barrancas – Guajira)
• Reinado Nacional de la Cosecha – Granada – Meta
• Reinado Nacional de Turismo – Girardot – Cundinamarca
• Reinado Nacional del Turismo – Girardot – Cundinamarca

November

• Concurso Nacional de Belleza – Cartagena
• Festival del Caballo – Villa de Leyva
• Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente – Villa de Leyva
• Festival Internacional Folclórico y Turístico del Llano – San Martin – Meta
• Fiesta Nacional de la Agricultura – Palmira – Valle
• Reinado Internacional de Coco – San Andres

December

• Aguinaldo Boyacense – Tunja
• Desfile de Danzas, Mitos y Leyendas – Medellin
• Expoartesanias – Bogotá – CORFERIAS
• Feria de Cali – Cali
• Festival de Arte “Memoria e Imaginacion” – Cartagena
• Festival de Luces – Villa De Leyva
• Fiesta de Velas y Faroles – Quimbaya Quindio
• Torneo Internacional de Contrapuenteo y La Voz Recia – Yopal Arauca

Regional and folkloric festivities

El Yipao (the jeep parade)

• Candles and Lanterns Festival (Spanish: Fiesta de Velas y Faroles) is held in Quimbaya, Quindío on December 7 and 8. Each of the barrios in the township compete to produce the most spectacular lighting arrangements.
• Carnival of Riosucio (Spanish: Carnaval de Riosucio) held in Riosucio, Caldas within the first two weeks of January every two years. In 2009 it was held from 2 to 8 January and in 2011 from 6 to 12 January. It remembers past traditions with a mixture of art, music and costumes by groups called cuadrillas, drinking the traditional guarapo carried in calabazos. During the carnival, the image of a cool and happy devil is exhibited.
• Colombian Folklore Festival (Spanish: Festival Folklórico Colombiano) in Ibagué.
• El dia de las velas, The day of the candles held on December 7.
• Festival of the Wayuu Culture in La Guajira Department.
• Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies in La Guajira Department.
• Green Moon Festival (Spanish: Festival de la Luna Verde) celebrated in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, this is a unique festival with characteristics that make it different from any other festival in Colombia. Here the Afro-Caribbean influence is very strong, and predominance of the English-language lyrics of Calypso and Reggae.
• Harvest Festival of Pereira (Spanish: Fiestas de la Cosecha de Pereira), in Pereira.
• Joropo National Festival (Spanish: Festival Nacional del Joropo) in Villavicencio in December.
• Medellin’s Tango Street (Spanish: Tangovía) on Carlos Gardel Avenue in the suburb of Manrique.
• National Festival of the Dividivi in La Guajira Department.
• Pubenza Festivities (Spanish: Fiestas de Pubenza), in Popayán, known for its competition of Chirimias (folkloric musical groups).
• The Yipao or Jeep Parade in Armenia, Colombia

Film festivals

The Cartagena Film Festival is the oldest cinema event in Latin America. The central focus is on films from Ibero-America.

• Bogotá Film Festival
• Cartagena Film Festival

Artistic and theatre festivals

The Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá is one of the biggest theater festivals in the world.

• The Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá) held annually in Tunja, is one of the biggest culture and arts festivals in Latin America.
• The Ibero-American Theater Festival held in Bogotá every two years, is the biggest theater festival in the world.
• The International Festival of Theater City of Manizales

Music festivals

Folkloric and traditional

• Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá, Tunja.
• Colombia al Parque (Bogotá)
• Cradle of Accordions Festival (Festival Cuna de Acordeones, Villanueva, La Guajira)
• Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco (Neiva)
• Festival of the Laurels (Distracción, La Guajira)
• Pubenza Festivities (Popayán)
• Salsa al Parque (Bogotá)
• Vallenato Legend Festival (Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, Valledupar, in April or May. The festival is a celebration of vallenato music and also a competition to find the best accordionist of the year and to select the Vallenato King (Spanish: Rey Vallenato) among hundreds of participants from all over the country.
• World Day of Laziness (Itagüí)

