List of festivals in Europe

Festivals of Europe
Ólavsøka festival in Tórshavn.
General Information
Subtopics	List of festivals, list of music festivals, list of film festivals
Location	Europe, Asia
Related topics	Culture of Europe
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The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Europe, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, religious festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals, folk festivals, carnivals, recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals. Some recurring European traditional festivals are over a thousand years old. ^{[1] [2]} Music festivals are annotated "(music)" for countries where there is not a dedicated music section.

The list overlaps with List of film festivals in Europe.

Sovereign states

Albania

See also: Category:Festivals in Albania

• Nowruz
• Summer Festival, Albania
• Gjirokastër National Folklore Festival
• International Film Summerfest of Durrës (film)

Music festivals in Albania

See also: Category:Music festivals in Albania

• Festivali i Këngës
• Netet e Klipit Shqiptar
• Top Fest
• Kënga Magjike

Andorra

See also: Category:Festivals in Andorra

• Public holidays in Andorra

Austria

See also: Category:Festivals in Austria

Belarus

See also: Category:Festivals in Belarus

• Listapad (film)
• Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk
• Global Gathering (music)
• Ultra Europe (music)
• Unsound Festival (music)

Belgium

See also: Category:Festivals in Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also: Category:Festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Balkan Photo Festival
• Ballet Fest Sarajevo
• Baščaršija Nights
• Beton Fest
• Cultural Summer of Zvornik
• FEDU
• Festival Prijateljstva
• Five Days of Zagreb in Sarajevo
• Juventafest
• MESS
• OPEN Fest Sarajevo
• PitchWise Festival
• Pop-Up! Sarajevo
• Sarajevo Irish Festival
• Sarajevo Poetry Days
• Sarajevo Ramadan Festival
• Sarajevo Street Art Festival
• Sarajevo Winter Festival
• Spiritus Progenitum
• WARM Festival

Film festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also: Category:Film festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Al Jazeera Balkans Documentary Film Festival
• Jahorina Film Festival
• Merlinka Festival
• Pravo Ljudski Film Festival
• Tuzla Film Festival
• Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival
• Sarajevo Film Festival
• Sarajevo Youth Film Festival
• VIVA Film Festival

Music festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also: Category:Music festivals in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• BiH Color Festival
• Demofest
• Festival 84
• Golden Fairy Festival
• Jazz Fest Sarajevo
• Sarajevo Beer Festival
• Sarajevo Chamber Music Festival
• Sarajevo International Guitar Festival
• Sonemus Fest
• Rastok

Bulgaria

See also: Category:Festivals in Bulgaria

• International Chamber Music Festival Plovdiv
• Black Box International Festival
• Name days in Bulgaria
• National Children's Book Festival
• Sofia Pride
• Sofia International Film Festival (film)
• In the Palace International Short Film Festival (film)

Music festivals in Bulgaria

See also: Category:Music festivals in Bulgaria

• European Grand Prix for Choral Singing
• Bultek
• Rozhen National Folklore Fair
• Slaveevi Noshti
• Loop Live
• Spirit of Burgas
• March Music Days
• Kavarna Rock Fest
• Golden Orpheus
• Wrong Fest

Croatia

See also: Category:Festivals in Croatia

Cyprus

See also: Category:Festivals in Cyprus

• Kypria festival
• The AfroBanana Republic Festival (arts & music)
• Reggae Sunjam Festival
• Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus
• Wine Festival of Cyprus
• International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama, Cyprus (theater)
• Pafos Aphrodite Festival Cyprus (theater)

The Czech Republic

See also: Category:Festivals in the Czech Republic

Music festivals in the Czech Republic

• Metronome Festival Prague (arts & music)
• United Islands of Prague (arts & music)

Denmark

• Roskilde Festival
• SmukFest (Skanderborg Festival)
• Tinderbox Festival  ^{[ da ]}
• Copenhagen Distortion
• Copenhell

See also: Category:Festivals in Denmark

• List of festivals in Denmark

Estonia

See also: Category:Festivals in Estonia

• Baltic song festivals (music)
• Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (film)

Music festivals in Estonia

See also: Category:Music festivals in Estonia

• List of music festivals in Estonia

Finland

See also: Category:Festivals in Finland

• List of festivals in Finland

France

See also: Category:Festivals in France

• Fête des lumières, Lyon
• Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon
• Nuits Sonores, Lyon

