Chiprovtsi Carpet Festival, May - different stages of making the famous carpet products are demonstrated – wool spinning, its colouration with natural materials, and weaving the carpet on the characteristic vertical Chiprovtsi loom. Skilled women and young girls from the carpet weaving team of the local school demonstrate their weaving techniques. The festival is aimed to make carpet weaving popular and to attract the interest of the young people.
In the beginning of June, the traditional Feast of Gorna Oryahovitsa Flat-Sausage is held in Gorna Oryahovitsa. It gathers fans of the meat delicacy from the whole country. The feast is held near the parking lot of the Summer theatre.
Varshets - August – Feast of the "Resort, Mineral Water and Balkan". It lasts a whole month and includes numerous attractive performances.
The International festival of humour and satire in May and the Gabrovo Carnival in July - the Gabrovo locals meet their guests at the ecological festival Uzana Polyana Fest, giving stage to the "green" thinking and successful ecological models.
Festival of the Teteven brine in Teteven, June This culinary feast is dedicated to the characteristic Teteven brine -- tomato fish soup from grilled river fish, with river crabs and many spices, always hot, salty and sour. A perfect appetizer for the Teteven plum rakia.
Bulgarian Seed National festival, Sevlievo, April - May - The Bulgarian seed Festival gathers Bulgarian exhibitors and associations in the field of agriculture, ecology and bio production, seed-beds, fruit gardeners, herb collectors, florists, local manufacturers, agricultural cooperations, herb producers, vineyard producers, wine producers, mills, bread-makers, etc.
The 4-day Traditional Crafts Fair is held annually on the holiday of the Troyan monastery, which is on 15th of August. Besides folk art objects, the guests of the fair can buy practical ceramic household utensils, to enjoy the organised attractions and the traditional cuisine in the cool pubs.
Festival of the Elenski But (bg: Elena leg (dry-cured ham from the town of Elena), Elena, November - The feast combines the best of the local traditions in the fields of culinary, crafts, folklore. Re-enactments, culinary areas, spaces for kids, rich program that runs in parallel on two scenes, contest "In search for the disappeared pork leg" – these are a small part of the surprises that attract more and more guests from the country and abroad with each coming year. The feast lasts for three days.
The festival provides an opportunity for authentic experience and fusion with the Bulgarian traditions. All attendees must wear Bulgarian traditional clothing, mobile phones are prohibited (their use is allowed only at certain places), wearing contemporary bags and using contemporary cutlery is forbidden. The festival program includes performances of ensembles for folklore music, and craft masters show their skills on site.
Stage of the Ages opera festival, Veliko Tarnovo, July – September The festival is held in the open on the Tsarevets hill. The spectators can see ballet and opera performances. The Tsar Kaloyan, Turandot, Prince Igor operas, The Goat Horn, Bolero ballet performances, etc. have been performed.