What's on in Mata-Utu (Uvea), Wallis and Futuna through the year

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Quiet — one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Busy — Saint Pierre Chanel Day, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Saint Pierre Chanel Day

  28–29 AprNational holidayClosures

  The territory's own saint, killed on Futuna in 1841, gets 28 April: mass, a procession and a katoaga feast. It is the one day of the year the whole territory keeps together. Source ↗

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Festival

  Saint Joseph feast in Mu'a

  1 MayReligious feast

  The southern district of Mu'a, a short drive from the capital, opens the year's parish feasts on 1 May: an early mass at Mala'efo'ou, a royal kava ceremony, roast pigs and village dances. Source ↗

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Festival

  Saint John the Baptist feast

  24 JunReligious feast

  On 24 June Falaleu, in the capital's own district of Hahake, holds its patron-saint katoaga with sacred songs, dances, kava and a shared feast; Ha'atofo and Vailala celebrate the same day. Source ↗

Busy — Bastille Day and Territory Day, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Bastille Day and Territory Day

  14–30 JulNational holidayClosures

  Two French-administered holidays inside a fortnight: 14 July, and Territory Day on the 29th. Offices shut, the diaspora flies in from New Caledonia, and village feasts run either side of both. Source ↗

Busy — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Festival

  Feast of the Assumption

  15 AugReligious feastClosures

  The Assumption is the feast of Mata-Utu's cathedral and the Hahake district: a bishop's mass, then a katoaga of gift exchange, kava and village dances on the square facing the royal palace. It is a public holiday, so offices close. Source ↗

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in September.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

• Hazard

  Cyclone season

  1 Nov – 30 Apr

  The South Pacific season runs November to April. Wallis is low and the lagoon offers little shelter from surge, and a storm here also means the fortnightly flight from Noumea does not come. Source ↗

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Cyclone season (1 Nov – 30 Apr)