This is a calendar of events and festivals in the month of '''January'''.
Global
1st: '''New Years Day''' (Gregorian calendar) - all night parties and celebrations including fireworks displays in cities and locations worldwide, but especially Western ones
Late January or early February: '''Chinese New Year''', celebrated in China, Singapore and anywhere where there are large concentrations of Chinese
26th: '''Australia Day''' in Australia - a public holiday commemorating the arrival of the convict First Fleet in 1788 and the establishment of both the city of Sydney and the colony of New South Wales. It is celebrated by community events in most suburbs and towns around Australia and in grand style in the city centres and Sydney (especially).
Australia's largest '''country music festival''' is held in Tamworth, northern New South Wales
5th: '''Winter Light Fest''', [http://www.winterlight.ca],Edmonton. This is an attempt at a world class festival of winter in Edmonton. It shall combine Ice on Whyte and a few other events, as well a bunch of new ones to create a winter fest to rival Quebec. It shall run until March.
January 19 (20 on Leap Year): '''Timkat Festival''' Christian celebration with reenactments of Baptism and dancing in Gondar
1st: '''The Paris Parade Festival''', [http://www.parisparade.com/] in Paris
Late January: '''Viareggio Carnival''', [http://www.viareggio.ilcarnevale.com] in Viareggio
Late January and early February: '''Venice Carnival''', [http://www.venicecarnival.com/] in Venice
January 26, 2009 - Annular solar eclipse visible from Borneo, Jakarta, Sumatra.
31 January to 3 February 2008: '''MPH Motoring Theatre''' [http://www.mphshow.co.za/] at the Cocal-Cola Dome [http://www.coca-coladome.co.za] in Johannesburg with the guys from BBC's Top Gear show
Mid January: '''Dusi Canoe Marathon''', [http://www.dusi.org.za/], in KwaZulu-Natal
Late January or early February: '''Korean Lunar New Year''' (''Seollal''), South Korea
'''Epiphany''' day is a Christian feast intended to celebrate the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ. National Bank holiday and the official end of the Christmas season in Spain.
Late January: '''Kiruna Snow Festival''', [http://kiruna.snowfestival.se/] in Kiruna
Early January: '''Trinidad and Tobago Carnival''', [http://www.ncctt.org] in Port of Spain with smaller events throughout Trinidad and Tobago
Last Tuesday in January: '''Lerwick Up Helly Aa''', [http://www.uphellyaa.org] in Lerwick on the Shetland Islands. A fire festival celebrating the influence of the Vikings on Scotland, culminating in the burning of a Viking galley.
3rd Monday in January: '''Martin Luther King Day'''
Late January: '''Saint Paul Winter Carnival''', [http://www.winter-carnival.com/] in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Late January: '''North American International Auto Show''', [http://www.naias.com/] in Detroit, Michigan
Late January or early February: '''Vietnamese New Year''' (''T?t''), Vietnam