Stardew Valley/Events

There are many cutscenes, festivals, and other events which occur in Stardew Valley. Many tell you something about your neighbors, whose lives can be very colorful.

Festivals
There are two festivals each month in Stardew Valley, a total of eight every year. In addition, there is a Night Market held every year where merchants from other area set up shop. The normal flow of time is interrupted when you enter a festival; you can enter the festival area any time it's active, you arrive back at your farm house when you exit the festival or it ends. You can talk to your neighbors there, and each festival has a "main event", a ceremony to witness or a mini-game to play.

Egg Festival
This takes place on the 13th day of Spring, from 9 AM to 2 PM, in Pelican Town. The main event is the Egg Hunt, where you compete with some of the younger villagers to find the most Easter eggs.

Winning the egg hunt isn't too hard, but scouting the locations of the eggs and some prior planning will help a great deal. Remember that you don't have to collect all the eggs, just more eggs than the other competitors. In effect you have to find 9 eggs, since the real competition is Abigail who finds 8. The prize for winning is a Straw Hat, and if you already have a Straw Hat, 1000g. You can, of course, collect more eggs if you are able, and videos of people collecting many more than 9 eggs can be found on YouTube. But you don't get any extra reward in the game for getting more than 9 eggs.

In case you don't want to plan out your own route, this will get you the 9 eggs needed to win. From the starting point:
 * 1) Go west, get the egg near the south end of the fence.
 * 2) Go north to the bench, then east to the two bushes and get the egg behind them.
 * 3) Go east to the clinic and get the egg to the left of it.
 * 4) Continue east to George and Evelyn’s house (avoiding getting caught by the extra table in front of Pierre’s door), get the egg near the trash can.
 * 5) Continue east past Pam’s trailer and get the egg on the riverbank.
 * 6) Circle back to George and Evelyn’s house, get egg behind the tree to the right of it.
 * 7) Go northwest to the wall behind George and Evelyn’s house, get the egg there.
 * 8,9) Start up the path to the Community Center but turn left behind Pierre’s, go west to the barrels and find 2 eggs there.

Letters
You'll often get mail; sometimes this is a gift from a friendly neighbor, sometimes it's an announcement of an upcoming event, sometimes it's a request which starts a side quest. It's a good idea to check your mailbox every morning; an envelope icon appears when there is unread mail for you. After reading your mail, you can review it any time in the Letters sub-tab of the Collections tab.

Annual announcements
You receive these every year.
 * 12 Spring, Egg Festival Notice: Announcing the Egg Festival the next day.
 * 23 Spring, Flower Dance Notice: Announcing the Flower Dance the next day.
 * 10 Summer, Luau Notice: Announcing the Luau the next day.
 * 28 Summer, Dance Of The Moonlight Jellies: Announcing the Moonlight Jellies gathering that same evening.
 * 9 Fall, Stardew Valley Fair Notice: Announcing the Stardew Valley Fair the following week. You get a week's notice to prepare your grange display.
 * 15 Fall, Stardew Valley Fair Reminder: Reminder for the Stardew Valley Fair the next day.
 * 26 Fall, Spirit's Eve Notice: Announcing the Spirit's Eve Festival the next evening.
 * 7 Winter, Festival Of Ice Notice: Announcing the Festival Of Ice Notice the next day.
 * 14 Winter, Night Market Notice: Announcing the Night Market starting the next day and continuing for three days.
 * 18 Winter, Secret Gift-Giver: Announcing the Feast of the Winter Star the following week. You get a week's notice to prepare your gift.
 * 24 Winter, Feast Of The Winter Star Reminder: Reminder for the Feast of the Winter Star the next day.

Living of the Land topics
You can watch Living of the Land on your television every Monday and Thursday. Almost all the episodes are different for the first two years, and reruns start in year 3. The topics cover all kinds of hints on the game.