Damascus

Festivals and Annual Events

This event is held annually in March and lasts for four days at the Damascus Fair Ground. Olives being one of Damascus’s most important products is showcased at this event, along with olive oil and olive oil processing technologies.

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Festivals and events in Damascus

Showing 1–8 of 8 festivals

Plan around 8 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.

Olivex

Olives being one of Damascus’s most important products is showcased at this event, along with olive oil and olive oil processing technologies.

Agritex

This event is held annually in June at the Damascus Fair Ground for three days, and has been done so for the last 14 years. Syria’s agricultural products are exhibited here.

Food Expo Exhibition

Annually held in June for the past seven years, this event lasts about five days at the Damascus Fair Ground. Various companies in the food industry from the region are represented here.

International Flower Festival

This event is held annually from July to August in Teshreen Park, which is Damascus’s largest park. Participants and botany enthusiasts from around the world converge in Damascus around this time of the year.

Jazz Lives in Syria

Held annually in August at the Citadel for six nights, this open air festival features renowned local and foreign jazz artists. The festival also includes jazz workshops and activities for children.

International Leather Goods Fair

Producers of leather goods along with consumers and interested visitors get to meet and discuss the leather products on display.

Eid-ul-Fitr

Festive decorations are put up, makeshift stalls dotted around the districts sell traditional Syrian desserts and fireworks further illuminate the city at night.