The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Oceania, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals,

film festivals A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent date and depe ...

folk festivals A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods. Handicra ...

carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...

pow wows A powwow (also pow wow or pow-wow) is a gathering with dances held by many Native American and First Nations communities. Inaugurated in 1923, powwows today are an opportunity for Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their ...

, recurring festivals on holidays, and

music festivals A music festival is a festival, community event with music, performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock music, rock, blues, folk music, folk, jazz, classical music), nation ...

. Music festivals are annotated "(music)" for countries where there is not a dedicated music section. The list overlaps with List of film festivals in Oceania.

Sovereign states

Australia

List of festivals in Australia List of festivals in Australia, including any established festival or carnival in Australia. Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australi ...

* List of music festivals in Australia

Fiji

List of festivals in Fiji Public holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for so ...

Kiribati

Public holidays in Kiribati The following are public holidays in Kiribati. Dates refer to 2002. References Kiribati Holidays Law of Kiribati Kiribati Kiribati, officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in t ...

The Marshall Islands

Public holidays in the Marshall Islands This is a list of public holidays in the Marshall Islands. References External links {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an island country west ...

Federated States of Micronesia

Public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia This is a list of public holidays in the Federated States of Micronesia. References {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Micronesia Society of the Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of ...

Yap Day Yap Day is a legal holiday in Yap State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), held annually on March 1. It is a celebration of traditional Yapese people, Yapese culture. Common activities held during this time inclu ...

Homecoming Summer Festival

Canoe Festival

Nauru

Public holidays in Nauru This is a list of holidays in Nauru, an island nation in Micronesia. Notes References

* {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Lists of public holidays by country, Nauru Events in Nauru Public holidays in Oceania, Nauru ...

New Zealand

Palau

Festival of Pacific Arts The Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FestPAC), also known as the Pacific Arts Festival, is a travelling festival hosted every four years in Oceania. It was conceived by the Pacific Community as a means to stem erosion of traditional cultu ...

Public holidays in Palau This is a list of holidays in Palau. List References Holidays Palau Palau Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. The Republic of Pala ...

Papua New Guinea

Malagan Malagan (also spelled malangan or malanggan) ceremonies are large, intricate traditional cultural events that take place in parts of New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea. The word malagan refers to wooden carvings prepared for ceremonies an ...

Goroka Show The Goroka Show is a well-known tribal gathering and cultural event in Papua New Guinea. It is a sing-sing held every year close to the country's Independence Day (16 September) in the town of Goroka, the capital of the Eastern Highlands Province ...

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Sing-sing (New Guinea) Sing-sing is an annual gathering of tribes or villages in Papua New Guinea. People show their distinct culture, dance and music and share traditions. Villagers paint and decorate themselves for sing-sings. See also *Goroka Show, famous annual t ...

(music)

Samoa

Public holidays in Samoa Public holidays in Samoa are defined in the ''Public Holidays Act 2008'': In addition to holidays with fixed dates, polling day and the day before polling day is a public holiday in any year when an election is held. In addition, the ''O le Ao o ...

Solomon Islands

* Public holidays in the Solomon Islands

Tonga

* List of festivals in Tonga

Tuvalu

Public holidays in Tuvalu The following are public holidays in Tuvalu. Also, the regions observe the following regional holidays: References {{Tuvalu topics Tuvalu Holidays Law of Tuvalu Events in Tuvalu Tuvalu Tuvalu ( ) is an island country in the Po ...

Vanuatu

Public holidays in Vanuatu This is a list of public Public holiday, holidays in Vanuatu. Public holidays Certain provincial holidays are also celebrated. References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Public Holidays In Vanuatu Lists of public holidays by country, Vanuatu Law of V ...

Associated states of New Zealand

Cook Islands

* Public holidays in the Cook Islands

Niue

Dependencies and other territories

American Samoa

Christmas Island

Public holidays in Christmas Island This is a list of public holidays in Christmas Island. Public holidays See also *Public holidays in Australia References {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Culture of Christmas Island Christmas Island Public holidays in Australia Chri ...

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Easter Island

French Polynesia

* FIFO (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien) in

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...

Guam

* Public holidays in Guam

Hawaii

Aloha Festivals The Aloha Festivals are an annual series of free cultural celebrations observed in the state of Hawaii in the United States based on the Makahiki, the beginning of the Native Hawaiian year marked by the sighting of the Pleiades (''Makali'i''). I ...

* Festival of Lights (Hawaii) * First Hawaiian International Auto Show * Iolani Luahine Hula Festival *

Kawaii Kon Kawaii Kon is an anime convention geared towards anime, Japanese animation and manga, comics held in the Honolulu area. Programming Kawaii Kon currently has AMV and anime screenings; industry, fan, and guest panels; Hall Cosplay contests, Masque ...

Lei Day Lei Day is a statewide celebration in Hawaii. The celebration begins in the morning of May first every year and continues into the next day. Lei day was established as a holiday in 1929. Each Hawaiian island has a different type of lei for its peo ...

Merrie Monarch Festival The Merrie Monarch Festival is a week-long cultural festival that takes place annually in Hilo, Hawaii during the week after Easter. It honors King David Kalākaua, who was called the "Merrie Monarch" for his patronage of the arts and is cre ...

* Spam Jam * World Invitational Hula Festival * Molokai Ka Hula Piko *

Rainbow Film Festival The Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival (HRFF) is an LGBT film festival held annually in Honolulu which began in 1989 as the Adam Baran Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. History Businessman Jack Law founded the non-profit Honolulu Gay & Lesbian ...

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Maui Film Festival The Maui Film Festival is a film festival held annually on the island of Maui, Hawaii. It is based at Grand Wailea Resort and includes film premieres, filmmaker panels, special screenings, tributes, award ceremonies, culinary arts celebratio ...

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Hawaii International Film Festival Hawaii ( ; ) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, th ...

(film) ;Music festivals in Hawaii * List of music festivals and venues in Hawaii * Annual Ukulele Festival

New Caledonia

Norfolk Island

Public holidays in Norfolk Island This is a list of public holidays in Norfolk Island See also * Public holidays in Australia References External links {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Culture of Norfolk Island Norfolk Island Public holidays in Australia Norfolk Isl ...

Northern Mariana Islands

Pitcairn Islands

Tokelau

* Public holidays in Tokelau

Wallis and Futuna

References

External links

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