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Festivals in January 2027

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

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Fireworks over the Edinburgh skyline during Hogmanay
Dec 29, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027

Edinburgh's Hogmanay

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

Edinburgh, United Kingdom$$$$
Two men in red ceremonial dress preparing for a vodun ritual in Ouidah
Jan 2–9, 2027

Ouidah Vodun Days

Benin's national voodoo celebration: drums, masked spirits and libations on the beach

Ouidah, Benin$$$$
A Thaipusam devotee holding an offering tray, portrait
Jan 22, 2027

Thaipusam

A million devotees climb 272 rainbow steps carrying burdens of devotion

Batu Caves, Malaysia +2$$$$
Costumed revelers in blue masks and tricorn hats at the Venice Carnival
Jan 23 – Feb 9, 2027

Venice Carnival

Masks, capes and candlelit balls in the canal city's pre-Lenten masquerade

Venice, Italy$$$$
A procession of burning torches at Up Helly Aa in Lerwick
Jan 26, 2027

Up Helly Aa

Torch-bearing 'Vikings' burn a longship through a Shetland winter night

Lerwick, United Kingdom$$$$
Dancers in blue skirts and bowler hats parade in formation through a crowded Puno street during the Fiesta de la Candelaria
Jan 30 – Feb 9, 2027

Fiesta de la Candelaria (Puno)

Hundreds of dance troupes honour the Virgin on the shores of Lake Titicaca

Puno, Peru$$$$
Illuminated ice castle towers glowing at night at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival
Dec 18, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027est.

Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival

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

Harbin, China$$$$
Dancers in blue costumes carrying painted shields at the Sinulog festival in Cebu
Jan 7–17, 2027est.

Sinulog

Cebu dances for the Santo Niño in the Philippines' grandest street festival

Cebu City, Philippines$$$$
A dancer in an elaborate golden-feathered headdress and painted mask at Ati-Atihan
Jan 9–17, 2027est.

Ati-Atihan

Soot-painted dancers and pounding drums fill Kalibo for the Santo Niño fiesta

Kalibo, Philippines$$$$
Priests in embroidered robes carrying the tabot during Timkat in Ethiopia
Jan 18–20, 2027est.

Timkat

Ethiopia's Epiphany: white-robed crowds, sacred processions and a blessing by water

Gondar, Ethiopia$$$$
A giant white bull float rolling through a New Orleans street during a Mardi Gras parade
Jan 29 – Feb 9, 2027est.

Mardi Gras

New Orleans parades, krewes and flying beads through carnival season to Fat Tuesday

New Orleans, United States$$$$