Holiday and Events Guide
Holidays, Events and Festivals
The Travel Notes Directory helps you plan your travels around the world with a worldwide listing of holidays, events and attractions.
Don't get caught out when the banks are shut for a national holiday; remember to take your camera with you to record the colourful festivals; and book well in advance for a place at that special event.
Check out the Travel Notes country pages for links to special events and festival listings for your particular holiday destination.
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Edinburgh
Military Tattoo: (Scotland)
The Edinburgh MIlitary Tattoo celebrates over 50 years of music and spectacle set against
the world famous backdrop of Edinburgh
Castle.
Kadooment Day, the grand finale of the Crop Over Festival, is celebrated in Barbados on the first Monday in August.
1st August
Confederation Day: Switzerland.
Emancipation Day: Trinidad & Tobago.
People's Liberation Army Day: China.
2nd August
Discovery Day: Tinidad.
Freedom Day: Guyana.
3rd August
Independence Day: Niger.
Martyrs' Day: Guinea.
4th August
Independence Day: Burkina Faso, Jamaica.
5th August
Workers' Day: Iceland.
6th August
Accession Day: United Arab Emirates.
Farmer's Day: Zambia.
7th August
Battle of Boyaca: Colombia.
Republic Day: Ivory Coast.
8th August
Peace Day: Iraq.
9th August
Independence Day: Georgia.
National Day: Singapore.
10th August
Independence Day: Ecuador.
11th August
Heroes' Day: Zimbabwe.
Independence Day: Chad.
12th August
Queen's Birthday: Thailand.
Armed Forces Day: Zimbabwe.
13th August
Arequipa Week: Peru.
Independence Day: Central African Republic, Congo.
Women's Day: Tunisia.
14th August
Gohst Month begins: Taiwan.
Independence Day: Pakistan.
15th August
Independence Day: India.
National Day: Liechtenstein.
Republic Day: South Korea.
16th August
Il Palio, Siena:
Continuing in ancient tradition, the contradas compete on horses around the town square of
Siena, Italy, every July 2nd and August 16th.
Independence Day: Gabon, Indonesia.
Republic Day: Dominican Republic.
17th August
Death of San Martin: Argentina.
18th August
Jashn: Afghanistan - celebrating liberation from the British, in 1919, and lasts for a week.
19th August
20th August
Istvan's Day - Celebrations marking the formation of Hungary.
Lovers' Day: Taiwan.
Independence Day: Senegal.
21st August
Independence Day in The Baltics:
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
22nd August
23rd August
24th August
Independence Day: Russia.
National Day: Ukraine.
National Flag Day: Kazakhstan, Liberia.
25th August
Constitution Day: Paraguay.
Independence Day: Uruguay.
Independence Day: Belarus.
26th August
27th August
Independence Day: Moldova.
28th August
Chung Yuan Festival: Taiwan.
29th August
Independence Day: Uzbekistan.
30th August
Children's Day: Afghanistan.
St. Rose of Lima Day: Peru.
Victory Day: Turkey.
31st August
Independence Day: Kyrgyzstan, Trinidad & Tobago.
National Day: Malaysia.
Pashtunistan Day: Afghanistan.
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