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🇦🇺 Festivals in Australia

85 festivals celebrated in Australia, across 13 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Melbourne 11 Sydney 11 Perth 4 Adelaide 1 Adelaide River 1 Brisbane 1 Canberra 1 Coffs Harbour 1 Darlinghurst 1 Darwin 1 Glenelg North 1 Harts Range 1 Parramatta 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Music Arts and film Sports

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 1

Seasonal Augvaries Onam🇮🇳 India and 11 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Australia and in many other countries.

December 2026 1

Seasonal 31Dec New Year's Eve🇦🇱 Albania and 36 more countries

January 2027 2

Seasonal 1Jan New Year's Day🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 57 more countries

Seasonal 14Jan Old New Year🇦🇲 Armenia and 21 more countries

May 2027 1

Seasonal 1May May Day Festival🇦🇺 Australia and 22 more countries

June 2027 1

Seasonal 24Jun Midsummer🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Old New Year: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source

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