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.
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2022
May 13: Common Prayer Day (also called Store Bededag, closures)
May 26: Ascension Day (closures)
June 2–4: Northside Festival, Aarhus (indie rock)
June 3–4: Distortion, Copenhagen (nightlife festival)
June 5: Constitution Day (some closures)
June 5 & 6: Pentecost and Whit Monday (closures)
June 23: Sankthansaften (also called St. John's Eve; midsummer festival)
June 24–July 10: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
June 25–July 2: Roskilde Festival (music and culture)
July 1–3: First stages of the 2022 Tour de France, starting in Copenhagen (then Roskilde to Nyborg, and Vejle to Sønderborg)
July 9–16: International Jazz Festival, Aarhus
August 3–6: Ærø Jazz Festival
August 7–18: Copenhagen Summer Festival (classical music)
August 13–21: Copenhagen Pride Week
August 21–28: Hans Christian Andersen Festival, Odense
August 25–28: Tønder Festival
August 26–September 4: Aarhus Festival (music, dance, theater)
September 2–4: Food Festival Aarhus
November 4: J-Day, Copenhagen (parties celebrating the delivery of Christmas beer to bars across Denmark, biggest in central Copenhagen)
November 18–December 31: Christmas Fair in Tivioli Garden, Copenhagen
December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (closures)
December 26: Boxing Day (closures)
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)