List of festivals in Ghana

No	Name	Region	Location	Tribe	Period/Timing of Celebration	Brief Description
1	Dipo	Eastern	East of Accra	Krobo	April	A puberty festival to initiate young girls into womanhood
2	Aboakyir	Central	Winneba	Winneba	May	Deer Hunting
3	Bakatue	Central	Elimina	Edina/Elmina	July	Fish Harvesting - Bakatue is an annual festival, celebrated on the first Tuesday of July, by the chiefs and people of Elmina
4	Fetu Afahye	Central	Cape coast	Oguaa	August/September	Harvest commemorating first contact with whites
5	Homowo	Greater Accra	Accra	Ga	August/September	(Harvest/Thanksgiving
6	Odwira	Eastern	Akropong	Akropong	September	(Harvest/Thanksgiving
7	Hogbetsotso	Volta	Anlo	Anlo	November	Symbolizes the migration of Anlos from the tyrannical ruler of
8	Damba	Northern	Tamale/Yendi	Tamale/Yendi	September/October	linked with the birth of Mohammed
9	Fiok	Upper East	Sandema	Sandema	December	War festival
10	Adae Kese	Ashanti	Kumasi	Akans		Festival of Purifying of the Ashantis' ancestral stools
11	Apoo	Brong Ahafo	Techiman & Wenchi	Techiman & Wenchi	November/December	Festival aims to purify people
12	Kwafie	Brong Ahafo	Dormaa Ahenkro, Berekum and Nsuatre	Dormaa	November/December	Burning of a large bonfire to celebrate the Dormaas for bringing fire to Ghana
13	Akwantutenten	Volta	worawora	worawora	September/October	Celebrated to remember the long trip made by the people from Ashanti Region to the Volta Region
14	Odambea	Central	Saltpond	Saltpond	August	Commemorates the migration of the “Nkusukum” people centuries ago from Techiman (500km away) to their present settlement
15	Yaa Asantewa	Ashanti	Ejisu-Juaben	Asantes	August	To celebrate Nana Yaa Asantewaa the brave Ashanti war heroine and those exiled to the Seychelles with he
16	Akwambo	Central	Agona	Agona Nyakrom	August	Commemorates the migrations of this regions  ancestors to the region.
17	Kente	Ashanti	Bonwire	Asantes	July/August	Commemorates the origin of the Kente cloth
18	Asafotu-fiam	Eastern	Ada	Ada	July/August	Commemorate the victories of warriors in past battles as well as those who died
19	Panafest	Central	cape coast	Fantes	July/August	Festival is dedicated to showcasing the African arts and honour Africa slaves
20	Nkyidwo	Ashanti	Kumasi	Essumeja	Last Monday in November/1st Monday in December	The performance of rituals and durbar of traditional leaders at a site in the Asantemanso forest, known to be the ancestral origin of the Asantes.
21	Ohum	Eastern		Akyem	June/July and September/October	Marks the anniversary of the Akyem Nation, worshipping the ancestral stools and the spirits of those who occupied them and also marks the beginning of the firs yam harvest in the year
22	Agadevi	Volta	Hohoe	Ewes	June	Commemorates a major landslide 75 years ago on a section of the Akwapim/Togo range
23	Bugum	Northern, Upper East and Upper West	Dagbon, Gonja, Mamprusi and Nanumba.	Dagbon, Gonja, Mamprusi and Nanumba.	June	Commemorates the flight of Naiul-Lah Mohammed from Mecca into exile in Medina.
24	Dzohayem	Greater Accra	Osudoku		May	Commemorates the descent of the ancestors from the Osuyem Hill
25	Jintigi	Northern	Gonja	Gonja	April	Commemorate the search of a lost son of an ancient king.
26	Wilaa	Upper West	Takpo	Takpo	March/April	Thanksgiving to God and ancestors for a good harvest and guidance for their farming activities
27	Golob	Upper East	Tengzung	Tengzung	March/April	Marks the beginning of the sowing season
28	Atu-Ho-Akye	Ashanti	Ejisu	Asantes	March/April	A durbar of chiefs and local people celebrate and honor ancestors.
29	Gwolgu	Upper East	Tongu	Tongu	March	Celebrated to usher in the new farming season.
30	Kpledjoo	Greater Accra	Tema	Ga	March	An annual festival to facilitate the recovery of the Sakuma Lagoon for bumper harvest.
