Friday 1 August – Sunday 3 August 2025 · Eternal City (Boqiy Shahar), Samarkand
The first international plov festival, with cooks from the regions and abroad. No date has been set for the next one.
Music · Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, 28 Zarafshan Street, Tashkent
Wed, 23 Dec 2026 – Wed, 6 Jan 2027
Tchaikovsky's ballet is the theatre's traditional New Year production, performed on several evenings around the holidays. The schedule is published closer to the time; last season it ran on 23–31 December, and in early January 2025 it played on 2, 3, 5 and 6 January.
Festival · Alisher Navoi Square by the National Library, and city parks, Tashkent
Fri, 25 Dec 2026 – Sun, 10 Jan 2027
Each winter the city sets up a main New Year tree, stages, concerts and fair stalls on Alisher Navoi Square, with smaller programmes in Central Park, Yangi Oʻzbekiston Park and on Mehrigiyo and Taras Shevchenko streets. Entry to the public areas is free. Dates are announced closer to the time; last season the main programme ran daily from 25 December to 10 January, 11:00–23:00.
Sport · Chimgan, Bostanliq district, Tashkent region
Fri 19 Feb – Sun 21 Feb
A winter festival of skiing, snowboarding and folk games such as tug of war and archery on the Chimgan slopes, run by the sports ministry, the tourism committee and the regional administration. Spectators can attend. Dates are announced closer to the time; recent editions were held in late February, in 2025 on 21–23 February.
