Da Nang's tourism portal published its list of Da Nang events in November and December 2026 on October 27, 2026, and the portal's Facebook page shared it as posters three days later. It runs from a 10-day art festival in two museums to a New Year Festival that ends on January 3, 2027, with Hoi An's first international lantern festival and a free Christmas market in early December.
The list is a summary, though. One entry gives dates that differ from what its organizer publishes, several are marked "planned", and two regular Hoi An evenings in the same weeks are left out. Which dates can you build a trip around?
Da Nang events in November and December 2026 by date
Start with the dates below when you pick the week of your trip. The Da Nang events in November and December 2026 on the tourism portal's list run from the Da Nang Art Creatives Connection (October 30–November 8) and the Culture Week for National Great Unity (November 18–24) to the Hoi An International Lantern Festival (December 3–6), the Danang Christmas Market (December 3–6 by its organizers' dates), the New Year Festival (December 30–January 3) and a 2027 New Year Countdown planned for December 31.
The table follows the portal's list of October 27, 2026, with the Christmas market dates taken from its organizers and Hoi An's monthly Legendary Night added.
| Date | Event and place |
|---|---|
| Oct 30–Nov 8 | Da Nang Art Creatives Connection (DACC 2026), Da Nang Museum and Museum of Cham Sculpture |
| Nov 15 and Dec 15, 9:00 am and 2:45 pm | Echoes of My Son (Âm vang Mỹ Sơn), My Son Sanctuary |
| Nov 16 (planned) | Xo Dang mountain god ceremony, Tra Linh commune |
| Nov 18–24 | Culture Week for National Great Unity 2026, venues across the city; main show Nov 23 |
| Nov 20–Dec 5 | Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day activities, Hoi An |
| Nov 22 and Dec 22, usually 6:30–9:00 pm | Hoi An Legendary Night (Đêm phố cổ), Ancient Town; monthly, on the 14th lunar night; not on the portal's list |
| Dec 3–6 | Hoi An International Lantern Festival 2026, Hoai River Square and the Ancient Town |
| Dec 3–6 | Danang Christmas Market 2026, Ariyana Convention Centre; free entry |
| Dec 30–Jan 3 | New Year Festival, Bach Dang walking street, the Dragon Bridge banks and several wards |
| Dec 31 (planned) | 2027 New Year Countdown, East Sea Park, Tam Thanh Square and Tay Giang Square |
| Jan 1, 2027 (planned) | Da Nang Concert, Da Nang Museum |
For a short trip, this guide suggests the art festival in early November, the show on November 23 or the first week of December in Hoi An and at Ariyana, since their dates appear in more than one source. The New Year's Eve countdown is listed as planned.
Dates and details to check again before you go
Before you book a hotel night around one of these events, compare the portal's list with what each organizer says, because the two do not always agree. As of October 30, 2026, these are the points where sources differ or nothing is final.
- Christmas market dates and hours. The portal lists the market as planned for December 4–6. The organizers' own Facebook event and posts give December 3–6, Thursday to Sunday. They also give two opening times: 9:00 am at the top of the event page and in their posts, 10:00 am in the event description. Both say it closes at 10:00 pm, and this guide suggests arriving after 10:00 am, the later of the two opening times.
- Lantern festival venue. The Facebook version of the list names only the An Hoi Sculpture Garden. The portal's full article lists Hoai River Square, the An Hoi Sculpture Garden, the banks of the Hoai River and streets in the Ancient Town.
- Echoes of My Son location. The portal places the show at tower groups B and C, while the My Son management board's own pages say the B, C and D group.
- Planned events without times. The portal marks the Xo Dang ceremony, the New Year Countdown and the Da Nang Concert as "planned" (dự kiến) and gives no start times for them. A Van Hoa newspaper report on the same program, also from October 27, calls the lantern festival and the New Year Festival "planned" too, so treat the dates marked "planned" as provisional until the organizer confirms them.
Hoi An also announced free entry to the Ancient Town on December 4 in both 2024 and 2025, the anniversary of the town's UNESCO listing on December 4, 1999. As of October 30, 2026, neither the portal's list nor the news reports of October 27 mention it for 2026.
The weather can move outdoor plans as well. The destination forecast issued on October 26, 2026 by the Central Vietnam hydro-meteorological station expects mostly fine weather between October 26 and November 26, with a few cold air surges that bring cooler weather, rain and wind. The portal cites it only for that period. See the Da Nang rainy season guide for what usually closes in a storm.
