These religious festivals occur alongside pagan celebrations dating back to ancestral myths in native communities in the jungle, as well as dozens of festivals created over the following centuries.
Peru's festivals form a radiant rainbow, whose colors blend with sounds, textures and a vigorous theatrical concept aimed at reinventing history and producing a celebratory synthesis of Man and the Earth goddess, the Pachamama.
| January |
| 01 |
Entrega de Varas , Cusco |
| 01-06 |
Negritos de Vicco Tourist Festival, Pasco |
| 01-12 |
Negritos Dance, Ica |
| 02-27 |
Huaylijia´s Festival, Junin |
| 06 |
Beatita Melchorita Birth Feast, Ica |
| 16 |
Worship and Offerings to Earth Goddess, Puno |
| 18-02/02 |
Marinera´s National Competition, La Libertad |
| 19-20 |
San Sebastian Festivity, Cusco |
| 19-26 |
Tunantada Festivity, Junin |
| 20 |
Chiaraje, Canas in Cusco |
| 20 |
Marinera Dance Festival, La Libertad |
| 20-24 |
San Sebastian of Yapatera, Piura |
| 23-02/02 |
La Esperanza District Anniversary, La Libertad |
| 25-27 |
Divine Child of Miracle and Maria Magdalena Day, Lambayeque |
| 27-28 |
Pachangara District Anniversary, Lima |
| February |
| 01-28 |
Carnivals in Tingo Maria |
| 01-07 |
Santisima Cruz de Motupe Fair, Lambayeque |
| 01-15 |
Señor de la Buena Muerte de Chocan, Querecotillo in Piura |
| 01-16 |
Virgen de la Candelaria Festivity, Puno |
| 01-25 |
Carnivals in Ayacucho |
| 01-29 |
Carnivals in Loreto |
| 01-29 |
Summer Festival, Punta Sal in Tumbes |
| 05-22 |
Santisima Virgen de la Purisima Concepcion, Lambayeque |
| 15-28 |
Cortamonte Traditional Festivity, Jauja in Junin |
| 18-25 |
Carnivals in Cajamarca |
| 20-29 |
Black Summer Festival, Chincha in Ica |
| 20-21 |
Orange Tourist Festival, Ayacucho |
| 21-22 |
Carnivals in Pasco |
| 21-24 |
Charicamay Tourist Festival, Chacavan in Pasco |
| 21-26 |
Pukllay Tourist Week, Lucanas in Ayacucho |
| 25-29 |
Carnivals in Tarma, Junin |
| 25-28 |
Tinca de Vacas, Cusco |
| 24-03/02 |
Lunahuana Adventure Sports Festival, Lima |
| March |
| 01-03 |
Carnivals in Ucayali |
| 01-05 |
Carnivals in Obrajillo, Lima |
| 01-14 |
Carnivals in Abancay, Apurimac |
| 03-21 |
Señor Jesus Nazareno Cautivo de Monsefu, Lambayeque |
| 04-07 |
La Vendimia Wine Festival, Huancho and Huara in LIma |
| 04-15 |
La Vendimia International Wine Festival, Ica |
| 05-07 |
Grape, Wine and Rafitng Festival, Lunahuana in Lima |
| 16-31 |
Anniversay of Paita, Piura |
| 20-28 |
Tourist Week of Marcavelica, Sullana in Piura |
| 20-21 |
San Jose Arts and Crafts Fair, Tambopata in Madre de Dios |
| 2nd Wk |
Wine Festival, Ica |
| 25-30 |
Las Cabezadas Rodeo Fair, Lucanas in Ayacucho |
| 26-28 |
Wine Festival, Huaral in Lima |
| 15-03/07 |
Cruces de Porcon Festivity, Cajamarca |
| 27-28 |
La Vendimia Festival, Cañete in Lima |
| 15-03/07 |
Lord of the Earthquakes, Cusco |
