Calendar / August 2027
What's on in August 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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12 events in August 2027.
Witness / Attend in Sinj
Sinj · Croatia
Witness / Attend
Held annually on a Sunday in early August, customarily the first Sunday.
Dates & details →Medeltidsveckan (Medieval Week)
Visby · Sweden
Witness / Attend
Held once a year over eight days in early August in Visby on Gotland, staged since 1984 by the association Medeltidsveckan pa Gotland. The 2026 edition runs 2 to 9 August; the 2027 edition is expected in early August, in week 31 or 32. It repeats every year in early August.
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 →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 →Liechtenstein National Day (Staatsfeiertag)
Vaduz · Liechtenstein
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 15 August, Liechtenstein's National Day, in and around Vaduz Castle and the capital's Stadtle. Upcoming: 15 August 2026 (confirmed); 15 August 2027 (expected).
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 →Witness / Attend in Siena
Siena · Italy
Witness / Attend
Two races a year: July 2 and August 16.
Dates & details →Mount Hagen Cultural Show
Mount Hagen · Papua New Guinea
Witness / Attend
Held on a weekend in mid-August each year, usually the third weekend, at Queen's Park in Mount Hagen.
Dates & details →Umhlanga Reed Dance
Ludzidzini · Eswatini
Witness / Attend
Held once a year in late August at the Ludzidzini royal residence, an eight-day national ceremony culminating in a main dance day that is a public holiday. Dates are set by the Swazi royal household from ancestral astrology and announced only weeks ahead. The 2026 main day is expected on or around 31 August; the 2027 ceremony is expected in late August.
Dates & details →Air Guitar World Championships
Oulu · Finland
Witness / Attend
Held annually in late August in Oulu, northern Finland, produced by Airnest Productions, with a two-evening world final. First staged in 1996, the contest judges sixty-second air-guitar routines on technical merit, stage presence and airness. Upcoming: 2026 championship 26 to 29 August, world final 28 to 29 August; the 2027 edition is expected in late August and confirmed by the organiser nearer the time.
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 →In season in August
Beyond dated events: where August 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
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- 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
- Noumea
- Odzala-Kokoua National Park
- Ras Al Jinz
- South Luangwa National Park
- Tari
- Torres del Paine
- Volcanoes National Park
- Zarnesti