January

This article is a travel topic This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of January. Global 1st: New Years Day (Gregorian calendar) - all night parties and celebrations including fireworks displays in cities and locations worldwide, but especially Western ones Late January or early February: Chinese New Year, celebrated in China, Singapore and anywhere where there are large concentrations of Chinese Australia 26th: Australia Day in Australia - a public holiday commemorating the arrival of the convict First Fleet in 1788 and the establishment of both the city of Sydney and the colony of New South Wales, celebrated in grand style in Sydney (especially) and country-wide, with public firework displays and home barbeques Australia's largest country music festival [1] is held in Tamworth, northern New South Wales Canada 5th: Winter Light Fest, Edmonton. This is an attempt at a world class festival of winter in Edmonton. It shall combine Ice on Whyte and a few other events, as well a bunch of new ones to create a winter fest to rival Quebec. It shall run until March. France 1st: The Paris Parade Festival, [2] in Paris Italy Late January: Viareggio Carnival, [3] in Viareggio Late January and early February: Venice Carnival, [4] in Venice Indonesia January 26, 2009 - Annular solar eclipse visible from Borneo, Jakarta, Sumatra. South Africa 31 January to 3 February 2008: MPH Motoring Theatre [5] at the Cocal-Cola Dome [6] in Johannesburg with the guys from BBC's Top Gear show Mid January: Dusi Canoe Marathon, [7], in KwaZulu-Natal South Korea Late January or early February: Korean Lunar New Year (Seollal), South Korea Spain Epiphany day is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. National Bank holiday and the official end of the Christmas season in Spain. Sweden Late January: Kiruna Snow Festival, [8] in Kiruna Trinidad and Tobago Early January: Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, [9] in Port of Spain with smaller events throughout Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom Last Tuesday in January: Lerwick Up Helly Aa, [10] in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. A fire festival celebrating the influence of the Vikings on Scotland, culminating in the burning of a Viking galley. United States of America 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Day Late January: Saint Paul Winter Carnival, [11] in Saint Paul, Minnesota Late January: North American International Auto Show, [12] in Detroit, Michigan Vietnam Late January or early February: Vietnamese New Year (Tết), Vietnam Calendar of events and festivals January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December