Holidays, Festivals, and Annual Events

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Kanto Annual Festivals and Special Events

The following is a list of events and festivals that are held all throughout the Kanto region. While some holidays may be celebrated in other regions, they may take place on different dates. Attendance is hardly mandatory (look how many festivals focus on staring at the sky with your true love, you can stand to miss a few!), but participation can sometimes get you a prize, good CR, or a neat bonus. The weather on a festival day is always guaranteed to be sunny no matter where you are, but Pokémon Gyms and NPC shops (with the exception of Pokémon Centers) are likely to be closed so the owners can enjoy the holiday.

SPRING
1 - New Year's Day: The snow has cleared and spring is here at long last! Everyone stays up the entire night before to count down the minutes to midnight, and keeps warm eating a hearty helping of noodles. The new year is celebrated with exchanged gifts, and participants typically choose a goal to focus on in the year to come.

8 - Goddess Festival: A day where people celebrate and give thanks to the Harvest Goddess. Girls traditionally wear flowers in their hair while boys tuck a flower into their jacket pocket or pin one to their shirts. It's common to throw offerings into the local pond or donate to the local church. And sometimes, the Goddess gives something back in return!

15 - Cherry Cup: Locked! Requires at least five characters to own a horse to unlock.

22 - Cooking Festival: Characters gather to compete and show off their cooking skills . The judge tastes everyone's dish, and the top three winners receive a special prize! In addition, the contestant who claims first place gains a 10% fame bonus to all cooked dishes that are sold or shipped. This bonus can be won multiple times! Dishes are judged via RNG, and chances of winning can be increased by submitting a dish with a large quantity of ingredients and/or includes high quality ingredients (a 5% bonus per Gold Milk, Gold Egg, or perfect crop!).

23 - Flower Festival: Give flowers to friends, family, loved ones, or even complete strangers! Wildflowers are usually the norm, but gifts of homegrown flowers are considered to be very special, and bouquets even moreso. Giving a homegrown flower to one of your Pokemon will increase its Happiness OR Affection by 10%!

25 - Flower Viewing Festival: Different from the Flower Festival in that people traditionally have a picnic outdoors to enjoy the sight of the flowering trees before summer comes. It's not uncommon for some people to get drunk and unruly, but for the most part, this holiday is a chance to spend time with your family, coworkers, or friends.

SUMMER
1 - Beach Day: All towns connected to a beach celebrate the first day of summer with a fun beach party! It's prime time for guys and gals to show off their swimsuits, or just enjoy the sunshine and water.

7 - Star Festival: Considered to be a primarily romantic holiday, people gather in the evening and pair off to watch the annual shower of shooting stars. The weather is always good on this day, and the skies are always perfectly clear. One of the Star Festival traditions is to write a wish on a strip of paper and hang it in the tree branches. If the paper is gone by the next morning, the wish will surely come true! (Wishes not guaranteed to come true, they're treated the same as making a birthday wish before blowing out the candles.)

8 - Poultry Festival: Farmers compete to show off their best chickens and ducks. The winner will be determined by RNG, with the top three contestants receiving a prize. Claiming first place will allow your winning bird to start laying Gold Eggs!

12 - Tomato Festival: Characters are not only allowed to hurl tomatoes at each other, but are encouraged to do so! It's all out war, so warm up your throwing arm and get ready to huck some produce at the people you love! NO MERCY.

20 - Cow Festival: Farmers compete to show off their best cows. The winner will be determined by RNG, with the top three contestants receiving a prize. Claiming first place will allow your winning cow to start producing Gold Milk!

29 - Fireworks Festival: In the day, vendors set up various stalls to peddle homemade crafts, sell carnival food, and host all kinds of fun games. Characters may run their own booth, or just enjoy the day checking out everyone else's displays. At night, the sky is lit up with a brilliant fireworks display of dazzling colors and whistling bangs.

FALL
3 - Music Festival: Anyone with musical talent is invited to perform publically at the town square, where listeners eagerly gather to appreciate the songs offered up by amateurs and professionals alike. It's a good excuse to form a band, no matter how much you stink!

10 - Moon Viewing Festival: On this night, the moon is a bright orange color and appears to be bigger than usual. Well-respected farmers are typically given gifts of appreciation from the townsfolk, such as home-cooked meals or even bags of seeds. On the night of the moon viewing, people may choose to either watch the moon as a group or pair off to enjoy the inherent romance.

12 - Harvest Festival: The citizens of each town gather for one big potluck. Bring an ingredient for the giant cauldron of stew in order to participate, or your own homecooked dish if you really want to impress people. Festival attendees feast all day and at night, some choose to dance with a partner around the stewpot fire.

15 - Daisy Stakes: Locked! Requires at least five characters to own a horse to unlock.

20 - Egg Hunt Festival: Locked! Requires discovery of Chansey to unlock.

21 - Sheep Festival: Farmers compete to show off their best sheep. The winner will be determined by RNG, with the top three contestants receiving a prize. Claiming first place will allow your winning sheep to start producing Gold Wool!

WINTER
10 - Dog Race: If you own a dog (whether the normal type or a dog-like Pokemon), you can enter them in this fun-filled exciting race to see whose dog is the fastest! Winners are determined via RNG (with a percentage bonus granted to Pokemon who have had their stats pumped up with vitamins or who have a nature that favors Speed), and receive a nice prize for their efforts.

14 - Thanksgiving Day: Bachelors and bachelorettes traditionally give gifts of chocolate and other sweets to show their romantic interest. Homemade gifts are always better-received. Couples that are already involved in a relationship often share a candlelit fancy meal together at home.

24 - Starry Night Festival: On this night, the sky is always clear, and the stars are brighter than any other day of the year. This is considered to be a very romantic holiday, and choosing to spend it with someone is a clear sign of affection. After all, it's cold, and what better way to warm up than getting cozy with someone you care about?

31 - New Year's Eve: See Spring 1 for New Year's Day, as this event spans two whole days.