The following is a list of festivals in Colombia, including

arts festivals An arts festival is a festival that can encompass a wide range of art forms including music, dance, film, fine art, literature, poetry and isn't solely focused on visual arts. Arts festivals may feature a mixed program that include music, lit ...

music festivals A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or hol ...

folk festivals A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicra ...

, and

cultural festivals A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, Melā, mela, or Muslim holida ...

, among other types.

Festivals by type

Traditional and cultural Colombian festivals

January *Campeonato de Voleibol Playa - Cartagena - Bolívar * Carnaval de Blancos y Negros - Pasto - Nariño * Carnaval de Riosucio - Riosucio - Caldas *Carnavales de Ocaña - Norte de Santander * Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música - Cartagena - Bolívar *Feria de Cali - Cali - Valle del Cauca *Feria de Manizales - Manizales - Caldas *Feria Taurina - Cartagena - Bolívar *Feria Taurina de la Candelaria - Medellín - Antioquia *Festival de la Miel - Oiba - Santander *Festival de La Panela - Villeta - Cundinamarca *Fiesta de las Corralejas - Sincelejo *

Hay Festival The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts, better known as the Hay Festival ( cy, Gŵyl Y Gelli), is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, for 10 days from May to June. Devised by Norman, Rhoda and Peter Florence in 1988, ...

- Cartagena - Bolívar *Reinado del Arroz - Aguazul - Casanare *Reinado Departamental de la Panela - Villeta *Sirenato del Mar - Tolu February * Carnaval de Barranquilla - Barranquilla - Atlántico *Carnaval del Fuego - Tumaco - Nariño *Feria Taurina Bogotá *Festival de la Subienda - Honda - Tolima *Festival del Corrido Llanero - Puerto Carreño - Vichada *Fiesta de la Candelaria - Cartagena - Bolívar *Temporada Taurina - Medellín - Antioquia March *Exposición Internacional de Orquídeas - Medellín *Ferias y Fiestas - Acacías - Meta *Festival de la Canción Llanera - Villavicencio - Meta *Festival de Música Religiosa - Popayan - Mompox - Pamplona *Festival del Burro - San Antero - Cordoba *Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro - Bogotá *Festival internacional de cine - Cartagena * Holy Week in Popayán April *Feria del Cebú - San Martín - Meta *Festival de Cine Eurocine - Bogotá *Festival de Luna Verde - San Andrés *Festival del Cangrejo - San Andrés Islas *Festival Internacional de la Leyenda Vallenata - Valledupar May *Feria Ganadera - Socorro - Santader *Feria Internacional del Libro - Bogotá *Ferias y Fiestas de Natagaima - Tolima *Festival de Interpretes de la Canción Mono Nuñez - Ginebra - Valle *Festival de la Arepa de Huevo - Luruaco - Atlántico *Festival de la Cachama - Puerto Gaitan - Meta *Festival de la Cultura Wayuú - Guajira *Fiestas del San Pedro y Festival del Bunde Tolimense - Espinal - Tolima June *Corpus Christi - Anolaima *Feria Nacional Gallistica - Monteria *Festival del Mango - San Antonio Atlántico *Festival del Mono Nuñez - Ginebra - Valle *Festival Folclórico - Ibague Tolima *Festival Folclórico del Caqueta - Florencia Caqueta *Festival Folclorico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco - Neiva - Huila *Festival Internacional de Jazz - Villa de Leyva *Festival Internacional de Tango - Medellín *Festival Nacional del Porro - San Pelayo - Monteria *Festival y Reinado del Divivi - Rioacha - Guajira *Reinado Nacional de la Ganadería - Monteria - Córdoba *Reinado Nacional del Bambuco - Neiva - Huila *Reinado Nacional del Cafe - Calarca - Quindio July *Feria Agropecuaria - Charalá - Santander *Feria de la Piña - Lebrija - Santander *Ferias y Fiestas de la Panela - Convención - Santander *Festival de la Cumbia - El Banco - Magdalena *Festival de la Feijoa - Tibasosa, Boyacá *Festival del sol y del acero - Sogamoso, Boyacá *Fiestas del mar - Santa Marta * International Poetry Festival of Medellín *Opera al Parque - Bogotá *Torneo Internacional del Joropo - Villavicencio August Festival de verano rio Tùa

* Boyacá International Cultural Festival -

Tunja Tunja () is a city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 it had a population of 172,548 inhabitants. It is the capital of Boyacá departmen ...

