Festivals in Ghana
Every festival we cover in Ghana β where and when to go.
Fofie Yam Festival
The Fofie Yam festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Nchiraa near Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of October every year.
World Damba Festival
World Damba Festival is an enactment of the Damba festival of Northern Ghana by Ghanaians living in other parts of the world. World Damba festival was first celebrated in 1999 in Louisville, Kentucky. London hosted the event in 2012. Other cities that have hosted the festival include Boston in Massachusetts, Amsterdam, and Brussels.
Ankos Festival
The Ankos Festival also known as Takoradi street carnival or Masquerade Festival is an annual event celebrated by the people of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Its main attraction is dozens of groups of people or teams dressing in wild outfits who display their skills and arts via dance. The festival is usually celebrated from 24β26 December of every year, and is popular with tourists.
Ndaakoya festival
Ndaakoya Festival is a festival celebrated by the Frafra, Talensi, and Nabdan speaking communities in the Upper East Region Of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the early months of every new year (January and February) to thank God for a successful harvest during the farming season.
Ohum Festival
The Ohum Festival is a traditional festival celebrated by Akuapem and Akyem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated on a Tuesday or Wednesday in September or October and in June or July depending on several traditional factors.
Batakari Festival
The Batakari Festival is a cultural event organised by King Ayisoba to showcase Batakari, a traditional handmade Ghanaian smock from the Upper East Region of Ghana. The inaugural event was held in 2013 and the festival has since become an annual event in Ghana.
Nkyidwo Festival
Nkyidwo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Essumeja in the Bekwai District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the last Monday in November or the first Monday in December.
Sasadu Festival
Sasadu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Sasadu communities of Alavanyo, Akrofu, Saviefe and Sovie. It is located in the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of October on rotational basis. SASADU is an acronym for Sovie, Alavanyo, Saviefe, Akrofu Development Union which marks the symbol of unity and peace among the four communities.
Glimetoto Festival
Glimetoto Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Adaklu Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana. It comprises Kpeve, Klikor, and Tsohor. It is usually celebrated in the month of November.
Gobandawu Festival
Gobandawu (Yam) Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of all traditional areas in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Yagle-Kuure Festival
Yagle-Kuure Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Tindongsobligo near Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the months of January and February.
Bombei Festival
Bombei Festival (Yam Festival) is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Ekyem Kofi near Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of July.
Dzimbi Festival
Dzimbi Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people in both the Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June.
Akyempem Festival
Akyempem Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Agona Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September. Sometimes it is celebrated in October.
Yam Festival (Aburi)
Yam Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Aburi Traditional Area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September.
Sabre Festival
Sabre (Dance) Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Lawra Traditional Area in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of November.
Afringi Festival
Afringi Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Yeji Traditional Area in the Bono East Region, formerly the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated by the decision of the ancestors.
Detty December (Ghana)
December In Ghana, colloquially referred to as Detty December (#dettydecember), is a cultural and festive phenomenon that gained prominence alongside the "Year of Returnβ initiative launched by the government of Ghana in 2019. It refers to the year-end festivities, typically observed from mid-December through the New Year.
Rapperholic
Rapperholic is an annual concert series that was created in 2012 organised by Ghanaian musician Sarkodie. The event was first hosted on 24 December, 2012. He set to headline the BaBa Yara Sports Stadium on 24 OCTOBER 2026 with.
Tidal Rave Festival
Tidal Rave Festival, formerly known as Tidal Rave, is an African music festival held annually in Ghana and Liberia. The festival started in 2011 by the Ghanaian organization, Echo House.
Kpalikpakpa zΓ£
The Kpalikpakpa zΓ£ or Kpalikpakpa festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Kpalime Traditional Area located in the Volta Region of Ghana. The name of the festival is derived from an appellation in Ewe which is "Kpalikpakpa si tu makpata" which means "shooting without recording". The festival is meant to remind the Kpalime people of the valour of their ancestors during wars in the ancient days.
Asafotufiam Festival
The Asafotufiam Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Ada in the Danube East of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the first week of August every year.
