June 10–20: International Chamber Music Festival, Plovdiv

June–July: Sofia Music Weeks

Mid-June–mid-July (likely): Varna Summer: International Music Festival (classical music)

Mid-June–mid-July (likely): Summer Music Festival at the Ancient Theater, Plovdiv (Verdi operas)

July 3–8: International Folklore Festival Varna

August 1–21: International Arts and Crafts Fair, Varna

August 15: Varna Day

August 22–26: International Folklore Festival, Burgas (dancing and music)

September 1–10: Apollonia Festival of Arts, Sozopol

Early September: Aylyak Fest, Plovdiv (city culture festival)

September 6: Unification Day (closures, celebrations in Plovdiv)

September: International Festival of Military Orchestras, Veliko Tarnovo

Mid-September: Puppet Theater Festival, Sofia

October: Balabanov's House Music Days, Plovdiv

Late October: One Dance Week, Plovdiv (contemporary dance)

November 1: Revival Leaders' Day (observances)

December 24–25: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day (closures)

December 26: Second Day of Christmas (closures)

December 31: New Year's Eve (festivities, especially in Sofia)
2017

January 1: New Year's Day (closures)

Feburary 1: Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime

March 3: Liberation (from Ottoman rule) Day (closures)

April 14–17: Orthodox Easter Weekend (Good Friday through Easter Monday; same as Western Easter in 2017)

May 1: Labor Day (closures)

May 6: St. George's Day (Gergiovden, closures)

Mid-May (11 days): Balkan Folklore Festival, Veliko Tarnovo

May 24: Sts. Cyril and Methodius Day (celebrating Bulgarian culture and the Cyrillic alphabet; closures)