Calendar / February 2027
What's on in February 2027
Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify before booking.
30 events in February 2027.
JUK Herceg Fest
Herceg Novi · Montenegro
Witness / Attend
Annual through most of February.
Dates & details →Copenhagen Fashion Week
Copenhagen · Denmark
Fashion Weeks
Two seasons: August (summer womenswear) and late January/early February (winter).
Dates & details →Tapati Rapa Nui
Easter Island · Chile
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually across the first two weeks of February
Dates & details →Kurentovanje
Ptuj · Slovenia
Witness / Attend
Annual around Shrovetide.
Dates & details →Busojaras
Mohacs · Hungary
Witness / Attend
Six days ending on Shrove Tuesday (the day before Ash Wednesday), so the dates shift yearly. Upcoming: 12 to 17 February 2026 (confirmed); around 4 to 9 February 2027 (expected, projected from the movable date).
Dates & details →Koelner Karneval
Cologne · Germany
Witness / Attend
The street carnival runs from Weiberfastnacht (the Thursday before Lent) through Ash Wednesday, with Rosenmontag as the climax
Dates & details →Jokkmokk Winter Market
Jokkmokk · Sweden
Witness / Attend
Held once a year on the first Thursday to Saturday of February in Jokkmokk, on the Arctic Circle, arranged by Jokkmokk Municipality in a four-hundred-year tradition. The 2027 edition, the 422nd market, runs 4 to 6 February; the 2028 edition is expected in early February. It repeats every year on the first Thursday to Saturday of February.
Dates & details →Rio Carnival
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Witness / Attend
Carnival dates move with the lunar calendar, landing in February or early March.
Dates & details →Carnaval de Oruro
Oruro · Bolivia
Witness / Attend
A movable feast in February, occasionally early March.
Dates & details →Carnaval de Luanda
Luanda · Angola
Music & Culture Festivals
Held once a year during the Carnival season, in February or March depending on the movable Carnival date, along Luanda's seafront Marginal. The 2025 parade ran from 1 to 3 March; the 2026 dates follow the Carnival calendar and are confirmed by the provincial government closer to the time.
Dates & details →Aruba Carnival
Oranjestad · Aruba
Music & Culture Festivals
Held every year as a roughly six-week season from the first weekend of January to the eve of Lent, ending with the San Nicolas Lighting Parade and the Grand Parade in Oranjestad on the final weekend before Ash Wednesday. The 2027 closing weekend is expected around 6 to 9 February.
Dates & details →Fundacion Carnaval de Barranquilla
Barranquilla · Colombia
Witness / Attend
The carnival runs the four days before Ash Wednesday, so dates move with Lent.
Dates & details →Carnaval de Las Tablas
Las Tablas · Panama
Witness / Attend
Held over the four days before Ash Wednesday each year, Saturday to Shrove Tuesday, so the dates move with Lent (usually February, sometimes early March). Two rival neighborhood tunas, Calle Arriba and Calle Abajo, compete with floats, rival queens, live music and nightly water-throwing culecos. Upcoming: 6 to 9 February 2027.
Dates & details →White Turf St. Moritz
St. Moritz · Switzerland
Witness / Attend
Snow Polo takes the last weekend of January, White Turf the first three Sundays of February, all dependent on lake ice thickness, which organizers monitor and which climate volatility has occasionally disrupted.
Dates & details →Carnival of Binche
Binche · Belgium
Witness / Attend
Held every year on the Sunday, Monday and Shrove Tuesday before Ash Wednesday in Binche, so the dates move with Easter; the masked Gilles appear mainly on the Tuesday. Upcoming: 15 to 17 February 2026 and 7 to 9 February 2027, both confirmed by the town's official carnival site.
Dates & details →Vastelaovend
Maastricht · Netherlands
Witness / Attend
Held on the three days before Ash Wednesday (Sunday to Tuesday), so the date moves with the church calendar, usually in February and sometimes early March. In Maastricht it is organized by the city carnival association Vereniging De Tempeleers and opens with the hoisting of the Mooswief over the Markt. Next editions 7 to 9 February 2027 and 27 to 29 February 2028.