| 29-30 |
Sara Raymi Festival, Huaro and Quispicanchis in Cusco |
| April |
| 01-11 |
Easter Week in Tarma, Junin |
| 01-09 |
Señor de la Agonia Festivity, La Quebrada in Lima |
| 02-11 |
Easter Week in Ayacucho |
| 04-10 |
Easter Week in Tarapoto |
| 05-11 |
Easter Week in Huaraz |
| 05 |
Señor Cridto de la Caridad, Arequipa |
| 06-11 |
Via Crucis - Cerro de Chepen, Chepen in La Libertad |
| 07-10 |
Easter Week in Huancayo, Junin |
| 08-11 |
Easter Wek in Oxapampa, Pasco |
| 09 |
Amantani Anniversary, Puno |
| 10-11 |
Avocado Tourist Festival, Santa Eulalia in Lima |
| 15-18 |
Plum Fair, Viru in La Libertad |
| 19-25 |
Week of Huamanga, Ayacucho |
| 24-30 |
Tourist Week of Nauta, Loreto |
| May |
| 01 |
Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa |
| 01-04 |
Festival of the Crosses, Ayacucho |
| 01-05 |
Tourist Week of La Union, Arequipa |
| 01-08 |
Chunguinada Cerreña Festival, Pasco |
| 01-25 |
La Cruz de San Jose Festival, Chosica in Lima |
| 03 |
Señor de Muruhuay, Junin |
| 03 |
Festival of the Crosses, Lima, Ica, Apurimac, Junin, Cusco |
| 04-11 |
Anniversary of Huaral, Lima |
| 07-16 |
Tourist Week of Nazca, Ica |
| 20-29 |
Tourist Week of Ilo, Moquegua |
| 23-25 |
Santisima Cruz de Mayo de Pampa Grande, Lambayeque |
| 28-31 |
Colcabamba District Festival, Huancavelica |
| June |
| 05-27 |
Ecotourist Festival in La Villa del Sol, Chosica in Lima |
| 05-30 |
Month of Cusco |
| 12-18 |
Qoyllur R'iti, Cusco |
| 18-22 |
Machaq Mara Celebration, Juli in Puno |
| 18-24 |
San Juan de Ucayali Festival, Pucallpa in Ucayali |
| 18-25 |
San Juan Festival, Iquitos in Loreto |
| 19 |
Corpus Christi, Cusco |
| 19-30 |
San Pedrito Festivity, Chimbote in Ancash |
| 20-27 |
Ecologic and Tourist Week, Piura |
| 20-27 |
San Juan Bautista de Vegueta, Lima |
| 23-24 |
San Juan Night, Valle Viejo in Tacna |
| 23-30 |
Central Jungle Tourist Week, Pasco |
| 23-30 |
Moyobamba Tourist Week |
| 24 |
San Juan Day, Cusco, Loreto, San Martin, Ucayali |
| 24 |
Inti Raymi, Cusco |
| 26-29 |
Fishermen Day, Lambayeque |
| 26-30 |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Ancash |
| 29 |
Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Lima, Lambayeque |
| July |
| 01-10 |
Santa Isabel Festivity, Ancash |
| 01-17 |
Virgen Maria de Mochumi Fair, Lambayeque |
| 04-30 |
Monsefu Fair, Lambayeque |
| 09-11 |
Anniversary of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios |
| 15-16 |
Virgen del Carmen, Cusco |
| 26-30 |
Yawar Fiesta, Cotabambas in Apurimac |
| 20-30 |
Anniversary of Huaraz, Ancash |
| 22-31 |
Santa Maria Magdalena Festivity, Cajatambo ni Lima |
| 24-30 |
Tahuarmayo Tourist Festival, Pasco |
| 24-23 |
Huari Tourist Week, Ancash |
| 24-31 |
Fiesta del Sol, Dos de Mayo en Huanuco |
| 24-25 |
Santisima Virgen del Carmen Festivity, Lima |
| 25-31 |
Ica Regional Fair |
