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🇿🇦 Festivals in South Africa

46 festivals celebrated in South Africa, across 4 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Cape Town 2 Pretoria 2 Durban 1 Nongoma 1

All Spiritual Cultural National days Seasonal Music Arts and film Sports

December 2026 1

Cultural 26Dec Boxing Day🇦🇺 Australia and 11 more countries

January 2027 1

Cultural 2Jan Cape Town Minstrel Carnival🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa

Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 2

Cultural Augvaries Umhlanga (Reed Dance)🇧🇼 Ludzidzini Royal Village, Botswana and 2 more countries

Cultural Augvaries Highland games🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 11 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in South Africa and in many other countries.

November 2026 1

Cultural 27Nov Black Friday🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countriesIn 8 weeks

Usually in February, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Febvaries International Student Festival in Trondheim🇳🇴 Norway and 23 more countries

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 2

Cultural Junvaries Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries

Cultural Junvaries Pride parade🇦🇷 Argentina and 34 more countries

Photo credits on this page

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

Boxing Day: Chickenwaddle77, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
International Student Festival in Trondheim: Einar Faanes, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Cape Town Minstrel Carnival: George Duff, Public domain, source
Umhlanga (Reed Dance): Amada44, Public domain, source
Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Black Friday: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Pride parade: LLs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Highland games: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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