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Last reviewed · 30 July 2026
Festival calendar
Festivals and fiestas, 2026 into 2027
The celebrations worth planning a trip around, destination by destination — what each one actually is, its 2026 dates, and the 2027 dates whenever a saint's day or civic anniversary fixes them.
Palma
Valldemossa
Sóller
Pollença
Alcúdia
Ciutadella
Maó
Es Mercadal
Alaior
Ibiza Town
Sant Antoni
Sant Joan de Labritja
Sant Francesc (Formentera)
San Sebastián
Bilbao
Vitoria-Gasteiz
Getaria
Zarautz
Hondarribia
Mundaka
Bermeo
Zumaia
Seville
Granada
Córdoba
Málaga
Ronda
Cádiz
Marbella
Nerja
Tarifa
Huelva
Jaén
Almería
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Puerto de la Cruz
Costa Adeje
Las Palmas
Maspalomas
Playa Blanca
Corralejo
Santa Cruz de La Palma
San Sebastián de La Gomera
Valverde
Puerto del Rosario
Arrecife
Valencia
Alicante
Benidorm
Altea
Calpe
Jávea
Dénia
Peñíscola
Gandía
Madrid
Alcalá de Henares
Chinchón
Aranjuez
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Manzanares el Real
Buitrago del Lozoya
Rascafría
Barcelona
Girona
Cadaqués
Begur
Sitges
Tarragona
L'Escala
Palafrugell
Lleida
Montserrat
A Coruña
Pontevedra
Ourense
Lugo
Oviedo
Santander
Pamplona
Logroño
Zaragoza
Huesca
Teruel
Valladolid
Salamanca
Burgos
León
Segovia
Ávila
Zamora
Palencia
Soria
Toledo
Cuenca
Ciudad Real
Albacete
Guadalajara
Cáceres
Badajoz
Murcia
Rome
Florence
Venice
Amalfi Coast
Capri
Lake Como
Cinque Terre
Taormina
Ostuni
Lisbon
Porto
Sintra
Douro Valley
Lagos
Faro & Tavira
Funchal
São Miguel
Évora
Paris
Nice
Avignon
Loire Valley
Bordeaux
Normandy
Corsica
Strasbourg
Chamonix
Milan
Naples & Pompeii
Siena & Chianti
Dolomites & Cortina
Sardinia — Costa Smeralda
Lyon
Brittany — Saint-Malo
Biarritz & the Basque coast
Champagne & Reims
Dordogne & Sarlat
London
Edinburgh
Bath & the Cotswolds
Cornwall
York & Yorkshire
Oxford & Cambridge
Snowdonia & North Wales
Cardiff & the Gower
Belfast & the Causeway Coast
Skye & the Highlands
Brighton & the South Downs
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
The Hague & Scheveningen
Utrecht
Haarlem & Zandvoort
Delft
Leiden & the bulb fields
Maastricht
Texel & the Wadden
Zeeland & Domburg
Cancún
Carnival
Carnaval de Cancún
12–17 February 2026
Culture
Festival de Tradiciones de Vida y Muerte
30 October – 2 November 2026
2027: 30 October – 2 November 2027
Historic
Equinoccio Maya at El Rey
20–21 March 2026
2027: 20–21 March 2027
Music
Cancún Jazz Festival
Late May 2026
Religious
Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
12 December 2026
2027: 12 December 2027
Isla Mujeres
Playa del Carmen
Cozumel
Tulum
Bacalar
Valladolid (Yucatán)
Holbox
Puerto Morelos
Mexico City · Centro Histórico
Culture
Día de Muertos & the Mega Procesión de Catrinas
31 October – 2 November 2026
2027: 31 October – 2 November 2027
Historic
Grito de Independencia
15–16 September 2026
2027: 15–16 September 2027
Religious
Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
11–12 December 2026
2027: 11–12 December 2027
Culture
Festival del Centro Histórico
March–April 2026
Culture
Alebrijes Monumentales parade
Late October 2026
Mexico City · Roma & Condesa
Coyoacán
Xochimilco
Teotihuacán
Puebla
Tepoztlán
Taxco
Valle de Bravo
Magic Kingdom
Culture
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Select nights, mid-August – 31 October 2026
2027: Select nights, August – 31 October 2027
Culture
Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party
Select nights, 8 November – 21 December 2026
2027: Select nights, November – December 2027
Historic
Fourth of July fireworks
3–4 July 2026
2027: 3–4 July 2027
EPCOT
Food & wine
EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival
Late July – late November 2026
Culture
EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
Late February – late May 2026
Culture
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
Mid-January – late February 2026
Culture
EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
Late November – 30 December 2026
Disney's Hollywood Studios
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney Springs
Universal Studios Florida
Islands of Adventure
Epic Universe
SeaWorld Orlando
International Drive
Kennedy Space Center & Cocoa Beach
Mexico City · Chapultepec
Gibraltar
Historic
Gibraltar National Day
10 September 2026
2027: 10 September 2027
Religious
Three Kings Cavalcade (Cabalgata de Reyes)
5 January 2026
2027: 5 January 2027
Music
Gibraltar Music Festival
Early September 2026
Food & wine
Calentita Food Festival
June 2026
2027: June 2027
Culture
Mediterranean Sail Training and Regatta week
Spring 2026
Religious
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, Catalan Bay
Mid-September 2026
2027: Mid-September 2027
Historic
Trafalgar Day ceremony
21 October 2026
2027: 21 October 2027
Culture
Gibraltar International Literary Festival
November 2026
Culture
Christmas lights and Casemates ice rink
Late November – early January 2026/27
Historic
Queen's / King's Birthday Parade
June 2026
2027: June 2027
Vatican City
Religious
Holy Week & Easter at the Vatican
29 March – 5 April 2026
2027: 21–28 March 2027
Religious
Christmas Midnight Mass in St Peter's
24 December 2026
2027: 24 December 2027
Religious
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
29 June 2026
2027: 29 June 2027
Historic
Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony
6 May 2026
2027: 6 May 2027
Religious
Epiphany Mass and the Viva la Befana parade
6 January 2026
2027: 6 January 2027
Religious
Immaculate Conception at the Spanish Steps
8 December 2026
2027: 8 December 2027
Religious
Corpus Christi papal Mass and procession
7 June 2026
2027: 30 May 2027
Religious
Pentecost Mass in St Peter's
24 May 2026
2027: 16 May 2027
Religious
Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent
18 February 2026
2027: 10 February 2027
Culture
Vatican Christmas tree and nativity unveiling
Early December 2026
2027: Early December 2027
Religious
Assumption of the Virgin (Ferragosto)
15 August 2026
2027: 15 August 2027
Religious
All Saints and All Souls at the papal tombs
1–2 November 2026
2027: 1–2 November 2027
Historic
Anniversary of the Lateran Treaty
11 February 2026
2027: 11 February 2027
Culture
Papal general audiences
Most Wednesdays, 09:00, all year 2026
2027: Most Wednesdays, 09:00, all year 2027
Athens
Culture
Athens Epidaurus Festival
June – August 2026
2027: June – August 2027
Historic
Greek Independence Day
25 March 2026
2027: 25 March 2027
Religious
Orthodox Easter (Pascha)
12 April 2026
2027: 2 May 2027
Carnival
Apokries & Clean Monday
Carnival season ending Monday 23 February 2026
2027: Clean Monday 15 March 2027
Historic
Ohi Day
28 October 2026
2027: 28 October 2027