Hogbetsotso festival
The Hogbetsotso festival (pronounced Hogbechocho) is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anlo in the Volta Region of Ghana. Some major Anlo towns include Anloga (capital), Keta, Kedzi, Vodza, Whuti, Srogboe, Woe, Tegbi, Dzita, Abor, Anlo Afiadenyigba, Anyako, Konu, Alakple, Atsito, Atiavi, DeΚegodo, Atorkor, Tsiame and many other villages. The festival is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in the month of November at Anloga, the customary and ritual capital of the Anlo state. The name of the festival is derived from the Ewe language and translates as the festival of exodus. or "comin.
Fao festival
The Fao festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Navrongo in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of January every year. It is observed by communities within the Kassena-Nankana Traditional Area to give thanks to the gods for protecting the people throughout the farming season and for granting a bountiful harvest. The festival also serves as an occasion to promote the cultural heritage of the people, strentgten community unity, and bring together natives of the area for social and development activities.
Ashanti Yam Festival
The Ashanti Yam Festival is an annual celebration of the Ashanti people of Ashanti. It marks the first harvest of yams during the autumn season, after the monsoon season. The yam is the staple food crop in Ashanti and most of Africa.
Samanpiid Festival
The Samanpiid Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the Kusasis in the Kusaug Traditional Area in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The festival is one that is used to thank God for a bumper harvest during the farming season. The festival was first celebrated in 1987. The 26th Anniversary had former president Jerry John Rawlings as a guest speaker.
Music of Ghanaian Origin
Music of Ghanaian Origin also known as MOGO is a celebration of music originating from Ghana. It started in 2007. It was initially an annual one-day event but in 2015 was extended into a one-week festival and named MOGO Festival. An awards show was also instituted as part of the celebration. MOGO was created by Citi FM a Ghanaian radio station.
Papa Nantwi Festival
The Papa Nantwi festival is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Kumawu in the Sekyere Kumawu district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, in the month of March every year. It is a cultural festival commemorated by all Ashantis though the cultural events take place at Kumawu. The festival is used in commemorating the bravery and self-sacrificial spirit of their great ancestor, Nana Tweneboa Kodua (I) who is purported to have offered his life to be sacrificed to assist the Ashantis in defeating the Denkyiras, who were their overlords.
Yaa Asantewaa Festival
The Yaa Asantewaa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Ejisu Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August.
Kuure Festival
Kuure Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Zaare in the Upper East Region of Ghana who are mostly blacksmiths. It is usually celebrated in the months of January and February.
Addae Tuntum Festival
Addae Tuntum Festival (Akwasidae Tuntum) is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Kukuom-Asunafo in the Ahafo Region, formerly Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January or in December.
Apomasu Festival
Apomasu (Yam) Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Ntotoroso-Asutifi in the Ahafo Region, formerly part of Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Bayidie Festival
Bayidie (Yam) Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Mo in Wenchi District in the Bono Region, formerly Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August and September.
Foyawoo Festival
Foyawoo (Foryaw Yam) Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Atebubu, Kwafie and Amanten Traditional Areas in the Bono East region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of October. Others also claim it is celebrated in the month of September.
Munufie Festival
Munufie Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Gyaman (Drobo, Japekrom, Suma among others) in the Jaman North and Jaman South District of the Bono region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of October. The people of Mpuasu-Japekrom Traditional Area also celebrate theirs in September. The people and chiefs of Abi Traditional Area also celebrate theirs in September.
Dumba Festival
Dumba Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Wa of the Wala Paramouncy in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September or October.
Apour Festival
Apoo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Nwoase and Wenchi Traditional Area in Nwoase and Nsawkwa in the Bono Region, formally the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in either the month of May or June in Nsawkaw, either November or December in the town of Nwoase and either May or June in Wenchi.
Afrochic Diaspora Festival
Afrochic Diaspora Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival created in 2010 by Amoye Henry, Natassia Parson-Morris, Natasha Morris, and Nijha Frederick-Allen to highlight the culture and artistic expression of the African-Canadian community within and around Toronto. The annual music festival highlights the young and emerging talent from Canadians of African descent through visual arts, fashion, and music.
Kwame Nkrumah Festival
The Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Intellectual Cultural Festival, better known as the Kwame Nkrumah Festival (KNF), is a festival organized by the Kwame Nkrumah Chair at the Institute of African Studies in the University of Ghana.
