Qatar Calendar
Events worth flying in for
Not tourism-board filler — this is the calendar 25 North actually builds trips around.
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The next 90 days
Dates close enough to build into plans you are making now.
Doha Jewelry & Watch Exhibition
A week-long exhibition of regional and international jewelry and watch houses.
Doha Exhibition and Convention Center
Desert Nights Stargazing Festival
Three nights of open-desert camps, telescope lines, and live oud music under a clear winter sky.
Inland Sea Desert Camp
MotoGP Qatar Airways Grand Prix
A weekend of practice, qualifying, and race-day noise at Lusail's floodlit circuit — the season opener under lights.
Lusail International Circuit
Plan ahead
Worth putting in the calendar
The bigger dates where flights, hotels or good seats reward an early decision.
Ajyal Film Festival
A week of film screenings and discussion at Katara, deliberately programmed across every generation, not just adults.
Katara Cultural Village
Qatar Grand Prix Weekend
Race weekend at the Lusail circuit, with fan zones, driver appearances, and a city-wide after-dark buzz.
Lusail International Circuit
Qatar Balloon Festival
Ten days of sunrise balloon launches and music-synced night shows, with pilots flying in from twenty-odd countries.
Katara Cultural Village
Qatar National Day Celebrations
A full day of parades, fireworks over the Corniche, and family events across the city.
Doha Corniche
Doha International Book Fair
Ten days of publishers, author talks, and a genuinely huge Arabic-language book market.
Doha Exhibition and Convention Center
Ramadan Night Souq
Souq Waqif's lanes stay lively long after iftar with special-hours food stalls and craft vendors.
Souq Waqif
Qatar National Sports Day
A nationwide day off built entirely around free public sports sessions and community races.
Citywide, various venues
Katara Traditional Dhow Festival
Wooden dhow races and a working showcase of pearl-diving and boatbuilding traditions.
Katara Cultural Village Beach
Doha Food Festival
A ten-day run of pop-up kitchens, chef collaborations, and late-night food markets.
Various venues, Doha
Qatar Marine Festival
A weekend at Katara built around dozens of traditional dhows on display and a fireworks finale over the water.
Katara Cultural Village Beach
Qatar International Food Festival
A large-scale outdoor food festival with over a hundred stalls mixing Qatari and international kitchens.
Katara Cultural Village