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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55 events upcoming in Asia.
July 2026
Baalbeck International Festival
Baalbek · Lebanon
Music & Culture Festivals
Held on evenings across July and August each year among the Roman temples of Baalbek. The full programme and exact dates are announced each spring.
Dates & details →Salalah Tourism Festival
Salalah · Oman
Witness / Attend
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 →August 2026
September 2026
Thimphu Tshechu
Thimphu · Bhutan
Witness / Attend
Held over three days each autumn in the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong, on and around the 10th to 12th days of the 8th Bhutanese lunar month (September or early October). Dates shift each year with the lunar calendar. Upcoming: 21 to 23 September 2026; the 2027 dates fall in late September or early October and are confirmed by the Department of Tourism nearer the time.
Dates & details →Limassol Wine Festival
Limassol · Cyprus
Music & Culture Festivals
Held each autumn in the Limassol Municipal Gardens, organised by the Municipality of Limassol, which first staged it in 1961 and has run it continuously since 1978. It spans roughly nine evenings from late September into early October, with free wine tastings from Cypriot producers alongside folk dance, theatre and traditional food. Upcoming: the 65th festival is expected 26 September to 4 October 2026; exact dates are confirmed by the municipality nearer the time.
Dates & details →October 2026
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 →Busan International Film Festival
Busan · South Korea
Film Festivals
Annual, roughly ten days in early-to-mid October.
Dates & details →Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
Marina Bay · Singapore
Witness / Attend
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 →Lalon Smaran Utsav
Kushtia · Bangladesh
Music at the Source
Bauls and devotees gather at Lalon's shrine in Cheuria, Kushtia, twice a year: for about three days around Dol Purnima (the Falgun full moon, roughly February to March) and for three days from 1 Kartik (around 16 October), the anniversary of Lalon Shah's death. The Dol Purnima dates shift with the lunar calendar each year; the autumn festival falls near mid-October.
Dates & details →Witness / Attend in Kolkata
Kolkata · India
Witness / Attend
Durga Puja follows the lunar calendar, falling in late September or October.
Dates & details →November 2026
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Taipei · Taiwan
Film Festivals
Held each year in November in Taipei, with the Golden Horse Awards ceremony near the end of the month. The 2026 edition runs 6 to 22 November; the 2027 dates are expected in November again.
Dates & details →Macau Grand Prix
Guia Circuit · Macau
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
Fixed on December 1-10 every year.
Dates & details →MDLBEAST Soundstorm
Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over three days in early December each year at the Banban site north of Riyadh. Upcoming: 3 to 5 December 2026; early December 2027 expected.
Dates & details →Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi · United Arab Emirates
Witness / Attend
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 →Blue Chair Film Festival
Luang Prabang · Laos
Film Festivals
Runs for several days in early December in Luang Prabang, now on a roughly biennial cycle under the Blue Chair name (formerly the annual Luang Prabang Film Festival). Upcoming: 4 to 8 December 2026; a following edition is expected in December 2028.
Dates & details →Clockenflap
Central Harbourfront · Hong Kong
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over three days each early December on the Central Harbourfront in Hong Kong, produced by Clockenflap Festivals and running since 2008. A multi-stage outdoor music and arts festival mixing international headliners with Hong Kong and Asian acts, plus film, art and comedy. Upcoming: the 2026 edition is expected 4 to 6 December.
Dates & details →Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
Harbin · China
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
Held annually on the third Sunday of January.
Dates & details →Thaipusam
Batu Caves · Malaysia
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
Nyepi follows the Saka lunar calendar, falling in March, occasionally late February.
Dates & details →Navruz
Dushanbe · Tajikistan
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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 →June 2027
July 2027
Witness / Attend in Yerevan
Yerevan · Armenia
Witness / Attend
Vardavar falls ninety-eight days after Armenian Easter.
Dates & details →Naadam Festival
Ulaanbaatar · Mongolia
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
Durga Puja follows the lunar calendar, falling in late September or October.
Dates & details →Lalon Smaran Utsav
Kushtia · Bangladesh
Music at the Source
Bauls and devotees gather at Lalon's shrine in Cheuria, Kushtia, twice a year: for about three days around Dol Purnima (the Falgun full moon, roughly February to March) and for three days from 1 Kartik (around 16 October), the anniversary of Lalon Shah's death. The Dol Purnima dates shift with the lunar calendar each year; the autumn festival falls near mid-October.
Dates & details →November 2027
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Taipei · Taiwan
Film Festivals
Held each year in November in Taipei, with the Golden Horse Awards ceremony near the end of the month. The 2026 edition runs 6 to 22 November; the 2027 dates are expected in November again.
Dates & details →Bon Om Touk
Phnom Penh · Cambodia
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend in Kohima
Kohima · India
Witness / Attend
Fixed on December 1-10 every year.
Dates & details →MDLBEAST Soundstorm
Riyadh · Saudi Arabia
Music & Culture Festivals
Held over three days in early December each year at the Banban site north of Riyadh. Upcoming: 3 to 5 December 2026; early December 2027 expected.
Dates & details →January 2028
April 2028
Tourism Authority of Thailand (Maha Songkran World Water Festival)
Bangkok · Thailand
Witness / Attend
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
Witness / Attend
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 →December 2028
Witness / Attend in Kohima
Kohima · India
Witness / Attend
Fixed on December 1-10 every year.
Dates & details →Blue Chair Film Festival
Luang Prabang · Laos
Film Festivals
Runs for several days in early December in Luang Prabang, now on a roughly biennial cycle under the Blue Chair name (formerly the annual Luang Prabang Film Festival). Upcoming: 4 to 8 December 2026; a following edition is expected in December 2028.
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