Other

• Baum Festival (Bogotá)
• Cali Underground (Cali)
• Estéreo Picnic Festival (Bogotá)
• Festival Internacional de Jazz (Bogotá)
• Festival Latinoamérica de Concierto (Bogotá)
• Hip Hop al Parque (Bogotá)
• Jamming Festival (Bogotá)
• Jazz al Parque (Bogotá)
• Manizales Grita Rock (Manizales)
• Ópera al Parque (Bogotá)
• Rock al Parque (Bogotá) in July, is the second largest rock festival in Latinamerica, after Rock in Rio. Around 1000 rock bands have participated in this event; both local and international bands. Apocalyptica, Slipknot, Plastilina Mosh and Manu Chao have performed in Rock al Parque, among other internationally famous bands. The event is held annually in Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá. In 2004, 400,000 people took part in the event.
• Storyland Festival (Cartagena)

Awesome Festivals in Canada You Need To Go To

This is an incomplete list of festivals in Canada. This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.

Province or territory

• List of festivals in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge)
• List of festivals in British Columbia (Vancouver)
• List of festivals in Manitoba (Winnipeg)
• List of festivals in Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto)
• List of festivals in Prince Edward Island
• List of festivals in Quebec (Montreal)
• List of festivals in Saskatchewan

City

• List of festivals in Calgary
• List of festivals in Edmonton
• List of festivals in Lethbridge
• List of festivals and parades in Montreal
• List of festivals in Ottawa
• List of festivals in Toronto
• List of festivals in Vancouver
• List of festivals in Winnipeg

Sublists by type

• List of film festivals in Canada
• List of music festivals in Canada
• List of jazz festivals #Canada
• List of Canadian blues festivals and venues

Festivals by size

Attendance

As of 2013

1. L’International des Feux Loto-Québec (Montreal), 3 million
2. Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal), 2.5 million
3. Winterlude (Ottawa), 1.6 million
4. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), 1.6 million
5. Just For Laughs (Montreal), 1.5 million
6. Quebec City Summer Festival (Québec), 1.5 million
7. Nuit Blanche Toronto, 1.2 million
8. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), 1.3 million
9. Calgary Stampede, 1.2 million
10. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, 1.2 million
11. Pride Toronto, 1.3 million
12. Montréal En Lumière (Montreal), 0.9 million
13. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), 0.9 million
14. K-Days (Edmonton), 0.8 million
15. Toronto International Film Festival, 0.5 million
16. Quebec Winter Carnival (Quebec City), 0.5 million
17. Folklorama (Winnipeg), 0.4 million
18. Bluesfest (Ottawa), 0.3 million
19. Carassauga (Mississauga), 0.3 million
20. Festival du Voyageur (Winnipeg), 0.1 million

Economic impact

As of 2010

1. Toronto Caribbean Carnival, $470 million
2. Calgary Stampede, $172.4 million
3. Winterlude (Ottawa-Gatineau), $151 million
4. Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver), $139 million
5. Pride Toronto, $136 million
6. Toronto International Film Festival, $135 million
7. Just For Laughs (Montreal), $80 million
8. Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto), $58.6 million
9. Celebration of Light (Vancouver), $37 million
10. Quebec Winter Carnival, $34 million

Festivals by type

Arts festivals

Children’s festivals

• Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
• Northern Saskatchewan International Children’s Festival
• Ottawa International Children’s Festival
• Winnipeg International Children’s Festival

Comedy festivals

• HubCap Comedy Festival
• FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival
• Halifax Comedy Festival
• Just For Laughs, Montreal
  • Comedia (film)
  • Zoofest, Montreal
• Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
• Winnipeg Comedy Festival
• We’re Funny That Way!

