Festivals in December 2026

9 festivals worth traveling for this December, soonest first. Multi-week festivals show up in every month they run.

Nine autumn weekends of white truffles, Barolo and fog in the hills of Piedmont

Punch, pretzels and a skating trail in front of Vienna's neo-Gothic City Hall

One of Germany's oldest Christmas markets: gingerbread, mulled wine, a golden Christkind

Four December nights when Lyon turns its churches, squares and hills into light art

Whirling dervishes mark Rumi's 'wedding night' in the Konya city where he died

Torches, a castle-lit street party and Auld Lang Syne at Scotland's New Year

Fireworks pour off the Harbour Bridge as one of the first big cities greets the new year

All of Nagaland's tribes meet in one hill village for ten days of song, dance and games

Castles carved from river ice glow neon in China's coldest big-city winter