Calendar / May 2027
What's on in May 2027
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7 events in May 2027.
Prague Spring International Music Festival
Prague · Czechia
Music & Culture Festivals
About three weeks from mid-May into early June each year across Prague's concert halls, opening on 12 May with Smetana's Ma vlast. Upcoming: 12 May to 4 June 2026 (81st edition); a 2027 edition is expected mid-May to early June.
Dates & details →Festival International de Jazz de Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis · Senegal
Music & Culture Festivals
About five nights in mid-May each year on Place Baya in Saint-Louis. Upcoming: 13 to 17 May 2026 (34th edition); a 2027 edition is expected in mid-May.
Dates & details →Echternach Hopping Procession
Echternach · Luxembourg
Witness / Attend
Held once a year on Whit Tuesday, the Tuesday after Pentecost, in the streets of Echternach, ending at the Basilica of Saint Willibrord. Organised by the Willibrordus-Bauverein and inscribed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2010. The date moves with Easter between mid-May and mid-June: next on 18 May 2027, then around 6 June 2028; it repeats every Whit Tuesday.
Dates & details →Gran Carnaval Internacional de La Ceiba
La Ceiba · Honduras
Music & Culture Festivals
Held on a Saturday in May each year as the climax of the Feria Isidra, honouring San Isidro, on Avenida San Isidro in La Ceiba. Upcoming: 23 May 2026 (54th edition); a 2027 edition is expected in May.
Dates & details →Festspillene i Bergen
Bergen · Norway
Music at the Source
The festival runs about 15 days from late May.
Dates & details →MTN Bushfire
Malkerns · Eswatini
Music & Culture Festivals
Held annually over the last weekend of May at House on Fire in the Malkerns Valley, a three-day Pan-African music and arts festival organised by the House on Fire arts venue. The 19th edition runs 29 to 31 May 2026; the 20th is expected in late May 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Sydney
Sydney · Australia
Witness / Attend
Annual, roughly three and a half weeks from late May into the June long weekend.
Dates & details →In season in May
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