Festivals in Central Asia

Welcome to 2camels' special take on the festivals, fairs and celebrations of Central Asia. We've got a ton of info on 130 Central Asian festivals in articles, snippets, videos, photo galleries and links to Central Asian festival websites.

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Central Asian Festivals

Andong Mask Dance Festival (Hahoe, South Korea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Dance - Folk, Traditional
Month: October

Ani-Com - Hong Kong An-Comics and Games Fair (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Comics, Trade, Convention
Month: July

Ani-Com - Hong Kong An-Comics and Games Fair Website

Arirang - Mass Games (Pyongyang, North Korea)
Festival Types: Sport - Multidiscipline
Month: April

Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Art, Trade
Month: April

Asakusa Samba (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Carnival, Street Parade, Dance - Latin
Month: August

Asian GT Championship - Zhuhai (Zhuhai, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Motor Sport, Automobile
Month: July

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song (Astana, Kazakhstan)
Festival Types: Music - Traditional
Month: September

Astana International Contest of Kazakh Song Website

At Chabysh (Issyk Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan)
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Animal, Cultural
Month: November

Baby Cry Sumo (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre, Traditional
Month: April

Beijing Acrobatics (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Theatre, Traditional
Month: Year Round

Beijing Marathon (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: October

Beijing Music Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Classical
Month: October

Beijing Pop Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Rock, Music - Pop
Month: September

Black Sea Jazz Festival (Batumi, Georgia)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: August

Bookworm International Literary Festival (Suzhou, China)
Festival Types: Literature, Book, Writing
Month: March

Bookworm International Literary Festival Website

Boryeong Mud Festival (Boryeong City, South Korea)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Local, Party
Month: July

Budha's Birthday (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: May

Canton Fair (Guangzhou, China)
Festival Types: Trade, Fair, Convention
Month: October

Cherry Blossom Festival (Okinawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Floral, Local, Traditional
Month: January

Cheung Chau Bun Festival (Cheung Chau, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Food, Street Parade
Month: May

China International Clothing and Accessories Fair (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Fashion, Trade
Month: March

China International Clothing and Accessories Fair Website

China New Year Print Art Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Art, Traditional
Month: January

China New Year Print Art Festival Website

China Tennis Open (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Racquet
Month: October

Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: September

Chinese New Year (All Areas, China)
Festival Types: New Year, Traditional
Month: January

Christmas - Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious
Month: December

Christmas - Macau (Macau, Macau)
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious
Month: December

Christmas - Shanghai (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Christmas, Religious
Month: December

Chunjie - Spring Festival (All Areas, China)
Festival Types: Traditional, Lunar, New Year
Month: January

Coming of Age Day - Seijin No Hi (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: January

Coming of Age Day - Seijin No Hi Article

Dairokuten-no-Hadaka Matsuri - Mud Slinging Festival (Yotsukaido, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Harvest, Traditional
Month: February

Dairokuten-no-Hadaka Matsuri - Mud Slinging Festival Video

Dalian International Beer Festival (Dalian, China)
Festival Types: Beer, Drink, Party
Month: July

Dalian International Beer Festival Video

Design Festa (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Design, Art
Month: May

Doll Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: March

Dongtai Lu Road Antiques Market (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Markets
Month: Year Round

Dragon Boat Races (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: Year Round

Dream Yosacoy Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Dance - Folk
Month: October

Eisa Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: August

Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: September

Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul Website

Festival/Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Dance, Art
Month: December

Full Moon Party (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Lunar, Traditional, Cultural
Month: September

German-Chinese Cultural Festival (Chengdu, China)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Music - Classical
Month: October

German-Chinese Cultural Festival Website

Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Film
Month: November

Golden Week (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: May

Great Japan Beer Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Beer
Month: June

Great Wall Marathon (Tianjin, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Marathon, Sport - Endurance
Month: May

Great Wall of China Marathon (Tianjin, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Endurance, Sport - Extreme, Sport - Marathon
Month: May

Green Film Festival in Seoul (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary, Environmental
Month: May

Guangdong Modern Dance Festival (Guangzhou, China)
Festival Types: Dance - Modern, Dance - Various Styles
Month: July

