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
2015
January 1: New Year’s Day (closures)
February: Vinterjazz (winter jazz festival, across Denmark)
April 2–6: Easter weekend (Maundy Thursday through Easter Monday)
May 1: May Day (parades, some closures); also (in 2015) Common Prayer Day (Store Bededag, closures)
May 14: Ascension Day (closures)
May 24–25: Pentecost and Whit Monday (closures)
June 5: Constitution Day (some closures)
June 23: Sankthansaften (St. John’s Eve; midsummer festival)
June 27–July 5: Roskilde Festival (music and culture)
Mid-July: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Mid-July: International Jazz Festival (Aarhus)
Mid-August: Hans Christian Andersen Festival (Odense)
Early September: Aarhus Festival (music, dance, theater)
Mid-November–December 23: Christmas Fair in Tivioli Garden, Copenhagen
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (closures)
December 26: Boxing Day (closures)