Calendar / August 2026
What's on in August 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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11 events in August 2026 for Music & Culture Festivals.
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Bridgetown · Barbados
Music & Culture Festivals
Runs each year from late June through early August in and around Bridgetown, produced by the National Cultural Foundation. A season of calypso and soca competitions builds to the pre-dawn Foreday Morning street jump and climaxes on Grand Kadooment Day, the first Monday of August. Upcoming: Grand Kadooment falls on 3 August 2026 and on 2 August 2027.
Dates & details →Harare International Festival of the Arts
Harare · Zimbabwe
Music & Culture Festivals
A six-day multidisciplinary arts festival in Harare, historically held in late April or early May and returning in 2026 after an eight-year break. Upcoming: 3 to 9 August 2026 (the comeback edition, theme Up); further editions are planned through 2028 with dates to be announced.
Dates & details →Spicemas
St. George's · Grenada
Music & Culture Festivals
Held every August, climaxing on the second Monday of August (Carnival Monday) and the following Tuesday (Fancy Mas), with J'ouvert before dawn on the Monday, coordinated by the Spicemas Corporation. Feeder events (Panorama, Soca Monarch, Dimanche Gras, Traditional Mas Festival) run across the preceding days. Upcoming: J'ouvert and Monday Night Mas 10 August 2026, Fancy Mas 11 August 2026; Carnival Monday 9 August 2027.
Dates & details →Sziget Festival
Budapest · Hungary
Music & Culture Festivals
About a week in mid-August each year on Obuda Island, Budapest, with a camper move-in day the day before. Upcoming: 11 to 15 August 2026 (move-in 10 August); a 2027 edition is expected in mid-August.
Dates & details →Music & Culture Festivals in Nis
Nis · Serbia
Music & Culture Festivals
Annual, four days in mid-August.
Dates & details →Flow Festival
Helsinki · Finland
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually over three days in mid-August at the Suvilahti former power-plant site in Helsinki, organised by Flow Festival Oy and running since 2004. Upcoming: 2026 edition 14 to 16 August; the 2027 edition is expected in mid-August and confirmed by the organiser nearer the time.
Dates & details →Chale Wote Street Art Festival
Jamestown · Ghana
Music & Culture Festivals
Held in James Town, Accra for about a week in the second half of August each year, free to attend, with dates announced by ACCRA [dot] ALT around June. Upcoming: expected mid-to-late August 2026 and again in August 2027.
Dates & details →Sharq Taronalari
Samarkand · Uzbekistan
Music & Culture Festivals
Held about every two years in the second half of August at Registan Square, Samarkand. The 13th edition ran 25 to 27 August 2024; the next edition is expected in late August 2026.
Dates & details →Electric Picnic
Stradbally · Ireland
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually over the last weekend of August, Friday to Sunday with Thursday early entry, in the grounds of Stradbally Hall, County Laois. The 2026 edition runs 28 to 30 August.
Dates & details →Hibiscus Festival
Suva · Fiji
Music & Culture Festivals
A week-long festival in the late dry season, usually late August into early September, on a calendar set each year by the organising committee. Upcoming: 29 August to 5 September 2026 (confirmed, the seventieth edition, at Albert Park); around late August to early September 2027 (expected).
Dates & details →Teuila Festival
Apia · Samoa
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually in Apia in the first week of September, since 1991. Samoa's tourism authority signalled in mid 2026 that the festival may run under a Samoa Arts and Culture Week banner from 2026; confirm dates and format on the official calendar.
Dates & details →In season in August
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