Copenhagen

Festivals and Annual Events

This comprises of flashy jazz concerts, award ceremonies, competitions, children’s programs and presents international and national artists. It occurs towards the end of January.

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Festivals and events in Copenhagen

Showing 1–24 of 41 festivals

Plan around 41 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.

Vinter Jazz (Winter Jazz)

This comprises of flashy jazz concerts, award ceremonies, competitions, children’s programs and presents international and national artists. It occurs towards the end of January.

New Year’s Flea Market

Visit the flea market organized at the Forum in the middle of January and find a wide variety of Danish handicrafts at reasonable prices.

Copenhagen Fashion Festival-Fashion Week for All

Copenhagen Fashion Week is the right place to go to learn about the latest fashion trends. Events that take place during this week include competitions, fashion shows and a shopping extravaganza!

It is known as the most popular fashion event of the Scandinavian Fashion Industry. Millions of fashion lovers gather here every year to witness fashion shows, glamorous models and purchase fashion accessories.

International Boat Show

All the participants race their power boats, equipment and accessories down to the finishing line at the International Boat Show in Copenhagen. Slow but sure winning the race does not apply here!

Copenhagen Puppet Festival

Looking for entertainment for your kids? Copenhagen offers a forum to collect puppeteers, organizers and people of ages from all around the world.

Copenhagen Sakura Festival

The Copenhagen Sakura Festival is a Japanese festival with Japanese food, martial arts, Japanese music all on display.

Rabbit Hopping Festival

As bizarre as it sounds, the Rabbit Hopping Festival is a unique custom in Copenhagen. Danes hop their rabbits as if on a marathon and the excited spectators applaud in admiration.

Queen Margrethe’s Birthday

An annual parade to celebrate the royal event of Queen Margrethe’s Birthday.

Copenhagen Photo Festival

It enables artists from all around the world to gather together and exhibit their work on buildings, art galleries, public squares and the like.

Komiks Festival

Known as Denmark’s largest comic festivals, the Komiks Festival brings together writers, artists, cartoonists from all over.

Tango festival

Held annually, this festival is organized by the non-profit Copenhagen Tango Society. The society welcomes anyone who wishes to take part in the festival.

Copenhagen Carnival

Copenhagen is known as the hub of all music festivities. The Copenhagen Carnival is an event solely attributed to promoting World Music with 120 bands, 2000 dancers and an audience of over 100,000.

Copenhagen marathon

The annual marathon race attracts participants from all around the world. It requires participants to race on a traffic-free course which runs through Copenhagen’s most famous monuments.

International Workers Day

Concerts, speeches, rallies and the like attract more than a 100,000 tourists and add to the festivities, two mobile amusement parks also station themselves on the vicinity.

Green Mermaid Festival

As suggested by the name, the festival focuses on a cleaner and greener environment. Various awareness campaigns are aired and the importance of an environmental friendly city.

Roskilde Festival

Started in 1971, the Roskilde Festival has become one of the five biggest music festivals in all of Europe. It was initiated by two students and now is organized by a non-profit Roskilde Foundation.

Copenhagen Distortion

Help for the first time in 1998, the Copenhagen Distortion Festival continues to promote and celebrate the culture of art and music.

Midsummer Eve

This is the time to kick off your shoes and spend a beautiful day at the beach with bonfires, music, dance and much more.

Danish Derby

It is known as the most cultured events in all of Denmark since its origin in 1910 and attracts around 6 to 8000 spectators.

Copenhagen Jazz Festival

Founded in 1979, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival still holds appeal for the masses of about a quarter of a million people who visit yearly.

Copenhagen Summer Festival

Another attraction Copenhagen offers to its tourists is its Summer Festival which aims at holding 12 concerts in 12 days! It begins on the 25th of July with Charlottenborg palace as its historical venue.

STRØM

Another annual music festival which takes place not only in the nightclubs but also at the strategic locations like Vega, Culture Box and Nadsat.

Copenhagen Fashion Fair

the fair targeted women with Danish and Scandinavian fashion tastes. Attracting 50,000 tourists and over 21,000 exhibitors, the Fair hasn’t lost its appeal.