My Beautiful Ghana

Accra Indie Filmfest
2026-07-27 - 2026-07-31
International short-film festival featuring screenings, panels, masterclasses, networking and an awards/music programme, with films selected from multiple countries.

Emancipation Season Activities
2026-07-28 - 2026-08-01
A priority diaspora and heritage-travel period. Publish individual ceremonies only after the Ghana Tourism Authority or relevant organisers release the 2026 programme.

Emancipation Day
2026-08-01
One of Ghana’s most important annual commemorations for Africans and people of African descent. Exact 2026 venues and times should be updated when officially announced.

Founders' Day
2026-08-04
A national public holiday that may include state and heritage events. List only public-facing activities with confirmed venues.

Ada Asafotufiami Festival
2026-08-07 - 2026-08-14
The Ada Traditional Council’s 2026 celebration begins on 7 August. A visually strong warrior festival known for customary rites, processions, musketry and royal pageantry.

Akwasidae Festival (August)
2026-08-30
The second confirmed Akwasidae date in the second half of 2026.

Orange Friday Street Carnival
2026-09-04
The Friday street celebration associated with Oguaa Fetu Afahye. The date follows the first-Friday tradition, but route, timing and official programme should be checked locally.

Oguaa Fetu Afahye
2026-09-05
One of Ghana’s best-known traditional festivals, with the climax customarily held on the first Saturday of September. Associated events begin earlier in the week.

Akuapem Odwira Festival: 200th Anniversary
2026-09-15 - 2026-09-22
The bicentennial edition is a major national heritage moment, with purification, thanksgiving, ancestral remembrance, cultural exhibitions and anniversary programming. (Confirm 15-22 Sept against the official Akuapem Odwira 2026 hub; historically the climax has fallen in late Sept / early Oct.)

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day
2026-09-21
A national public holiday and natural anchor for history, Pan-Africanism and heritage content. Publish specific ceremonies only when confirmed.

Black Star International Film Festival
2026-09-24 - 2026-09-27
The 2026 edition is positioned around African cinema, global culture and the business of film, with strong international, creative-industry and diaspora relevance.

Akwasidae Festival (October)
2026-10-11
A confirmed Asante royal-calendar date and a strong weekend-travel anchor for Kumasi.

Manya Krobo Ngmayem Festival
2026-10-19 - 2026-10-27
A harvest and thanksgiving festival centred on millet, Krobo identity, royal tradition, beads, music and community homecoming. Organiser-announced; reconfirm.

Accra International Marathon
2026-10-25
Added as a Sports & Wellness anchor – Ghana’s signature road race (full, half, 10K, 5K) with a charity theme and a growing diaspora-fitness audience. Aggregators list Sunday 25 October 2026; confirm the exact date on aimghana.com.

Hogbetsotso Za
2026-11-07
The festival’s grand durbar traditionally falls on the first Saturday of November. It commemorates the Anlo-Ewe migration from Notsie and is a major homecoming event.

Akwasidae Festival (November)
2026-11-22
The final confirmed Akwasidae date of 2026.

December in GH / Black Star Experience Season
2026-12-01 - 2027-01-03
The Ghana Tourism Authority has defined the official season. MBG should create a live December hub rather than treating the month as a single event.

National Farmers' Day
2026-12-04
The first Friday of December is Ghana’s statutory Farmers’ Day public holiday – a fixed anchor shaping the early-December long weekend. The national host region is confirmed by government closer to the date.

Accra Fashion Week
2026-12-15 - 2026-12-20
A six-day African fashion platform with runway shows, designer showcases, networking and international participation. Highly relevant to MBG’s fashion, lifestyle and diaspora audience.

Christmas Day & Boxing Day
2026-12-25 - 2026-12-26
The statutory public-holiday heart of the season. The cluster around these two days – Takoradi Ankos, Edina Bronya, Explosion of Joy and family homecomings – is when travel and events peak.

Westside Carnival / Takoradi Ankos
2026-12-25 - 2026-12-26
A major masquerade and street-carnival attraction. Confirm the 2026 route, dates and programme before publishing as final.

Explosion of Joy (Joyful Way Inc.)
2026-12-26
Added as the December gospel/faith anchor – Ghana’s flagship gospel concert for five decades, a family and diaspora fixture listed on the official December in GH calendar. Customarily 26 December; publish the venue and line-up once the 2026 poster is released.

New Year's Eve and Crossover Programmes
2026-12-31
A major travel and social night. MBG can curate verified concerts, church crossover (Watch Night) services, dining, beach and hotel events once official listings are available.
