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May
Aboakyir (Deer Hunt) Festival 
"Aboakyir" literally, means "game hunting". This popular festival is celebrated on the first Saturday of May by the chie of Winneba. The festival begins with a competitive hunt between 2 traditional warrior groups in a nearby game reserve, where each tries to catch an antelope live. It is an adventurous event to test the strength, bravery, determination and intuition of the 2 rival groups. The winner presents the catch to the Paramount Chief who sits in state with the sub-chiefs and subjects. The antelope is sacrificed as an invocation for good harvest and a bountiful fishing season. A durbar and procession of the chiefs and warrior groups in their colouful regalia is the highlight of the celebrations. Brass bands, dancing, performances of folklore and parties make this an unforgettable event.

Formerly involved capturing a leopard barehanded, the toll on human life eventually became so prohibitive that the divinity to whom the leopard was sacrificed was beseeched to accept a less dangerous substitute, and the leopard was replaced by an antelope.

Beng Festival 
Is celebrated by the people of Sonyo Kipo, in the Northern Region to honour the great fetish of the Gonja people. 

Osudoku Festival 
Is celebrated by the people of Asutsuare, in the Eastern Region to mark the beginning of the year.

Donkyi Festival 
Is celebrated by the people of Namase, in the Brong Ahafo Region.

Don Festival 
Is celebrated by the people of Bolgatanga, in the Upper East Region.