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
