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Festivals in October

99 festivals fall in October. Those with a confirmed date come first, in order.

Jan67Feb93Mar80Apr67May100Jun134Jul145Aug133Sep99Oct99Nov75Dec49

With confirmed dates

Spiritual 1Oct Intercession of the Theotokos๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus and 4 more countries National days 1Oct National Day of the People's Republic of China๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Beijing, China and 2 more countries National days 2Oct Gandhi Jayanti๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ New Delhi, India Music 2Oct Austin City Limits Music Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Austin, United StatesOn now National days 3Oct German Unity Day๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Berlin, GermanyOn now Spiritual 3Oct Simchat Torah๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel and 2 more countriesOn now Spiritual 3Oct Shemini Atzeret๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel and 1 more countryOn now National days 3Oct Gaecheonjeol๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea and 1 more countryOn now Cultural 4Oct Castro Street Fair๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Francisco, United StatesTomorrow Arts and film 7Oct Film Fest Gent๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Ghent, BelgiumIn 4 days Cultural 7Oct Nagasaki Kunchi๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nagasaki, JapanIn 4 days National days 9Oct Hangul Day๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Seoul, South Korea and 1 more countryIn 6 days Spiritual 10Oct Nine Emperor Gods Festival๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia and 3 more countriesIn 7 days National days 10Oct National Day of the Republic of China๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taipei, TaiwanIn 7 days Sports 11Oct Chicago Marathon๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Chicago, United StatesIn 8 days Spiritual 11Oct Bathukamma๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Hyderabad, IndiaIn 8 days National days 12Oct Columbus Day๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia and 19 more countriesIn 9 days National days 12Oct National Day of Spain๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Madrid, SpainIn 9 days National days 12Oct Sports Day๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต JapanIn 9 days Cultural 12Oct Thanksgiving๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ottawa, CanadaIn 9 days Spiritual 16Oct Sukkot๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Jerusalem, Israel Cultural 18Oct MassKara Festival๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Bacolod, PhilippinesIn 2 weeks Cultural 18Oct Double Ninth Festival๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China and 7 more countriesIn 2 weeks Spiritual 18Oct Lord of Miracles๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Lima, PeruIn 2 weeks Spiritual 20Oct Vijayadashami๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mysore, India and 2 more countriesIn 2 weeks Cultural 22Oct Jidai Matsuri๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kyoto, JapanIn 3 weeks Food and drink 24Oct Lexington Barbecue Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lexington, United StatesIn 3 weeks Cultural 27Oct Day of Ukrainian Literature and Language๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kyiv, UkraineIn 3 weeks National days 28Oct Ohi Day๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus and 1 more countryIn 4 weeks Spiritual 29Oct Lag BaOmer๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Meron, IsraelIn 4 weeks National days 29Oct Republic Day๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Istanbul, TurkeyIn 4 weeks Spiritual 29Oct Karva Chauth๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India and 3 more countriesIn 4 weeks Arts and film 30Oct Thessaloniki International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Thessaloniki, GreeceIn 4 weeks Cultural 31Oct Halloween๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia and 22 more countriesIn 4 weeks Spiritual 31Oct Reformation Day๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria and 7 more countriesIn 4 weeks

Usually in October

These move from year to year, or their next date has not been announced.

Spiritual Octvaries Diwali๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh and 13 more countries Sports Octvaries Bahrain Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Sakhir, Bahrain and 1 more country Spiritual Octvaries Navratri๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India and 17 more countries Cultural Octvaries Bon Om Touk๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cultural Octvaries Pushkar Fair๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Pushkar, India Cultural Octvaries Golden Eagle Festival๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ ร–lgii, Mongolia Sports Octvaries Brazilian Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil Sports Octvaries Azerbaijan Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Baku, Azerbaijan Sports Octvaries Japanese Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Suzuka, Japan Sports Octvaries United States Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Austin, United States Spiritual Octvaries Durga Puja๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Kolkata, Bangladesh and 2 more countries Sports Octvaries Mexican Grand Prix๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico City, Mexico Sports Octvaries Shanghai Masters๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Shanghai, China Arts and film Octvaries Tokyo International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tokyo, Japan Arts and film Octvaries BFI London Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London, United Kingdom Arts and film Octvaries Busan International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Busan, South Korea Sports Octvaries Swiss Indoors๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Basel, Switzerland Spiritual Octvaries Mehregan๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran and 1 more country Sports Octvaries Stockholm Open๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Stockholm, Sweden Sports Octvaries Erste Bank Open๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Vienna, Austria Arts and film Octvaries Sitges Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Sitges, Spain Sports Octvaries Japan Open Tennis Championships๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Tokyo, Japan Sports Octvaries Rally Japan๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nagoya, Japan Arts and film Octvaries Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Antalya, Turkey Sports Octvaries The Ocean Race๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden and 8 more countries Sports Octvaries WTA Elite Trophy๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Zhuhai, China Arts and film Octvaries Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Kyiv, Ukraine Arts and film Octvaries Vienna International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Vienna, Austria Arts and film Octvaries Valladolid International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Valladolid, Spain Arts and film Octvaries Vancouver International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Vancouver, Canada Arts and film Octvaries Sรฃo Paulo International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil Music Octvaries World Music Expo๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany Arts and film Octvaries Valdivia International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Valdivia, Chile Music Octvaries Donaueschingen Festival๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Donaueschingen, Germany Cultural Octvaries Freimarkt๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Bremen, Germany Spiritual Octvaries Naraka Chaturdashi๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ West Bengal, India and 1 more country Spiritual Octvaries Kukur Tihar๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Kathmandu, Nepal Cultural Octvaries Tbilisoba๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Tbilisi, Georgia Cultural Octvaries Royal National Mรฒd๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Aberdeen, United Kingdom Arts and film Octvaries Morelia International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Morelia, Mexico Music Octvaries Rawa Blues Festival๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Katowice, Poland Cultural Octvaries Kawagoe Hikawa Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kawagoe, Japan Spiritual Octvaries Swanti๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal Arts and film Octvaries Bergen International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Bergen, Norway Arts and film Octvaries DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Leipzig, Germany Arts and film Octvaries Cabo Verde International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Espargos, Cape Verde Arts and film Octvaries Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Mannheim, Germany Cultural Octvaries Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Albuquerque, United States Arts and film Octvaries Europalia๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Brussels, Belgium Arts and film Octvaries Wexford Festival Opera๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Wexford, Ireland Arts and film Octvaries Austin Film Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Austin, United States Arts and film Octvaries Pordenone Silent Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Pordenone, Italy Arts and film Octvaries Hamptons International Film Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ East Hampton, United States Arts and film Octvaries El Gouna Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ El Gouna, Egypt Arts and film Octvaries Lumiรจre Festival๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Lyon, France Music Octvaries Amsterdam Dance Event๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Amsterdam, Netherlands Arts and film Octvaries Conrad Festival๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Krakรณw, Poland Arts and film Octvaries Virginia Film Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Charlottesville, United States Food and drink Octvaries La Paulรฉe de Meursault๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Meursault, France Cultural Octvaries National Beer Festival๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Villa General Belgrano, Argentina Food and drink Octvaries International Rice Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Crowley, United States Cultural Octvaries New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Laconia, United States Food and drink Octvaries Saijล Sake Festival๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Higashihiroshima, Japan Arts and film Octvaries Margarita Latin American and Caribbean Film Festival๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Margarita Island, Venezuela

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