Dates & details →Trinidad Carnival
Port of Spain · Trinidad and Tobago
Witness / Attend
Carnival climaxes on Carnival Monday and Tuesday, the two days before Ash Wednesday, so the dates move with the Christian calendar between early February and early March. The Panorama steelband final falls on the Saturday before, Dimanche Gras on the Sunday, and J'ouvert in the pre-dawn dark of Carnival Monday. Carnival 2027 is Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 February; 2028 is expected on 28 and 29 February.
Dates & details →Uzgavenes
Rumsiskes · Lithuania
Witness / Attend
Held on Shrove Tuesday (Uzgavenes) each year, a movable date 47 days before Easter, at the Open-Air Museum of Lithuania in Rumsiskes. Upcoming: 17 February 2026; 9 February 2027.
Dates & details →Berlinale
Berlin · Germany
Film Festivals
Festival runs 10 days in mid-February.
Dates & details →Argungu International Fishing and Cultural Festival
Argungu · Nigeria
Witness / Attend
Held annually over about four days in February or March in Argungu, culminating in the mass fishing contest on the Sokoto river. Suspended for several years over security and revived by the Kebbi State Government; the 61st edition ran 11 to 14 February 2026.
Dates & details →New York Fashion Week
New York City · United States
Fashion Weeks
Two seasons: early February and early September.
Dates & details →London Fashion Week
London · United Kingdom
Fashion Weeks
Two seasons: womenswear in mid-February, and again in mid-September/early October.
Dates & details →Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival
Yanshui · Taiwan
Witness / Attend
Held over the Lantern Festival, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the first lunar month, around Yanshui Wu Temple in Tainan. Beehive frames of thousands of bottle rockets are fired into the crowd through the night to drive out misfortune. In 2027 the Lantern Festival falls around 19 to 20 February; Tainan City confirms the exact dates each year.
Dates & details →Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival
Pingxi · Taiwan
Witness / Attend
Held during the Taiwan Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, promoted by the New Taipei City Government since 1999. The mass sky-lantern releases run over two evenings, usually at Pingxi and at Shifen. The 2027 grand finale at Shifen is expected around 20 February; the official schedule is released each January.
Dates & details →Abu Simbel Sun Festival
Abu Simbel · Egypt
Witness / Attend
Fixed dates set by the sun: February 22 and October 22 every year.
Dates & details →Envision Festival
Uvita · Costa Rica
Music & Culture Festivals
Annual, late February to early March, seven to eight days.
Dates & details →Mashramani
Georgetown · Guyana
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 23 February, Guyana's Republic Day, with a month of costume, calypso, chutney and steel-pan competitions building to the big float-and-costume parade through Georgetown. The 2026 parade ran on 23 February; Mashramani returns on 23 February 2027.
Dates & details →Milan Fashion Week
Milan · Italy
Fashion Weeks
Womenswear: late February/early March and mid-September.
Dates & details →N'cwala
Chipata · Zambia
Witness / Attend
Held once a year on the last Saturday of February at Mutenguleni village, near Chipata in Zambia's Eastern Province, as the Ngoni first-fruits ceremony. The Ngoni paramount chief presides, tasting the first produce of the season, and warriors perform the ingoma war dance. The ceremony in its modern form was revived in 1980. Upcoming: the 2026 N'cwala was held on 28 February 2026; the 2027 ceremony is expected on 27 February 2027.
Dates & details →FESPACO
Ouagadougou · Burkina Faso
Film Festivals
Held once every two years, in the odd years, over about a week from late February into early March, across the cinemas of Ouagadougou. The 29th edition ran from 22 February to 1 March 2025; the 30th is confirmed for 27 February to 6 March 2027.
Dates & details →In season in February
Beyond dated events: where February 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
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Churchill
- Dzanga-Sangha
- Hula Valley
- Iwokrama Forest
- Makgadikgadi Pans
- Mole National Park
- Mosquito Bay
- Orango
- Roseau
- Salt Cay
- San Ignacio Lagoon
- Sundarbans
- Tacugama
- Tai National Park
- Volcanoes National Park