Multicultural Events Calendar
Understanding the celebrations and festivities associated with particular cultural groups assists with marketing effectiveness. Campaigns and promotions may be timed to coincide with important festivals. Activities can be made more relevant by learning more about the background and meaning of key events, providing valuable insight into the beliefs, attitudes and values of particular cultures.
The Multicultural Events Calendar includes major multicultural events and celebrations in Australia. If you wish to have a multicultural event included on the calendar, please email us.
| 2012 |
| January |
- 1st New Year’s Day
- 15th World Religion Day
- 23rd Chinese New Year
- 26th Australia Day
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| February |
- 6th Waitangi Day (NZ)
- 10th - 12th National Multicultural Festival Canberra
- 21st Shrove Tuesday
- 22nd Tibetan New Year (Losar)
- 22nd Ash Wednesday – Lent begins
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| March |
- 8th Holi (Hindu) festival
- 17th St Patrick’s Day
- 21st Norouz (various spellings) Iran, Baha’i, Kurd, Zoroastrian New Year
- 23rd Hindu New Year
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| April |
- 1st Ramanavami (Hindu)
- 6th Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
- 6th – 9th Theravadin (Buddhist) New Year
- 6th Good Friday
- 7th Pesach – Passover (Jewish)
- 8th Easter
- 9th Easter Monday
- 13th Songkran – Thai New Year
- 13th Sinhala and Tamil New Year
- 13th - 14th Baisakhi (Sikh) New Year
- 15th Orthodox Easter (Pascha)
- 18th Yom HaShoah (Jewish)
- 21st First day of Ridvan (Baha’i)
- 25th Anzac Day
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| May |
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| June |
- 11th Queen’s Birthday Holiday
- 17th Refugee Week
- 20th World Refugee Day
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| July |
- 14th Bastille Day
- 20th Ramadan begins (Islam)
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| August |
- 10th Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
- 18th End of Ramadan (Islam)
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| September |
- 11th Coptic New Year (Christian)
- 16th Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year
- 17th Australian Citizenship Day
- 30th Chinese Moon Festival
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| October |
- 22nd Oktoberfest
- 26th Yom Kippur (Jewish)
- 31st Halloween
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| November |
- 6th Melbourne Cup
- 13th Deepavali – Festival of the lights (Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain)
- 14th Al Hijra/Muharram (Islam) New Year
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| December |
- 9th Chanukah – Festival of Lights
- 24th Christmas Eve
- 25th Christmas
- 26th Boxing Day
- 31st New Year’s Eve
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*Note The calendar represents a snapshot of the main events and observances celebrated by Australia's diverse population. It is not exhaustive and does not include the celebrations of all cultural groups. You are welcome to suggest the addition of further cultural events by emailing us the details.
Calendar information compiled from multiple sources including
http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia/a-multicultural-australia/calendar-australia/
