| Jan 1
|
New Year's Day |
Scandinavia |
| Jan 6
|
Epiphany (religious festival)
|
Finland & Sweden |
| Jan 25-Feb 3 |
Winter Jazz Festival (www.vinterjazz.dk) |
Odense, Denmark |
| Mid-Feb |
"Frozen Waterfall" Winter Arts Festival (theater, music) |
Lillehammer, Norway |
| Held next in 2009 |
Musica Nova Helsinki (biennial new music festival, www.musicanova.fi) |
Helsinki, Finland |
| Before Easter |
Easter Festival (theater, concerts)
|
Bergen, Norway
|
| March 23 |
Easter Sunday
|
Scandinavia
|
| March 24
|
Easter Monday
(closures)
|
Scandinavia
|
| April 1 |
Hat Festival (spring festival) |
Bergen, Norway |
| Late April-early May |
Ole Blues Festival |
Bergen, Norway |
| April 30
|
Walpurgis Night ("Valborgsmässoafton," bonfires, choirs) |
Sweden
|
| End of April |
Maritime Festival |
Bergen, Norway |
| May 1
|
May Day (a.k.a. "Labor Day" or "Workers' Day," parades, speeches, some closures) |
Scandinavia |
| May 1 |
Ascension Day (religious festival) |
Scandinavia |
| May 4 |
Common Prayer Day ("Store Bededag," religious festival, businesses closed) |
Denmark
|
| May 6-11 |
Stavanger International Jazz Festival ("MaiJazz," www.maijazz.no)
|
Stavanger, Norway
|
| May 15 |
St. Hallvard's Day (theater, concerts) |
Oslo, Norway |
| Mid-May |
Flower Festival |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| May 17 |
Constitution Day (parades, some closures)
|
Norway
|
| May 21-June 4
|
Bergen International Festival (music, theater, dance, www.fib.no) |
Bergen, Norway
|
| End of May |
Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese boat races) |
Bergen, Norway |
| End of May |
International Festival (theater, music, dance) |
Norway |
| End of May |
Swinging Jazz Festival |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Early June |
Wooden Boats Festival |
Stavanger, Norway |
| June 2-8 |
Old Town Days (music performances, festivities, www.vanalinnapaevad.ee) |
Tallinn, Estonia |
| June 4-8
|
Taste of Stockholm ("Smaka på Stockholm," outdoor food vendors, www.smakapastockholm.se)
|
Stockholm, Sweden
|
| June 5 |
Constitution Day (parades, closures)
|
Denmark
|
| June 6
|
National Day (royal parades, businesses open) |
Sweden |
| June 6
|
Archipelago Boat Day ("Skärgårdsbåtens Dag," steamboat parade from Stockholm to Vaxholm, www.skargardstrafikanten.se) |
Stockholm, Sweden
|
| Mid-June |
Norwegian Wood Rock Music Festival
(www.norwegianwood.no)
|
Oslo, Norway |
| June 14-15 |
Medieval Festival (www.middelalderbyen.no) |
Oslo, Norway |
| Mid-June-mid-Aug |
Fløyen Concert Festival (classical music) |
Bergen, Norway |
| Solstice |
Midsummer (solstice celebration, bonfires) |
Scandinavia |
| Late June-Aug |
Hans Christian Andersen Festival |
Odense, Denmark |
| July 3-6 |
Roskilde Festival (rock, jazz, folk music, theater, film, www.roskilde-festival.dk)
|
Roskilde, Denmark (near Copenhagen)
|
| July 4 |
Fourth of July festivities |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| July 4-13 |
Copenhagen Jazz Festival (www.jazzfestival.dk)
|
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
| July 12-19 |
International Jazz festival (www.jazzfest.dk) |
Århus, Denmark |
| Mid-July |
Stockholm Jazz Festival (www.stockholmjazz.com) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| Late July |
Cutty Sark Tall Ship Race |
Bergen, Norway |
| Early Aug |
Water Festival (10 days) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| Aug 11-17 |
International Chamber Music Festival (www.icmf.no) |
Stavanger, Norway |
| Aug 11-16 |
Oslo Jazz Festival (www.oslojazz.no) |
Oslo, Norway |
| Mid-Aug
|
Oslo Chamber Music Festival (www.oslokammermusikkfestival.no)
|
Oslo, Norway
|
| Mid-Aug
|
Emigration Festival
|
Växjö, Sweden |
| Aug 15-31
|
Helsinki Festival (music, dance, film, theater, www.helsinkifestival.fi)
|
Helsinki, Finland |
| Aug 29-Sept 7
|
Århus Festival (music, dance, theater, www.aarhusfestuge.dk)
|
Århus, Denmark |
| Late Aug |
Seafood Festival |
Oslo, Norway |
| Mid-Sept |
Dølajazz Festival (www.dolajazz.no) |
Lillehammer, Norway |
| Late Sept |
Folk Festival |
Odense, Denmark |
| Oct 1 |
Rain Festival (raincoat and umbrella parade) |
Bergen, Norway |
| Oct 5-11 |
Baltic Herring Market (fish and activities) |
Helsinki, Finland |
| Early-mid-Oct |
Contemporary Music Festival |
Oslo, Norway |
| Mid-late Oct
|
Bergen Art Festival (contemporary dance, literature, art, www.bergart.no)
|
Bergen, Norway |
| Nov 1 |
All Saints' Day (businesses open) |
Finland & Sweden |
| Early Nov |
Autumn Jazz Festival |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Mid-Nov-Dec 23 |
Christmas Fair at Tivoli Gardens (www.tivoligardens.com) |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Dec 6 |
Independence Day (candlelit windows, ceremonies, businesses closed) |
Finland |
| Dec 10 |
Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony (torchlight procession, businesses open) |
Oslo, Norway |
| Dec 10 |
Nobel Prize Day (businesses open) |
Stockholm, Sweden |
| Mid-Dec |
Christmas Market |
Helsinki, Finland |
| Dec 13 |
St. Lucia Day (festival of lights, parade) |
Scandinavia |
| Dec 24 |
Christmas Eve Holiday |
Denmark & Finland |
| Dec 25 |
Christmas |
Scandinavia |
| Dec 26 |
Boxing Day (day of charitable giving) |
Scandinavia |
