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Experiences / Festival & Event / Punjab
Travel by interest
A calendar-led way to travel Pakistan around festivals, polo, blossoms, harvests, literature, arts, and local celebrations.
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Punjab
Seasonal festivals, sport, literature, and regional gatherings
FebruaryFestival
Pakistan's largest motorsport event, a multi-day off-road rally across the Cholistan dunes, staged around the great Derawar Fort.
FebruaryFestival
Lahore's spring kite festival, rooftops and skies fill with colour to welcome the end of winter.
MarchFestival
Lahore's “Festival of Lights”, the Urs of the Sufi poet Shah Hussain, celebrated with lamps, music, and devotion.
14 MarchFestival
Bhangra, giddha, folk poetry, and a full Punjabi table, a spirited celebration of Punjab's living heritage.
April (Vaisakhi)Festival
The Sikh harvest festival and pilgrimage, prayers, langar, and processions at Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib.
Muharram (Islamic calendar)Festival
Pakpattan's great Punjabi Sufi gathering at the shrine of Baba Farid, qawwali, poetry, and the Bahishti Darwaza.
14 AugustFestival
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
Lahore's greatest Sufi gathering at Data Darbar, chadar processions, qawwali, dhamal, and langar for huge crowds.
NovemberFestival
A desert jeep rally across the Thal, wrapped in Saraiki music, food, and craft from southern Punjab.
November (Sikh calendar)Festival
The birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, Sikhism's most important pilgrimage in Pakistan, at Nankana Sahib and Kartarpur.
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