Calendar / January 2027
What's on in January 2027
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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14 events in January 2027.
Junkanoo
Nassau · Bahamas
Witness / Attend
Held twice a year in Nassau, before dawn on Boxing Day (26 December) and New Year's Day (1 January), when costumed groups parade down Bay Street to drums, cowbells and brass. The national parades are government-run through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. Upcoming: Boxing Day 26 December 2026 and New Year's Day 1 January 2027; the pattern repeats every 26 December and 1 January.
Dates & details →Accompong Maroon Festival
Accompong · Jamaica
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 6 January in Accompong, St. Elizabeth, marking the 1739 peace treaty and the Maroon leader Cudjoe. Upcoming: 6 January 2027.
Dates & details →Vodun Days
Ouidah · Benin
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 8 to 10 January in Ouidah, built around Benin's 10 January national holiday for traditional religions. The 2026 edition ran 8 to 10 January; the 2027 edition is expected on the same dates.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Vevcani
Vevcani · North Macedonia
Witness / Attend
Fixed on January 13-14 for old-calendar New Year.
Dates & details →Panama Jazz Festival
Panama City · Panama
Music & Culture Festivals
Held each January in Panama City, produced by the Fundacion Danilo Perez, which founded it in 2003. A week of ticketed evening concerts, late-night jam sessions and a large free daytime education programme across the capital's venues. Upcoming: the 2027 edition runs 14 to 16 January.
Dates & details →Samana Humpback Whale Season
Samana · Dominican Republic
Witness / Attend
Annual humpback whale season in Samana Bay, roughly 15 January to the end of March each year, peaking in February. Not a fixed-date event; the whales arrive and depart on their migration.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Cebu City
Cebu City · Philippines
Witness / Attend
Held annually on the third Sunday of January.
Dates & details →Timkat
Gondar · Ethiopia
Witness / Attend
Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, falls on 11 Ter, which is 19 January in most years and 20 January in the year before a Gregorian leap year, with the Ketera eve procession the afternoon before. Upcoming: 19 January 2027 in Gondar; 20 January 2028.
Dates & details →Thaipusam
Batu Caves · Malaysia
Witness / Attend
Held annually at Batu Caves on Thaipusam, the full moon of the Tamil month Thai (January or February). Falls on 1 February in 2026 and 22 January in 2027. A pre-dawn chariot procession runs from the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur to the caves; the observance is free and organised by the temple community, with no ticketing.
Dates & details →Thaipusam
Little India · Singapore
Witness / Attend
Held on the full-moon day of the Tamil month of Thai (January or February), when Hindu devotees carry kavadi and paal kudam in a roughly three-kilometre procession from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Little India to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road, coordinated by the Hindu Endowments Board and the two temples. First walkers leave from about 11.30pm the night before. Upcoming: 1 February 2026; 22 January 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Venice
Venice · Italy
Witness / Attend
Runs late January into February, ending on Shrove Tuesday.
Dates & details →Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza
Havana · Cuba
Music & Culture Festivals
About a week in late January, occasionally running into early February. Upcoming: the 42nd edition is expected in late January 2027.
Dates & details →Goteborg Film Festival
Gothenburg · Sweden
Film Festivals
Held once a year over ten days from late January into early February in Gothenburg, staged since 1979 by the Goteborg Film Festival organisation. The 50th edition runs 29 January to 7 February 2027; the 2028 edition is expected in late January to early February. It repeats every year in the same winter window.
Dates & details →Masopust - Shrovetide Processions of the Hlinecko Region
Hlinsko · Czechia
Witness / Attend
Held at Shrovetide, in the weeks before Lent, so the dates move each year and are spread across the Hlinecko villages on different days from late January into February. In 2026 the rounds run on 31 January (Vesely Kopec, Hamry), 8 February (Blatno), 14 February (Vortova, Studnice) and 17 February (Hlinsko). A 2027 season is expected in late January to early February.
Dates & details →In season in January
Beyond dated events: where January is honestly good, from our featured picks. Every link is a full guide with timing, conditions, and providers.
Wildlife Safaris
- Abuko Nature Reserve
- Bale Mountains
- Belovezhskaya Pushcha
- Bialowieza Forest
- Bioko Island
- Brunei River
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Churchill
- Dzanga-Sangha
- Hula Valley
- Makgadikgadi Pans
- Mole National Park
- Mosquito Bay
- Odzala-Kokoua National Park
- Orango
- Roseau
- Salt Cay
- San Ignacio Lagoon
- Sundarbans
- Tacugama
- Volcanoes National Park