Eventos Chile
EVENTOS CHILE E DATAS
CHILE EVENTS & DATES
DATAS CHILE
CHILE DATES
+ Feriados Chile | + Chile Holidays
New Year’s Day: 1 January
Labour Day: 1 May
Navy Day: 21 May
Assumption of Mary: 15 August
Independence Day: 18 September
Armed Forces Day: 19 September
All Saints Day: 1 November
Immaculate Conception: 8 December
Christmas: 25 December
Good Friday: date varies each year
Easter: date varies each year
Corpus Christi: date varies each year
Saint Peter and Saint Paul: date varies each year
Columbus Day: date varies each year
EVENTOS CHILE
CHILE EVENTS
+ Principais Eventos Chile | + Main Chile Events
January
New Years Day
Like everywhere in the world the first day of the year is celebrated with lots of parties, music and fireworks, specially in Santiago, the parties are seen everywhere.
February
Festival Costumbrista Chilote
The town of Castro have a special time in February. For one week in early February, on the island of Chiloe it´s possible to watch an event of cultural history and folklore. There is also typical food from the region.
Festival of Song
By the end of the month, on the town of Vina del Mar, there is a gala event with many Latin American musicans. It´s a five day festival.
Semana Valdiviana
Boats decorated and candles with the fireworks in the sky, it happens on the town of Valdiviana during the maritime festival over the week. It´s a maritime festival with exhibitions, contests and activities.
April
Semana Santa (Easter week)
Every town in the country, for being a Catholic country, celebrates the easter week with religiois ceremonies, parades and events, starting with the Good Friday.
Fiesta del Cuasimodo
In the central Chile, on the first sunday after Easter, Huaso cowboys parades, followed by catholic priests make an religious event very unique on the small towns of the Central Chile.
May
Navy Day
Memorial Holiday after few weeks from the Labour day – Navy Chile’s ceremonies, there is a speech from the President to the congress.
June
Fiesta de San Pedro
This is an event dedicated for the fishermen along all the Chile coast, with hope and wishes of fortune, weather and good catches during the year. You can see lots of boats iluminated and decorated with light candles, it´s a wonderful event. The city of Valparaiso is conidered the best town for watch the event.
Pedro Pablo
National Holiday – Celebrating two important saints in the Catholic pantheon: Saint Peter and Saint Paul. All the churches around the country have ceremonies in their honour, it’s also a feast day.
July
Virgen del Carmen
July celebtraion of the Patron Saint from the Armed Forces – Events like military parades in all the country of Chile. The biggest events happens on the town of Maipu.
August
Assumption of Mary
One of the biggest Religious events in the Catholic Chilean Calendar – Celebration of the scension the Virgin Mary. Lots of religious ceremonies.
September
Independence Day
Independence day event from Spain – Holyday, next day also Armed Forces Day.
Rodeo season kick-off
Chile´s Annual Rodeo Season – Drinking, eating and the Tradition of the Cueca dancing.
October
Columbus Day
National Holiday – Long Spring Weekend
November
All Saints Day
day to honour the dead and celebrate the living – Festive holiday with local events, music and dancing.
December
Fiesta de la Virgin del Rosario
4 Day Festival – Town of Andacollo
Local folklore and Catholic tradition (celebrations, processions, music and drinking).
Christmas
Christmas Events all around Chile, as the rest of South America, during the summer.
