Festivals and Events

Festivals in Bhutan are extremely popular with both locals and visitors. During the festival months there are always a lot of visitors to Bhutan and hotels and flights are often sold out months in advance.

The list below contains all of the festivals for this year and the following year. If there is some festival that you have missed this year, don’t worry they will return again the following year at around the same time of the year (the exact dates depend on the Bhutanese Calendar).

The sample itineraries provided give you an idea of how a cultural tour would be organized with a festival. If you are interested in visiting Bhutan during a festival we will rearrange the itinerary so that you are in the correct location at the time of the festival.

Other Festivals

In addition to the more popular festivals, there is a large number of additional festivals available in Bhutan at various times through the year. These festivals will have the same types of masked dances but the locations can sometimes make it more challenging to reach.

Note that festivals scheduled for next year are always subject to change. Please contact us if you have a particular festival that you would like to see and we can verify the dates for you. Festival dates can change as much by one month from year to year!