31	Dzawuwu	Volta	Dabala	Ewes	February	It is an Annual traditional and thanksgiving festival of the Agave people.
32	Papa	Asanti	Kumawu	Akans	February	It involves Procession of chiefs & militia, cow sacrifice & ritual to secure cow meat.
33	Apafram	Eastern	Akwamu		January
34	Kpini-Kyiu & Tenghana	Upper East	Wa & Tongu	Wa & Tongu	January
35	Rice	Volta	Akpafu	Ewes	January	Celebration of the Rice harvest
36	Nkronu	western	Shama/Beposo	Shama/Beposo	September	it involves purification of stools, prayer to ancestors for good harvest and long life
37	Akyempem	Ashanti	Agona	Agona	September
38	Ohumkyire	Eastern	Kibi	Kibi	Setember/October	Anniversary of Akyem Nation and thanksgiving for the harvest.
39	Sasabobirim	Brong Ahafo	Awuah Domase	Awuah Domase	November	Celebrated in remembrance of their brave chief who joined Yaa Asantewaa to fight the Europeans in the early part of the 20th century.
40	Agumatsa	Volta	Wli	Ewes	November	Celebrated to give thanks to God for giving them the Wli Waterfalls
41	Agbamevoza	Volta	Agotime	Ewes	August	To celebrate the introduction of the art of Kente weaving to present-day Ghana
42	Apenorto	Volta	Mepe	Ewes	August	It is a colourful festival where during the durbar of chiefs, the people put on their best of regalia for general merry-making.
43	Fordjour	Brong Ahafo	Wenchi		August and September	Yam festival
44	Odunkwaa	Ashanti	Abakrampa	Asantes	East Monday	it involves the fencing of the Odum Tree which is regarded as sacred, and believed to have protected the people from attacks during their war
45	Boaram	Upper east	Bongo	Talensis	October /November	Its significance is to give thanks to the gods for a good season
46	Klovo Sikplemi		Somanya	Somanya	November	its significance is paying of homage to ancestral home on the Krobo Mountains.
47	Glimetotoza	Volta	Adaklu	Ewes	November	To commemorate their exodus from Notsie in present-day Northern Togo to their present abode.
48	Keta Sometutuza	Volta	Agbozume	Ewes	November	It involves Chiefs pay homage to their paramount chief and renew their allegiance
49	Ayimagonu	Volta	Dofor Adidome	Ewes	November	It invoves a grand durbar of chiefs where the chiefs sit in state to receive homage from their subjects
50	Willa	Upper East	Takpo		April	this festival is to thank the ancestral shrine 'Will' for guidance and protection and also to ask for continued blessing from the shrine and God Almighty.
51	Kuure	Upper East	Zaare	Zaare	January/February	Symbolizes the ""Kuure"" which is the Gurune word for hoe. The hoe is their main tool for farming and for that matter, livelihood.
52	Samanpiid	Upper east	Bawku	Kusasis	November/December	its significance is to give thanks to the gods for good harvest
53	Fievie Kpor Legbaza	Volta	Fievie - Dugame	Ewes	Bi-annual in March	Celebration with procession of chiefs.
54	Ghana Paragliding & Hang Gliding	Eastern	Kwahu-Atibie	Kwahu	March/April	Part of the Easter celebration in the area
55	Fofie	Brong Ahafo	Nchiraa	Nchiraa	October	Yam festival
56	Mmoa Nni Nko	Ashanti	Offinso	Asantes	October	A colourful durbar of chiefs accompanied by traditional drumming and dancing amid merry making and funfair and firing of musketry.