Tsadidi Street Art Festival
Tsadidi Street Art Festival is a visual art and cultural exhibition organised in Ghana.
Bugum Chugu
The BuΙ£im ChuΙ£u (Fire Festival) is the first Dagomba festival in the year. It is celebrated in the first month of the Dagomba lunar year, the BuΙ£im Goli (the month of fire), and is celebrated on the ninth day of the month. The festival is celebrated to remember the "lost son of a king" during ancient Dagbon.
Kundum Festival
The Kundum festival is celebrated by the Ahanta and Nzema people of the Western region of Ghana. It is celebrated to thank God for the abundance of food at the time of the harvest period of the area.
Akwasidae Festival
The Akwasidae Festival (alternate, Akwasiadae) is celebrated by the Ashanti people and chiefs in Ashanti, as well as the Ashanti diaspora. The festival is celebrated on a Sunday, once every six weeks.
Dipo
The Dipo ceremony is one of the most popular puberty rites practices in Ghana. It is one of the most attended events in the country, attracting huge numbers of tourists. The rite is performed by the people of Odumase Krobo and Shai areas in the Eastern Region of Ghana. A priestess known as KlowΞ΅ki instituted the Dipo puberty rite. The rite is performed in April every year for girls between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. It is used to usher virgin girls into puberty or womanhood. It is performed for girls to show that they are ready for marriage and to cleanse them spiritually. The Dipo.
Damba festival
The Damba festival is the largest festival in Ghana, celebrated by the people of the Northern, Savanna, North East, Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana. In recent time, Damba has become a multinational festival, attracting visitors from all over the world. The festival is celebrated annually in Germany, USA, and UK.
Kobine Festival
The Kobine Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Lawra in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of September every year.
Fiok festival
The Fiok festival (also known as Feok Festival) is celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sandema in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of December every year.
Awukudae Festival
Awukudae Festival (meaning: "Wednesday ceremony") is a traditional Ashanti festival in Ashanti. Like the Akwasidae Festival, celebrated on a Sunday, Awukudae is part of the celebrations within the Adae Festival cycle. The festivals of Adae are not interchangeable, having been fixed from ancient times.
Opemso Festival
The Opemso Festival is a biennial festival held in Ghana to commemorate the iconic birth of Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, the first king of the Ashantis. The title Opemso, first given to Otumfuo Osei Tutu I, is given to Ashanti kings to indicate a fearless and persistent nature in executing plans without giving in to any obstacles.
Kpini Chugu
Kpini Chugu, which means Guineafowl Festival in Dagbani, is a minor festival celebrated on the fourth month after Damba in Northern region of Ghana. It is observed in the Dagbon, Mamprugu and Nanung traditional areas. Naa Zangina is known to have been the initiator of this festival. The guineafowl is more than just a bird in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Kente Festival
The Kente Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Bonwire in the Ejisu-Juaben district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January. Others also claim it is celebrated in July or August.
Dzawuwu Festival
Dzawuwu Festival is an annual traditional and thanksgiving festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Agave Traditional Area in Dabala in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of February.
Akwantutenten Festival
The Akwantutenten Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Worawora in the Jasikan District in the Oti Region of Ghana formally Volta region who are Akans. It is usually celebrated in September.
Sonyor Deng Festival
Sonyor Deng Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sonyor in the Bole District in the Savannah Region, formally Northern region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of May.
Ahobaa Festival
Ahobaa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Enyan-Kakraba near Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June.
Paragbeile Festival
Paragbeile Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Tumu in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January and February.
Alluolue Festival
Alluolue (Yam, Eluo) Festival is a Ghanaian annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sefwi Wiawso and Sefwi Bekwai in the Western North region, formerly Western region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of July. Others also claim it is celebrated in November/December.
Kanton Jina Gbiele Festival
Kanton Jina Gbiele Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Tumu Traditional Area in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Awubia Festival
Awubia Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Awutu Traditional Area in Awutu Bereku in the Central Region of Ghana. The town is in the Awutu Senya district. It is usually celebrated in the month of August through to September. The festival is also known as Awutu Awubia Festival.
