Stardew Valley Calendar (2026) – All Festivals, Birthdays & Events
Use this interactive Stardew Valley Calendar to track all festivals, villager birthdays, and seasonal events. Stay updated with every important day in Pelican Town and never miss a valuable opportunity again.
How to Use This Stardew Valley Calendar
Everything you need to know to never miss a festival, birthday, or forage window again.
This interactive Stardew Valley Calendar covers every event across all four seasons — Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Each season has exactly 28 days, meaning one full year in Stardew Valley is 112 days. Use the season tabs at the top to navigate, or click the year bar to jump between seasons instantly.
Festivals lock you out of your farm from around 9:00 AM, so plan your watering and animal care the night before. Missing the Luau or Stardew Valley Fair means waiting a whole year!
The Stardew Valley 1.6 update added several new events not shown on the in-game bulletin board: the Desert Festival (Spring 15–17), Trout Derby (Summer 20–21), SquidFest (Winter 12–13), and the Bookseller visiting twice per season. These are all marked with ✨ on the calendar above.
All Seasonal Events Explained
Complete breakdown of every festival, mini-event, and 1.6 addition with tips.
A new 3-day event added in update 1.6. Travel to the Calico Desert (bus must be repaired) to earn Calico Eggs by completing Skull Cavern challenges. Rotating villager shops sell exclusive hats, decorations, and weapons unavailable anywhere else.
The first festival of the year held in Pelican Town Square. The main event is the Egg Hunt — collect more eggs than Abigail to win a Straw Hat. More importantly, Pierre’s shop opens here, selling Strawberry Seeds for 100g — one of the most profitable Spring crops that can’t be purchased at any other time.
A dance festival held in Cindersap Forest. Ask a villager with at least 4 friendship hearts to be your dance partner. Rarecrow #5 and various seasonal decorations are for sale from Pierre and Sandy. Missing this means waiting another full year for another chance to dance.
Held at The Beach. Contribute a high-quality, high-value cooked dish or item to the communal pot soup. The Governor judges the soup — contributing an excellent item grants +1 heart with all villagers simultaneously. Avoid low-quality or strange items, as they will upset everyone.
A new 1.6 fishing mini-festival held in Cindersap Forest. Catch Rainbow Trout to discover Golden Tags inside them. Collect Golden Tags and trade them to the vendor for exclusive prizes, including the Tent Kit, a sleeping bag for camping anywhere on the map.
The final event of Summer, held at The Beach at 10:00 PM. No competition or purchases — just a beautiful cutscene watching jellyfish float through the water. Pierre sells Seafoam Pudding and Rarecrow #1. A great social opportunity as all villagers attend.
The biggest festival of the year. Enter your Grange Display — 9 items covering as many categories as possible, at the highest quality you can manage. Win the display competition to earn Star Tokens. The most important prize is the Stardrop for 2,000 Star Tokens, permanently increasing max energy.
A Halloween-themed maze festival in Pelican Town. Navigate the haunted maze to find the Golden Pumpkin at the center (or a Prize Ticket in later years once you already own one). Pierre sells Jack-O-Lantern crafting recipes. The maze has a secret shortcut — find the witch’s hut!
An ice-fishing competition in Cindersap Forest. Fish in the special ice-fishing holes. Catch at least 5 fish to win the contest and receive a Sailor’s Cap, tackle, and a Prize Ticket. All fish count — it’s purely about quantity, not quality or species.
A new 1.6 fishing mini-festival held at The Beach. Catch as many Squid as possible throughout the day to reach different prize tiers. Higher tiers unlock better prizes. Squid only appear naturally in Winter at the Beach at night — this event lets you catch them all day long.
A 3-day evening market at The Beach (open 5 PM to 2 AM). Buy rare paintings, Magic Rock Candy, Seasonal Plant seeds, and Shrub seeds unavailable elsewhere. Take the submarine ride to catch deep-sea fish like the Midnight Carp at unique times. The Mermaid boat plays a secret song.
Stardew Valley’s Secret Santa event! On Winter 1, you are assigned a random villager to gift. On Winter 25, exchange gifts in the Town Square. Give a loved gift to the villager assigned to you for a massive 5× friendship multiplier. Sandy, Dwarf, and Krobus all participate.
🌧️ Green Rain & Special Weather Events
The mysterious seasonal anomalies added in Stardew Valley 1.6.
Green Rain is a new random weather event that occurs once per Summer. The day prior, your TV weather report will show static instead of a forecast — this is your warning. On Green Rain day, strange luminescent green rain falls, causing massive weed overgrowth and Fiddlehead Fern stalks to sprout everywhere across the map.
The primary resource to collect during Green Rain is Moss — a new crafting material used in several 1.6 recipes including the Statue of Blessings and Mystic Tree Seed. Use your Scythe on the glowing weeds and your Axe on mossy trees. Don’t worry — Green Rain does not damage your crops or kill animals.
You can also find Mossy Seeds during Green Rain, which grow into special Moss-covered trees. These trees passively generate Moss over time, making them valuable long-term farm additions.
🎂 Complete Birthday Calendar
Every villager birthday across all four seasons, with their most loved gifts.
🔍 Birthday Lookup Tool
🌸 Spring Birthdays
☀️ Summer Birthdays
🍂 Fall Birthdays
❄️ Winter Birthdays
❤️ Ultimate Gift Guide — All Villagers
Loved gifts for every villager in Pelican Town. Search by name to find fast.
🌱 New 1.6 Secret Crops & Planting Guide
Four new crops added in update 1.6 that cannot be purchased from Pierre or JojaMart.
These new crops were added in Stardew Valley 1.6 and must be discovered by digging up artifact spots (the worm tiles on the ground) during the correct season. They can also occasionally be won from the Prize Ticket Machine in Mayor Lewis’s house.
| Crop | Season | How to Get Seeds | Growth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥕 Carrot | Spring | Dig artifact spots (worm tiles) in Spring | 3 days | Fast-growing; good for filling gaps late-season |
| 🥒 Summer Squash | Summer | Dig artifact spots in Summer | 6 days, regrows every 3 | Regrow crop — very profitable over a full season |
| 🥦 Broccoli | Fall | Dig artifact spots in Fall | 8 days, regrows every 4 | High sell price; pairs well with Kegs |
| 🍈 Powdermelon | Winter | Dig artifact spots in Winter | 7 days | One of the only Winter ground crops — very valuable |
⛏️ The Mastery Cave — End-Game Progression
Located in Cindersap Forest south of Leah’s cottage, the Mastery Cave is a major new end-game system from update 1.6. The cave door remains locked until you reach Level 10 in all five skills: Farming, Mining, Foraging, Fishing, and Combat.
Inside are five Mastery Pillars. After reaching level 10, continuing to earn XP in any skill generates Mastery Points. Spend these points to unlock overpowered permanent upgrades:
- Farming Mastery — Iridium Scythe (harvests all crops instantly), Statue of Blessings
- Mining Mastery — Powerful new pickaxe enchantment options
- Foraging Mastery — Mystic Tree Seed, permanent foraging upgrades
- Fishing Mastery — Fishing rod upgrades, better bait crafting
- Combat Mastery — New weapon type and permanent combat bonuses
❓ Stardew Valley Calendar FAQ
Answers to the most common questions about Pelican Town events and scheduling.