Festivals in Danang City

If you are planning for a Da Nang adventure tour someday; in order to make your trip more fabulous, you should come to special occasions when there are some annual traditional festivals here. Traveling to festivals would give you some interesting explorations and an understanding of the cultural life of the Danang people. Let’s look through some of the remarkable festivals in Da Nang that you should not miss on your trip.

Danang International Fireworks Festival

The festival is organized yearly in two days in March on the occasion of Danang’s Independence Day or on National Day (30/4 & 01/05). The first firework show was organized in 2008, and shortly attracted a huge number of visitors coming to Da Nang on this occasion, including international tourists. This event is also the most expected festival in the year, so if having Da Nang adventure tours at this time, you may get a chance to observe the bustling city at night with many colorful fireworks lighting up in the sky, sparkling under the striking lights of the city. It is such an infatuated view that you must contemplate it once in your life. Besides, there are many cultural events in the festival like Food Festival, Gala Night, Street Festival, etc…that you could never experience in others apart from Da Nang.

Quan The Am Festival

Quan The Am is a significant festival representing the tradition of religious belief – Buddhism occasion. Hold continuously on three days 17,18, 19 in February each year (following to lunar calendar) at Ngu Hanh mountain in Da Nang city, this festival is aimed to pray for a prosperous year with all the best fortunes and happiness for the society as well as personal wishes for the family. This event is also the time for Buddhist people to look for peace in their minds and incline to the good in life.

The festival is designed with two main parts: a festival with many series of Buddhist etiquettes and a folk event with a diversity of traditional activities such as singing folk songs, playing chess, sculpture or dropping lanterns on the river…or enjoying calligraphic paintings at the art exhibition. Learning the unique culture in one Buddhist festival and involving in exciting activities besides enjoying the stunning view of Ngu Hanh Mountain are things to do in Da Nang that you must list in your plan.

Danang International Hot Air Balloon Festival

Join DaNang International Hot Air Balloon Festival – An exciting event Da Nang
Time: 25th Match to 1st July yearly (according to schedule)
Venue: APEC Sculpture Park in Da Nang
The Da Nang International Hot Air Balloon Festival is expected to be a unique tourism event. Visitors will admire the scenery specialized endless, peaceful, idyllic landscape of Da Nang city by air balloon. Mini-balloons, Big-balloons with a capacity of 3-4 people, and more than 20 colorful ones will be set up around the space of APEC park. Visitors can fully experience sitting on a hot air balloon to see the city or simply save a memory with thousands of photos.

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Danang Kite Festival

Aiming to boost beach festivals during the summer break, every year’s event will be attended by kite clubs from Ho Chi Minh City, where the kite flying movement has developed rapidly, in combination with Da Nang kite clubs.
On the sidelines, the festival will include abundant activities such as a competition of Rokkaku kites, decoration of kites for children, and traditional martial arts performance.

It is expected to contribute to enriching the city’s cultural and artistic activities to meet the increasing demand for the spiritual life of local residents; creating a more exciting and cheerful atmosphere for Da Nang beach.