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Festivals & Events in Punjab
A calendar-led way to travel Pakistan around festivals, polo, blossoms, harvests, literature, arts, and local celebrations.
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Punjab
Festivals & Events in Punjab
Seasonal festivals, sport, literature, and regional gatherings
FebruaryFestival
Cholistan Desert Jeep Rally
Pakistan's largest motorsport event, a multi-day off-road rally across the Cholistan dunes, staged around the great Derawar Fort.
FebruaryFestival
Basant, Jashn-e-Baharan
Lahore's spring kite festival, rooftops and skies fill with colour to welcome the end of winter.
MarchFestival
Mela Chiraghan, Festival of Lights
Lahore's “Festival of Lights”, the Urs of the Sufi poet Shah Hussain, celebrated with lamps, music, and devotion.
14 MarchFestival
Punjabi Culture Day
Bhangra, giddha, folk poetry, and a full Punjabi table, a spirited celebration of Punjab's living heritage.
April (Vaisakhi)Festival
Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) Mela
The Sikh harvest festival and pilgrimage, prayers, langar, and processions at Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib.
Muharram (Islamic calendar)Festival
Urs of Baba Farid
Pakpattan's great Punjabi Sufi gathering at the shrine of Baba Farid, qawwali, poetry, and the Bahishti Darwaza.
14 AugustFestival
Independence Day, Jashn-e-Azadi
Pakistan's national day on 14 August, flags, fireworks, and celebration nationwide, with Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan at the symbolic centre.
18-20 Safar (Islamic calendar)Festival
Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh
Lahore's greatest Sufi gathering at Data Darbar, chadar processions, qawwali, dhamal, and langar for huge crowds.
NovemberFestival
Thal Desert Rally & Cultural Festival
A desert jeep rally across the Thal, wrapped in Saraiki music, food, and craft from southern Punjab.
November (Sikh calendar)Festival
Guru Nanak Gurpurab
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Sikhism's most important pilgrimage in Pakistan, at Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur.
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