Penang Calendar of Events
Penang's Annual Festivals
The festivals marked with * are state or national holidays. Government offices and banks will be closed. For an idea of how some of the festivals are celebrated in penang, click here.
January - February
- New Years Day* - 1 Jan
- Hari Raya Puasa - 22 Jan
- Sang Cho Kong
- Chinese New Year's Eve - 15 Feb
- Chinese New Year* - 12 Feb
- Birthday of Chor Soo Kong
- People's Day
- Birthday of Jade Emperor
February - March
- Birthday of Tua Pek Kong
- Chap Goh Meh - 19 March
- 2nd Penang MATTA Fair - 21 to 28 March
March - April
- The Mariannam Procession
- Panguni Uttiram Varusha
- Songkran Festival - 12 to 14 April
- Pirapu Cithirai Parwam
- Cheng Beng
April - May
- YTL Festival of Arts - Month long
- Labour Day*
- Birthday of the Goddess of Mercy
- Sri Rama Navami
- Birthday of the Queen of Heaven and Goddess of the Sea
- Penang Int'l Floral Festival - 21 - 28 May
- Wesak Day*
May - June
- His Majesty The King's Birthday* - 5 June
- Int'l Dragon Boat Festival - 10 to 11 June
- Penang Bridge Run - 25 June
- Double Five
June - July
- St. Anne's Feast
- Penang Int'l Beach Carnival - 7 to 9 July
- Penang Governor's Birthday* - 11 July
- Birthday of Chor So Kong
July - August
- Penang Bon Odori Charity Carnival - 22 July
- Birthday of the Goddess of Mercy
- Hungry Ghosts (Phor Thor)- Whole lunar month
- Festival Double Sevens
- Chong Yuen Ti Kuan Ta Ti
August - September
- National Day of Malaysia* -31 August
- Birthday of Tai Sui
- Mooncake Festival
- Clarion Penang Lantern Festival - 10 September
September - October
- Birthday of the Goddess of Mercy
- The Masi Maham Festival
October - November
- Kiu Ong Yah Festival
- Penang Shopping Carnival
- Deepavali* - 6 November
- Birthday of Guru Nanak - 23 November
- Loy Krathong
December
- Pesta Pulau Pinang - Month Long
- Penang Int'l Ballroom Dancing Championships - 3 December
- Starwalk - 5 December
- Christmas* - 25 December
- Year 2001 Concert - 31 December
Other Holidays
Hari Raya Puasa*, Hari Raya Haji, Maal Hijrah Awal Muharram, and
the Prophet Mohammad's birthday are all public holidays. Since
these are Muslim holidays, their dates are determined by the
Islamic calendar and float through the entire Gregorian calendar.
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