December 2026 2
Cultural
26Dec
Boxing Day๐ฆ๐บ Australia and 11 more countries
Cultural
31Dec
Ayet Atyap Annual Cultural Festival๐ณ๐ฌ Atak Njei, Nigeria
Usually in November, date not yet confirmed 1
Arts and filmUsually in December, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in February, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalUsually in August, date not yet confirmed 2
Seasonal
Augvaries
Igbo New Yam Festival๐ณ๐ฌ Abia State, Nigeria
Spiritual
Augvaries
Sango Festival๐ณ๐ฌ Oyo, Nigeria
Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 2
Cultural
SpiritualShared with much of the world
Celebrated in Nigeria and in many other countries.
November 2026 1
National daysDecember 2026 2
National days
26Dec
Boxing Day๐ฆ๐บ Australia and 28 more countries
Seasonal
31Dec
New Year's Eve๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania and 36 more countries
January 2027 1
SportsFebruary 2027 1
SpiritualMarch 2027 2
Spiritual
28Mar
Easter๐ฆ๐บ Australia and 25 more countries
Spiritual
29Mar
Easter Monday๐ฆ๐บ Australia and 36 more countries
April 2027 1
CulturalAugust 2027 1
SpiritualUsually in March, date not yet confirmed 2
Spiritual
Marvaries
Easter๐ฆ๐บ Australia and 29 more countries
Arts and film
Marvaries
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso and 20 more countries
Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 1
CulturalPhoto credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Igbo New Yam Festival: Adimora chidinma, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boxing Day: Chickenwaddle77, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou: Sputniktilt, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Calabar Carnival: Raji kunle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Easter: Piero della Francesca, Public domain, source
- International Men's Day: MosMajorum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Earth Day: John McConnell (flag designer) NASA (Earth photograph) SiBr4 (flag ima, Public domain, source
- Ramadan: Gabby Canonizado, CC BY 2.0, source
- Dakar Rally: Rally Dakar 2006 9.jpg : Dakar organization derivative work: Loลกmi ( t, Public domain, source
- Easter: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Argungu Fishing Festival: Jaekel, Francis., Public domain, source
- Ayet Atyap Annual Cultural Festival: Samsule2, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sango Festival: Demola Ajayi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Igogo Festival: Gabriel Fadamitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Akรฉ Arts and Book Festival: Igwatala, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mawlid: Firdaus Latif, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Easter Monday: Atleett, CC0, source
- Guรฉrewol: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Boxing Day: Sigismund von Dobschรผtz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source