January

Specific dates Australia 20th-29th January 2006: Tamworth Country Music Festival, Australia's largest country music festival [1], Tamworth, northern New South Wales Every year Fixed dates Global 1st: New Years Day (Gregorian calendar) - all night parties and celebrations including fireworks displays in cities and locations worldwide, but especially Western ones 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 Movable dates Global Late January or early February: Chinese New Year, celebrated in China, Singapore and anywhere where there are large concentrations of Chinese Australia Australia's largest country music festival [2] is held in Tamworth, northern New South Wales South Korea Late January or early February: Korean Lunar New Year (Seollal), South Korea 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