Hue Festival – Vietnam’s Most Important Cultural Event

Hue Festival is a very big international cultural occasion, held biannual in Hue City in the purpose of honoring the priceless historical and cultural values of Hue – the former capital city of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty.

Hue Festival Grand Opening Ceremony in 2014

Usually, Hue Festival season occurs for a week in April, May or even June. It firstly took place in 1992 with the name of Vietnamese – French Festival, then, officially has called as “Hue Festival” since 2000. Until now, it has always seen as one of biggest cultural festivals in Vietnam coming with lots of community-based activities as well as traditional events that are formally organized both outside and inside the city of Hue. They are including Nam Giao Worshiping Ceremony, Sea Festival, Ao Dai Festival, Truyen Lo Ceremony, Kite Competition, and a lot of other interesting things.

Nam Giao Worshiping Ceremony – Hue Festival

Right from the beginning of this special occasion, visitors are all likely to enjoy a really grand and gorgeous opening ceremony with excellent performances, delivered by several Vietnamese and international art groups.

During Hue Festival, there are always a wide range of great traditional activities, cultural events, and art performances taking place at every corner of the city, reflecting the cultural diversity of Hue City and the whole nation as well. More impressively, the festival is also a great cultural destination, gathering thousands of artists from so many countries all around the world such as France, UK, the US, Brazil, … that make it much more interesting.

Colorful performance in Hue Festival

Additionally, as participating in the festival, visitors also have the chance to explore Vietnam’s unique traditional values through many great activities like Art Exhibitions, Ao Dai Grand Show, Hue Poetry Festival, the Week of historical films, etc. Especially, Nguyen Dynasty’s ancient sceneries are also perfectly imitated, providing a detailed insight about feudal are of Vietnam. Also, we can’t fail to mention to variety typical events such as Nam Giao, Xa Tac Offering Ritual, Hue’s Royal Refined Music, … which attract to many tourists from all over the world.