What's on
Festivals, races, and cultural moments worth planning a trip around, by month. Dates read confirmed where the organizer has published them, and expected where we've projected the recurrence. Always verify before booking.
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41 events upcoming for Witness / Attend in Asia.
July 2026
Salalah Tourism Festival
Salalah · Oman
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Held through the Khareef monsoon each summer, roughly mid-July to late August, on the Ittin plain outside Salalah. In 2025 the festival ran 15 July to 31 August; the 2026 and 2027 editions are expected to follow a similar mid-July to late-August window within the wider Khareef season of about 21 June to 21 September.
Dates & details →Yasaka-jinja Shrine / Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Rengokai
Kyoto · Japan
Witness / Attend
Spans July, with the grand processions on July 17 and 24.
Dates & details →September 2026
October 2026
Golden Eagle Festival
Bayan-Olgii · Mongolia
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The main Golden Eagle Festival runs on the first weekend of October outside Olgii, Bayan-Olgii, with a smaller Sagsai festival in September. Upcoming: 3-4 October 2026; first weekend of October 2027.
Dates & details →Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
Marina Bay · Singapore
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Held annually on the Marina Bay Street Circuit in downtown Singapore as Formula 1's original night race, organised by Singapore GP Pte Ltd, historically in September and scheduled for October in 2026, with the main grand prix under lights on the Sunday evening. Upcoming: 9 to 11 October 2026 (adding Singapore's first F1 Sprint on the Saturday); 2027 dates confirmed by the promoter and Formula 1 nearer the time.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Kolkata
Kolkata · India
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Durga Puja follows the lunar calendar, falling in late September or October.
Dates & details →November 2026
Macau Grand Prix
Guia Circuit · Macau
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Run over one long weekend in mid to late November each year on the Guia street circuit. Upcoming: 19 to 22 November 2026 (73rd edition, provisional); mid to late November 2027 (expected).
Dates & details →Bon Om Touk
Phnom Penh · Cambodia
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Three days around the full moon of the Khmer month of Kadeuk in November, so the dates shift yearly with the lunar calendar. Upcoming: 23 to 25 November 2026 (confirmed); around 13 to 15 November 2027 (expected, projected from the November 2027 full moon).
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Pushkar
Pushkar · India
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The fair follows the lunar calendar, culminating on Kartik Purnima, the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartik.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Varanasi
Varanasi · India
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Dev Deepawali falls on Kartik Purnima, the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartik, in November, occasionally late October.
Dates & details →December 2026
Witness / Attend in Kohima
Kohima · India
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Fixed on December 1-10 every year.
Dates & details →Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates
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The Formula 1 season finale, run over four days in late November or early December at Yas Marina Circuit. Upcoming: December 3 to 6, 2026.
Dates & details →Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
Harbin · China
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Officially launches on January 5 and runs into late February, with Ice and Snow World opening from late December. Upcoming: late December 2026 into late February 2027.
Dates & details →January 2027
Witness / Attend in Cebu City
Cebu City · Philippines
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Held annually on the third Sunday of January.
Dates & details →Thaipusam
Batu Caves · Malaysia
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Held annually at Batu Caves on Thaipusam, the full moon of the Tamil month Thai (January or February). Falls on 1 February in 2026 and 22 January in 2027. A pre-dawn chariot procession runs from the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur to the caves; the observance is free and organised by the temple community, with no ticketing.
Dates & details →Thaipusam
Little India · Singapore
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Held on the full-moon day of the Tamil month of Thai (January or February), when Hindu devotees carry kavadi and paal kudam in a roughly three-kilometre procession from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple in Little India to the Sri Thendayuthapani Temple on Tank Road, coordinated by the Hindu Endowments Board and the two temples. First walkers leave from about 11.30pm the night before. Upcoming: 1 February 2026; 22 January 2027.
Dates & details →February 2027
Yanshui Beehive Fireworks Festival
Yanshui · Taiwan
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Held over the Lantern Festival, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the first lunar month, around Yanshui Wu Temple in Tainan. Beehive frames of thousands of bottle rockets are fired into the crowd through the night to drive out misfortune. In 2027 the Lantern Festival falls around 19 to 20 February; Tainan City confirms the exact dates each year.
Dates & details →Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival
Pingxi · Taiwan
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Held during the Taiwan Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in the Pingxi district of New Taipei City, promoted by the New Taipei City Government since 1999. The mass sky-lantern releases run over two evenings, usually at Pingxi and at Shifen. The 2027 grand finale at Shifen is expected around 20 February; the official schedule is released each January.
Dates & details →March 2027
Witness / Attend in Bali
Bali · Indonesia
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Nyepi follows the Saka lunar calendar, falling in March, occasionally late February.
