Wonderful Worldwide Festivals Beginning With 'A'

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Welcome to 2camels' special take on the worldwide fairs, celebrations, holidays, carnivals and festivals that begin with the letter A. We've got a ton of info on festivals that kick off with the letter A in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to festival websites.

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Featured 'A' Festivals

Ati-Atihan (Kalibo, Panay, Philippines)
Festival Types: Mardi Gras, Carnival, Party
Month: January

If you like your religious events with a tribal feel and a heavy drum beat then the Ati-Atihan Festival may just be worth the journey to the Philippines. For three days every January the town of Kalibo on the island of Panay, comes to life with an abundance of colourful indigineous costumes and weapons in street parades where crowd participation is actively encouraged.

'A' Letter Festivals

A RUM DO Summer Weekender (Abergavenny, Wales)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Performing Art
Month: August

A Turkish Sunnet (Ortaca, Turkey)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, Community
Month: Year Round

A3C Hip Hop Festival (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Hip Hop
Month: October

Aab Film Festival - San Francisco (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Multicultural
Month: October

Aab Film Festival - San Francisco Website

Visit Aab Film Festival - San Francisco on Twitter

Aalborg Carnival (Aalborg, Denmark)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: May

Aarhus Film Festival (Aarhus, Denmark)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

Aarhus International Jazz Fest (Aarhus, Denmark)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: July

Abergavenny Festival (Abergavenny, Wales)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied, Music - Jazz
Month: July

Abergavenny Food Festival (Abergavenny, Wales)
Festival Types: Food, Food and Drink, Family
Month: September

Abertoir Horror Film Festival (Aberystwyth, Wales)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

Visit Abertoir Horror Film Festival on Twitter

Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival (Pasadena, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art
Month: June

Absolut Chalk Street Painting Festival Snippet

Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Sport - Endurance, Sport - Extreme, Sport - Marathon
Month: December

Abu Dhabi Festival (Abu Dhabi, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Theatre, Dance - Classical, Music - Classical
Month: March

Abu Dhabi Film Festival (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short, Film - Documentary
Month: October

Visit Abu Dhabi Film Festival on Twitter

Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Board Game
Month: August

Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival Website

Abu Dhabi International Pearl Festival (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Convention, Fair, Trade
Month: December

Abu Dhabi International Pearl Festival Website

Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera, Dance - Classical
Month: March

Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival Website

Abu Dhabi Science Festival (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Festival Types: Science, Family
Month: November

Abuja International Film Festival (Abuja, Nigeria)
Festival Types: Film
Month: September

Abuja International Film Festival Website

Academy Awards - Oscars (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Party
Month: February

Adam Chamber Music Festival (Nelson, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera
Month: January

Adelaide Caberet Festival (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Cabaret, Performing Art
Month: June

Adelaide Festival (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Art, Performing Art, Music - Varied
Month: March

Adelaide Festival of Arts (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Modern, Music - Varied
Month: February

Adelaide Festival of Ideas (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Innovation
Month: July

Adelaide Fringe Festival (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Fringe, Performing Art, Comedy
Month: February

Adelaide International Film Festival (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
Festival Types: Film
Month: February

Adelaide International Film Festival Website

Adirondack Balloon Festival (Glens Falls, NY, USA)
Festival Types: Balloon
Month: September

AdPrint European Advertising Festival (Brasov, Romania)
Festival Types: Advertising, Trade
Month: February

AdPrint European Advertising Festival Website

Affordable Art Fair - Brussels (Brussels, Belgium)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Trade
Month: February

AFI Fest (Hollywood, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

AFL Grand Final Week (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Sport - Ball
Month: September

Africa Festival (Wurzburg, Germany)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - African
Month: May

Africala - African Film Festival (Mexico City, Mexico)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary, Film - Short
Month: April

Africala - African Film Festival Website

Africolor Music Festival (Paris, France)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - World
Month: November

Afro-Pfingsten Festival (Winterthur, Switzerland)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - World, Film
Month: May

