Calendar of cultural events in Uzbekistan

Festivals

• Festival "Uzbek National Dishes and Sweets"
  Samarkand
  Registan Square
  April 2006
• Folk Festival "Boysun Bokhori"
  Boysun District
  May 15-17 2006
• Folk Festival "Silk and Spices"
  Bukhara
  May 2006
• Festival of regional museums on occasion of Karshi 2700th anniversary
  Karshi
  Second quarter of 2006
• Festival of Folk Art (with participation of craftsmen from Margilan City and Rishtan District)
  Margilan Rishtan District
  20-31 May 2006
• Festival of Uzbek Plov
  Bukhara,
  June 2006
• Festival "Namangan Apples"
  Namangan
  26-28 August 2006
• Festival "Flowers of Namangan"
  Namangan
  26-28 August 2006
• Festival of Uzbek Bread
  Tashkent
  August 2006
• Folk Festival "Uzbek tubeteika"
  (dedicated to the art of Uzbek national skull-caps)
  Shakhrisabz
  September 2006
• Folk Festival "Dances of the Orient
  Khorezm
  September 2006
• Festival of Folk Youth Theatre "HUMO"
  Tashkent
  2006
• Festival of Folk Theatre "Navruz"
  Tashkent
  2006

Celebrations

• Spring Festival "Navruz"
  Throughout the country 21 March 2006
• 2700th Anniversary of Karshi
  City of Karshi
  2006
• 2000th Anniversary of Margilan
  City of Fergana
  2006
• 1000th Anniversary of Ma'mun Academy
  Khorezm
  2006

Art and Ethnographic Exhibitions

• Exhibition of works by well-known artists from Samarkand Nuriddin Kalonov, Asliddin Isaev, Tulyagan Yorkulov
  Samarkand
  "Chorsu" Art Gallery
  March 2006
• Personal exhibition of a well-known silk-maker Turgunbai Mirzaakhmedov
  Margilan
  20-30 April 2006
• Folk-ethnographic exhibition on the occasion of Karshi 2700th anniversary
  City of Karshi
  April-May 2006
• Exhibition "Culture of Women of the East"
  (Organised with the assistance of ethnographer from Germany Gabriella Keller)
  Samarkand
  The Museum of History and Culture of Uzbekistan
  May 2006
• Exhibition of well-known Samarkand ceramics-makers, members of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, Khudoyberdi Khakberdiev and Sharif Azimov
  Samarkand
  "Chorsu" Art Gallery
  May 2006
• Exhibition on the history of the Bukharan ethnical Jews
  (Supported by the Cultural Centre of the Bukharan Jews)
  Samarkand
  Regional Museum of local studies
  June 2006
• Exhibition "Folk craftsmen of Samarkand"
  Samarkand
  Registan Square
  September 2006
• Personal Exhibition of a well-known ceramics-maker Rustam Usmanov
  Ferghana
  Regional Museum of Local studies
  1-10 September 2006
• Annual trade exhibition "Decorative and applied art of Central Asia"
  Tashkent
  13-14 November 2006

Occupational Fairs

• Uzbuild-2006
  The 7th Uzbek International exposition "Construction and Interior, Heating and Ventilation systems"
  Tashkent
  1-4 March 2006
• Dental Salon Uzbekistan
  The 2nd International Forum of Stomatologists
  Tashkent
  9-11 March 2006
• WorldFood-2006
  The 6th Uzbek International Fair "Food Industry"
  Tashkent
  15-17 March 2006
• Industrial Expo Uzbekistan
  The 2nd International Fair "Metallurgy. Chemistry. Power engineering"
  Tashkent
  5-7 April 2006
• Medicina Uzbekistan 2006
  The 11th Uzbek International Fair "Health protection"
  Tashkent
  18-20 April 2006
• Stomatology Uzbekistan
  The 2nd Uzbek International Fair "Stomatology"
  The 2nd Tashkent Forum of stomatologists
  Tashkent
  18-20 April 2006
• Drugstore-2006
  The 1st Uzbek International Fair "Pharmacy"
  Tashkent
  18-20 April 2006
• Pharmexpo Uzbekistan
  The 2nd International Specialised Pharmaceutical Fair
  Tashkent
  September 2006
• Expoconstruction Uzbekistan
  The 3rd International Construction Fair "Civil engineering. Building technology. Construction materials"
  Tashkent
  10-12 October 2006
• TITF-2006
  The 12th Tashkent International Tourist Fair "Tourism on the Silk Road"
  Tashkent
  24-26 October 2006

Seminars and Conferences

• Scientific seminar dedicated to the history and significance of folk art of Fergana Region
  Kokand
  July 2006
• Seminar on the tourist potential of Karshi
  Karshi
  August 2006
• Conference "The standing of Karshi in the world civilisation" Karshi
  2006