This is a list of festival-related list articles on Wikipedia. A

festival 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, mela, or eid. A festival ...

is an event ordinarily staged by a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, ...

, centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus. Aside from religion, and sometimes

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

, another significant origin is agricultural. Food (and consequently agriculture) is so vital that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and

Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

in the southern.

Sublists by locale

States

* List of festivals in Florida (United States) * List of festivals in Georgia (U.S. state) (United States) * List of festivals in Louisiana (United States) * List of festivals in Michigan (United States) * List of festivals in New Jersey (United States) * List of festivals in Pennsylvania (United States) * List of festivals in Virginia (United States) * List of festivals of West Bengal (India)

Country

List of festivals in the United Kingdom England A *Albion Fairs *Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk *Appleby Jazz Festival * Arundel Festival B * Barnes Film Festival * Bath Fringe Festival *Bath International Music Festival * Bath Literature Festival * Beached Festival in Scarboroug ...

* List of festivals in the United States * List of festivals in Vietnam

Continent

* List of festivals in Africa * List of festivals in Asia * List of festivals in Europe *

List of festivals in North America A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...

* List of festivals in Oceania * List of festivals in South America

Sublists by type or topic

Cultural, Religious, and/or Folk

The following lists are for cultural festivals by culture, with location of origin: * List of Buddhist festivals * List of Bohol festivals (Philippines) *

List of carnivals around the world Caribbean Carnival is the term used in the English speaking world for a series of events, held annually throughout almost the whole year in many Caribbean islands and worldwide. The Caribbean's carnivals have several common themes, all originati ...

* List of Celtic festivals (United Kingdom) * List of Christian music festivals (Europe) * Cornish festivals (United Kingdom) * List of Feria (Spain) * List of Festival of Faiths *

List of 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. Handicr ...

* List of Hindu festivals (India and Pakistan) *

List of festivals of Maharashtrian Brahmins Hindu Marathi people celebrate several festivals during the year. These include Gudi Padwa, Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, Narali Pournima, Mangala Gaur, Janmashtami, Ganeshotsav, Kojagiri, Diwali, Khandoba Festival (Champa Shashthi), Makar Sankr ...

(India) * List of Muslim festivals (Asia) *

List of neo-pagan festivals and events Events organized for, or largely attended by, members of Neopagan spiritual paths: often planned around the Wheel of the Year or coinciding with adjacent phases of the Moon. Festivals * Council of Magickal Arts * Faerieworlds * Free Spirit Gathe ...

List of Sikh festivals This is the list of festivals observed by the followers of the Sikh religion. Other Sikh festivals There are some other (around 45) festivals that are celebrated at a much smaller scale with some being centred in particular regions or towns that ...

(India and Pakistan) *

List of Sindhi festivals One of the first civilizations of human history, the Sindhis have a rich and clearly distinct cultural heritage and are very festive. The most important festival for Hindu Sindhis is the birthday of Lord Jhoolelal and Cheti Chand. Sindhi Hindu ...

(India and Pakistan) * Tibetan festivals (Tibet)

Seasonal

* List of winter festivals

Fairs, expositions, and shows

List of world expositions The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) sanctions world expositions. Some have been recognised retrospectively because they took place before the BIE came into existence. The designation "World Exposition" refers to a class of the largest ...

* List of steam fairs *

List of Renaissance fairs This is a list of Renaissance faires and other Medieval-themed faires worldwide. North America United States Included below are the permanent-site fairs in the United States which are either notably long running, which regularly have had at lea ...

* List of world's fairs * List of major trade fairs

Sporting

List of hot air balloon festivals Hot air balloon festivals are held annually in many places throughout the year, allowing hot air balloons operators to gather- as well as for the general public- to participate in various activities. They can include races; evening "night glows" ...

List of kite festivals This is a list of kite festivals. Annual kite festivals . See also *Sport kite *Kite External linksDrachen Foundation's 10 best kite festivals References {{Kites Kite festivals Kite A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-t ...

Theater, dance, and performing arts

* List of theatre festivals **

List of improvisational theater festivals Improvisational-theater festivals, also known as improv-comedy festivals or improv festivals, are venues where multiple improvisational-theater groups perform. They are usually not limited by improvisational style, though they may limit entrant ...

List of opera festivals This is an inclusive list of opera festivals and summer opera seasons, and music festivals which have opera productions. This list may have some overlap with list of early music festivals. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition, ...

* List of contact improvisation festivals

Flower and/or garden

* List of garden festivals * List of tulip festivals * List of dogwood festivals * List of strawberry festivals

Music

List of music festivals A list of music festivals around the world. A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, ...

** List of music festivals by year ** List of music festivals by genre ** List of music festivals by region

Film and television

List of television festivals This is a list of notable television festivals. Television festivals * List of film festivals ** List of architecture film festivals **

List of international animation festivals This is a list of past and present international animation festivals. These festivals include only animation and accept submissions from around the world. They often show an international program of independent, student, and commercial work. They m ...

** List of machinima festivals **

List of regional animation festivals This is a list of past and present regional animation festivals. These festivals include only animation and generally limit their submissions to a particular region of the world, or even a single country. They often show a program of independent, ...

Food and drink

* List of food and drink festivals ** List of food festivals in the United Kingdom ** List of food festivals in Wales ** List of Florida food festivals ** List of Virginia food festivals * List of wine festivals *List of Sauerkraut Days celebrations *List of vegetarian festivals

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Festivals Lists of festivals,