Dates & details →Navruz
Dushanbe · Tajikistan
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Navruz, the spring-equinox new year, is a fixed public holiday in Tajikistan from 21 to 24 March each year, with the main state celebration and buzkashi games in Dushanbe. The date is tied to the equinox around 21 March and barely shifts year to year. Upcoming: 21 to 24 March 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Vrindavan
Vrindavan · India
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Holi falls on the full moon of the Hindu month of Phalguna, in late February or March.
Dates & details →April 2027
Bahrain Grand Prix
Sakhir · Bahrain
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Held once a year, in recent seasons over a weekend in early-to-mid April, as a floodlit night race at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. The February 2026 regional escalation disrupted the 2026 running; 2027 tickets are on sale for an April date but the calendar remains subject to the regional situation, so verify before planning.
Dates & details →Tourism Authority of Thailand (Maha Songkran World Water Festival)
Bangkok · Thailand
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April 13-15 every year.
Dates & details →Pohela Boishakh
Dhaka · Bangladesh
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Held every year on 14 April, the first day (1 Boishakh) of the Bangla calendar. Its centrepiece is the dawn Mangal Shobhajatra procession from the University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts, inscribed by UNESCO in 2016; since 2025 the procession has been staged under the name Ananda Shobhajatra. Next dates: 14 April 2027, 14 April 2028.
Dates & details →July 2027
Witness / Attend in Yerevan
Yerevan · Armenia
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Vardavar falls ninety-eight days after Armenian Easter.
Dates & details →Naadam Festival
Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia
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Held every year on 11-13 July as a national holiday, with the main National Naadam in Ulaanbaatar's National Sports Stadium and smaller naadams across the provinces the same week. Upcoming: 11-13 July 2027.
Dates & details →Salalah Tourism Festival
Salalah · Oman
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Held through the Khareef monsoon each summer, roughly mid-July to late August, on the Ittin plain outside Salalah. In 2025 the festival ran 15 July to 31 August; the 2026 and 2027 editions are expected to follow a similar mid-July to late-August window within the wider Khareef season of about 21 June to 21 September.
Dates & details →Yasaka-jinja Shrine / Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Rengokai
Kyoto · Japan
Witness / Attend
Spans July, with the grand processions on July 17 and 24.
Dates & details →October 2027
Golden Eagle Festival
Bayan-Olgii · Mongolia
Witness / Attend
The main Golden Eagle Festival runs on the first weekend of October outside Olgii, Bayan-Olgii, with a smaller Sagsai festival in September. Upcoming: 3-4 October 2026; first weekend of October 2027.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Kolkata
Kolkata · India
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Durga Puja follows the lunar calendar, falling in late September or October.
Dates & details →November 2027
Bon Om Touk
Phnom Penh · Cambodia
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Three days around the full moon of the Khmer month of Kadeuk in November, so the dates shift yearly with the lunar calendar. Upcoming: 23 to 25 November 2026 (confirmed); around 13 to 15 November 2027 (expected, projected from the November 2027 full moon).
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Pushkar
Pushkar · India
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The fair follows the lunar calendar, culminating on Kartik Purnima, the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartik.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Varanasi
Varanasi · India
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Dev Deepawali falls on Kartik Purnima, the full moon of the Hindu month of Kartik, in November, occasionally late October.
Dates & details →Macau Grand Prix
Guia Circuit · Macau
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Run over one long weekend in mid to late November each year on the Guia street circuit. Upcoming: 19 to 22 November 2026 (73rd edition, provisional); mid to late November 2027 (expected).
Dates & details →December 2027
January 2028
April 2028
Tourism Authority of Thailand (Maha Songkran World Water Festival)
Bangkok · Thailand
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April 13-15 every year.
Dates & details →Pohela Boishakh
Dhaka · Bangladesh
Witness / Attend
Held every year on 14 April, the first day (1 Boishakh) of the Bangla calendar. Its centrepiece is the dawn Mangal Shobhajatra procession from the University of Dhaka Faculty of Fine Arts, inscribed by UNESCO in 2016; since 2025 the procession has been staged under the name Ananda Shobhajatra. Next dates: 14 April 2027, 14 April 2028.
Dates & details →July 2028
Naadam Festival
Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia
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Held every year on 11-13 July as a national holiday, with the main National Naadam in Ulaanbaatar's National Sports Stadium and smaller naadams across the provinces the same week. Upcoming: 11-13 July 2027.
Dates & details →Yasaka-jinja Shrine / Gion Matsuri Yamaboko Rengokai
Kyoto · Japan
Witness / Attend
Spans July, with the grand processions on July 17 and 24.
Dates & details →