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🇬🇭 Festivals in Ghana

29 festivals celebrated in Ghana, across 23 cities and towns.

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November 2026 1

Cultural 7Nov Hogbetsotso Festival🇬🇭 Anloga, GhanaIn 5 weeks

December 2026 2

Cultural 1Dec Fiok festival🇬🇭 Sandema, GhanaIn 8 weeks

Cultural 25Dec Fancy Dress Festival🇬🇭 Winneba, Ghana

April 2027 1

Cultural 1Apr Dipo🇬🇭 Odumase, Ghana

May 2027 1

Cultural 1May Aboakyer Festival🇬🇭 Winneba, Ghana

July 2027 1

Cultural 12Jul The Twelfth🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more countries

September 2027 1

Cultural 3Sep Fetu Afahye🇬🇭 Cape Coast, Ghana

Usually in January, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Janvaries Kente Festival🇬🇭 Bonwire, Ghana

Usually in April, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Aprvaries Kalibi Festival🇬🇭 Sankana, Ghana

Usually in July, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Julvaries Bakatue Festival🇬🇭 Elmina, Ghana

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Augvaries Akwambo festival🇬🇭 Agona Swedru, Ghana

Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 2

Cultural Sepvaries Damba festival🇬🇭 Northern Region, Ghana

Cultural Sepvaries Ashanti Yam Festival🇬🇭 Kumasi, Ghana

Photo credits on this page

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

Fiok festival: Christian Yakubu, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dipo: FatawuY1, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Akwambo festival: Gomoa, CC0, source
Kalibi Festival: Daara Original, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
The Twelfth: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Bakatue Festival: official photographer of the US Embassy in Ghana/USAID in Ghana, Public domain, source
Damba festival: Bash222, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Hogbetsotso Festival: JY midey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fetu Afahye: Kofiarkohbaidoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Fancy Dress Festival: Kwameghana(Bright Kwame Ayisi), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Kente Festival: Ahiaticourage, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Ashanti Yam Festival: Thomas E. Bowdich, Public domain, source
Aboakyer Festival: Fquasie, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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