Calendar / July 2026
What's on in July 2026
Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify before booking.
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36 events in July 2026.
Open'er Festival
Gdynia · Poland
Music & Culture Festivals
Held once a year over four days in early July at the Gdynia-Kosakowo airfield, organised by the promoter Alter Art. The 2026 edition ran 1 to 4 July 2026; the next edition is expected in early July 2027.
Dates & details →Keti Koti
Paramaribo · Suriname
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 1 July, a public holiday, across downtown Paramaribo: morning commemorations of the 1863 abolition of slavery at Fort Zeelandia and the Kwakoe monument, followed by the Bigi Spikri parade and street celebration. Upcoming: 1 July 2027 and 1 July 2028; the pattern repeats every 1 July.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Siena
Siena · Italy
Witness / Attend
Two races a year: July 2 and August 16.
Dates & details →Festival Internacional de Jazz Escaldes-Engordany
Escaldes-Engordany · Andorra
Music & Culture Festivals
About a week in early July each year in Escaldes-Engordany, at the Prat del Roure hall with free open-air concerts on Coprinceps square. The 42nd edition ran 2 to 9 July 2026; the festival returns in early July 2027.
Dates & details →Heiva i Tahiti
Papeete · French Polynesia
Witness / Attend
Held each July at the To'ata amphitheatre on the Papeete waterfront, organised by Te Fare Tauhiti Nui (Maison de la Culture), with district troupes competing in Tahitian dance, himene singing and drumming across roughly two weeks of evening performances. Some editions are staged as a non-competitive gala. Upcoming: 2 to 18 July 2026 (main nights 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 July); 2027 dates fall in July and are confirmed by the organiser nearer the time.
Dates & details →Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Copenhagen · Denmark
Music & Culture Festivals
Ten days starting the first Friday of July each year, across more than 100 venues citywide. Upcoming: the 2027 edition is expected around 2 to 11 July.
Dates & details →Fiesta del Fuego (Festival del Caribe)
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba
Witness / Attend
First week of July each year, most recently July 3 to 9. Upcoming: early July 2027.
Dates & details →Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary · Czechia
Film Festivals
Nine days in early July each year in Karlovy Vary, centred on the Hotel Thermal. Upcoming: 3 to 11 July 2026 (60th edition); a 2027 edition is expected in early July.
Dates & details →Savonlinna Opera Festival
Savonlinna · Finland
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually across about a month in July, ending in early August, in the courtyard of Olavinlinna castle in Savonlinna. Founded in 1912 by the soprano Aino Ackte and run by the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Upcoming: 2026 season 3 July to 1 August; the 2027 season falls in July and is confirmed by the festival nearer the time.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Pamplona
Pamplona · Spain
Witness / Attend
Runs July 6 through July 14 every year.
Dates & details →Baalbeck International Festival
Baalbek · Lebanon
Music & Culture Festivals
Held on evenings across July and August each year among the Roman temples of Baalbek. The full programme and exact dates are announced each spring.
Dates & details →National Mask and Warwagira Festival
Rabaul · Papua New Guinea
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over several days in mid-July each year at the Kokopo showground in East New Britain, the successor to the older Warwagira festival.
Dates & details →Pohoda Festival
Trencin · Slovakia
Music & Culture Festivals
About four days in early-to-mid July each year on the former military airfield at Trencin (Letisko Trencin). The 30th edition ran 8 to 11 July 2026; the 2027 edition is set for 8 to 10 July.
Dates & details →Evala
Kara · Togo
Witness / Attend
Held each July across the twelve cantons of the Kozah prefecture around Kara, as the Kabye initiation wrestling. The 2026 wrestling ran 11 to 18 July; the 2027 edition is expected in the same mid-July window.
Dates & details →Ubumuntu Arts Festival
Kigali · Rwanda
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually over about a week in July at the amphitheatre of the Kigali Genocide Memorial, with free admission. The 2026 edition runs 13 to 19 July.
Dates & details →Salalah Tourism Festival
Salalah · Oman
Witness / Attend
Held through the Khareef monsoon each summer, roughly mid-July to late August, on the Ittin plain outside Salalah. In 2025 the festival ran 15 July to 31 August; the 2026 and 2027 editions are expected to follow a similar mid-July to late-August window within the wider Khareef season of about 21 June to 21 September.
Dates & details →Colours of Ostrava
Ostrava · Czechia
Music & Culture Festivals
Four days in mid-July each year at Dolni Vitkovice in Ostrava. Upcoming: 15 to 18 July 2026; a 2027 edition is expected in mid-July.
Dates & details →Tobago Heritage Festival
Scarborough · Trinidad and Tobago
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually across roughly two weeks from mid-July into early August, staged by the Tobago Festivals Commission, with each participating village given its own night or weekend on a published island-wide schedule. The 2026 edition, the 39th, runs 16 July to 1 August; the 2027 edition is expected on similar mid-July to early-August dates.
Dates & details →Yasaka-jinja Shrine / Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Rengokai
Kyoto · Japan
Witness / Attend
Spans July, with the grand processions on July 17 and 24.
Dates & details →Tomorrowland
Boom · Belgium
Music & Culture Festivals
Held across two consecutive weekends in mid to late July at De Schorre in Boom, organised by We Are One World (formerly ID&T). Upcoming: weekend one 17 to 19 July 2026 and weekend two 24 to 26 July 2026; a 2027 edition is expected across two July weekends.
