Festivals in May
172 Festivals
Countries
🎬 Film & media
Cannes Film Festival
annual film festival held in Cannes, France Cannes · France
🗓️ May 2027
since 1946
🎬 Film & media
Directors' Fortnight
independent section held in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival Cannes · France
🗓️ May
since 1969
🎬 Film & media
San Francisco International Film Festival
annual film festival held in San Francisco, California, USA San Francisco · United States of America
🗓️ May 2027
since 1957
🎬 Film & media
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
annual film festival held in Oberhausen, Germany Oberhausen · Germany
🗓️ May 2027
since 1954
🏳️🌈 Pride & community
Moscow Pride
annual LGBT event in Moscow Moskau · Russia
🗓️ May
since 2006
🎬 Film & media
Critics' Week
parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival Cannes · France
🗓️ May
since 1962
🕯️ Tradition & faith
Kanda Matsuri
Japanese festival that takes place in Kanda, Tokyo Kanda Myōjin · Japan
🗓️ May
every few years
🎵 Music
Mawazine
International music festival held in Rabat Rabat · Morocco
🗓️ Maysince 2001
🍷 Food & drink UNESCO
L’Aplec del Caragol
annual event Lleida · Spain
🗓️ May
since 1980
🎊 Carnival UNESCO
Carnival of Cádiz
winter festival in Spain Cádiz · Spain
🗓️ May
🎉 Other festivals
World Science Festival
organization in New York, United States Vereinigte Staaten · United States of America
🗓️ Maysince 2008
🎉 Other festivals
Hiroshima Flower Festival
annual Flower Festival in Japan Hiroshima · Japan
🗓️ May
since 1977
🎉 Other festivals
Ibilaldia
annual festival in Biscay, Spain Bizkaia · Spain
🗓️ May 2027
since 1978
🎬 Film & media
Trento Film Festival
annual film festival held in Trento, Italy Trient · Italy
🗓️ May 2027
since 1952
🏳️🌈 Pride & community
Bucharest Pride
pride parade in Bucharest, Romania Bukarest · Romania
🗓️ Maysince 2005
🎬 Film & media
DocAviv Film Festival
annual international documentary film festival held in Tel Aviv, Israel Tel Aviv-Jaffa · Israel
🗓️ May 2027
since 1999
🎉 Other festivals
Edinburgh Marathon
annual marathon event Edinburgh · United Kingdom
🗓️ May
since 2003
🎬 Film & media
Udine Far East Film Festival
annual film festival held in Udine, Italy Udine · Italy
🗓️ May 2027
since 1999
🎡 Funfair & folk festival UNESCO
Floralies of Ghent
quadrennial exhibition of flowers and plants in the city of Ghent Gent · Belgium
🗓️ May
every few yearssince 1808
🏳️🌈 Pride & community
West Pride
LGBTQ cultural festival in Sweden Göteborg · Sweden
🗓️ May
since 2007
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
Departure Festival + Conference
annual arts festival and conference Toronto · Canada
🗓️ May 2027
since 1982
🎬 Film & media
Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival
film festival Ankara · Turkey
🗓️ Maysince 1997
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Stuttgart Spring Festival
three-week Volksfest in Stuttgart Stuttgart-Ost · Germany
🗓️ May 2027
🎵 Music
2025 National Urdd Eisteddfod, Margam Park
National Urdd Eisteddfod held in Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot Margam Country Park · United Kingdom
🗓️ May
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
BOK fest
festival of theatrical achievements of the professional theaters in Bjelovar, Croatia Bjelovar · Croatia
🗓️ May 2027
since 2003
🎬 Film & media
Children KinoFest
international film festival for children Ukraine · Ukraine
🗓️ May
since 2014
🎬 Film & media
Croatian Minute Movie Cup
Požega · Croatia
🗓️ May 2027
since 1993
🎵 Music
Intents Festival
annual hardstyle music festival in the Netherlands Oisterwijk · Netherlands
≈ 2026
since 2004
🎬 Film & media
International Festival of Independent Cinema PKO Off Camera
Polish film festival Krakau · Poland
🗓️ May
since 2008
🎬 Film & media
Kosmorama - Trondheim International Film Festival
annual film festival held in Trondheim, Norway Trondheim · Norway
🗓️ May 2027
since 2005
🎵 Music
Lundakarnevalen
Lund · Sweden
🗓️ May
🎬 Film & media
Montclair Film Festival
film festival Montclair · United States of America
🗓️ May
since 2012
🎡 Funfair & folk festival
Northwest Folklife
annual folklife festival in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Seattle Center · United States of America
🗓️ May 2027
since 1971
🎉 Other festivals
Rochester Lilac Festival
annual spring festival in Rochester, New York, celebrating the blossom of the common lilac Rochester · United States of America
🗓️ May
since 1898
🎬 Film & media
Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival
film festival Tel Aviv-Jaffa · Israel
🗓️ May
since 1986
🎉 Other festivals
World Village Festival
annual festival in Helsinki, Finland Helsinki · Finland
🗓️ May
every few yearssince 1995
🎵 Music
Barbeque 67
music festival Spalding · United Kingdom
🗓️ Mayone-offsince 1967
🎵 Music
Cruel World Festival
annual music festival in Pasadena, California Pasadena · United States of America
🗓️ May
since 2022
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
Festival TransAmériques
contemporary dance and theatre festival in Montreal, Canada Montréal · Canada
🗓️ May
every few yearssince 1985
🎭 Art, theatre & dance
Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression
Non-profit theatre festival in Zagreb Centar · Croatia
🗓️ May 2027
since 1998