Culture and traditions

National Cultural Calendar

January

International Koukeri Masked Dancers Festival, Pernik

March

International Plein Air of the Graphic Workshop, Plovdiv (March-December)

Pancho Vladigerov Days of Music, Shoumen

Sofia Film Fest, Sofia

Choudomir Festivals, Kazanluk

April

International Festival of Jokes, Gabrovo

International Festival of Classical Guitar, Kyustendil

International FODAR Photo Biennial, Pleven (April-May)

May

Reproduction of Episodes from the April 1876 Uprising, Koprivshtitsa

Gabrovo Carnival, Gabrovo

International Children’s Folk Dance Festival, Sliven

International EUROART Youth Festival, Blagoevgrad

“Sea with No Frontiers” International Youth Folklore Festival Bourgas

International Zhivopisatira [Satirical Painting] Plein Air, Gorna Oryahovitsa

Drouzhba [Friendship] International Plein Air, Stara Zagora

International Symposium in Sculpture, Plovdiv

Sofia Music Weeks International Festival, Sofia

International Festival of the Comedy Performance, Gabrovo

“The Magic Curtain” International Festival of the Performances for Children, Turgovishte

International Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art, Gabrovo

Festival of Roses. Selection of the Rose Queen, Kazanluk (May-June)

“Lovely Thrace is Singing and Dancing” Folklore Gathering, Haskovo

June

Nationwide pilgrimage and homage paying to Okolchitsa Peak

Day of Botev and Those Who Perished for Bulgaria, Kalofer

“Helo Balchik” International Children’s Festival, Balchik

“Laquered Shoes” International Children’s Festival of the Arts (music, theatre, children’s drawings and paintings, modern ballet, folk dances), Berkovitsa

“Folklore with No Frontiers”, International Youth Festival and Competition, Dobrich-Albena

“Kozlodoui-Okolchitsa”, International Plein Air, Vratsa

International Varna Summer Theatre Festival, Varna

International Perperikon Theatre Festival, Kurdzhali, Perperikon

“The Holy Virgin – Dostoino est” International Festival of Eastern Orthodox Music, Pomorie

“Maestro Zahari Mednikarov” International Festival of Children’s Choirs, Dobrich

International Festival of Chamber Music, Plovdiv

Orpheus’s International Youth Folklore Festivals, Smolyan

National Exhibition of the Folk Arts and Crafts and Applied Arts, Village of Oreshak (June-September)

Festival of European Co-Productions Films, Varna. Sofia

Golden Rebec Folklore Festival (Authentic and Processed Folklore), Rouse

July

“Film Nights in Philippopolis” Summer Film Panorama, Plovdiv

“The Peace of Tomorrow Begins with the Friendship of Today” International Children’s Dance Festival, Silistra

International Varna Summer Jazz Festival, Varna

International Varna Summer Music Festival, Varna

International Plein Air, Plovdiv

International Exhibition of Satirical Drawings and Cartoons, Razgrad

National Plein Air, Shoumen

“Yavorov Days” National Poetry Festivals, Pomorie

Festival of the Folk Traditions and Arts and Crafts. Fair of the Yoghurt, Razgrad

August

International Euro Folk Festival, Tsarevo (August-September)

“Strandzha Palette” International Plein Air, Malko Turnovo (August-September)

“Love is Madness” International Film Festival, Varna (August-September)

International Folklore Festival, Bourgas

National Koprivshtitsa Gathering, Koprivshtitsa

National Competition of Bagpipers, Smolyan

September

International Film Festival of Alternative Films, Rouse

“Two Are Few, Three Are Too Many” International Puppet Theatre Festival, Plovdiv

“Hopes, Talents, Masters” International Youth Music Festival and Competition, Dobrich-Albena

“Katya Popova Laureate Days” International Music Festival, Pleven (September-October)

International Plein Air in Painting, Razgrad and Its Vicinities

“Polomie” International Plein Air in Painting, Lom

International University Student Film Festival, Velingrad

International University Student Festival of the Film Art, Balchik

“Stage at Crossroads” International Theatre Festival, Plovdiv

International Tournament in Sporting Dances, Bourgas

“Pierro” International Festival of Puppet Art for Adults, Stara Zagora (September-October)

“Europe Is Here” International Film Festival, Pazardzhik

International Balkanica Writers’ Meeting, Kurdzhali

Apollonia Festival of the Arts, Sozopol

October

“Golden Dolphin” International Puppet Theatre Festival, Varna

International Youth Music Forum, Vratsa (October-November)

International Plein Air, Smolyan

“Disciples of the Master” International Plein Air, Kyustendil

“Golden Chest” International Festival, Plovdiv

International Photographers’ Meetings, Plovdiv

November

“Frantz Schubert” International Keyboard Competition, Rouse

“Autumn Theatre Meetings” International Theatre Festival, Pazardzhik

December

International Book Fair, Sofia