The flower calendar
119 days and seasons of the year in which flowers are the point: festivals, parades, shows, bloom seasons, holy days and days for giving. Dates are worked out afresh every day.
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October 2026
On now, around 11 Sept to 4 Oct 2026Toowoomba Carnival of FlowersQueensland's garden city spends September in bloom, with a floral parade through the centre.
10 to 18 Oct 2026BathukammaFor nine days the women of Telangana build towers of wild flowers, sing around them and float them on water.
18 Oct 2026Double Ninth FestivalChongyang: climb a hill, look at chrysanthemums and drink chrysanthemum wine for a long life.
around 25 to 31 Oct 2026Phool Walon Ki SairDelhi's procession of the flower sellers, with floral fans offered at a Sufi shrine and a Hindu temple.
30 Oct to 8 Nov 2026Grafton Jacaranda FestivalA river town in New South Wales celebrates its purple avenues with a festival first held in 1935.
January 2027
February 2027
1 to 6 Feb 2027Lunar New Year flower marketsIn the last days of the old year, families in southern China and Hong Kong shop for blossom at night markets.
around 1 to 28 Feb 2027PanagbengaBaguio's month-long flower festival, with a street dance and a parade of floats covered in blooms.
around 5 to 7 Feb 2027Chiang Mai Flower FestivalNorthern Thailand's cool-season flowers on show, with a Saturday parade of floats around the old city moat.
around 6 to 9 Feb 2027Fiesta de las Flores y de las FrutasAmbato in Ecuador keeps Carnival with floats of flowers, fruit and bread instead of water fights.
around 13 to 27 Feb 2027Nice Carnival Battle of FlowersDuring the Nice Carnival, floats roll along the seafront and the riders throw their flowers to the crowd.
around 17 to 21 Feb 2027Fête du MimosaA Riviera town celebrates the yellow mimosa that covers its hills in the middle of winter.
around 19 to 21 Feb 2027Chandigarh Rose FestivalThree days in late February at the Zakir Hussain Rose Garden, when its many hundred varieties are in flower.March 2027
May 2027
1 May 2027Lei DayMay Day is Lei Day in Hawaii, a celebration of the garland and the skill of making it.
around 1 to 21 May 2027Madeira Flower FestivalFunchal's spring festival, with a children's Wall of Hope and a parade of flower-covered floats.
around 4 to 15 May 2027Córdoba Patios FestivalFor two weeks in May, the people of Córdoba open their flower-filled courtyards to anyone who walks in.
5 to 6 May 2027HıdırellezA spring festival of Turkey and the Balkans, when wishes are tied to a rose bush overnight.
around 8 to 10 May 2027Kelaa M’Gouna Rose FestivalA town in Morocco's Valley of Roses celebrates the end of the rose harvest.
around 8 to 16 May 2027Girona, Temps de FlorsFor nine days in May, Girona's old town fills its courtyards, steps and churches with flower installations.
16 May 2027Infiorata di NotoOn the third Sunday of May a steep baroque street in Sicily is paved with pictures made of petals.
29 to 31 May 2027Infiorata di GenzanoA hill town near Rome covers its main street with a carpet of petal pictures, a custom since 1778.
around 1 to 21 May 2027Madeira Flower FestivalFunchal's spring festival, with a children's Wall of Hope and a parade of flower-covered floats.
around 4 to 15 May 2027Córdoba Patios FestivalFor two weeks in May, the people of Córdoba open their flower-filled courtyards to anyone who walks in.
5 to 6 May 2027HıdırellezA spring festival of Turkey and the Balkans, when wishes are tied to a rose bush overnight.
around 8 to 10 May 2027Kelaa M’Gouna Rose FestivalA town in Morocco's Valley of Roses celebrates the end of the rose harvest.
around 8 to 16 May 2027Girona, Temps de FlorsFor nine days in May, Girona's old town fills its courtyards, steps and churches with flower installations.
16 May 2027Infiorata di NotoOn the third Sunday of May a steep baroque street in Sicily is paved with pictures made of petals.
29 to 31 May 2027Infiorata di GenzanoA hill town near Rome covers its main street with a carpet of petal pictures, a custom since 1778.June 2027
July 2027
August 2027
around 1 to 10 Aug 2027Feria de las FloresMedellín's flower fair ends with farmers carrying great flower displays on their backs.
around 13 to 14 Aug 2027Jersey Battle of FlowersA summer carnival on the island of Jersey with large floats covered in fresh flowers.
20 Aug 2027Debrecen Flower CarnivalHungary's second city marks its national day with a parade of floats covered in flowers.September 2027
5 to 6 Sept 2027Bloemencorso ZundertOn the first Sunday of September a Dutch village parades huge sculptures made only of dahlias.
9 Sept 2027Chrysanthemum DayChōyō, the ninth day of the ninth month, Japan's old festival of the chrysanthemum.
12 Sept 2027OnamKerala's harvest festival, when a flower carpet is laid at the door and grows for ten days.Dates marked "around" shift from year to year with the weather or the organisers. Check before you travel.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Midsummer: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bollenstreek Flower Parade: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nice Carnival: Honeydew, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Genzano di Roma: Ferdinando Chiodo, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hinamatsuri: Lalupa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Loy Krathong: John Shedrick, CC BY 2.0, source
- Phool Walon Ki Sair: Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zakir Husain Rose Garden: Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bathukamma: Randhirreddy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Double Ninth Festival: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hıdırellez: Правительство Республики Крым, CC BY 4.0, source
- Zundert Flower Parade: Stichting Bloemencorso Zundert, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tournament of Roses Parade: Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view, CC BY 2.0, source
- Jersey Battle of Flowers: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Festival of the Flowers: SajoR, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Panagbenga Festival: lolay, CC BY 2.0, source
- Courtyards Festival of Córdoba: xavier.estruch, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Rose Valley: Avishai Teicher, Public domain, source
- Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers: Sheba_Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Tanabata: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Boquete Flower And Coffee Fair: FranHogan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chiang Mai Flower Festival: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, source
- Fete Du Mimosa: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ambato Flowers And Fruits: David C. S., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Phool Dei: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, source
- Madeira Flower Festival: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0, source
- Kelaa Mgouna Rose Festival: Rachidourkia, CC BY 4.0, source
- Girona Temps De Flors: Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Infiorata Di Noto: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Debrecen Flower Carnival: Nicu Farcaș, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jacaranda Festival Grafton: Tim Keegan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source