The Okyir Festival is an annual harvest festival celebrated by the Akan people of Ghana, particularly in the Fante town of Anomabo, typically held in the second week of October, to give thanks for a bountiful harvest and honour ancestors.

Month/Time of the Year: October

Location: Anomabo

Region: Central Region

Kobine is a traditional dance and festival unique to the Lawra area of north western Ghana. The dance and the festival named after it are celebrated in September and October to mark the end of a successful harvest.

Month/Time of the Year: September

Location: Lawra

Region: Upper West Region

The festival is celebrated in remembrance of a historic disease outbreak, to keep the town clean and to prevent another epidemic befalling the people.

Month/Time of the Year: September

Location: Akropong-Akwapim

Region: Eastern Region

The festival is celebrated in remembrance of a historic disease outbreak, to keep the town clean and to prevent another epidemic befalling the people.

Month/Time of the Year: September

Location: Cape Coast (Oguafo)

Region: Central Region

The people of Ga celebrate Homowo which means to hoot at hunger in remembrance of the famine that once occurred in their history as a people in the pre-colonial era.

Month/Time of the Year: August/September

Location: Ga Land

Region: Greater Accra Region

Bechem is derived from the Akan name ‘Adekyem,’ which literally means a place where items or gifts are distributed or shared, to remind the historical role of Bechem as the place where booty gained from the Asante wars was shared.

Month/Time of the Year: November/December

Location: Bechem

Region: Ahafo Region

Odunkwaa Festival is a week long celebration which starts on Easter Monday and climaxes on a Saturday with a durbar of chiefs in the area where they coverage at the palace to pay homage to the Paramount Chief amidst drumming and dancing. The festival has two venues namely Abakrampa (The seat of the Traditional Area) and Abura Dunkwa (The Administrative Capital).

The fencing of the Odum tree is a dominant feature of the celebrations. The tree is regarded as sacred, believed to have protected the people from attacks during their wars.

Month/Time of the Year: April

Location: Abakrampa/ Abura Dunkwa

Region: Central Region

The name of the festival means coming from Hogbe (Notsie) or festival of exodus. The festival is celebrated in remembrance of the migration of the Anglo people from a wicked king, Togbe Agorkoli.

Month/Time of the Year: November

Location: Anloga

Region: Volta Region

This is a festival of purification of the people to rid them of social evil.

Month/Time of the Year: October

Location: Wenchi

Region: Bono Region

Location: Techiman

Region: Bono East Region

The festival is celebrated to mark the birth and naming of Muhammad but mainly as a glorification of the chieftaincy. It is celebrated in the Dagomba lunar month of Damba

Month/Time of the Year: July-August

Location: Nalerigu, Tamale

Region: Northern Region

Location: Wa

Region: Upper West Region