Mr & Miss Akuapem
Mr. & Miss Akuapem is an annual unisex pageant focused on the culture of the Akuapem people of the Eastern region of Ghana. The aim of the pageant is to promote development through culture and unity.
Panafest
The Pan African Historical Theatre Project now known as PANAFEST is a cultural event held in Ghana every two years for Africans and people of African descent. It was first held in 1992. The idea of this festival is to promote and enhance unity, Pan-Africanism, and the development of the continent of Africa itself. Activities that occur at this festival are performances and work in the areas of theatre, drama, music, and poetry, among other things. Also, there are viewing of the durbar of chiefs, and tours to various places of interest, such as slave castle dungeons.
Kloyosikplem festival
The Kloyosikplem festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Yilo Krobo (Somanya) in the Eastern region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of November every year.
Adae Kese Festival
Adae Kese Festival ("big resting place") is an important albeit rare celebration among the Ashantis in Ghana. There are two main periods for this celebration: one is Awukudae, and the other is Akwasidae. It glorifies the achievements of the Asante kingdom. It was first celebrated to the achievement of statehood of the people, after the war that the Ashantis had their independence, in the Battle of Feyiase which they fought against the people of Denkyira. It is also the occasion when the purification ceremony of Odwira is performed at the burial shrines of ancestral spirits. Generally, this coi.
Adae Festival
Adae Festival (Twi: "resting place") is a celebration in Ashanti. Considered a day of rest, it is the most important ancestral custom of the Ashanti people.
Asafotu
Asafotu Festival is celebrated by the Ga-Adangbe people of Ghana and Togo. The Ada/Dangbe East people celebrate Asafotu which is also called 'Asafotufiam', an annual warrior's festival celebrated by Ga-Dangbe people from the last Thursday of July to the first weekend of August. It commemorates the victories of the warriors in battle, fought by their ancestor which were all won, those who fell on the battlefield. To re-enact these historic events, the warrior dresses in traditional battle dress and stage a mock battle. This is also a time when the young men are introduced to warfare to become w.
Kakube festival
Kakube Festival is celebrated by the people of Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated to show gratitude to the gods for their protection and guidance throughout the farming season and also to mark the end of the farming season. Itβs also a time when the people of Nandom traditional area rekindle relationships, and exhibit their rich traditions and culture.
Black Star International Film Festival
Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) is a non-profit festival in Ghana founded by Juliet Asante in 2015. It is a festival celebrated annually to bridge the gap between African movie cinema and the global community of movie makers and focuses on the business aspect of film making.
Edina Bronya Festival
The Edina Bronya Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. The festival is a novel Christmas during the Dutch era of the colonial period. It is usually celebrated in the first Thursday of January every year.
Amu Festival
Amu or the Rice Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Vane which is the traditional capital of the Avatime people. It is located in the Ho West District in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the last week in the month of November to December. Others also claim it is celebrated around September or October.
Don Festival
Don Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of May.
Apatwa Festival
Apatwa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Dixcove near Busua in the Western Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August.
Kusebko Larere Festival
Kusebko Larere Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sumbrungu in the Bolgatanga District in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Rice Festival
Rice Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Akpafu in the Oti Region, formerly part of the Volta region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Sungweh Festival
Songhei Festival (Sungweh) is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Sampa-Jaman in the Bono region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the months of June or July.
Kwafie Festival
Kwafie Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Dormaa, Berekum and Nsoatre, in the Bono Region. This event is celebrated in remembrance of the ancestors and it is also meant as purification. Among the many activities, the most interesting is the burning of a large bonfire in the courtyard. The people of Dormaa, Berekum and Nsoatre also celebrate it in November/ December.
Eguadoto Festival
Eguadoto Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Fantes in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August. It is also celebrated by the people of Gomoa Ajumako near Apam. It is also celebrated by the people of Gomoa Pomadze.
Odambea Festival
Odambea Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Nkusukum Traditional Area in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August. It is also celebrated by the people of Anomabo. "Odambea" means "fortified link" in the local language.
Daa Festival
Daa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Talensi Traditional Area especially the Baare and Tong Nayiri communities near Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of October.
Gualla Festival
Gualla Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Lambussie Traditional Area in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of December.
