page_title: List of harvest festivals
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: List of harvest festivals / Europe
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Dekoration zum Erntedankfest in der Pfarrkirche hl. Georg in Wernstein am Inn in Oberösterreich. Svenska: Dekorationer till skördefesten i bykyrkan i Wernstein am Inn, Övre Österrike.
context_page_description: This is a list of harvest festivals around the world. A harvest festival is an annual celebration which occurs around the time of the main harvest of a given region. Given regional differences in climates and crops, harvest festivals can be found at various times throughout the world.
context_section_description: Bagach (Багач): Belarus
  Bénichon: celebrated (usually by a huge seven-course menu) in Catholic parts of the French-speaking Switzerland; a combined harvest festival, thanksgiving and Rindya (the day when the animals are brought back from the high altitude pastures in the Alps and when all villagers are also therefore back); see fr:Bénichon
  Dankdag voor Gewas en Arbeid: Netherlands, every first Wednesday of November; Thanksgiving Day for crop and labor
  Dożynki: Poland / Dazhynki: Belarus / Dožínky, Obžinky: Czech Republic / Обжинки (Obzhynky or Obzhynky): Ukraine / Обжинки (Obzhynki), Осенины (Oseniny) : Russia, a Slavic harvest festival celebrated in several central and eastern European countries
  Erntedankfest (Harvest Thanksgiving): Germany and Austria; traditionally on the first Sunday after Michaelmas, this means 30 September or later. At present, Protestant and Catholic churches recommend the first Sunday in October.
  Erntedankfest Düsseldorf-Urdenbach
  Festa e Grurit (Wheat Festival): used to mark the end of the harvest of wheat in Communist Albania; no longer observed
  Freyfaxi (August 1): marks the beginning of the harvest in Norse paganism; historically from Iceland, the celebration consists of blót, horse races, martial sports, and other events, often dedicated to the god Freyr
  Guldize: Cornwall, United Kingdom
  Harvest festival: United Kingdom
  Kekri: an old Finnish feast celebrated at the beginning of November, corresponding to Halloween
  Lammas or Lughnasadh: celebration of first harvest/grain harvest in Paganism and Wicca spirituality and by the ancient Celts; 1 August
  Mabon (Autumnal Equinox): the second of three recognized harvest sabbats in Paganism and Wicca
  Mhellia: Isle of Man
  Miķeļdiena: harvest festival in Latvia; 29 September; signals the end of summer (Mikeli)
  Прачыстая 'Prachystaya': Belarus
  The Presidential Harvest Festival in Spała and Jasna Góra Harvest Festival: Poland, first week of September to begin the first week of October
  Samhain: the third and final of three recognized harvest sabbats in Paganism and Wicca; celebration of the end of the harvest season and beginning of the Celtic New Year; 31 October
  Savior of the Apple Feast Day: Russia, Ukraine; 19 August
  Spice wreath / Cununa de spice: Romania; July
  Szüreti Fesztivál or Szüreti Napok: literally "harvest festival" or "harvest days"; celebrated in various rural towns of Hungary
  Timoleague: annual harvest festival held in August; Tigh Molaige in Irish
caption: Decoration for ‘thanksgiving’ (Erntedank) in a Catholic church in Upper Austria.
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