Hachioji Matsuri (Hachioji, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Music - Traditional, Dance - Folk
Month: August

Hadaka Matsuri - Naked Festival (Saidaiji, Japan)
Festival Types: Nude, Adult, Bizarre
Month: February

Hamauri - Beach Visiting Day (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural
Month: April

Hi Seoul Festival (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Cultural, Theatre, Music - Varied
Month: May

Hiroshima International Animation Festival (Hiroshima, Japan)
Festival Types: Film - Animation, Film
Month: August

Hiroshima International Animation Festival Website

Hong Kong Arts Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Music - Varied, Dance - Various Styles
Month: February

Hong Kong Book Fair (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Book, Literature
Month: July

Hong Kong Festivals (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: National, Traditional, Cultural
Month: Year Round

Hong Kong International Art Fair (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, Convention, Trade
Month: May

Hong Kong International Art Fair Website

Hong Kong International Arts Carnival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Performing Art, Childrens, Family
Month: July

Hong Kong International Arts Carnival Website

Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Championships (Stanley Beach, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Party, Sport - Water
Month: June

Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Championships Video

Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Film
Month: March

Hong Kong International Film Festival Photos

Hong Kong International Film Festival Website

Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short, Film - Documentary
Month: November

Hong Kong Kung Fu Corner (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Sport - Martial Arts, Sport - Combat, Traditional
Month: Year Round

Hong Kong Rugby Sevens (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Sport - Football, Sport - Ball, Party
Month: March

Hong Kong Salsa Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Dance - Salsa, Music - Latin
Month: February

Hounen Matsuri - Penis Fertility Festival (Komaki, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Adult
Month: March

Hounen Matsuri - Penis Fertility Festival Article

Hounen Matsuri - Penis Fertility Festival Photos

I Shot Hong Kong Film Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary, Film - Short
Month: July

International Baku Jazz Festival (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: June

International Baku Jazz Festival Website

International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships (Worldwide)
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Traditional
Month: Varies

International Dragon Boat Federation World Championships Website

International Jewellery Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Art, Trade, Fair
Month: January

Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival (Kovran, Russia)
Festival Types: Indigenous, Harvest, Traditional
Month: September

Itel'men Tribal Harvest Festival Article

Japan Cup (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian
Month: November

Japanese Formula 1 Grand Prix (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Sport - Formula 1, Sport - Motor Sport, Party
Month: October

Japanese Tub Race (Ito City, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre, Sport - Water
Month: July

JazzE Electro Jazz Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz, Music - Electronic
Month: November

Jue Music and Art Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Varied, Theatre, Art
Month: January

Kanamara Matsuri Festival - Festival of the Steel Phallus (Kawasaki, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Adult
Month: March

Kanamara Matsuri Festival - Festival of the Steel Phallus Article

Kazakhstan Open - Golf (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Festival Types: Sport - Stick and Ball
Month: September

Khan Tengri Mountain Festival (Khan Tengri, Kazakhstan)
Festival Types: Sport - Mountaineering, Sport - Extreme
Month: August

Kung Fu Corner (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Sport - Martial Arts, Sport - Combat, Traditional
Month: Year Round

Le French May (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, Multicultural, Performing Art
Month: May

Maslenitsa - Russian Mardi Gras (Irkutsk, Russia)
Festival Types: Mardi Gras, Party, Carnival
Month: March

Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: November

Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Website

Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Festival (All Areas, China)
Festival Types: Lunar, Harvest, Natural Phenomenon
Month: September

Mid Autumn Festival - Moon Festival Article

Mid Autumn Lantern Festival (Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: October

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Taipei, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Lunar, Traditional, Family
Month: January

MODAFE - International Modern Dance Festival (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Dance - Modern, Dance - Various Styles
Month: May

MODAFE - International Modern Dance Festival Website

Modern Sky Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Music - Rock
Month: October

Mudslinging Festival (Chiba, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Nude, Adult
Month: February

Naadam Festival (Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia)
Festival Types: Sport - Equestrian, Traditional
Month: July

Naked Festival (Inazawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Nude, Adult, Bizarre
Month: February

