FESTIVALS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN GHANA

January
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Adae Kese (State Festival of the Ashantis for the purification of ancestral stools) 1st week	Kumasi, Ashanti Region
Edina Bronya. Local Version of Christmas exclusively celebrated by the people of Edina- 1st Thursday of the New Year.	Elmina, Central Region
Rice Festival (3rd Week) Harvest/Thanksgiving.	Akpafu, Volta Region
Ntoa Fokuokese (10th January) Festival of the god "Ntoa"	Nkoranza, B/A Region

March
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Gologo Sacrifices to the gods for abundant rain and good harvest in Tengzug, the ensuing season.	Upper East Region
Ngmayem	Mampong-Akwapim Eastern Region

April
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Aboakyer (Dear Hunting) late April or early May Ohum Festival (1st Week).	Upper East Region
Harvest/Thanksgiving	Mampong-Akwapim Eastern Region

May
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Kotoklo Festival (in honour of the shrine "Kotoklo" for the role it played in an ancient war).	Somanya & Krobo Odumase, E/Region

July
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Bakatue (in honour of the shrine "Kotoklo" for the role it played in an ancient war).	Elmina, C/Region

August
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Asafotufiam (commemorating victories of warriors in battles and in honour of those who fell in battles) 1st weekend in August.	(Harvest/Thanksgiving) Last Week in August or early September
Bayere Afahye (Yam Festival) Last Monday or 1st Monday in Banda, 2nd week.	Brong Ahafo Region
Akwambo(Path-clearing) A festival commemorating the clearing of footpath leading to rivers, farms and commercial sites - Early August.	Agona Nyakrom, Central Region
Ohum Festival(Harvest/Thanksgiving) Last Week in August or early September	Mampong-Akwapim

September
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Homowo (Harvest/Thanksgiving)	Accra, La, Teshie, Nungua Greater Accra Region
Kundum Festival commemorating end of famine dating beyond 1700-2nd Week.	Upper Dixcove, Eastern Region
Ahobaa Festival commemorating end of an epidemic, and honour of a man called "Ahor" who sacrificed his life to end an epidemic-3rd Week.	Gomoa, Assin,Central Region
Odambea, Commemorates the migration of the people or "Nkusukum" from Techiman to their present settlement at Saltpond.	Saltpond, Central Region
Damba Ushers in the new Yam crop originally linked with Islam, to commemorate the birth and naming of The prophet Mohammed	Dagomba, Mamprusi, Gonja, Nanumba, Wala, Northern and Upper Regions.
Fetu Ahahye (Festival commemorating first contact with the Whites)- 1st Week	Cape Coast, Central Region
Odwira (Harvest/Thanksgiving) Akropong-Akwapim, Aburi, Larteh, Amanokrom	Eastern Region
Kobine (Harvest/Thanksgiving)	Dagarti Upper East Region

October
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Akonnedi (festival of the Akonnedi shrine).	Eastern Region
Kundum ( celebrated by the peole of Nzema in the western Region)	Western region

November
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Hogbetsotso (Festival commemorating migration of the people of Anlo from Notsie to Anlo State.)	Anlo, Volta Region
Apoo (Purification of the people to rid them of social evil)	Western region
Kwafie (purification ceremony, the highlight of which is a large bonfire)- between November and December)	Dorman Ahenkro, Berekum,Nsuatre,Brong Ahafo Region

December
Mont / Festival	Town & Region
Feok (War Festival, re-enacting the ancient heroic exploits of the Builsas)	Sandema, Upper East Region