1,076 festivals · 76 countries · all by the sea

Summer is always on somewhere.

Independent, unofficial directory · Data: Wikidata (CC0) and the festivals’ own websites, checked October 2026.

ZimbabweZambiaYemenVietnamVenezuelaVanuatuUzbekistanUruguayPuerto RicoUnited StatesSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsFalkland IslandsUnited KingdomUnited Arab EmiratesUkraineUgandaTurkmenistanTurkeyTunisiaTrinidad and TobagoTogoEast TimorThailandTanzaniaTajikistanTaiwanSyriaSwitzerlandSwedenEswatiniSurinameSouth SudanSudanSri LankaSpainSouth KoreaSouth AfricaSomaliaSomalilandSolomon IslandsSlovakiaSloveniaSierra LeoneSerbiaSenegalSaudi ArabiaSamoaRwandaRussiaRomaniaQatarPortugalPolandPhilippinesPeruParaguayPapua New GuineaPanamaPakistanOmanNorwayNorth KoreaNigeriaNigerNicaraguaNew ZealandNetherlandsNepalNamibiaMozambiqueMoroccoWestern SaharaMontenegroMongoliaMoldovaMexicoMauritiusMauritaniaMaliMalaysiaMalawiMadagascarNorth MacedoniaLuxembourgLithuaniaLibyaLiberiaLesothoLebanonLatviaLaosKyrgyzstanKuwaitKosovoKenyaKazakhstanJordanJapanJamaicaItalyIsraelPalestineIrelandIraqIranIndonesiaIndiaIcelandHungaryHondurasHaitiGuyanaGuinea-BissauGuineaGuatemalaGreeceGhanaGermanyGeorgiaThe GambiaGabonFranceNew CaledoniaFrench Southern and Antarctic LandsFinlandFijiEthiopiaEstoniaEritreaEquatorial GuineaEl SalvadorEgyptEcuadorDominican RepublicDjiboutiGreenlandFaroe IslandsDenmarkCzech RepublicTurkish Republic of Northern CyprusCyprusCubaCroatiaIvory CoastCosta RicaDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoComorosColombiaPeople's Republic of ChinaChileChadCentral African RepublicCape VerdeCanadaCameroonCambodiaMyanmarBurundiBurkina FasoBulgariaBruneiBrazilBotswanaBosnia and HerzegovinaBoliviaBhutanBeninBelizeBelgiumBelarusBangladeshThe BahamasAzerbaijanAustriaAustraliaArmeniaArgentinaAngolaAlgeriaAlbaniaAfghanistanSiachen Glacier 440 film 254 music 140 arts 16 on the sand
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This month on the shore

Festivals that publish November or December as their month. Open the tide calendar

Pick a coast

Eight stretches of shoreline, from the Mediterranean to the Pacific.

Mediterranean220 festivalsAtlantic Europe88 festivalsNorth Sea & Baltic198 festivalsNorth America East225 festivalsNorth America West & Gulf115 festivalsJapan & Asia99 festivalsAustralia & New Zealand37 festivalsCaribbean & Latin America44 festivals

The tide calendar

High tide is when most festivals publish their month. We never guess one: 280 of 1,076 have a month so far.

4Jan 8Feb 28Mar 27Apr 19May 27Jun 18Jul 16Aug 45Sep 47Oct 33Nov 8Dec

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On the beach

Venues on the beach itself, not only in a seaside town. See all 16

Read the stripes

Every festival has the canvas of its genre. Thin blue is film, wide coral is music.

440Film & cinema254Music140Arts & culture10Family & community9Food & drink10Fireworks & light4Surf & watersports

From the journal

Coasts, seasons and the people who run festivals. All articles

Déferlantes 2027 : le festival fête ses 20 ans au Barcarès

Angèle, Orelsan et Steve Aoki en tête d'affiche : le festival du Barcarès change de visage pour son 20e anniversaire en juillet 2027.

Street art gratuit à la Poste du Louvre jusqu’au 22/11

Un festival d'art urbain gratuit investit la Poste du Louvre à Paris jusqu'au 22 novembre, avec 17 artistes et du live painting.

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