Da Nang: the art festival, Culture Week and the Christmas market
Three of the events have their main venues away from Hoi An: the art festival runs 10 days, Culture Week seven and the Christmas market four.
Da Nang Art Creatives Connection (DACC 2026), October 30–November 8
Visit the Da Nang Museum or the Museum of Cham Sculpture before the festival ends on November 8, and ask at the desk which activities are on that day. DACC 2026 is run by the Da Nang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, opened on October 30, 2026, and is the first event of its kind in the city. Its theme is "History of Tomorrow", and its more than 20 activities include exhibitions, contemporary dance, workshops and art tours, with artists and curators from Vietnam and Southeast Asia. The organizers say they want DACC to become a yearly event.
The Da Nang Museum lists its first site at 31 Tran Phu Street, Hai Chau ward, open 8:00 am–5:00 pm daily, and Tuoi Tre's October 29 report places the DACC venue at the Da Nang Museum on Bach Dang Street. The Museum of Cham Sculpture is on 2 Thang 9 Street and opens 7:00 am–5:00 pm every day. The portal and the October 29 and 30 news reports give no ticket price for DACC events. See the Museum of Cham Sculpture guide for its regular tickets and galleries.
Culture Week for National Great Unity, November 18–24
Keep the evening of November 23 free for the week's main show. The Culture Week for National Great Unity 2026 (Tuần Văn hóa – Đại đoàn kết dân tộc) links National Great Unity Day on November 18 with Vietnam Culture Day on November 24, under the theme "Quintessence of culture – strength of great unity". It is the first time the city has held it at city scale.
The main show runs 7:30–10:30 pm on November 23, 2026, at Tien Son Sports Palace, with leading and young Vietnamese music artists and a stage built for more than 100 performers at once. Other activities take place at cultural sites in Hoi An, My Son and Kham Duc and in neighborhoods, museums, squares and walking streets. A second show, "Colors of Highland Culture" (Sắc màu văn hóa vùng cao), is planned for 7:30–9:30 pm on November 26 in Kham Duc commune, two days after the week ends. The portal lists no ticket details for the November 23 show.
Danang Christmas Market, December 3–6
The Christmas market is free and runs for four days. The Danang Christmas Market 2026 is at Ariyana Convention Centre, 107 Vo Nguyen Giap Street in Ngu Hanh Son, and is organized by DaNang 365. The organizers promise more than 70 booths, mulled wine, Santa photos and live performances; the portal's list mentions more than 80 booths.
The 2025 market ran December 5–7, 2025, at the same venue, also with free entry, and Ariyana says it drew more than 60,000 visitors. Ariyana's report on that market describes both indoor and outdoor space, so check the organizers' Facebook page on the morning you go if the forecast is wet.
Hoi An and My Son: heritage events, lanterns and the Echoes of My Son show
Hoi An, about 30 km (19 miles) from central Da Nang and part of Da Nang city since July 1, 2025, hosts the heritage activities, the lantern festival and two Legendary Nights in these weeks. See how to get from Da Nang to Hoi An for an evening trip, and the Hoi An Ancient Town guide for its tickets.
Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day activities, November 20–December 5
Hoi An's heritage program runs from November 20 to December 5 in Hoi An ward. Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day falls on November 23, and in 2026 Hoi An's activities around it mark 40 years of the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation. The program includes exhibitions of photos and documents on the World Heritage site and of Han-Nom inscriptions, the inauguration of the restored Hoi An Prison relic, and a ceremony for 27 years since the UNESCO listing. The portal gives no dates or venues for individual activities.
Hoi An International Lantern Festival, December 3–6
Plan an evening in Hoi An on December 3 if you want the opening. The first Hoi An International Lantern Festival runs December 3–6, 2026, under the theme "Hoi An – Heritage in a Kaleidoscope of Colors" (Hội An – Sắc màu Di sản), and the opening ceremony is scheduled for 7:00 pm on December 3 on the main stage at Hoai River Square. The program includes lantern art installations, lantern-making workshops, a show called "Colors of Heritage" and a lantern night procession (Minh đăng dạ hành). See the Hoi An lantern festival guide for the Legendary Night dates through 2027 and the river boat prices.
Legendary Night, when the old town is lit mainly by lanterns, is held on the 14th night of each lunar month. By Vietnam's lunar calendar that puts it on November 22 and December 22, 2026, and the program usually runs 6:30–9:00 pm. Neither night is on the portal's list.
Echoes of My Son, November 15 and December 15
Time a visit to My Son Sanctuary on the 15th for 9:00 am or 2:45 pm. Echoes of My Son is performed on the 15th of each month by the solar calendar, which makes it Sunday, November 15, and Tuesday, December 15, 2026. The show has three parts: Cham folk dances, Cham Ponai folk songs and the Ciet dance.
