Calendar of Events & Festivals in Transcarpathia

Here is a list of festivals and special events in Transcarpathia. These are in addition to the many religious and civic celebrations.

Festivals and events in Transcarpathia

January

Hurka Festival – Astey in Berehovo district

Malanka’s Eve – Uzhgorod

Vasyl’s Day Red Wine Festival - Mukachevo

Old New Year Celebration

Uzhgorod Film Festival

“Magic Snow Maiden” gymnastic competition – Uzhgorod

Butchers’ Festival – Hecha, Berehovo district

February

Palachinta Festival – Uzhgorod

Hungarian Food Festival - Berehovo

March

Wine Festival – Berehovo

“Farewell to Winter” Celebration - Uzhgorod

April

3 day Wine Festival – Berehovo

Cherry Blossom Festival – Uzhgorod

“Fisherman & Fish Soup” Festival – Berehovo

Wicker Basket Festival – Iza

Trade Fair “Water Throw Monday???” – Uzhgorod

Wine Tasting Festival – Uzhgorod

Beginning of Edible Frog Hunting Season

Arts Festival - Uzhgorod

May

“Uhochany Vine” Wine Festival – Vinogradiv

“Sun Drink” Wine & Honey Festival – Uzhgorod

Museum Day – Uzhgorod Castle

10 day Mukachevo celebration

Wine Festival – Berehovo

“Silver Tatosh” Medieval Fest – Chynadiyevo

Kalachi Festival – Dilove

Romanian Folk Art Fest – Serita-Invertita

“Festival of Festivals” – Dubky, Uzhgorod district

“Rainbow over the Tisa” music Fest – Tyachiv

Blooming of Daffodils in “Daffodil Valley” – Khust

“Town Day” – Berehovo

“Town Day” – Khust

“Town Day” – Perechyn

“Town Day” – Kolochava

Bograch cooking competition – Kosino spa

Strawberry Festival – Shyroke

“Berlybash banosh” food festival – Kostylivka

"Seeing flocks to the mountains."  Festival - Synevyr pass in Mizhhirya district

10 day “Festival of Czech Culture” - Uzhgorod

June

International Children’s Day

Shepherds’ Festival – Rakhiv

Sweet Cherry Festival – Patskanevo, Uzhgorod district

3 day Children’s Fairy Tale Festival – Nyzhne Selyshe, Khust district

Shepherds’ Festival – Mizhgiria

Scythe Mowing Festival – Veliatyno, Khust district

Stewed Rooster Festival – Koson, Berehovo district

Ethnofest – Didovo, Berehovo district

Cheese Festival – Velyky Berezny

“Night Ride” bicycle ride – Uzhgorod

“Blacksmith Art & Folklore Festival – Lysychovo  “Hamor” water smithy

“Day of the Danube” Celebration – Kvasovo, Berehovo District

Flying Lanterns – Holy Trinity Day – Uzhgorod

Festival of Spiritual Music – Uzhgorod

Cherry Festival – Okli Ged, Vinogradiv district

Tisa River Festival – Kvasovo, Berehovo district

Riplyanka Festival - Kolochava

July

Mineral Water Festival – Polyana, Svalyava district

Ivana Kapala Celebration – Uzhgorod

Midsummer’s Night Fest – Shypit Falls, Mizhirya district

Uzhgorod Regatta

Paraplane Festival – Pylypets

Grass mowing and Goulash cooking “Foresters’ Festival” – Belovodsk Valley

Lemko Vatra – Kostrino

Youth Festival of Contemporary Music - Piyterfolvo

International Festival of Humor and Satire – Yasinia

Fairy Tale Festival – Horinchovo Day, Khust district

Barbeque Fest – Uzhgorod

Fisherman’s Festival – Vinogradiv

Goral Music Festival – Uzhgorod

"Selyska spivanka" Festival - Nyzhnye Selyshche

Scythe Mowing Competition – Velyatyno

“Neptune Day” – Kosino

"Ringing Pearls of Verkhovyna" Festival – Volovets

Storytellers Festival - Horinchevo of Khust district

August

Ethnofest – Kolchava

Holubki Festival – Velyki Bychkov, Rakhiv district

“Cedar Vodka” Festival – Lupokhiv

Plum & Lekvar Festival – Hecha, Berehovo district

Blueberry Festival – Huklyve

Hutsul Potato Festival – Lazeshchyna, Rakhiv district

Day of the City Festival – Sil, Veliky Berezny district

Trembita Festival - Synevyrska Poliana in Mizhgiria district

Day of the Village – Kamyanytsya, Uzhgorod district

Honey Spas Festival – Uzhgorod

Hungarian Pretzel Festival – Berehovo

Honey Savior (August 14) and the Apple Savior (August 19) and  Beekeeper's Day, celebrated on August 19 – Uzhgorod

Hutsul Embroidery Festival – Vydrychka

Day of the City – Chop

International Song & Dance Festival - Vinogradiv

September

“Return of the Shepherds” Festival – Rakhiv

Folk Art Festival – Khust

Mime Fest – Mustard Seed Lane, Uzhgorod

Hunters’ Festival – Badalova, Berehovo district

Folk Fest – Kvasy, Rakhiv district

Beregfest Bograch Festival

Uzhgorod “Day of the City” Festival

Hutsul Bryndza Cheese Festival – Rakhiv

Wicker Basket Festival – Iza

“Golden Autumn” Festival – Uzhgorod

Honey Festival – Mukachevo

Lemko Art Festival – Perechyn

"Dobron paprika" Festival – Mala Dobron, Uzhgorod district

Festival of Honey, Wine & Cheese -  Izky in Mizhhirya district

Slovak Folk Art Festival - Velyky Berezny

Festival of the Hutsul Horse - "Kvitka Polonyna" resort

Outdoor Art Festival - Dubrynichi in Perechyn district

October

Haloween “Death Procession” – Uzhgorod

“Golden Goulash” Festival - Muzhiyevo in Beregovo district

Puppet Theater Festival - Uzhgorod

November

Memorial Day of the Dead

4 day “Born in Transcarpathia” Festival – Uzhgorod

3 day “Festival of Young Wine” – Uzhgorod

Tea Tasting Festival – Uzhgorod

St. Martin’s Day Lantern Festival

St. Martin (Mukachevo’s Patron Saint) Day Celebration

December

Wine Festival - Uzhgorod

“Mikolaychik” Santa Claus parade – Uzgorod

“Made by Hand” Festival – Uzhgorod