AIA Sandcastle Competition (Galveston, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Summer
Month: June

AIDA Freediving World Championships (Long Island, Bahamas)
Festival Types: Sport - Water, Sport - Endurance, Sport - Extreme
Month: November

AIDA Freediving World Championships Video

Air Guitar World Championships (Oulu, Finland)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Music - Guitar, Music - Rock
Month: August

Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival (Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Blues
Month: January

Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival Website

Airbound Festival (Petrcane, Croatia)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: July

Airpower (Zeltweg, Austria)
Festival Types: Air Show
Month: June

AirVenture (Oshkosh, WI, USA)
Festival Types: Air Show
Month: July

Alaska Bald Eagle Festival (Haines, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Birding, Environmental, Natural Phenomenon
Month: November

Alaska Ice Festival (North Pole, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Winter, Snow
Month: February

Albany Tulip Festival (Albany, NY, USA)
Festival Types: Floral
Month: May

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
Festival Types: Balloon, Fireworks, Family
Month: October

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Video

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Website

AleFest - Chicago (Chicago, IL, USA)
Festival Types: Beer, Party
Month: July

Algarve International Film Festival (Algarve, Portugal)
Festival Types: Film
Month: May

Algarve International Film Festival Website

Alkantara Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - World, Multicultural
Month: May

Alkmaar Cheese Market (Alkmaar, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Food, Community, Markets
Month: Year Round

All Souls Jazz Festival (Krakow, Poland)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: November

All-American Soap Box Derby (Akron, OH, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Bizarre
Month: August

Aloha Festivals Floral Parade (Honolulu, HI, USA)
Festival Types: Street Parade, Floral, Cultural
Month: September

Alppipuisto Jazz Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: July

Alppipuisto Music Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Electronic, Music - Alternative
Month: July

AlternaVigo Festival (Vigo, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Metal, Music - Rock
Month: August

Amakula Kampala International Film Festival (Kampala, Uganda)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

Amakula Kampala International Film Festival Website

America's Cup (Worldwide)
Festival Types: Sport - Yachting, Maritime, Sport - Water
Month: Varies

American Black Film Festival (Miami, FL, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Multicultural
Month: June

American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (Stamford, CT, USA)
Festival Types: Board Game
Month: March

American Crossword Puzzle Tournament Snippet

American Fancy Rat and Mouse Annual Show (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Animal
Month: January

American Fancy Rat and Mouse Annual Show Snippet

Amsterdam Dance Event (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: October

Amsterdam International Theatre School Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Student
Month: June

Amsterdam International Theatre School Festival Website

Amsterdam Orange Festival - Queens Day (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: National, Party, Markets
Month: April

Amsterdam Orange Festival - Queens Day Video

Amsterdam Pride (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Pride, Gay and Lesbian, Party
Month: July

Amsterdam Roots Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Music - African, Music - World
Month: June

Amsterdam Stiletto Run (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Sport - Bizarre, Bizarre
Month: March

Amsterdam Student Cabaret Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Cabaret, Performing Art, Student
Month: May

Amsterdam Student Cabaret Festival Website

Anastenaria (St. Helens, Ecuador)
Festival Types: Religious, Pagan, Traditional
Month: May

Ancient Roman Re-enactment (Jerash, Jordan)
Festival Types: Historical, Traditional, Re-enactments
Month: Year Round

Andong Mask Dance Festival (Hahoe, South Korea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: October

Andre Agassi Grand Slam For Children (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
Festival Types: Charity
Month: September

Andre Agassi Grand Slam For Children Website

Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: November

Angkor Wat International Half Marathon (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)
Festival Types: Sport - Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: December

Angkor Wat International Half Marathon Website

Angola Prison Rodeo (St. Francisville, LA, USA)
Festival Types: Rodeo, Bizarre, Sport - Equestrian
Month: April

Anguilla Summer Festival (The Valley, Anguilla)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: July

Ani-Com - Hong Kong An-Comics and Games Fair (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Comics, Trade, Convention
Month: July