Ayerye Festival
Ayerye Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Akyemfo Nankesedo of the Nkusukum Traditional Area in Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of November. The people of Ekumfi Narkwa also celebrate this festival. The people of Enyam-Maim also celebrate this festival.
Fancy Dress Festival
The Fancy Dress Festival (known locally as Kakamotobi) is a masquerade festival held on Christmas to the first day of January every year by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana. It is a colourful festival that features brass band music.
Dodoleglime festival
The Dodoleglime Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of the Ve Traditional Area in the Hohoe district of the Volta Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in November every year.
Odwira festival
The Odwira Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Fanteakwa District and Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The Odwira Festival is celebrated by the people of Akropong-Akuapem, Aburi, Larteh, and Mamfe. This is celebrated annually in the month of September and October. The festival celebrates a historic victory over the Ashantiβs in 1826. This was the battle of Katamansu near Dodowa. It was first celebrated in October 1826.
Mmoaninko festival
The Mmoaninko festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Offinso in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated every 4 years.
Akwantukese Festival
Akwantukese Festival is a festival celebrated by the people of New Juaben traditional area in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated to mark the epic journey of the people from Juaben in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
National Sanitation Day (Ghana)
First Saturday of every month is earmarked National Sanitation Day across Ghana. First declared on November 1, 2014, by the Government of Ghana in response to the 2014 Ghanaian cholera outbreak, the day is a voluntary clean-up exercise for all Ghanaian residents in an effort to reduce unsanitary conditions that breed diseases and causes injuries.
Godigbe Festival
The Aflao Godigbeza Festival is a festival held in Ghana among the people of Aflao. It is celebrated every year, in the month of October, to remember the triumphant mass departure of the people of Aflao from the cruel rule of King Agorkoli of Notsie. The festival preserves the people's history of migration from Notsie, in present-day Togo. The festival is celebrated by the gathering of the chiefs in a grand durbar with the people of Aflao.
Kwahu Easter
Kwahu Easter is the annual Easter celebrations at the Kwahu South District of the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Year of Return, Ghana 2019
The Year of Return, Ghana 2019 was an initiative of the government of Ghana β along with the U.S.-based Adinkra Group β that was intended to encourage African diasporans, especially from the US, to come to Africa, specifically Ghana, to settle and invest in the continent. It was formally launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo in September 2018 in Washington, D.C. as a program for Africans in the diaspora to unite with Africans. The year 2019 is symbolic as it commemorates 400 years since the first enslaved Africans landed in Hampton, in the English colony of Virginia in America.
Wli Falls Festival
Wli Falls Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Wli Traditional Area in the Volta Region of Ghana. It comprises Todzi, Agoviefe and Afegame communities. It is usually celebrated in the month of September. Wli Falls is about 20 km from Hohoe.
Donkyi Festival
Donkyi Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Mamase in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of May.
Nyigbla Festival
Nyigbla Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Afife near Akatsi in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of February.
Fieve Kpor Legba Festival
Fievie Kpor Legba Festival is a bi-annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Fievie-Dugame in the North Tongu district in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of March.
Zumbenti Festival
Zumbenti Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Kaleo in the Nadowli district in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of April. Others also claim it is celebrated in May.
Willa Festival
Willa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Takpo in the Nadowli district in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of April. Others also claim it is celebrated in March.
Kalibi Festival
Kalibi Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sankana, a town in the Nadowli-Kaleo district in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of April. A festival highlight is the durbar of chiefs, which is a ceremonial gathering that showcases the traditions of the Sankana people.
Ahumkan Festival
Ahumkan Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Kibi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June.
Gyenpren Festival
Gyenpren Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Kwahu Tafo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June.
Adikanfo Festival
Adikanfo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region, formerly Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September. Others also claim it is celebrated in the months of March or April.
AfroFuture
Afrofuture (stylized as AfroFuture), formerly known as Afrochella, is an African music festival that started in 2019.
Igbo yam festivals
Igbo Yam Festivals (Igbo: Iri ji, Iwa ji, Iri ji α»hα»₯rα»₯, Ike ji, or Otute) refers to the multiple annual cultural festival by the Igbo people, held at the end of the rainy season in early August to mark the first harvest of yams and to offer thanksgiving for a successful agricultural year.