| 25-31 |
Paramonga Tourist Week, Lima |
| 26-31 |
Fongal, Cajamarca |
| 26-28 |
Vilca Raymi, Vilcashuaman in Ayacucho |
| 27-31 |
Coffee Festival, Oxapampa in Pasco |
| 28-29 |
Independence Day, All over Peru |
| August |
| 02-08 |
Virgen de las Nieves, Parinacochas in Ayacucho |
| 06-16 |
Anniversary of Region Huanuco |
| 07-10 |
Señor de la Caña Festivity, Huancayo in Junin |
| 13-15 |
Anniversary of the Spanish Foundation of Arequipa |
| 14-19 |
Mamacha Asunta Festivity, Cusco |
| 14-18 |
Virgen Maria de la Asuncion, Huarochiri in Lima |
| 21-26 |
Yacu Raymi Festivity, Andamarca in Ayacucho |
| 21-22 |
Ayanda Wamimi Festivity, Tambopata in Madre de Dios |
| 23-31 |
Oxapampa Tourist Week, Pasco |
| 28 |
Reincorporation of Tacna to Peru |
| 30 |
Foundation of Cañete, Lima |
| 30 |
Saint Rose of Lima (Santa Rosa de Lima), Lima, Junin, Arequipa |
| September |
| 01-18 |
Señor de las Animas Festivity, Pallasca in Ancash |
| 01-16 |
Virgen de los Remedios Festivity, Socabaya in Arequipa |
| 04-05 |
Ruraltur Huayllay Festival, Pasco |
| 05-12 |
Talara Tourist Week, Piura |
| 07-13 |
San Cristobal and Virgen de la Natividad, Huancavelica |
| 07-14 |
Virgen de Cocharcas, Apurimac |
| 08-18 |
Puerto Maldonado Tourist Festival, Madre de Dios |
| 12-16 |
Señor de la Exaltacion de Moho, Puno |
| 14 |
Señor de Huanca, Calca in Cusco |
| 14-19 |
Señor de Pacaypampa, Sandia in Puno |
| 19 |
Wanakauri Raymi, San Jeronimo in Cusco |
| 19-30 |
Virgen de las Mercedes Tourist Week, Carhuaz in Ancash |
| 20-26 |
Iquitos Tourist Week, Loreto |
| 22-27 |
Ucayali Tourist Week |
| 23-30 |
International Spring Festival, Trujillo in La Libertad |
| 23-26 |
Puerto Pizarro Mangroves Festival, Tumbes |
| 24-26 |
Santiago de Surco Tourist Festival, Lima |
| October |
| 01-10 |
La Convencion Tourist Week, Cusco |
| 01-20 |
Cusco Tourist Month |
| 01-31 |
Señor Cautivo de Ayabaca Festivities, Piura |
| 01-31 |
Anniversary of Chosica Foundation, Lima |
| 02-07 |
Virgen del Rosario, Junin |
| 03-06 |
San Francisco de Asis Festivity, Puno |
| 04 |
Virgen del Rosario, Lima, Ancash, Apurimac, Cusco |
| 05 |
Anniversary of Ucayali |
| 2nd Wk |
Señor Cautivo de Ayabaca, Piura |
| 15-20 |
International Maca Festival, Yanacocha in Pasco |
| 22-31 |
Mollendo Tourist Week, Arequipa |
| 24-31 |
Anniversary of Huaral, Lima |
| 18-28 |
Señor de los Milagros (Lord of the Miracles), Lima |
| 24-31 |
Anniversary of Cabana, Ancash |
| 25-29 |
Anniversary of Yungay, Ancash |
| 3rd Wk |
Señor de Luren, Ica |
| November |
| 01 |
All Saints Day and Day of the Day, All over Peru |
| 04 |
Anniversary of Puno Foundation |
| 09 |
Discovery of the City of Caral, Barranca in Lima |
| 23-30 |
Pasco Tourist Week |
| December |
| 24 |
Santuranticuy Holiday, Cusco |
| 24-25 |
Andean Christmas, All over Peru |
| 27 |
Virgen del Carmen de Chincha, Ica |