Dates & details →Reggae Sumfest
Montego Bay · Jamaica
Music & Culture Festivals
Normally a week of concerts each July at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay. In 2026 it runs as a single night, A Taste of Sumfest, on 18 July at Plantation Cove, St. Ann, while the Montego Bay venue recovers from hurricane damage; a return to the usual July week in Montego Bay is expected for 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Bajina Basta
Bajina Basta · Serbia
Witness / Attend
The Great Descent falls on the third Saturday of July.
Dates & details →Hill of Crosses
Siauliai · Lithuania
Witness / Attend
The site is open freely year-round; the annual feast (Kryziu kalno atlaidai) falls on the penultimate Sunday of July. Upcoming: 19 July 2026; 18 July 2027.
Dates & details →Lucian Carnival
Castries · Saint Lucia
Witness / Attend
Held each July in and around Castries, with the season building through early July to the pre-dawn J'Ouvert and two days of the Parade of the Bands in the third week. Delivered by the Events Company of Saint Lucia with the Carnival Planning and Management Committee. Upcoming: the 2026 parade days fall on 20 and 21 July.
Dates & details →Isle of MTV Malta
Floriana · Malta
Music & Culture Festivals
One free open-air concert on a night in mid-to-late July at Il-Fosos, Floriana, opening Malta Music Week. Upcoming: 22 July 2026; a 2027 edition is expected in July.
Dates & details →Viljandi Folk Music Festival
Viljandi · Estonia
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over four days in late July each year at the Viljandi Castle Hills and around the town. Upcoming: 23 to 26 July 2026 (the 33rd edition); a 2027 edition is expected in late July.
Dates & details →Festival International de Musique Symphonique d'El Jem
El Jem · Tunisia
Music & Culture Festivals
Concerts across July and August each summer in the Roman amphitheatre of El Jem. Upcoming: the 39th edition runs from about 24 July to 12 August 2026; a 2027 edition is expected across July and August.
Dates & details →Tomorrowland
Boom · Belgium
Music & Culture Festivals
Held across two consecutive weekends in mid to late July at De Schorre in Boom, organised by We Are One World (formerly ID&T). Upcoming: weekend one 17 to 19 July 2026 and weekend two 24 to 26 July 2026; a 2027 edition is expected across two July weekends.
Dates & details →Giornate Medioevali
City of San Marino · San Marino
Music & Culture Festivals
A historical re-enactment festival held over the last weekend of July each year in the old town of San Marino. Upcoming: around 24 to 26 July 2026 (expected, last weekend of July; confirm exact dates on the official site).
Dates & details →Fiestas de Santiago Apostol
Loiza · Puerto Rico
Witness / Attend
Held each year in Loiza in late July around the fixed feast of Saint James the Apostle (Santiago Apostol) on 25 July, with masked vejigante processions traditionally on 25, 26 and 27 July and about ten days of bomba, food and religious events. Community and religious festival with no central ticket office. Upcoming: 25 to 27 July 2026 for the main processions; the dates recur to the 25 July feast each year.
Dates & details →Antigua Carnival
St. John's · Antigua and Barbuda
Music & Culture Festivals
Held every year over about twelve days from late July into the first week of August in St. John's. The 2026 carnival runs 25 July to 4 August; a further edition is expected in late July 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Mostar
Mostar · Bosnia and Herzegovina
Witness / Attend
The traditional bridge-diving competition falls on the last Sunday of July.
Dates & details →Osun-Osogbo Festival
Osogbo · Nigeria
Witness / Attend
Held annually over about two weeks in late July and early August, culminating in the Arugba procession to the Osun river on the final Friday. The 2026 festival ran 27 July to 7 August; the 2027 edition is expected in the same late-July to early-August window.
Dates & details →PANAFEST and Emancipation Day
Cape Coast · Ghana
Witness / Attend
Emancipation Day is commemorated around 1 August every year at the Cape Coast and Elmina castles; the PANAFEST Pan-African festival runs alongside it every two years in odd-numbered years. Upcoming: Emancipation Day observances around 1 August 2026; the next full PANAFEST expected late July to early August 2027.
Dates & details →Cup Match
St. George's, Bermuda · Bermuda
Witness / Attend
Held every year on the Thursday and Friday before the first Monday in August, the two-day public holiday alternating between St. George's and Somerset. Upcoming: 30 to 31 July 2026 and 29 to 30 July 2027.
Dates & details →Carriacou Regatta Festival
Carriacou · Grenada
Witness / Attend
Held over Emancipation weekend at the start of August each year (the festival dates from 1965), with traditional Carriacou sloop and workboat races off Hillsborough and onshore string-band, Big Drum and quadrille celebrations. Upcoming: 31 July to 2 August 2026; expected late July to early August 2027.
Dates & details →In season in July
Beyond dated events: where July is honestly good, from our featured picks. Every link is a full guide with timing, conditions, and providers.
Wildlife Safaris
- Alutaguse
- Brunei River
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Chobe National Park
- Dzanga-Sangha
- Etosha National Park
- Funafuti Conservation Area
- Gorongosa National Park
- Grande Riviere
- Hwange National Park
- Kamchatka
- Kuhmo
- Liwonde National Park
- Loango National Park
- Lola ya Bonobo
- Mana Pools National Park
- Ningaloo Reef
- Noumea
- Odzala-Kokoua National Park
- Ras Al Jinz
- South Luangwa National Park
- Tari
- Torres del Paine
- Volcanoes National Park
- Zarnesti