Events and Holidays in Fiji

Fiji's iconic holidays and festivals.

January 1 - New Year's Eve

January - Oceania Surfing Cup in Tavarua

February - Chinese New Year or Chunjie Spring Festival for Fiji's Chinese community. Celebrated with dancing and street processions.

February - March - Holi, the Festival of Colors, a Hindu spring festival.

Early April - Coral Coast International Jazz Festival in Nadi

Late March-early April - Milad al-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed among Fiji Muslims.

Easter Eve - Easter Yacht Regatta

April - May - Good Friday and Easter

End of May - Ratu Sukun Day (celebrated annually on the last Monday of May). Ratu Sukun was a prominent public figure in Fiji. Therefore, the holiday dedicated to him is accompanied by concerts, dances and sports competitions. For example, the Kwik-Silver Pro surfing competition in Tavarua

May - National Youth Day

June - President's Cup yacht race in Denarau.

June - ANZ Art Exhibition in Suva

June 5 is the Queen's birthday

July - August - week-long Hibiscus Festival in Suva (held in Nadi at the end of July). The festival includes concerts and fashion shows, sports competitions and fireworks. It is also during these days that Miss Hibiscus is chosen.

End of July - yacht regatta in Savusavu

August - rugby tournament in Suva

August - Methodist choir song festival in Suva

September - Lautoka Sugar Festival

September - Fiji Weeklong Regatta in Masket Cove

September - Coral Coast to Bilibili yacht race off the coast of Sigatoka

October 10-13 - Fiji Day (Independence Day).

October - November - Diwali Festival of Lights in honor of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi

October - November - end of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha, Fiji's Muslim festival of sacrifice.

November 1 - All Saints' Day

November 11 - Remembrance Day

December 25-26 - Christmas. Christmas holidays in Fiji are celebrated long and merry. And they begin with the Suva Carnival, one of the most colorful holidays in the country.


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