Festivals in July 2027

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

Jun 1 – Sep 30, 2027est.

Bali Kite Festival

Village teams launch 10-metre fish, bird and dragon kites over Sanur to gamelan thunder

Denpasar, Indonesia$$$$

Jul 1–31, 2027est.

Gion Matsuri

A full month of rites builds to towering floats hand-hauled through downtown Kyoto

Kyoto, Japan$$$$

Jul 3 – Aug 19, 2027est.

Taiwan International Balloon Festival

Seven weeks of dawn balloon flights and night-glow concerts over the East Rift Valley

Taitung, Taiwan$$$$

Jul 11–13, 2027est.

Naadam Festival

Wrestlers, child jockeys, and archers: Mongolia's three games under steppe skies

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia$$$$

Jul 18–19, 2027est.

Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival

Carved wax gods on wheeled floats roll through Isan as Buddhist Lent begins

Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand$$$$

Jul 23 – Aug 8, 2027est.

Boryeong Mud Festival

Korea's beach town turns mineral mudflats into the world's messiest summer party

Boryeong, South Korea$$$$

Jul 24–25, 2027est.

Tenjin Matsuri

A hundred torch-lit boats and 3,000 fireworks turn Osaka's river into a stage

Osaka, Japan$$$$

Jul 27–29, 2027est.

Yi Torch Festival

Torch parades, Yi wrestling and mass bonfire dances turn Chuxiong into a fire city

Chuxiong, China$$$$