Germany

See also: Category:Festivals in Germany

• List of festivals in Germany
• German Fetish Ball

Greece

Main page: Category:Festivals in Greece

• Arachthos Festival
• Athens Festival
• Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival
• First Delphic Festival
• Second Delphic Festival
• Icarus Festival for Dialogue between Cultures
• Mykonos Biennale
• Patras Carnival
• VideoDance Festival, Greece
• Art Athina

Film festivals in Greece

Main page: Category:Film festivals in Greece

• Drama International Short Film Festival
• Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival
• VideoDance Festival

Music festivals in Greece

Main page: Category:Music festivals in Greece

• Chania Rock Festival
• Colour Day Festival
• Olympus Festival
• Plisskën Festival
• Rockwave Festival
• Thessaloniki Song Festival
• Peloponnese Beer Festival

Festivals in ancient Greece

Main page: Category:Festivals in ancient Greece

• Ancient Olympic Games
• Panegyris
• Adonia
• Anthesphoria
• Cotyttia
• Delia (festival)
• Elaphebolia
• Eleusinian Mysteries
• Isthmian Games
• Nemean Games
• Panhellenic Games
• Pythian Games
• Hellotia
• Hybristica
• Noumenia
• Orgia
• Soteria (festival)
• Thalysia
• Theorica
• Thesmophoria
• Thesmophoriazusae

Hungary

See also: Category:Festivals in Hungary

• Budapest Fringe Festival (theater)
• Budapest Pride
• Kecskemét Animation Film Festival (film)
• Miskolc International Film Festival (film)
• Budapest Opera Ball
• Budapest Spring Festival
• Busójárás
• Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival
• Great Kurultáj
• Savaria Historical Carnival
• International Culture Week in Pécs
• LOW Festival
• Meat-jelly Festival
• Name days in Hungary
• Ökofeszt
• Sziget Festival
• 2nd World Festival of Youth and Students
• Plácido Domingo Classics

Music festivals in Hungary

See also: Category:Music festivals in Hungary

Iceland

See also: Category:Festivals in Iceland

• Beer Day (Iceland)
• Fiskidagurinn mikli
• Jól (Iceland)
• Þorrablót
• Menningarnótt
• Sequences Art Festival
• Reykjavík International Film Festival (film)
• Reykjavík Fringe Festival (arts festival)

Music festivals in Iceland

See also: Category:Music festivals in Iceland

• Eistnaflug
• Folk music festival of Siglufjordur
• Iceland Airwaves
• Menningarnótt
• Nordic Music Days
• Þjóðhátíð
• Við Djúpið
• Secret Solstice

Ireland

See also: Category:Festivals in Ireland

• List of festivals in the United Kingdom

Italy

See also: Category:Festivals in Italy

Latvia

See also: Category:Festivals in Latvia

• Go Blonde Festival
• Riga Salsa Festival
• Studentu paradīze
• 18 November Torchlight procession
• Baltic Pride
• Riga International Film Festival 2ANNAS (film)
• Lielais Kristaps (film)

Music festivals in Latvia

See also: Category:Music festivals in Latvia

• Baltic song festivals
• Latvian Song and Dance Festival
• Positivus Festival
• Saulkrasti Jazz Festival
• Orient, the Festival of Eastern Music
• Europeade

Liechtenstein

See also: Category:Festivals in Liechtenstein

• Public holidays in Liechtenstein

Lithuania

See also: Category:Festivals in Lithuania

• Baltic song festivals
• Kaunas International Film Festival
• Kaziuko mugė
• Klaipėda Sea Festival
• Mados infekcija
• Užgavėnės
• Vilnius Book Fair
• Vilnius International Film Festival
• Yaga Gathering

Luxembourg

See also: Category:Festivals in Luxembourg

• Buergbrennen
• Dancing procession of Echternach
• Emaischen
• Octave celebration
• Schueberfouer

Music festivals in Luxembourg

See also: Category:Music festivals in Luxembourg

• Open Air Field
• Echternach Music Festival
• Rock um Knuedler

Malta

See also: Category:Festivals in Malta

• Maltese Carnival
• Nadur Carnival

Music festivals in Malta

See also: Category:Music festivals in Malta

• Festival Kanzunetta Indipendenza
• Malta Song Festival
• Isle of MTV
• L-Għanja tal-Poplu
• Malta Jazz Festival
• Malta Music Awards
• Malta Song for Europe
• Valletta International Baroque Festival