, Boyacá *Colombiamoda - Medellín
Desfile de Silleteros
- Medellín
Feria de las Flores
- Medellín *Festibuga - Buga - Valle Del Cauca *Festival de Cometas - Villa De Leyva *Festival de la Bahía - Bahía Solano *Festival de Tiple y la Guabina - Veléz - Santander *Festival de Verano - Bogotá *Festival Folclórico del Litoral Pacifico - Buenaventura *Festival Petronio Alvarez - Cali *Fiesta del Petróleo - Barrancabermeja *Fiestas de La Cosecha - Pereira, Risaralda *Fiestas del Maíz - Sonsón, Antioquia *Fiestas Folclóricas - Capitanejo - Santander September * Boyacá International Cultural Festival -

, Boyacá *Concurso Nacional de bandas - Paipa, Boyaca *Feria Bonita - Bucaramanga *Festival Cuna de - Villa Nueva - Guajira *Festival de la Talla en Piedra - Barichara *Festival de la Trova - Medellín *Festival de Música Folclórica - Socorro - Santander *Festival Internacional del Jazz del Teatro Libre - Bogotá *Festival Latinoamericano de Teatro - Manizales - Caldas *Fiestas de San Pacho - Quibdó - Chocó *Green Moon Festival - San Andrés Islas *Jazz al Parque - Bogotá October *Concurso Nacional de Duos - Armenia - Quindio *Encuentro Mundial de Coleo - Villavicencio - Meta *Feria Internacional de Bogotá *Festival de Cine - Bogotá *Festival Latinoamericano de Danzas Folclóricas - Guacarí - Valle del Cuaca *Festival Nacional de Gaitas - Ovejas - Sucre *Festival y Reinado Nacional del Carbón - Barrancas - Guajira) *Reinado Nacional de la Cosecha - Granada - Meta *Reinado Nacional de Turismo - Girardot - Cundinamarca *Reinado Nacional del Turismo - Girardot - Cundinamarca November *Concurso Nacional de Belleza - Cartagena *Festival del Caballo - Villa de Leyva *Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente - Villa de Leyva *Festival Internacional Folclórico y Turístico del Llano - San Martin - Meta *Fiesta Nacional de la Agricultura - Palmira - Valle *Reinado Internacional de Coco - San Andres December *Aguinaldo Boyacense - Tunja *Desfile de Danzas, Mitos y Leyendas - Medellin *Expoartesanias - Bogotá - CORFERIAS *Feria de Cali - Cali *Festival de Arte "Memoria e Imaginacion" - Cartagena *Festival de Luces - Villa De Leyva *Fiesta de Velas y Faroles - Quimbaya Quindio *Torneo Internacional de Contrapuenteo y La Voz Recia - Yopal Arauca

Regional and folkloric festivities

* Candles and Lanterns Festival (Spanish: ''Fiesta de Velas y Faroles'') is held in Quimbaya, Quindío on December 7 and 8. Each of the barrios in the township compete to produce the most spectacular lighting arrangements. * Carnival of Riosucio (Spanish: ''Carnaval de Riosucio'') held in Riosucio, Caldas within the first two weeks of January every two years. In 2009 it was held from 2 to 8 January and in 2011 from 6 to 12 January. It remembers past traditions with a mixture of art, music and costumes by groups called ''cuadrillas'', drinking the traditional '' guarapo'' carried in ''calabazos''. During the carnival, the image of a cool and happy devil is exhibited. *Colombian Folklore Festival (Spanish: ''Festival Folklórico Colombiano'') in

Ibagué Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country ...

. *El dia de las velas, The day of the candles held on December 7. * Festival of the Wayuu Culture in

La Guajira Department La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departm ...

. *

Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies ( es, Fiesta Patronal Nuestra Señora de los Remedios) is a festival that takes place in the northern Colombian city of Riohacha, Department of La Guajira. The festival takes place between January 20 to Febr ...

. *Green Moon Festival (Spanish: ''Festival de la Luna Verde'') celebrated in the

Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina ( es, Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, ), or San Andrés and Providencia, is one of the departments of Colombia, and the only one in North America. It consis ...

, this is a unique festival with characteristics that make it different from any other festival in Colombia. Here the Afro-Caribbean influence is very strong, and predominance of the English-language lyrics of Calypso and

Reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...

. *Harvest Festival of Pereira (Spanish: ''Fiestas de la Cosecha de Pereira''), in Pereira. *

Joropo The joropo is a musical style resembling the fandango, and an accompanying dance. It originated in Venezuela and is also present in the eastern Colombian plains. It has African, Native South American, and European influences. There are diffe ...

National Festival (Spanish: ''Festival Nacional del Joropo'') in

Villavicencio Villavicencio () is a city and municipality in Colombia. Capital of Meta Department, it was founded on April 6, 1840. The city had an urban population of approximately 531,275 inhabitants in 2018.https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacio ...

in December. *Medellin's Tango Street (Spanish: ''Tangovía'') on Carlos Gardel Avenue in the suburb of Manrique. *

National Festival of the Dividivi The National Festival of the Dividivi ( es, Festival y Reinado Nacional del Dividivi) is a festival in the Department of La Guajira, Colombia. The festival was created in 1969 by mandate of then mayor of Riohacha, Ernestina Serrano. The Natio ...

