Midsommar
LocationSweden
WhenJune
AttendanceNationwide
About Midsommar
The biggest celebration in Sweden after Christmas. Dancing around the maypole in flower crowns. Tables of herring, new potatoes, and strawberries. Schnapps songs accompany every toast. Held on the Friday between June 19 and 25.
Related Festivals
Glastonbury Festival
The worlds largest greenfield music festival. Held on a dairy farm in Somerset since 1970. Tickets s...
Isle of Wight Festival
The 1970 edition drew an estimated 600,000 people, among the largest crowds in music history. Jimi H...
Parintins Folklore Festival
The largest festival in the Amazon, held in the Bumbodromo arena. Two teams, blue Caprichoso and red...
Dragon Boat Festival
Duanwu, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Honors poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in prote...