Last modified: February 12, 2025

Bulgaria Cultural Events Calendar

Bulgaria Cultural Events Calendar – Here is a selection of cultural events in Bulgaria. Certainly, the focus is on local festivals of folklore, opera, classical music, jazz and ballet.

Covid-19 pandemic changed cultural life. Numerous events had been postponed or cancelled. Some festivals disappeared due to lack of funding. Good news – new, authentic local festivals are coming up.We saw light at the end of this long coronavirus tunnel back in 2024. Let’s hope that our Cultural Events Calendar List becomes longer with time! Let’s enjoy the post-Covid cultural renaissance.

Here is an updated list of events in the period January – June 2025.

Cultural Events List

Surva Mummers’ Festival24 – 26 January 2025Pernik
Menar Film Festival17 – 30 January 2025Sofia
Trifon Zarezan Bulgarian Wine Holiday14 February 2025Throughout Bulgaria
Allegra Classical Music Festival09 – 12 February 2025Sofia
Trifon Zarezan in Melnik15 February 2025Villa Melnik
Starchovden Mummers’ Festival01 March 2025Karlovo
Kukerlandia Mummers’ Festival27 February – 02 March 2025Yambol
29th Sofia International Film Festival13- 31 March 2025Sofia
Veliko Tarnovo City Celebrations22 March 2025Veliko Tarnovo
European Music Festival30 March – 17 April 2025Varna
International Day of Humor and Jokes01 April 2025 Throughout Bulgaria
Orthodox Easter Day 20 April 2025Throughout Bulgaria
6FEST -Street & Urban Arts Festivaltba 2025Plovdiv
One Dance Festival16 May-8 June 2025Plovdiv
Bulgarian Folklore Festival Plovdiv16-18 May 2025Plovdiv
XVI Music Festival @ Balabanov’s House/Old Town20 May – 30 June 2025Plovdiv
Gabrovo Carnival17 May 2025Gabrovo
Rose Festival in Karlovo31 May 2025Karlovo
The Black Box International Theatre and Dance Festival 30 May – 11 June 2025Plovdiv
Regional Rose Festival 31 May – 01 June 2025Strelcha

CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 2025

Hisarya City Celebrations01 – 03 June 2025Hisarya
David Garrett “Millennium Symphony World Tour 202503 June 2025Plovdiv Ancient Theatre
Rose Wine Festival07 – 08 June 2025Kazanlak
Rose Festival in Kazanlak 07 – 08 June 2025 Kazanlak
Folklore Dance Festival21 – 22 June 2025Sandanski
Ennyoff’s Day Celebrations / Midsummer Celebrations21 June 2025 Ennyoff’s Day Celebrations Etara
Ennyoff’s Day: Midsummer Wild herbs Celebrations – Lavender Festival 21 June 2025Karlovo
Wagner Festival26 June-05 July 2025Opera Sofia
Varna Summer Music Festival June-October 2025Varna
Sofia Live Fest27 – 29 June 2025Sofia
Opera Open28 June-30 August 2025Plovdiv Ancient Theatre

BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR JULY – AUGUST 2025

International Folklore Festival19 – 26 July 2025Veliko Tarnovo
IX Opera Festival Stage of the Ages July – September
2025
Veliko Tarnovo
A to Jazz Festival03 – 06 July 2025Sofia South Park
Opera Open28 June-30 August 2025Ancient Theatre Plovdiv
Hills of Rock25- 27 July 2025Plovdiv Rowing canal
Authentic Bulgarian Folklore Fest01-03 August 2025Dorkovo
“Radar” Music Festival07-10 August 2025Varna
International Folklore FestivalAugust 2025Plovdiv
XIII National Folklore Festival 08-10 August 2025Koprivshtica
Varna Summer Jazz Festival30 July-01 August 2025Varna

BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR AUGUST

Arts & Crafts Festival at Samovodska Market Street01 – 30 September 2024Veliko Tarnovo
Opera of the Peaks Belogradchik Rocks02-11 August 2024Belogradchik
Bansko Jazz Fest03 – 10 August 2024Bansko
“Love is Folly” 32-nd International Film Fest23 August – 01 September 2024Varna
Sonya Yoncheva’s “Gala in Sophia”27 – 29 August 2025Sofia
Rivers of Sofia30 August – 01 September 2024Sofia

BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR AUTUMN

Autumn Art Shows Plovdiv01 – 30 September 2025Plovdiv
THEATAIR /Street Arts Fair05 – 08 September 2025Plovdiv
Health Bio-Food Festival06 – 08 September 2024Hisarya
Pestil’s Festivities07 – 08 September 2024 Etara open-air museum cl. Gabrovo
48th Chamber Music Days07 – 11 September 2024Gabrovo
“Facade” Video Festival27 – 29 September 2024Plovdiv
Cartoon Salon @Museum of Humour01 – 30 October 2024Gabrovo
Sofia Art Fair03 – 06 October 2024Sofia
Int’l Meetings of Photography11 – 31 October 2024Plovdiv
International Festival of Ecclesiastical Music11 – 13 October 2024Gabrovo
OPERALIA The World Opera Competition20 – 26 october 2025Sofia
Urban Wine Fest Plovdiv 25 – 26 October 2024Plovdiv
Plovdiv Jazz Fest07-09 November 2025Plovdiv
Young Wine FestivalNovember 2025Plovdiv

BULGARIA OPERA & MUSICAL THEATERS

Sofia Opera House Repertoire
Sofia Music Theater Programme
State Opera Plovdiv Programme
Stara Zagora State Opera Programme
Cultural-Event-Calendar-Bansko
Bansko Jazz Fest
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Mummers Festival Pernik