Calendar Of Annual Local Events in Oman - May to July

There's so much happening in Oman all year round. Plan ahead with our monthly events calendar. 

May

Masirah Turtle Festival Week 

Launched in 2010, the Environment Society of Oman has held a dedicated Masirah TurtleFestival Week each May. Conservation-focussed activities include marine research, turtle-themed football competitions and local beach clean-ups. Masirah is the largest nesting ground for Loggerhead turtles in the world.

June-July

Renaissance Day

Celebrating Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s ascension to the throne in 1970, 23 July is a public holiday in Oman.

Salalah Tourism Festival (formerly the Khareef Festival)

While the rest of the region is reeling under sweltering temperatures, Salalah revelsin cooling rains from the southwest monsoon winds, which leave the landscape verdant and cloaked in mist. This phenomenon of rain-bearing fog is known locally as khareef. The season begins in late June and ends in late September. The Salalah Tourism Festival – a veritable extravaganza – hosts a variety of cultural, sports, and entertainment activities at the purpose-built Baladiya Entertainment Centre. The facility comprises a main theatre, an open-air venue and a heritage village as well asextensive fairgrounds. Expect theatre performances, folkloric shows, concerts by prominent Arab and Gulf singers, a kite festival, children’s plays and an Omani poetry forum.

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