The biggest event in Muscat (if not Oman) is the annual Muscat Festival, held for a month from early January in several outdoor venues around the city. The festival showcases Omani and neighbouringd Arabic culture with poetry recitals, traditional dancing and craft displays. The event also attracts dance and acrobatic acts from other countries and includes fireworks and shopping stalls, mainly from the subcontinent and Far East.

The festival provides an ideal opportunity for visitors to experience the true essence of Oman, its traditions, its culture and its modernity, which has been achieved without eroding the traditional standards of the society. At the Qurum festival site a large Heritage Village provides visitors with an insight into the traditional skills and customs of Oman through various artistic and cultural activities held daily.

Location: Muscat
Time: between January and February
Website: www.muscat-festival.com

Salalah Tourism Festival is one of the popular Salalah Festivals & Events held in the town during the month of mid June and august. It lasts for six weeks and is one of the major events that bring to the limelight the cultural aspect of Oman. Held in the tropical parts of the town, Festival at Salalah is held on the coast that is about 1030 kilometers from Muscat. The place can be easily accessed by air and takes only about an hour from Muscat. One can also drive down to the venue of Festival in Salalah by road. It would take approximately 12 hours to reach the place.
Salalah Tourism Festival is famous for the carnival which is organized during this time. The performers parade through the street dressed in colorful garments and provides a lot of musical and dance entertainments to the common public. The children are dressed in traditional apparels and wave cheerfully to the crowd while displaying the conventional uniforms. The Salalah Tourism Festival includes the Municipality Friends Camp and Salalah festival, but the Government also arranges for shopping centers that is a paradise to the visitants.
Location: Salalah
Time: End of June right a way through to the end of September
Website: www.salalahfestival.com

 Marking the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, Eid is a joyous occasion of prayer, feasting and colourful  clothing when Omanis put on their best outfits.

In celebration of the day Sultan Qaboos ascended to the throne in 1970, this holiday is marked with traditional  dancing, feasts and fireworks in many parts of the country.