January
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This is a events and festivals calendar in January.
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- January 1st: New Year (Gregorian calendar) - All-night festivities and celebrations include fireworks in cities and locations around the world, but especially in the West.
- End of January or Beginning of February: Chinese new year - Celebrated in China, Singapore and anywhere in the world with large concentrations of Chinese.
- January 26: Australia Day, Australia - A public holiday that celebrates the arrival of First Fleet in 1778 and the establishment of the city of sydney and from the colony of New South Wales. It is celebrated through community events in most suburbs and cities in the Australia and with big festivals in the main urban centers, mainly sydney.
- It lasts for two weeks at the end of January: Tamworth Country Music Festival[3], Tamworth, New South Wales - The biggest country music festival in Australia.
- From early January to mid- March: winter light, [4], Edmonton, Alberta - A winter festival in the capital of Alberta, which combines Ice on Whyte (an ice sculpture festival) and a few other events, some of them never seen before, to create a winter festival to rival that of Quebec.
- Epiphany - A Christian festival that celebrates the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. The National Bank holiday and the official end of the Christmas season in Spain.
- 3rd Monday of January: Martin Luther King's day
- End of January: Saint Paul Winter Carnival, [5], Saint Paul, Minnesota
- End of January: North American International Automobile Festival, [6], Detroit, Michigan.
- January 19 (20 in leap years): Timkat Festival - Christian celebration with representations of baptism and dances in Gonda and other Ethiopian cities.
- January 1st: Paris Parade Festival, [7], Paris
- January 22-26: Dinagyang Festival, [8], City of Iloilo - A spectacular festival in honor of Sto. Nino, and one of the most popular of the Philippines. The streets of Iloilo are full of people, dancers and musicians. The festival's colors and sound enliven the environment.
- January 22-27: Boracay International Fun Board Cup[9], Boracay - Celebrated on the white sand beaches of Boracay, it is the biggest windsurfing event in the Philippines, bringing together people from all over the world to compete for first place.
- On the second Friday of January: Seijin-no-Hi, a day to celebrate all the people who became adults for reaching 20 years of age during the past year.
- January 1st: New Year in Madeira, wood - The biggest attraction on the island, attracting thousands of tourists every year. It is famous for having the biggest fireworks show in the world, with rockets all around the island. The best places to see the show are Funchal Marina, on a cruise ship or at Pico dos Barcelos.
- January 1st: New Year's Day Wall, London,England - Parade that starts around noon in front of The Ritz hotel and goes to Parliament Square, taking about three hours to reach the destination. Anyone can watch over 10,000 participants on the sidewalk (music bands, dancers, artists, among others).
- Mid January: London Art Fair, London, England - It is one of the largest contemporary art fairs in Europe, where more than a hundred major galleries participate with themed exhibitions, special events and the best emerging artists.
- Last Thursday of January: Lerwick Up Helly Aa, [12], Lerwick, Shetland Islands - A fire festival celebrating the Viking influence in the Scotland, culminating in the burning of a Viking galley.
- Ice Sculpting Festival, London, England - Ice sculpture festival where the pieces are produced on the spot by the artists. It takes place in Canary Wharf.
- January 13-14: New Year According to the Gregorian Calendar - Russians are probably the only people in the world who celebrate the New Year twice.
- End of January: Kiruna Snow Festival, [13], Kiruna
- Early January: Trinidad and Tobago Carnival, [14], Port of Spain, although it also occurs in the rest of the country, in smaller versions.
- End of January or Beginning of February: Vietnamese New Year (Tết), Vietnam
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