The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Oceania, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals,
film festivals
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
carnival
Carnival is a Catholic Christian festive season that occurs before the liturgical season of Lent. The main events typically occur during February or early March, during the period historically known as Shrovetide (or Pre-Lent). Carnival typi ...
s,
pow wows
A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Powwows today allow Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures. Powwows may be private or pu ...
, recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals. Music festivals are annotated "(music)" for countries where there is not a dedicated music section.
The list overlaps with
List of film festivals in Oceania
This is a list of film festivals in Oceania.
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Australia
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
Western Australia
Nationwide
French Polynesia
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Sovereign states
Australia
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List of festivals in Australia
List of festivals in Australia, including any established festival or carnival in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory (including Canberra Region NSW)
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
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List of festivals in Fiji
Public Holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for ...
Kiribati
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Public holidays in Kiribati
The following are public holidays in Kiribati. Dates refer to 2002.
References
Kiribati
Holidays
Law of Kiribati
Kiribati
Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Public holidays in the Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
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Public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia
This is a list of public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia.
References
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Micronesia
Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western P ...
Public holidays in Nauru
This a list of holidays in Nauru, an island nation in Micronesia
Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other isla ...
New Zealand
Palau
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
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Public holidays in Palau
This is a list of holidays in Palau.
List
References
Holidays
Palau
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Goroka Show
The Goroka Show is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka, the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province. ...
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Sing-sing (New Guinea)
Sing-sing is a gathering of a few tribes or villages in Papua New Guinea. People arrive to show their distinct culture, dance and music. The aim of these gatherings is to peacefully share traditions as each Islands have their own dance. Villager ...
(music)
Samoa
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
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Public holidays in Samoa
Public holidays in Samoa are defined in the ''Public Holidays Act 2008'':
In addition to holidays with fixed dates, polling day and the day before polling day is a public holiday in any year when an election is held. In addition, the ''O le Ao o ...
Solomon Islands
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
Public holidays in Tuvalu
The following are public holidays in Tuvalu.
Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays:
References
{{Public holidays in Tuvalu
Tuvalu
Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and ...
Vanuatu
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Public holidays in Vanuatu
This is a list of public holidays in Vanuatu.
Public holidays
References
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Vanuatu
Law of Vanuatu
Events in Vanuatu
Holidays
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Associated states of New Zealand
Cook Islands
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
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Public holidays in the Cook Islands
The following are public holidays in the Cook Islands as prescribed by the Public Holidays Act in 1999. Each Sunday is also a public holiday, as most Cook Islanders follow the Christianity, Christian religion, with over half of the population regis ...
Niue
Dependencies and other territories
American Samoa
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
* FIFO (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien) in Tahiti
Guam
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
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Public holidays in Guam
In the United States there are a number of observed holidays where employees receive paid time off. The labor force in the United States comprises about 62% (as of 2014) of the general population. In the United States, 97% of the private secto ...
First Hawaiian International Auto Show The First Hawaiian MotorCon (formerly First Hawaiian International Auto Show) is an annual auto show held every year between the middle week of March and the first week of April in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event takes place at the Hawaii Convention Cen ...
Kawaii Kon
Kawaii Kon is an anime convention geared towards Japanese animation and comics held in the Honolulu area.
Programming
Kawaii Kon currently has AMV and anime screenings; industry, fan, and guest panels; Hall Cosplay contests, Masquerade/Cospl ...
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Lei Day
Lei Day is a statewide celebration in Hawaii. The celebration begins in the morning of May first every year and continues into the next day. Lei day was established as a holiday in 1929. Each Hawaiian island has a different type of lei for its peo ...
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Merrie Monarch Festival
The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii during the week after Easter. It honors King David Kalākaua, who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts and is cre ...
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Spam Jam
SPAM Jam (formerly known as Cedar River days) is a yearly festival of the popular meat product Spam. It is held in Austin, Minnesota, where Hormel food company produces the meat.
The festival spans from July 1 to 7 and includes fireworks, parades ...
Rainbow Film Festival The Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (HRFF) is an LGBT film festival held annually in Honolulu which began in 1989 as the Adam Baran Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
History
Businessman Jack Law founded the non-profit Honolulu Gay & Lesbian C ...
(film)
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Maui Film Festival
The Maui Film Festival is a film festival held annually on the island of Maui, Hawaii. It was founded in 2000 by Barry Rivers. Past attendees include Bryan Cranston, Freida Pinto, Connie Britton, and Pierce Brosnan
The Maui Film Festival is nic ...
Annual Ukulele Festival The Annual Ukulele Festival was held each July in Hawaii from 1971 to 2022. It was founded in 1971 by Roy Sakuma with the support of the Waikiki Department of Parks. The event drew large crowds to listen to free concerts by both amateur and top ukul ...
New Caledonia
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Festival of Pacific Arts
The Festival of Pacific Arts, Pacific Arts Festival, or FESTPAC is a traveling festival hosted every four years, in the same year as the Summer Olympics, by a different country in Oceania ( map). It was conceived by the Pacific Community (former ...
Norfolk Island
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Public holidays in Norfolk Island
This is a list of public holidays in Norfolk Island
See also
*Public holidays in Australia
References
External links
{{Oceania topic, Public holidays in
Norfolk Island culture
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ai ...
Northern Mariana Islands
Pitcairn Islands
Tokelau
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Public holidays in Tokelau
Public holidays in Tokelau are described in the ''Interpretation Rules 2003'' as " Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Tokehega Day, and any day declared by a village to be a public holiday". Although ...
Wallis and Futuna
See also
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List of festivals
This is a list of festival-related list articles on Wikipedia. A festival is an event ordinarily staged by a community, centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holid ...
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List of film festivals
This is a list of existing major film festivals, sorted by continent.
The world's oldest film festival is the Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica (''Venice Film Festival''), while the most prestigious film festivals in the world, known ...