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Polo at Shandur, Kalasha rites, blossom weeks, Sufi urs, and desert fairs, 46 events to plan around across Pakistan.
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A celebration of Sindhi heritage, crafts, music, and performances at historic sites including Moenjodaro.
High-altitude winter motorsport, jeeps on a snow-cross course beneath Saran Pir Chanasi.
Pakistan's largest motorsport event, a multi-day off-road rally across the Cholistan dunes, staged around the great Derawar Fort.
Lahore's spring kite festival, rooftops and skies fill with colour to welcome the end of winter.
Pakistan's largest cattle and horse fair, a Baloch cultural gathering running since the 19th century.
Apricot and cherry blossoms wake the orchards of Hunza and Skardu, the first sign of mountain spring.
A province-wide celebration of Baloch identity, embroidered dress, turbans, folk music, dance, and sajji feasts.
The national day on 23 March, marked by a formal parade in Islamabad and civic events across the country.
The first-sowing spring festival of Hunza, Nagar, and the Baltistan valleys, ritual seeding, music, and shared meals.
Sehwan Sharif's great Sufi festival, three days of dhamaal drumming and devotion at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.
Lahore's “Festival of Lights”, the Urs of the Sufi poet Shah Hussain, celebrated with lamps, music, and devotion.
Bhangra, giddha, folk poetry, and a full Punjabi table, a spirited celebration of Punjab's living heritage.
Sindh's mystic-poetry festival at Daraza Sharif, raag, devotional music, and literary gatherings for Sachal Sarmast.
Persian new year across the northern valleys, spring cleaning, feasts, and the first outdoor gatherings after winter.
Pakistan's largest Hindu pilgrimage, a desert-mountain yatra to the ancient Hinglaj Mata shrine in Hingol.
Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, Pakistan's two great religious festivals of feasting, family, new clothes, and hospitality.
One of Chitral's oldest spring gatherings, polo, paragliding, and mountain culture on the Qaqlasht plateau.
Pine-forest spring fairs on the ridge above Islamabad, cool air, walking tracks, and the first escape from the plains heat.
The Sikh harvest festival and pilgrimage, prayers, langar, and processions at Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib.
The Kalasha spring festival, milk stored for days, processions, and group dancing at the Charso grounds in Bumburet.
The world's highest polo ground, Chitral and Gilgit teams meet on a plateau above the clouds.
Summer solstice thanksgiving in Hunza and Nagar, wheat harvest rituals and shared meals in the orchards.
Mirpurkhas celebrates Sindh's legendary mangoes, Sindhri above all, with tastings, grower displays, and Sindhi culture.
Pakpattan's great Punjabi Sufi gathering at the shrine of Baba Farid, qawwali, poetry, and the Bahishti Darwaza.
Bagh district's summer fair on the Ganga Choti ridge, views, picnics, and local sport above the Jhelum valley.
Swat's high-summer festival in Kalam, cultural shows, crafts, music, and mountain adventure in the upper valley.
Karachi's Afro-Pakistani Sheedi community festival at Manghopir, drumming, devotion, and the shrine's sacred crocodiles.
Boating and competitive events on Sadpara Lake, the warmest weeks at altitude.
Kalasha harvest thanksgiving, cheese, bread, and rituals marking the end of the high pasture season.
Skardu's cold-desert jeep rally and cultural festival, motorsport, Balti music, polo, and sword dance among the dunes.
High-altitude polo and alpine culture where the Kaghan valley meets Gilgit-Baltistan, golden poplars and the last open pass roads.
A remote Wakhi mountain festival in upper Chitral, yak polo, buzkashi, horse sports, and high-altitude valley life.
Pakistan's national day on 14 August, flags, fireworks, and celebration nationwide, with Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan at the symbolic centre.
Islamabad's patron-saint festival at Nurpur Shahan, qawwali, dhamal, langar, and pilgrim crowds in the capital's hills.
Summer celebration along the Neelum, Keran, Sharda, and riverside villages host culture, sport, and tourism events.
Bhit Shah's three-day Sufi festival honouring Sindh's greatest poet, nights of raag, the Shah Jo Risalo sung at his shrine.
The autumn festival celebrated only in Birir, the smallest and most secluded of the three Kalasha valleys.
Lahore's greatest Sufi gathering at Data Darbar, chadar processions, qawwali, dhamal, and langar for huge crowds.
Attan dance, rubab music, poetry, and hospitality, a celebration of Pashtun identity across KP and beyond.
Gilgit's autumn celebration of trade routes, music, and mountain culture, a harvest-season counterpoint to summer polo.
National folk heritage festival at the Lok Virsa museum, crafts, music, and regional food from across Pakistan.
A desert jeep rally across the Thal, wrapped in Saraiki music, food, and craft from southern Punjab.
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Sikhism's most important pilgrimage in Pakistan, at Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur.
The Kalasha winter solstice festival, fire, feasting, and rites that carry the community through the coldest months.
Baltistan's winter solstice fire festival, bonfires, torches, music, and dance to light the longest night in Skardu.
Sindh wears Ajrak and the Sindhi topi, folk music, poetry, and rallies celebrating one of the region's oldest identities.