Cultural festivals

Dance festivals

• Canada Dance Festival
• Canadian Ballet Festival
• Festival TransAmériques
• Mondial des Cultures
• Thrill the World
• Vancouver International Dance Festival

Fairs and exhibitions

Film festivals

Food festivals

• Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival, Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
• Brighton Applefest, Brighton, Ontario
• Canada’s Largest Ribfest, Burlington, Ontario
• Eat! Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Exploits Valley Salmon Festival, Exploits Valley, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Sun and Salsa Festival, Calgary, Alberta
• Taste of the Danforth, Toronto, Ontario
• A Taste of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta

Fringe festivals

• Atlantic Fringe Festival
• Calgary Fringe Festival
• Edmonton International Fringe Festival
• Island Fringe Festival
• Ottawa Fringe Festival
• Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival
• St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
• Vancouver Fringe Festival
• Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival

Literary festivals

• Banff Mountain Book Festival
• Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
• Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario
• The Frye Festival, Moncton, New Brunswick
• Vancouver Writers Fest
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival
• The Word on the Street

Festivals and Celebrations of Bangladesh

Religious observance

Eid prayer in Comilla

Durga puja in Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka

Muslim

• Eid ul-Fitr – on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
• Eid ul-Adha – on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar.
• Chaand Raat – on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.
• Ashura – on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
• Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi – The Birth of the Prophet Muhammed’s 
• Shab-e-Qadr
• Shab-e-Baraat
• Bishwa Ijtema

Hindu

• Durga Puja – from the 2nd to the 7th day of Kartik month of the Bengali calendar.
• Krishna Janmashtami – celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna
• Dolyatra
• Rathayatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra.
• Kali Puja
• Saraswati Puja
• Ashtami Snan on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami (ninth day during the waxing phase of moon in Chaitra Month) as per Hindu Lunar Calendar

Buddhist

• Buddha Purnima – Buddha’s Birthday
• Madhu Purnima
• Kathin Chibardan – offering of woven robe made of cotton to monks and nuns.

Christian

• Boro Din or Christmas – on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar.
• Easter Sunday

Patriotic and National Observances

• Language Movement Day – (International Mother Language Day); Wearing colour:   
• Genocide Remembrance Day
• National day of mourning
• Independence Day; Wearing colour:     
• Armed Forces Day^[22]
• Martyred Intellectuals Day^[23]
• Victory Day; Wearing colour:     

Cultural festivals

Celebrations of Pahela Baishakh at Dhaka

Bangladeshi girls taking Selfie at Pahela Falgun festival.

General

• Rokeya Day
• Rabindra Jayanti
• Nazrul Jayanti

Music

• Dhaka World Music Festival (music)
• Bengal Classical Music Festival
• International Folk Festival

Folk

• Pahela Baishakh – on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar and summer festival; also called Bangla Noboborsho; Wearing colour:   
• Boshonto Utshob – Spring festival also known as Pohela Falgun; Wearing colour:  
• Nabanna – Winter and harvest festival; Wearing colour:   
• Borsha Utshob – Monsoon festival; Wearing colour:   
• Nouka Baich – Boat racing festivals held after the monsoon when rivers are filled

Others

• Bengal Original Culture Festival
• Cinemaking International Film Festival
• Dhaka Festival
• Dhaka Art Summit
• Hay Festival Dhaka
• Dhaka Fashion Week
• Dhaka International Film Festival
• Chobi Mela International Photography Festival
• CRACK International Art Camp
• International Children’s Film Festival Bangladesh
• Bioscope Children’s Photography Festival

Fairs

Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka

• Ekushey Book Fair – in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar.
• Dhaka International Trade Fair
• National Tree Fair – Month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair.
• National Fisheries Week and Fish Fair – Week-long National Fiash Trade and Fair.

Local events

Shakrain kite festival, Dhaka

• Shakrain – in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar.
• Jatiya Pitha Utsab – National Pitha (Cake) Festival.
• Joy Bangla Concert – annual concert to mark the 7 March Speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib.
• Nouka Baich
• Bisu Mela