Ani-Com - Hong Kong An-Comics and Games Fair Website

Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: July

Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil Website

Visit Anima Mundi - International Animation Festival of Brazil on Twitter

Animafest (Zagreb, Croatia)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film - Short, Film
Month: June

Animatie Festival Zwolle (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film, Film - Short
Month: April

Ankara International Film Festival (Ankara, Turkey)
Festival Types: Film
Month: March

Ankara International Film Festival Website

Visit Ankara International Film Festival on Twitter

Annency - International Animation Film Festival (Annecy, France)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: June

Annency - International Animation Film Festival Website

Antarctic Midwinter Festival (Hobart, TAS, Australia)
Festival Types: Winter, Film, Photography
Month: June

Antarctic Polar Plunge (Deception Bay, Antarctica)
Festival Types: Bizarre
Month: Varies

Antigua Festival (St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Party
Month: July

Antipodes Festival (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Community, Cultural
Month: May

Anvil Shooting World Championship (Bay Springs, MS, USA)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre
Month: April

ANZAC Day - Australia (All Areas, Australia)
Festival Types: Remembrance, Historical, National
Month: April

ANZAC Day -Turkey (Gallipoli, Turkey)
Festival Types: Remembrance, Historical, National
Month: April

APE - Alternative Press Expo (San Francisco, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Comics, Collectors, Convention
Month: October

Apollo Bay Music Festival (Apollo Bay, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - Rock, Music - Folk
Month: March

Apple Hollow Music Fest (Franklin, Canada)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar, Agricultural, Music - Folk
Month: July

April Fair - Feria de Abril (Seville, Spain)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional, Party
Month: April

April Fool's Day (All Areas, Worldwide)
Festival Types: Traditional
Month: April

April Jazz (Espoo, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: April

Arab Film Festival (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Festival Types: Film
Month: June

Araquio Festival (Nueva Ecija, Philippines)
Festival Types: Religious, Cultural, Performing Art
Month: May

Arba Minch Festival of Music and Dance (Arba Minch, Ethiopia)
Festival Types: Community, Music - Traditional, Traditional
Month: December

Arba Minch Festival of Music and Dance Video

Arctic Man (Summit Lake, AK, USA)
Festival Types: Sport - Winter, Sport - Bizarre, Winter
Month: April

Arctic Team Challenge (Ammassalik Island, Greenland)
Festival Types: Sport - Endurance, Sport - Extreme, Sport - Multidiscipline
Month: July

Arenal Sound Festival (Burriana, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Dance, Party
Month: August

Arica Nativa International Film Festival (Arica, Chile)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary
Month: October

Arica Nativa International Film Festival Website

Visit Arica Nativa International Film Festival on Twitter

Arirang - Mass Games (Pyongyang, North Korea)
Festival Types: Sport - Multidiscipline
Month: April

Arran Folk Festival (Isle of Arran, Ireland)
Festival Types: Celtic, Folk, Music - Folk
Month: June

Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Art, Trade
Month: April

Art Car Parade (Houston, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Automobile, Art
Month: April

Art Film Festival (Treneianske Teplice, Slovakia)
Festival Types: Film
Month: June

Art Goes Kapakka (Helsinki, Finland)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Performing Art, Art
Month: August

Art Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Art Moscow (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Fair, Trade
Month: September

Art November (Moscow, Russia)
Festival Types: Art, Photography, Performing Art
Month: November

Art on Cows - Luxembourg (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg)
Festival Types: Art, Bizarre
Month: April

ArtCar Fest (Bay Area, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Art, Automobile, Bizarre
Month: October

ArtFutura (Barcelona, Spain)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: October

Artichoke Festival (Castroville, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Fair, Family
Month: May

Artisans and the Palace (Florence, Italy)
Festival Types: Art
Month: May

Arts in Marrkech International Biennale (Marrakech, Morocco)
Festival Types: Art
Month: November

Arts in Marrkech International Biennale Website

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival (Augusta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Art, Family
Month: September

