The wedding calendar
124 wedding seasons, lucky days, days when weddings are not held, courtship festivals and days of love, with this year's dates. Dates are worked out afresh every day; those marked "about" follow the moon or local calendars and can shift by a day.
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August 2027
September 2027
about 1 to 30 Sept 2027Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking FestivalIreland's month-long September matchmaking festival in County Clare, with dances, a matchmaker and a Wedding Book of past couples.
about 1 to 8 Sept 2027Umhlanga (Reed Dance)Thousands of unmarried Swazi girls carry reeds to the royal residence; the king may choose a wife from among them.
about 15 to 17 Sept 2027Imilchil Moussem (Betrothal Festival)The September gathering of the Ait Haddidou in the High Atlas, where young people meet and families arrange betrothals.
about 20 to 26 Sept 2027Gerewol (Wodaabe Courtship Festival)Wodaabe men in painted faces and plumes dance to be chosen by women, at the end of the rainy season in the Sahel.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Imilchil Marriage Festival: Zakaria ElQotbi, CC BY 2.0, source
- Greek Leap Year: Fluff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gerewol: Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hmong Ball Toss: Blue Plover, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Qixi: shizhao ( talk )拍摄，画者不明, Public domain, source
- Khau Vai Love Market: Nguyễn Vũ Hiệp, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lantern Festival Matchmaking: -Zest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Miao Sisters Meal Festival: Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, source