See the My Son Sanctuary guide for tickets, opening hours and getting there from Hoi An or Da Nang.
Tra Linh: the Xo Dang mountain god ceremony, November 16
This is a trip of its own. The Xo Dang community's mountain god ceremony (Lễ cúng Thần Núi) is planned for Monday, November 16, 2026, in Tra Linh commune, with gong music and traditional dances. Tra Linh is nearly 210 km (130 miles) southwest of the city's administrative center, on a long road with mountain passes, and the tourism portal advises against trying to go and come back in one day. The portal gives no time or venue within the commune, so wait for the commune's own announcement before you go.
New Year 2027: the festival, the countdown and the concert
For New Year's Eve in Da Nang, keep December 31 free and check the final program in late December. The New Year Festival runs December 30, 2026, to January 3, 2027, on Bach Dang walking street, on the northern landscape decks on the east and west banks by the Dragon Bridge, and at places in Hoi An, Tam Ky and other wards. The program lists an opening show, a food area, a midnight program called "Da Nang – Touching midnight" and a "Light up the Han River" run.
The 2027 New Year Countdown is planned for December 31 at East Sea Park, Tam Thanh Square and Tay Giang Square, and a Da Nang Concert is planned for January 1, 2027, at the Da Nang Museum. The portal gives no start time, fireworks plan or road closures for the countdown. See the Dragon Bridge guide for its weekend fire and water show, which is close to the riverside venues.
On December 31, 2025, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held its "Da Nang greets 2026 – Harmony and Radiance" show at Tam Thanh Sea Square (Quảng trường biển Tam Thanh) in Quang Phu ward, and it ended with fireworks. On the same night, a countdown show ran at East Sea Park in An Hai ward, and Hoi An held its own New Year program at the An Hoi Sculpture Garden.
Check each event's own page or announcement for times before you go; the table near the top lists the dates.
Sources and how we checked
We started from the list of year-end events on Da Nang's tourism portal (October 27, 2026) and the Facebook post of the same list (October 30, 2026), then checked the events against organizer pages, city pages and news reports on October 30, 2026, where those exist. Where an organizer published something different, the article says so.
- Da Nang tourism portal (Danang Fantasticity): year-end events and weather, 2026 (October 27, 2026, in Vietnamese); Hoi An International Lantern Festival 2026 (September 11, 2026); Ngoc Linh ginseng area and Tra Linh (August 4, 2026); Facebook post of the event list (October 30, 2026).
- Danang Christmas Market organizers: Facebook event page and post of October 25, 2026; danangchristmasmarket.com (December 3–6, 2026 in the page header; the text below describes the 2025 market); Ariyana Convention Centre, 2025 market report (December 26, 2025).
- Da Nang Museum: sites and opening hours. My Son management board: opening hours and show schedule and ticket site.
- Da Nang city portal (in Vietnamese): New Year's Eve 2026 shows (January 1, 2026).
- News reports (in Vietnamese): Nhan Dan, DACC 2026 opening (October 30, 2026); Da Nang newspaper, DACC 2026 opening (October 30, 2026) and Culture Week planning (October 12, 2026); Tuoi Tre, 10 days of DACC and its venues (October 29, 2026); Van Hoa, DACC as a first edition (October 6, 2026), year-end festivals (October 27, 2026), Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day, November 23 (November 23, 2024), and Hoi An's free entry on December 4 in 2024 (November 19, 2024) and 2025 (December 1, 2025); Thanh Nien, lantern festival and Heritage Day program (October 27, 2026).
- Legendary Night: the 14th night of each lunar month comes from the Hoi An heritage center's Legendary Night notice (July 8, 2025), and the 6:30–9:00 pm program from the center's pages listed in the Hoi An lantern festival guide; the two 2026 dates are worked out from Vietnam's lunar calendar.
- Photos: Danang Christmas Market (Facebook), Ariyana Convention Centre (ariyanacentre.com), Da Nang Museum (baotangdanang.vn), My Son World Cultural Heritage Management Board (mysonsanctuary.com.vn) and the Da Nang City People's Committee portal (danang.gov.vn); cropped or lightly edited. Viewed October 30, 2026.
We found no published ticket price for DACC events or the November 23 show, no time or venue for the Xo Dang ceremony, no start time or fireworks plan for the 2027 countdown, and no 2026 announcement on free Ancient Town entry on December 4.
Updated: October 31, 2026
