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Festivals in September 2027

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

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A giant lizard-shaped kite flying over the crowd at the Bali Kite Festival
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$$$$
A light projection covering a historic building facade at the Singapore Night Festival
Aug 20 – Sep 4, 2027est.

Singapore Night Festival

Sixteen free nights of projection-mapped facades and light art in Bras Basah.Bugis

Singapore, Singapore$$$$
A dancer in a deep woven hat dancing through the night streets at Owara Kaze no Bon
Sep 1–3, 2027est.

Owara Kaze no Bon

Three hushed nights of braided-hat dancers and kokyū strings in lantern-lit Yatsuo

Toyama, Japan$$$$
Colorful silk lanterns glowing in Hoi An
Sep 12–15, 2027est.

Tết Trung Thu

Star lanterns, lion dances and mooncakes light Hoi An's Old Town at the eighth full moon

Hoi An, Vietnam$$$$
Performers carry the Tai Hang Fire Dragon, bristling with burning incense sticks, through a night crowd at a Hong Kong performance
Sep 14–16, 2027est.

Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance

A 67m dragon of smouldering incense snakes through Tai Hang's lanes for three nights

Hong Kong, Hong Kong$$$$
A giant white hahoe mask sculpture towering over visitors at the Andong Mask Dance Festival
Sep 24 – Oct 3, 2027est.

Andong Mask Dance Festival

About ten autumn days of masked satire: UNESCO talchum and troupes from abroad

Andong, South Korea$$$$
A brass band in traditional costume marches past the Fruchtsäule at the Cannstatter Volksfest
Sep 24 – Oct 10, 2027est.

Cannstatter Volksfest

Stuttgart's answer to Oktoberfest: beer tents, a fruit column and Swabian swagger

Stuttgart, Germany$$$$