Carnaval
Season or date: Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
The largest celebration with costume parades and water throwing nationwide
Festivals in Venezuela
Discover traditional festivals and celebrations of this country
Festivals
San Juan Bautista Drums
Season or date: Week including June 24
Black communities honor Saint John with drums and dancing
Diablos Danzantes de Yare
Season or date: Corpus Christi
Intangible heritage where dancers in devil masks enact the battle between good and evil
La Divina Pastora Pilgrimage
Season or date: January 14
Virgin procession with million-scale participation near Valencia
Feria de la Chinita
Season or date: Around November 18
Festival of music and fireworks celebrating the Virgin of Chiquinquirá in Maracaibo
Caracas Foundation Day
Season or date: July 25
Cultural events concentrated commemorating the capital's founding
Santos Inocentes
Season or date: December 28
Folk event where people walk through town with pranks and costumes
Kite Los Roques Regatta
Season or date: February
International yacht race crossing the Caribbean Sea
International Jazz Festival of Mérida
Season or date: March
Music festival where the Andean student city becomes jazz-colored
Soho Rumba Festival
Season or date: October
International dance competition of salsa and rumba
Public holidays
- Independence Day (July 5)
- Bolívar Birthday (July 24)
- Workers' Day (May 1)
- Holy Week
- Christmas (December 25)
- New Year (January 1)
- Carnival