Calendar / December 2027
What's on in December 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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8 events in December 2027.
Witness / Attend in Kohima
Kohima · India
Witness / Attend
Fixed on December 1-10 every year.
Dates & details →MDLBEAST Soundstorm
Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over three days in early December each year at the Banban site north of Riyadh. Upcoming: 3 to 5 December 2026; early December 2027 expected.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Konya
Konya · Turkey
Witness / Attend
Runs December 7 to 17 annually.
Dates & details →Sugar Mas
Basseterre · Saint Kitts and Nevis
Witness / Attend
A national carnival season running from mid-December into the first days of January, set each year by the National Carnival Commission. Upcoming: Sugar Mas 55, 11 December 2026 to 2 January 2027 (confirmed); Sugar Mas 56, mid-December 2027 to early January 2028 (expected).
Dates & details →Las Parrandas de Remedios
Remedios · Cuba
Witness / Attend
Builds nightly from December 16, with the all-night climax on Christmas Eve, December 24, every year.
Dates & details →Calabar Carnival
Calabar · Nigeria
Witness / Attend
A month-long festival each December in Calabar, with the flagship parades falling between about 26 and 30 December. The 2026 edition runs its main events 26 to 30 December.
Dates & details →AfroFuture
Accra · Ghana
Music & Culture Festivals
Held in Accra over two days in late December each year as the headline event of Ghana's Detty December. Upcoming: expected 28 to 29 December 2026 and again in late December 2027; dates and venue confirmed by the organisers closer to the time.
Dates & details →Owru Yari
Paramaribo · Suriname
Music & Culture Festivals
Held every year on 31 December in downtown Paramaribo, with the Pagara Estafette firecracker relay through the day and street celebrations into New Year's Eve night. Upcoming: 31 December 2026 and 31 December 2027; the pattern repeats every 31 December.
Dates & details →In season in December
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