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’ Festival | 24 – 26 January 2025 | Pernik |
Menar Film Festival | 17 – 30 January 2025 | Sofia |
Trifon Zarezan Bulgarian Wine Holiday | 14 February 2025 | Throughout Bulgaria |
Allegra Classical Music Festival | 09 – 12 February 2025 | Sofia |
Trifon Zarezan in Melnik | 15 February 2025 | Villa Melnik |
Starchovden Mummers’ Festival | 01 March 2025 | Karlovo |
Kukerlandia Mummers’ Festival | 27 February – 02 March 2025 | Yambol |
29th Sofia International Film Festival | 13- 31 March 2025 | Sofia |
Veliko Tarnovo City Celebrations | 22 March 2025 | Veliko Tarnovo |
European Music Festival | 30 March – 17 April 2025 | Varna |
International Day of Humor and Jokes | 01 April 2025 | Throughout Bulgaria |
Orthodox Easter Day | 20 April 2025 | Throughout Bulgaria |
6FEST -Street & Urban Arts Festival | tba 2025 | Plovdiv |
One Dance Festival | 16 May-8 June 2025 | Plovdiv |
Bulgarian Folklore Festival Plovdiv | 16-18 May 2025 | Plovdiv |
XVI Music Festival @ Balabanov’s House/Old Town | 20 May – 30 June 2025 | Plovdiv |
Gabrovo Carnival | 17 May 2025 | Gabrovo |
Rose Festival in Karlovo | 31 May 2025 | Karlovo |
The Black Box International Theatre and Dance Festival | 30 May – 11 June 2025 | Plovdiv |
Regional Rose Festival | 31 May – 01 June 2025 | Strelcha |
CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 2025
Hisarya City Celebrations | 01 – 03 June 2025 | Hisarya |
David Garrett “Millennium Symphony World Tour 2025” | 03 June 2025 | Plovdiv Ancient Theatre |
Rose Wine Festival | 07 – 08 June 2025 | Kazanlak |
Rose Festival in Kazanlak | 07 – 08 June 2025 | Kazanlak |
Folklore Dance Festival | 21 – 22 June 2025 | Sandanski |
Ennyoff’s Day Celebrations / Midsummer Celebrations | 21 June 2025 | Ennyoff’s Day Celebrations Etara |
Ennyoff’s Day: Midsummer Wild herbs Celebrations – Lavender Festival | 21 June 2025 | Karlovo |
Wagner Festival | 26 June-05 July 2025 | Opera Sofia |
Varna Summer Music Festival | June-October 2025 | Varna |
Sofia Live Fest | 27 – 29 June 2025 | Sofia |
Opera Open | 28 June-30 August 2025 | Plovdiv Ancient Theatre |
BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR JULY – AUGUST 2025
International Folklore Festival | 19 – 26 July 2025 | Veliko Tarnovo |
IX Opera Festival Stage of the Ages | July – September 2025 | Veliko Tarnovo |
A to Jazz Festival | 03 – 06 July 2025 | Sofia South Park |
Opera Open | 28 June-30 August 2025 | Ancient Theatre Plovdiv |
Hills of Rock | 25- 27 July 2025 | Plovdiv Rowing canal |
Authentic Bulgarian Folklore Fest | 01-03 August 2025 | Dorkovo |
“Radar” Music Festival | 07-10 August 2025 | Varna |
International Folklore Festival | August 2025 | Plovdiv |
XIII National Folklore Festival | 08-10 August 2025 | Koprivshtica |
Varna Summer Jazz Festival | 30 July-01 August 2025 | Varna |
BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR AUGUST
Arts & Crafts Festival at Samovodska Market Street | 01 – 30 September 2024 | Veliko Tarnovo |
Opera of the Peaks Belogradchik Rocks | 02-11 August 2024 | Belogradchik |
Bansko Jazz Fest | 03 – 10 August 2024 | Bansko |
“Love is Folly” 32-nd International Film Fest | 23 August – 01 September 2024 | Varna |
Sonya Yoncheva’s “Gala in Sophia” | 27 – 29 August 2025 | Sofia |
Rivers of Sofia | 30 August – 01 September 2024 | Sofia |
BULGARIA CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR AUTUMN
Autumn Art Shows Plovdiv | 01 – 30 September 2025 | Plovdiv |
THEATAIR /Street Arts Fair | 05 – 08 September 2025 | Plovdiv |
Health Bio-Food Festival | 06 – 08 September 2024 | Hisarya |
Pestil’s Festivities | 07 – 08 September 2024 | Etara open-air museum cl. Gabrovo |
48th Chamber Music Days | 07 – 11 September 2024 | Gabrovo |
“Facade” Video Festival | 27 – 29 September 2024 | Plovdiv |
Cartoon Salon @Museum of Humour | 01 – 30 October 2024 | Gabrovo |
Sofia Art Fair | 03 – 06 October 2024 | Sofia |
Int’l Meetings of Photography | 11 – 31 October 2024 | Plovdiv |
International Festival of Ecclesiastical Music | 11 – 13 October 2024 | Gabrovo |
OPERALIA The World Opera Competition | 20 – 26 october 2025 | Sofia |
Urban Wine Fest Plovdiv | 25 – 26 October 2024 | Plovdiv |
Plovdiv Jazz Fest | 07-09 November 2025 | Plovdiv |
Young Wine Festival | November 2025 | Plovdiv |
BULGARIA OPERA & MUSICAL THEATERS
Sofia Opera House Repertoire |
Sofia Music Theater Programme |
State Opera Plovdiv Programme |
Stara Zagora State Opera Programme |

