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Arts and filmFebruary 2027 1
CulturalMarch 2027 4
Seasonal
1Mar
Chalandamarz🇨🇭 Ftan, Switzerland
Arts and film
6Mar
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland
Cultural
26Mar
Rosenmontag🇦🇹 Austria and 4 more countries
Cultural
29Mar
Carnival of Basel🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland
April 2027 1
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National days
1Aug
Swiss National Day🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, Switzerland
National days
15Aug
Ferragosto🇮🇹 Siena, Italy and 2 more countries
Spiritual
22Aug
Queenship of Mary🇦🇹 Austria and 9 more countries
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Sports
Julvaries
Tour de France🇫🇷 France and 11 more countries
Sports
Julvaries
Hopman Cup🇦🇺 Australia and 4 more countries
Music
Julvaries
Montreux Jazz Festival🇨🇭 Montreux, Switzerland
Sports
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Swiss Open Gstaad🇨🇭 Gstaad, Switzerland
Arts and film
Julvaries
Bregenz Festival🇦🇹 Austria and 4 more countries
Cultural
Julvaries
Fête des Vignerons🇨🇭 Vevey, Switzerland
Music
Julvaries
Menuhin Festival Gstaad🇨🇭 Gstaad, Switzerland
Usually in August, date not yet confirmed 6
Arts and film
Augvaries
Locarno Film Festival🇨🇭 Locarno, Switzerland
Seasonal
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Onam🇮🇳 India and 11 more countries
Cultural
Augvaries
Highland games🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 11 more countries
Cultural
Augvaries
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 6 more countries
Music
Augvaries
Lucerne Festival🇨🇭 Lucerne, Switzerland
Music
Augvaries
Street Parade🇨🇭 Zürich, Switzerland
Usually in September, date not yet confirmed 2
Arts and film
CulturalShared with much of the world
Celebrated in Switzerland and in many other countries.
November 2026 5
Spiritual
1Nov
All Saints' Day🇦🇹 Austria and 23 more countriesIn 4 weeks
Spiritual
11Nov
St. Martin's Day🇦🇹 Austria and 17 more countriesIn 6 weeks
Arts and film
12Nov
World Architecture Festival🇸🇬 Singapore and 29 more countriesIn 6 weeks
Cultural
27Nov
Black Friday🇦🇱 Albania and 29 more countriesIn 8 weeks
Spiritual
30Nov
Saint Andrew's Day🇧🇾 Belarus and 18 more countriesIn 8 weeks
December 2026 7
Spiritual
8Dec
Feast of the Immaculate Conception🇦🇩 Andorra and 25 more countriesIn 9 weeks
Spiritual
24Dec
Christmas Eve🇦🇷 Argentina and 32 more countries
Spiritual
25Dec
Christmas🇦🇩 Andorra and 42 more countries
National days
26Dec
Boxing Day🇦🇺 Australia and 28 more countries
Spiritual
26Dec
Saint Stephen's Day🇦🇺 Australia and 30 more countries
Sports
26Dec
Spengler Cup🇨🇭 Switzerland and 12 more countries
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
February 2027 2
Cultural
9Feb
Carnival🇦🇷 Argentina and 29 more countries
Spiritual
9Feb
Shrove Tuesday🇧🇾 Belarus and 19 more countries
March 2027 3
Spiritual
17Mar
Saint Patrick's Day🇦🇷 Argentina and 22 more countries
Spiritual
26Mar
Good Friday🇦🇷 Argentina and 42 more countries
Spiritual
29Mar
Easter Monday🇦🇺 Australia and 36 more countries
May 2027 3
Spiritual
16May
Pentecost🇦🇩 Andorra and 30 more countries
Spiritual
17May
Whit Monday🇦🇩 Andorra and 29 more countries
Spiritual
27May
Feast of Corpus Christi🇦🇷 Argentina and 34 more countries
June 2027 1
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CulturalPhoto credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Greenfield Festival: Mindcollision, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saint Andrew's Day: Henryk Siemiradzki, Public domain, source
- Zurich Film Festival: Otto Normalverbraucher, CC BY-SA 2.0 at, source
- Rugby Europe International Championships: Lado85, CC BY 4.0, source
- International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights: FIFDH Communication, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Francisco Rizi, Public domain, source
- Immigrants' Festival: Loco085 msg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swabian-Alemannic Carnival: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0, source
- Whit Monday: Eloquence, Public domain, source
- Saint Patrick's Day: rannṗáirtí anaiṫnid ( coṁrá ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swiss National Day: Vincent de Groot, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Feast of the Ascension: John Singleton Copley, Public domain, source
- Christmas Eve: Carl Larsson, Public domain, source
- Hopman Cup: The original uploader was 111279subingnic at Italian Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Feast of Corpus Christi: Fennec ., Public domain, source
- Christmas market: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Krampusnacht: Naturpuur, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- All Saints' Day: Fra Angelico, Public domain, source
- St. Martin's Day: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, source
- L'Escalade: Geneva Urbs, vers 1603, Matthias Quad (1557 - après 1608) ou atelier d, Public domain, source
- Locarno Film Festival: Pardofestival, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Montreux Jazz Festival: Simon Jacquier, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Assumption of Mary: Jebulon, CC0, source
- New Year's Day: Ximeg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Queenship of Mary: Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, Public domain, source
- St John's Eve: Jules Breton, Public domain, source
- Old New Year: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shrove Tuesday: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, source
- Almabtrieb: Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and if, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Swiss Open Gstaad: GstaadTourismus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spengler Cup: Alaney2k, CC BY 3.0, source
- Carnival of Basel: Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bregenz Festival: Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Rosenmontag: Aymx, Public domain, source
- Sechseläuten: anonymous, Public domain, source
- 70000 Tons of Metal: Samhainmtl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chalandamarz: Claudio Schneider, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Solothurn Film Festival: Filmtage, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Menuhin Festival Gstaad: Kakue.gmf, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Metalfest: Dominik Matus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- World Architecture Festival: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Pentecost: See The Holy Land, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Christmas: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Public domain, source
- Good Friday: Bellina 09, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Carnival: Etienne Le Cocq, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- New Year's Eve: Andreas Weith, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Oktoberfest: Heribert Pohl, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Black Friday: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Easter Monday: Atleett, CC0, source
- Tour de France: Agence Rol, Public domain, source
- Moscow International Film Festival: Sergey Rodovnichenko, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Boxing Day: Sigismund von Dobschütz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Reformation Day: 95Thesen.jpg : User:Shizhao derivative work: 6birc ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Feast of Saints Peter and Paul: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source
- World Figure Skating Championships: FloweringDagwood, CC BY 3.0, source
- Saint Stephen's Day: Carlo Crivelli, Public domain, source
- Ferragosto: Ra Boe, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Swiss Indoors: Adrian Sulc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Highland games: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: xlibber, CC BY 2.0, source
- Lucerne Festival: JosefLehmkuhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Visions du Réel: Visions du Réel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Street Parade: pixx.ch, Andreas Schwerzmann, Zürich, CH, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Fête des Vignerons: "Groupement des photographes officiels" / Fête des vignerons Vevey / S, CC BY-SA 4.0, source