A list of all kinds of official and local festive events in Macau would take up more than one page, since along with traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Water Sprinkling Festival (April), the Zhongcujie Moon Festival (September) or the birthday of the great Confucius (September 28), a huge number of Christian, Buddhist and historical events. Each year begins with a huge number of all kinds of celebrations in honor of the New Year, including traditional fireworks on Nam Wan Lake, many concerts and exhibitions, and ends this long holiday month with a colorful Chinese New Year festival (1st day of the new moon, end January – mid-February), accompanied by countless events and folk festivals.

Between February 3-4, a street procession of the Passion of our Lord Jesus is held, when the image of Christ carrying the cross is carried in a solemn procession from the Church of St. Augustine (Santo Agostinho) to the Cathedral of Macau. Immediately after it (usually on February 24), the festival begins in honor of Tou-Tei – the god of the earth in local mythology, when numerous ceremonies are held in the temples of Macau and around it. On the 15th day of the new moon (February), the colorful Lantern Festival takes place, often coinciding with Valentine’s Day.

In March, the Macau Arts Festival is held, during which most of the art associations and groups show the best examples of their work. In late March – early April, a long series of Easter holidays begins, accompanied by all the usual attributes of the Christian tradition. In the first week of April, the events of the Arts Festival continue, as well as the stage of the World Volleyball Championship. In April, there are also such famous Chinese holidays as the Ching-Ming Festival (Chin-Ming, a family holiday honoring the graves of ancestors), the birthday of Pak Tai (the winner of the demon king in local mythology, in whose honor many temples were built, in which most of the ceremonies of this festival) and one of the country’s favorite holidays – the festival of the goddess A-Ma, or Tin-Hau – the patroness of navigators and Macau itself.

In May, celebrations are held dedicated to the Buddha (Feast of the Bathing of the Lord Buddha), the Tam Kong Festival (Drunken Dragon Festival – the second most popular in the country), a festival and a festive procession in honor of Saint Fatima (Christian patroness of Macau, May 13) from the Church of San Domingo to the Peña Chapel, where a festive Mass is held, and from May 3 to 6, the Macau Open Golf Championship. In late May – mid-June, the International Dragon Boat Race is held on Nam Van Lake as part of the Tueng, or Duanwujie festival.

In June, a stage of the International Table Tennis Championship takes place, on July 3, the traditional Kuan-Tai carnival is celebrated, and on July 8, the same traditional Na-Cha festival. In August, the Grand Prix stage of the women’s volleyball championship, the Festival of Lovers (the holiday of maidens, is celebrated in honor of the only day of the year when the legendary Heavenly Weaver, or in another translation – Heavenly Wife, can meet her beloved Shepherd on the Bridge of Birds, who visible on Earth as the Milky Way), as well as the colorful Festival of Hungry Ghosts (Yue-Lian, the Festival of Wandering Spirits), when, according to legend, the souls of the dead visit this world.

In early September, the traditional International Triathlon Championship is held. In September-October, the International Fireworks Festival, the colorful Mid-Autumn Festival or the Macao Lunar Festival are held (during this celebration, the Macans make special “moon cakes”, and at night they go outside with colorful lanterns to watch the birth of the new moon) and the Chung-Yung (Chun-Eun, Ancestral Festival), also known as the Summit Festival (during this holiday, locals visit the graves of their ancestors, and then climb the hilltops to address the souls of the dead), as well as one of the largest international fireworks competitions on the planet.

On October 1, the National Day is celebrated in honor of the anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and immediately after it, the annual International Music Festival opens its doors, bringing together the best Chinese and European bands (festival concerts are held throughout Macau – in halls, churches, pavilions, parks and auditoriums of the Cultural Center).

In mid-November, the traditional Macau Grand Prix is ​​held, whose history goes back more than half a century. On December 2, the Macau International Marathon is held (the route runs along the peninsula itself, Coloane and Taipa), and at the end of December – International bike tour of the South China Sea. On December 25, the Christmas holidays begin.