Upcoming Holidays and Festivals in Denmark
- Before planning a trip around a festival, verify the festival dates on the festival's website or with a local tourist information office. For more information about these and other events, visit the official tourism site for Denmark.
- This list includes major festivals in major cities, plus national holidays observed throughout Denmark. Many sights and banks close down on national holidays — keep it in mind when planning your itinerary. Note that this isn't a complete list; holidays can strike without warning.
- See upcoming holidays and festivals across Europe
2023
January 1: New Year's Day (closures)
February 2–26: Vinterjazz, across Denmark (winter jazz festival)
February 19: Carnival (Fastelavn)
April 6–April 10: Easter weekend (Maundy Thursday through Easter Monday)
May 1: May Day (parades, some closures)
May 5: Common Prayer Day (also called Store Bededag, closures)
May 18: Ascension Day (closures)
May 28 & 29: Pentecost and Whit Monday (closures)
May 31–June 4: Distortion, Copenhagen (nightlife festival)
June 1–3: Northside Festival, Aarhus (indie rock)
June 5: Constitution Day (some closures)
June 21: Sankthansaften (also called St. John's Eve; midsummer festival)
June 24–July 1: Roskilde Festival (music and culture)
June 30–July 9: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
July 8–15 (likely): International Jazz Festival, Aarhus
August 2–5: Ærø Jazz Festival
August 6–17: Copenhagen Summer Festival (classical music)
August 12–20 (likely): Copenhagen Pride Week
August 17–27: Hans Christian Andersen Festival, Odense
August 24–27: Tønder Festival
August 25–September 3 (likely): Aarhus Festival (music, dance, theater)
September 1–3: Food Festival Aarhus
November 3: J-Day, Copenhagen (parties celebrating the delivery of Christmas beer to bars across Denmark, biggest in central Copenhagen)
November 17–December 31: Christmas Fair in Tivioli Garden, Copenhagen
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (closures)
December 26: Boxing Day (closures)