Naked Men Festival (Okamaya, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Nude, Traditional
Month: February

Natchi Fire Festival (Nachi, Japan)
Festival Types: Religious, Traditional, Cultural
Month: July

New Year - Russia (Irkutsk, Russia)
Festival Types: New Year, Party, Food and Drink
Month: December

Obon (Okinawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: August

Obon and Eisa Festivals (Okinawa, Japan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Family, Cultural
Month: August

Olympics - Beijing 2008 (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Athletics, Sport - Multidiscipline, Party
Month: August

Penis Festival - Chiwawa Matsuri (Komaki, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Traditional, Adult
Month: March

Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China)
Festival Types: Photography, Art
Month: September

Pingyao International Photography Festival Website

Pusan International Film Festival (Pusan, South Korea)
Festival Types: Film
Month: October

Pusan International Film Festival Website

Qingdao International Beer Festival (Qingdao, China)
Festival Types: Beer, Party
Month: August

Qingdao International Beer Festival Video

Qingdao International Beer Festival Website

Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo, Japan)
Festival Types: Snow, Art, Winter
Month: February

Seoul Fringe Festival (Seoul, South Korea)
Festival Types: Fringe, Performing Art, Comedy
Month: June

Shanghai ATP1000 Masters (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Sport - Racquet
Month: October

Shanghai eArts Festival (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Art, New Media
Month: October

Shanghai International Film Festival (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Short
Month: June

Shanghai International Film Festival Website

Shanghai Jazz Festival (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: October

Shanghai Student Film Festival (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Film, Student
Month: April

Showa-Shinzan International Yukigassen Tournament (Sobetsu Town, Japan)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Winter, Sport - Bizarre
Month: February

Showa-Shinzan International Yukigassen Tournament Article

Showa-Shinzan International Yukigassen Tournament Photos

Sol-nal - Korean New Year (South Korea)
Festival Types: New Year
Month: February

Stanley International Dragon Boat Championships (Stanley Beach, Hong Kong)
Festival Types: Dragon Boat, Sport - Water, Party
Month: June

Stanley International Dragon Boat Championships Snippet

Sumo (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Sport - Strength, Sport - Bizarre, Sport - Combat
Month: Year Round

Taipei International Travel Fair (Taipei, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Travel, Convention, Trade
Month: October

Taipei International Travel Fair Website

Taiwan Lantern Festival (Pingshi, Taiwan)
Festival Types: Traditional, Cultural, National
Month: February

Taiwan Lantern Festivals (All Areas, Taiwan)
Festival Types: New Year, Traditional, Cultural
Month: February

Tanabata Festival (All Areas, Japan)
Festival Types: Cultural, Traditional
Month: July

Tashkent Beer Festival (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
Festival Types: Beer, Drink, Food and Drink
Month: June

Tbilisi Jazz Festival (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: June

The 48 Hour Film Project - Beijing (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Film - Short, Film
Month: June

The 48 Hour Film Project - Beijing Website

The Bookworm Beijing Literary Festival (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Literature, Book, Writing
Month: March

The Bookworm Beijing Literary Festival Website

Tokyo International Anime Fair (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Art, Film - Animation, Convention
Month: March

Tokyo International Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Film
Month: October

Tokyo International Film Festival Website

Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Gay and Lesbian, Film
Month: July

Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Website

Tokyo Jazz Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
Festival Types: Music - Jazz
Month: September

Underwater Olympic Games (Qingdao, China)
Festival Types: Bizarre, Sport - Bizarre, Sport - Water
Month: February

Vladivostok International Film Festival (Vladivostok, Russia)
Festival Types: Film, Film - Documentary, Film - Short
Month: September

Vladivostok International Film Festival Photos

Vladivostok International Film Festival Website

World Design Congress (Beijing, China)
Festival Types: Design, Convention
Month: October

World Expo 2010 (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Multicultural, Cultural, Science
Month: May

World Travel Fair (Shanghai, China)
Festival Types: Travel, Convention, Trade
Month: March

Xian Night Food Markets (Xian, China)
Festival Types: Markets
Month: Year Round

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