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival Snippet

Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival Website

Arugungu Fishing Festival (Arugungu, Nigeria)
Festival Types: Sport - Fishing, Harvest, Local
Month: February

Asakusa Samba (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Dance - Latin
Month: August

Asia International Guitar Festival (Bangkok, Thailand)
Festival Types: Music - Guitar
Month: June

Asia International Guitar Festival Website

Asian Festival of First Films (Singapore City, Singapore)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

Asian GT Championship - Zhuhai (Zhuhai, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Motor Sport, Automobile
Month: July

Aspen Film Fest (Aspen, CO, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: September

Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Classical, Music - Opera, Family
Month: July

Aspen Shortsfest (Aspen, CO, USA)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: April

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song (Astana, Kazakhstan)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: September

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song Website

Aste Nagusia Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional, Dance - Latin, Party
Month: August

Astra Film Festival (Sibiu, Romania)
Festival Types: Film
Month: October

At Chabysh (Issyk Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan)
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Animal, Cultural
Month: November

Athens Classic Marathon (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Sport - Endurance, Sport - Marathon
Month: November

Athens Epidaurus Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Folk, Music - Traditional
Month: June

Athens Fashion Week (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Fashion
Month: September

Athens International Film and Video Festival (Athens, OH, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: April

Athens International Film and Video Festival Website

Athens International Film Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Film
Month: September

Athens International Film Festival Website

Athens Tango Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Dance - Latin, Music - Latin
Month: October

Athens Video Art Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Art, Film
Month: May

Athens Wine Festival (Athens, Greece)
Festival Types: Wine, Food and Wine
Month: February

Atlanta Fest (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Christian
Month: June

Atlanta Film Festival 365 (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: April

Visit Atlanta Film Festival 365 on Twitter

Atlanta Jazz Festival (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Blues
Month: May

Atlanta Pride (Atlanta, GA, USA)
Festival Types: Pride, Gay and Lesbian, Street Parade
Month: October

Atlantic Music Festival (Waterville, ME, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Classical
Month: August

Auckland Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance - Various Styles, Music - Traditional
Month: March

Auckland Festival of Photography (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: June

Auckland Festival of Photography Website

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival (Auckland, New Zealand)
Festival Types: Literature, Book, Writing
Month: May

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Website

Audience With the Pope (Vatican City, Holy See)
Festival Types: Religious
Month: Year Round

Audiotistic Festival (San Bernardino, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Electronic, Music - Hip Hop
Month: July

Austin City Limits Music Festival (Austin, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Music - Rock
Month: October

Austin Film Festival (Austin, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Film
Month: October

Austin Wine and Music Fest (Austin, TX, USA)
Festival Types: Wine, Music - Country, Music - Rock
Month: May

Visit Austin Wine and Music Fest on Twitter

Australia Day (All Areas, Australia)
Festival Types: National, Historical
Month: January

Australian Blues Music Festival (Goulburn, NSW, Australia)
Festival Types: Music - Blues
Month: February

Australian Cotton Week Festival (Dalby, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Agricultural
Month: March

Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: March

Australian International Movie Convention (Gold Coast, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Film, Convention, Trade
Month: August

Australian International Movie Convention Website

Australian Italian Festival (Ingham, QLD, Australia)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Community
Month: May

Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix (Phillip Island, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Sport - Motor Sport, Motorcycle, Party
Month: October

Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Website

Australian Open Tennis (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Festival Types: Sport - Racquet
Month: January

Australian Science Festival (Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Festival Types: Science
Month: May

Australian Wooden Boat Festival (Hobart, TAS, Australia)
Festival Types: Maritime, Sport - Yachting, Historical
Month: February

AV Festival (NewcastleGateshead, England)
Festival Types: Art, New Media, Film
Month: March

Avanca Film Festival (Avanca, Portugal)
Festival Types: Film, New Media
Month: July

AVO Session Basel (Basel, Switzerland)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Music - World
Month: October

Avocado Festival (Carpinteria, CA, USA)
Festival Types: Food, Bizarre
Month: October

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