. * Pubenza Festivities (Spanish: ''Fiestas de Pubenza''), in

Popayán Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in southwestern Colombia between the Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range. It has a population of 318,059 people, an area of 483 km2, is locate ...

, known for its competition of ''Chirimias'' (''folkloric musical groups''). *The

Yipao The Yipao or Jeep parade is folkloric celebration in the Colombian department of Quindío Department, Quindío, specially during the anniversary parties of the departmental capital Armenia, Colombia, Armenia. Jeep-Willys history in Colombia The fi ...

or Jeep Parade in

Armenia, Colombia Armenia () is the capital of Quindio Department. Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the " coffee axis" along with Pereira and Manizales. It is one of the main centers of the national economy and of the Colombian coffee growing axis. As ...

Film festivals

* Bogotá Film Festival *

Cartagena Film Festival The Cartagena Film Festival ( es, Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias), or FICCI, is a film festival held in Cartagena, Colombia, which focuses mainly on the promotion of Colombian television series, Latin American films and short ...

Artistic and theatre festivals

* The Boyacá International Cultural Festival (Spanish: ''Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá'') held annually in

, is one of the biggest culture and arts festivals in Latin America. * The Ibero-American Theater Festival held in Bogotá every two years, is the biggest theater festival in the world. * The International Festival of Theater City of Manizales

Music festivals

Folkloric and traditional * Boyacá International Cultural Festival (''Festival Internacional de la Cultura de Boyacá'',

. *Colombia al Parque (Bogotá) * Cradle of Accordions Festival (''Festival Cuna de Acordeones'',

Villanueva, La Guajira Villanueva is a town and municipality located in the northern Department of La Guajira, Colombia. Villanueva is known in Colombia for being the cradle of many vallenato singers and composers. The economy of the town relies heavily on agriculture ...

) *

Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco The Bambuco Pageant and Folkloric Festival is the largest and most important celebration in Huila Department and one of the most important celebrations in southern Colombia. It is celebrated annually in the city of Neiva during the Feast of Saint ...

(

Neiva Neiva () is the capital of the Department of Huila. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River in south central Colombia with a population of about 357,392 inhabitants. It is one of the most important cities in southern Colombia, mainly ...

) * Festival of the Laurels ( Distracción, La Guajira) * Pubenza Festivities (

) *Salsa al Parque (Bogotá) *

Vallenato Legend Festival The Vallenato Legend Festival ( es, Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata) is one of the most important musical festivals in Colombia. The festival features a vallenato music contests for best performer of accordion, caja vallenata and guacharaca ...

(''Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata'',

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. T ...

, in April or May. The festival is a celebration of

vallenato Vallenato () or "Szlager" in Wayuu language (from the German "Schlager"), is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing t ...

music and also a competition to find the best accordionist of the year and to select the Vallenato King (''Spanish: Rey Vallenato'') among hundreds of participants from all over the country. * World Day of Laziness (

Itagüí Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17&nb ...

) Other *Baum Festival (Bogotá) * Cali Underground ( Cali) * Estéreo Picnic Festival (Bogotá) *Festival Internacional de Jazz (Bogotá) *Festival Latinoamérica de Concierto (Bogotá) *Hip Hop al Parque (Bogotá) *Jamming Festival (Bogotá) *Jazz al Parque (Bogotá) *Manizales Grita Rock (Manizales) *Ópera al Parque (Bogotá) *

Rock al Parque Rock al Parque is a free rock music festival which has taken place in Bogotá, Colombia, since 1995. It typically gathers more than 50 bands and as many as 400,000 spectators. It is considered the largest rock festival in Colombia and one of t ...

(Bogotá) in July, is the second largest rock festival in Latinamerica, after Rock in Rio. Around 1000 rock bands have participated in this event; both local and international bands.

Apocalyptica Apocalyptica is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Helsinki, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso, and jazz drummer Mikko Sirén. Originally a classical- ...

, Slipknot,

Plastilina Mosh Plastilina Mosh are a Mexican electronic and alternative rock band formed in 1997. They are part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the cre ...

and

Manu Chao Manu Chao (; born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish singer. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek, and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his mu ...

have performed in Rock al Parque, among other internationally famous bands. The event is held annually in

Simón Bolívar Park The Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park, best known as the Simón Bolívar Park, is a greenspace and entertainment and sports complex located in the middle of the city of Bogotá, Colombia. It is one of the largest urban parks in the World with o ...

in Bogotá. In 2004, 400,000 people took part in the event.Rock al Parque
*Storyland Festival ( Cartagena)

References

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* {{South_America_in_topic, Public holidays in Colombia