Spring (Feb)
Basant Festival
Punjab (Lahore)
Punjab welcomes spring with skies full of colourful kites, rooftop gatherings, folk music and bright yellow attire marking the joyful Basant season.
A Celebration of Culture & Heritage
Eight of Pakistan's most vivid festivals — each rooted in its own region, season and story.
Spring (Feb)
July
Shandur Polo Festival
Shandur Pass, Chitral–Gilgit
Free-style polo contested between Chitral and Gilgit teams on the world's highest polo ground (≈3,700 m), amid Hindu Kush peaks, music and camping.
Chilam Joshi (May)
Kalash Festivals
Kalash Valleys, Chitral (KP)
The indigenous Kalash people celebrate ancient seasonal rites — Chilam Joshi, Uchal and Choimus — with dance, music and vivid traditional dress.
Autumn (Oct–Nov)
Lok Mela
Islamabad (Lok Virsa)
A national folk festival celebrating the crafts, folk music, regional cuisine and living heritage of all of Pakistan's provinces and regions.
February
Sibi Mela
Sibi, Balochistan
A centuries-old fair famed for its livestock and horse-and-cattle show, tribal culture, handicrafts, folk sports and traditional performances.
Year-round
Urs Celebrations
Sufi shrines nationwide
Devotional gatherings marking the anniversaries of revered Sufi saints, filled with qawwali, dhamaal, lamps and communal langar (feasting).
14 August
Independence Day Celebrations
Nationwide
Pakistan marks 14 August with flag hoisting, parades, national songs and green-and-white festivities lighting up cities across the country.
Eid-ul-Fitr & Eid-ul-Adha
Eid Celebrations
Nationwide
The two Eids bring congregational prayers, family feasts, new clothes, sweets and warm traditions joyfully observed all across Pakistan.