Apoo festival
The Apoo Festival is a festival celebrated annually in western Ghana (specifically the towns of Techiman and Wenchi), lasting a week in March and April. The festival is meant to ritually purify the people of social evils, as well as uniting people and families, and includes a variety of other traditional cultural activities. The word 'apoo' comes from the root word 'po', meaning 'to reject.'.
Aboakyer festival
The Aboakyer festival is a deer hunting festival celebrated by the people of Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana.
Gmayem Festival
The Gmayem festival also known as Mgmayem festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Shai Osudoku District of Ghana. The Mgmayem festival is held annually and brings citizens of the area, both home and abroad, together to plan for ways to bring about development. The festival is also held in commemoration of the resolution of famine that afflicted the people centuries ago. At this time on the calendar of the traditional area, all funerals are suspended until the festival is over and urged the people to respect the arrangement and stiff punishment awaits anyone who goes against the or.
Gologo festival
The Gologo festival, also known as the Golib festival, is a pre-harvest festival celebrated in the month of March or early April, at the end of the dry season before the sowing of the early millet. The Gologo Festival is among the major festivals in Ghana and is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Tallensi, Tong-Zuf, in the Upper East Region of the country, serving "to reinforce the community belief in the Nnoo shrine or Golib god", which regulates Talensi agricultural life. During the festival, sacrifices are offered to seek protection and ensure plentiful rain and a good harvest in the.
Akwambo festival
The Akwambo festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Gomoa and Agona in the Central region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated in the month of August every year.People in Agona, in the Central Region, celebrate the Akwambo, which literally means "path-clearing.".
Fetu Afahye
Fetu Afahye is a festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Cape Coast in the Central region of Ghana. The festival is celebrated on the first Saturday in September every year. It is named after the 17th Century Aboriginal Guan Fetu or Effutu kingdom located some 19 kilometers inland of Paramount chief's yam festival and is observed in the form of offering mashed yams to the gods for a successful harvest.
Chale Wote Street Art Festival
The Chale Wote Street Art Festival also known as Chale Wote, is an annual street festival in Accra, Ghana organized by ACCRA [dot] ALT, in collaboration with Redd Kat Pictures and Chale Wote Street Art Projekt. The festival targets exchanges between scores of local and international artists and patrons. "Chale Wote" in the Ga language means "friend, let's go" and its meaning is derived from a type of flip-flop commonly worn in a household.
Asogli Te Za
Asogli Te Za (formerly Asogli Yam Festival) is an annual festival celebrated by the people of Asogli in the Ho Municipality located in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is held annually in September to celebrate the cultivation of yam in the region.
Sometutuza
The Keta-Sometutuza or Keta-Sometutu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Agbozume in Ketu South District in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated two weeks after the Hogbetsotso festival. It is celebrated by the Somey people of Agbozume, Denu and surrounding communities to commemorate their migration from Keta in 1792-94 after the Keta -Anloga War. It is usually celebrated on the 3rd Saturday in November.
Ayimagonu Festival
The Ayimagonu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Dofor Traditional Area in the North Tongu District. It is located at a few kilometers east of Juapong in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of November.
Agbamevo Festival
The Agbamevo Festival (Kente Festival) is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Agotime Traditional Area. It is located some kilometers east of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August. They are Ga-Adangbes. The word Agbamevo means 'loom-cloth' in the Ewe Language.
Jintigi Festival
Jintigi (Fire) Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Gonja Traditional Area in the Savannah Region, formally the Northern region of Ghana. Damongo which is the capital of Gonjaland serves as the epicenter of the festival. It is usually celebrated in the month of April.
Boaram Festival
Boaram Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Talensi in the Bongo Traditional Area in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated between the months of October and November.
Asafua Festival
Asafua Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June.
Nkompo Festival
Nkompo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Acherensua-Asutifi in the Ahafo region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January. Others also claim it is celebrated in September.
Eddie Festival
Eddie Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Wassa in the Western Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January in Wassa Amenfi. In Wassa Fiase, it is known to be celebrated in September. The Festival closely associated with the commemoration of the dead and begins on a Thursday. That Thursday is marked as a day of fasting with feasting beginning the next day, Friday. The Feasting is maintained for a period of one week. In Wassa Amenfi particularly, drums are beaten at the cemetery. Sacrifices are also made to family stools and stools, drums a.