Moldova

• Public holidays in Moldova

Monaco

See also: Category:Festivals in Monaco

• Golden Nymph Award
• Monte-Carlo Television Festival
• The Spring Arts Festival
• Monaco International Film Festival (film)
• Monaco Music Film Festival (film)
• International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (theater)
• Mondial du Théâtre (theater)

Montenegro

See also: Category:Festivals in Montenegro

• Merlinka festival
• MontenegroSong (music)
• Operosa (music)
• Pjesma Mediterana (music)
• Refresh Festival (music)
• Sea Dance Festival (music)
• Southern Soul Festival (music)
• Sunčane Skale (music)

The Netherlands

See also: Category:Festivals in the Netherlands

• Amsterdam Dance Event (music)
• Awakenings (music)
• Lowlands (music)
• Mysteryland (music)
• Pinkpop (music)
• Welcome to the Future (music)

North Macedonia

See also: Category:Festivals in North Macedonia

Norway

See also: Category:Festivals in Norway

Poland

See also: Category:Festivals in Poland

Portugal

See also: Category:Festivals in Portugal

• List of festivals in Portugal

Romania

See also: Category:Festivals in Romania

• List of festivals in Romania

Russia

See also: Category:Festivals in Russia

Alyye parusa, Scarlet Sails event held annually in Russia.

San Marino

• Public holidays in San Marino

Serbia

See also: Category:Festivals in Serbia

Slovakia

See also: Category:Festivals in Slovakia

• Public holidays in Slovakia
• Name days in Slovakia

Music festivals in Slovakia

See also: Category:Music festivals in Slovakia

• Bratislava Chamber Guitar
• Bratislava Music Festival
• GrapeFestival
• Košice Music Spring Festival
• Pohoda (music festival)
• Transmission (festival)
• Breathe Festival

Slovenia

See also: Category:Festivals in Slovenia

• List of festivals in Slovenia

Spain

See also: Category:Festivals in Spain

• El Ajo Festival
• Festival Jordi Savall in Catalonia

Sweden

See also: Category:Festivals in Sweden

Switzerland

See also: Category:Festivals in Switzerland

• List of festivals in Switzerland

Ukraine

See also: Category:Festivals in Ukraine

United Kingdom

See also: Category:Festivals in the United Kingdom and Category:Festivals in the United Kingdom by populated place

• List of festivals in the United Kingdom
  • List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
  • List of food festivals in the United Kingdom
• List of festivals in the United Kingdom by region
  • List of festivals in the Isle of Man

States with limited recognition

Kosovo

See also: Category:Festivals in Kosovo

Lists by region

• Events and festivals in Gjakova (city)
• Events and festivals in Pristina (city)
  • Film festivals in Pristina
• Events and festivals in Peja (city)

Festivals in Kosovo

• Flaka e Janarit
• Nowruz
• 40BunarFest
• Anibar International Animation Festival (film)
• DAM Festival Pristina (music)
• Chopin Piano Fest Pristina (music)
• NGOM Fest (music)
• Hasi Jehon (folklore)

Northern Cyprus

• Public holidays in Northern Cyprus

Transnistria

• Public holidays in Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories

Åland

• Public holidays in Åland

The Faroe Islands

See also: Category:Festivals in the Faroe Islands

• Ólavsøka
• Stevna
• G! Festival (music)
• Summarfestivalurin (music)

Gibraltar

See also: Category:Festivals in Gibraltar

• GIB Fringe
• Gibraltar Chess Festival
• Gibraltar Music Festival (music)
• Gibraltar World Music Festival (music)

Guernsey

See also: Category:Festivals in Guernsey

• Guernsey Festival of Performing Arts (music)

Jersey

See also: Category:Festivals in Jersey

• Jersey Eisteddfod
• Jersey Folklore Festival
• Jersey Live (music)
• Branchage (film)

Isle of Man

See also: Category:Festivals on the Isle of Man

• List of festivals in the Isle of Man

Svalbard

• Culture of Svalbard

See also

• Lists portal

• List of festivals
• List of film festivals
• List of music festivals

References

1. Industry.fo, Frídagar um Ólavsøkuna Archived 2014-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
2. Nordlysid.fo Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Media related to Festivals in Europe at Wikimedia Commons