Calendar / July 2027
What's on in July 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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17 events in July 2027 for Witness / Attend.
Keti Koti
Paramaribo · Suriname
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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
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Two races a year: July 2 and August 16.
Dates & details →Fiesta del Fuego (Festival del Caribe)
Santiago de Cuba · Cuba
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First week of July each year, most recently July 3 to 9. Upcoming: early July 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Yerevan
Yerevan · Armenia
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Vardavar falls ninety-eight days after Armenian Easter.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Pamplona
Pamplona · Spain
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Runs July 6 through July 14 every year.
Dates & details →Evala
Kara · Togo
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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 →Naadam Festival
Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia
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Held every year on 11-13 July as a national holiday, with the main National Naadam in Ulaanbaatar's National Sports Stadium and smaller naadams across the provinces the same week. Upcoming: 11-13 July 2027.
Dates & details →Salalah Tourism Festival
Salalah · Oman
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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 →Yasaka-jinja Shrine / Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Rengokai
Kyoto · Japan
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Spans July, with the grand processions on July 17 and 24.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Bajina Basta
Bajina Basta · Serbia
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The Great Descent falls on the third Saturday of July.
Dates & details →Hill of Crosses
Siauliai · Lithuania
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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
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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 →Witness / Attend in Mostar
Mostar · Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The traditional bridge-diving competition falls on the last Sunday of July.
Dates & details →PANAFEST and Emancipation Day
Cape Coast · Ghana
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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 →Osun-Osogbo Festival
Osogbo · Nigeria
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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 →Cup Match
St. George's, Bermuda · Bermuda
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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
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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