Fordjour Festival
Fordjour (Yam) Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Badu in the Wenchi district in the Bono Region, formally Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of August and September. Others also claim it is celebrated in October.
Nkyifie Festival
Nkyifie (Yam) Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Prang Traditional Area in the Pru West District in the Bono East Region, formerly the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of September. Others also claim it is celebrated in October or December. Others also claim it is celebrated in November.
Nana Abe Festival
Nana Abe Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Abease Traditional Area in the Pru West District in the Bono East region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.
Kobine
Kobine is a traditional dance and festival unique to the people of Lawra area of north-western Ghana. They are also called the Dagaaba tribe. The dance and the festival named after it are celebrated in September and October to mark the end of a successful harvest.
Homowo
Homowo is a festival celebrated by the Ga people of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. The festival starts at the end of April into May with the planting of crops (mainly millet) before the rainy season starts. The Ga people celebrate Homowo in the remembrance of famine that once happened in their history in precolonial Ghana. The Ga Homowo or Harvest Custom is an annual tradition among the Accra people, with its origin tied to the Native Calendar and the Lante Dzan We people of the Asere Quarter. Asere is a sub-division of the Ga Division in the Accra District of the Gold Coast Colony.
Bakatue Festival
The Bakatue Festival is celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. The festival, established at least as far back as 1847.It is celebrated on the first Tuesday in the month of July every year.
Ndiva Women's Film Festival
The Ndiva Women's Film Festival (NWFF) is an African film festival for women filmmakers and audiences, established in Accra, Ghana in 2017. The founder and executive director of NWFF is Aseye Tamakloe. The festival distinguishes three categories: film by women, films for women by women and films by men about women.
Ngmayem
The Ngmayem Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The festival was introduced and established during the reign of Nene Azu Mate Kole, the then Konor (paramount chief) of Manya Krobo in 1944. It replaced the already existing festival called Yeliyem festival, literally means "eating of yam" which focused on the consumption of newly harvested yam. Ngmayen is mainly associated with Manya Krobo, especiallyOdumase Krobo and Somanya and celebrated in the month of October Odumase. The festival is celebrated for one wee.
Kpledjoo Festival
The Kpledjoo Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in late March or first week in April.
Gbidukor Festival
The Gbidukor Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Gbi in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of November. It is claimed the festival rotates between Hohoe and Peki.
Apenorto Festival
Apenorto Festival (also known as Afenortoza) is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Mepe Traditional Area in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is one of the largest festivals in Ghana. It is usually celebrated from July through August Afenorto refers to a period of staying or resting at home. It is a period during which most occupational activities are suspended. Many citizens, both at home and abroad, take annual leave during this period. Activities associated with the festival include family reunions, the settlement of family disputes, discus.
Adaakoya Festival
Adaakoya Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Gurunsis in Bolgatanga and Zuarungu in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated between the months of January and February.
Tengana Festival
Tengana Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Tongo Traditional Area. It comprises Balungu, Winkongo and Pwalugu in the Upper East Region of Ghana. It is also a festival of the Talensis. It is celebrated in January.
Apafram Festival
Apafram Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Akwamu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is celebrated in the month of January.
Asikoe Festival
Asikoe Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Anfoega in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of March.
Apiba Festival
Apiriba Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Senya Beraku, an aboriginal Guan town in the Central Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of June. It marks the beginning of the first harvest of maize which was planted in May.
Kpini Kyiu Festival
Kpini Kyiu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Wa in the Upper West region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Inkronu Festival
Inkronu Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Sopomu near Shama in the Western Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of January.
Sasabobirim Festival
Sasabobirim Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Awuah-Domase Traditional Area near Sunyani in the Bono Region, formerly Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of November. Others also claim it is celebrated in September.
Bob-Ngo Festival
Bob-ngo Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and peoples of Jirapa Traditional Area in the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of April.
Bagri Festival
Bagri Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of Jirapa, Lawra and Nandom in the Upper West region of Ghana. It is usually celebrated in the month of April to January.