Calendar of Events

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
21 March	NAVRUZ	Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
1 September	INDEPENDENCE DAY OF UZBEKISTAN	Tashkent

CULTURAL EVENTS
DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
August 2019 (biennially)	FESTIVAL OF "SHARQ TARONALARI"	Samarkand - Square Registan
16 - 18 May	FESTIVAL OF NATIONAL HERITAGE	Khiva
June	FESTIVAL "The day of the city of BUKHARA"	Bukhara
15 - 17 June	CHIMGAN's ECHO FESTIVAL	Tashkent region Chimgan mountains
September	INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of FOLK ART	Khorezm region
September	INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL of UZBEK CULTURE "PEARL of EAST"	Khorezm region
18 October	The day of the city of SAMARKAND	Samarkand
18 October	The day of the city of SHAKHRISABZ	Shakhrisabz
21 October	The day of the city of BUKHARA	Bukhara
October	FESTIVAL "REVIVAL of MUYNAK and ARAL"	Republic of Karakalpakstan Muynak

FESTIVALS OF NATIONAL CUISINE
DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
25 - 27 May	FESTIVAL OF "SILK AND SPICES"	Bukhara
18 August	FESTIVAL OF"QOVUN SAYLI" (Harvest of melon)	Bukhara
August	FESTIVAL OF "SAMARKAND BREAD"	Samarkand
August	GRAPES HARVEST FESTIVAL	Surkhandarya region Oltinsoy
October	FESTIVAL "99 DISHES OF ARAL FISH"	Republic of Karakalpakstan Muynak
October	FESTIVAL OF NATIONAL DISH and ORIENTAL SWEETS	Samarkand
November	FESTIVAL OF "ANOR SAYLI" (Harvest of pomegranate)	Surkhandarya region Denov
29 - 30 December	FESTIVAL "SKILLED COOK"	Bukhara

NATIONAL GAMES
DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
28 - 30 September	"ULAK-KUPQARI" (goat fighting)	Kashkadarya region Kitab
Spring	KURASH	Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Karshi

NATIONAL CRAFT EXHIBITIONS
DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
May	ARTISANS of SAMARKAND "SILK ROAD BAZAAR"	Samarkand
August	FAIR "ARTISANS of BUKHARA"	Bukhara
September	FAIR OF NATIONAL TEXTILE "ATLAS BAYRAMI"	Fergana region Margilan
15 - 17 September	SHOW of NATIONAL CLOTHES "FALL - WINTER"	Kashkadarya region Shakhrisabz - "Ok Saroy" complex
15 - 17 September	HANDMADE EXHIBITION of BUKHARA MASTERS	Bukhara
October - November	FAIR "HARVEST FESTIVAL"	Tashkent
November	BAZAAR ART	Tashkent