If you want to visit Madagascar and catch a holiday or festival, check out our calendar. Besides traditional holidays like New Year's Eve and Christmas like March 8, there are many distinctive festivals.
December 25 is Catholic Christmas, with locals heading out for a picnic during the day and concerts in the evening. There are celebrations in every major city
December 30 - Anniversary of the Republic of Madagascar, which was formed in 1975.
January 1 - New Year
First decade/mid-March - Malagasy New Year "Alahamandi", celebrated for two days, dancing to traditional music. Ritual ceremonies and processions take place.
March 29 - Heroes' Memorial Day, the date of the start of the 1947 religious uprising.
May is a gastronomic rice festival, happens at different times each year
May 25 - Africa Day
End of May - beginning of June - annual music festival "Doniya" in Nozi-bi
June 26 - Independence Day of the Malagasy Republic
July 14 - washing ceremony of the relics of King Bouyna in Mahadzanga
September 27 - celebration of the Patron Saint Vincent de Paul Day
November 1 - All Saints' Day
