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Special Events

St George's Day (Orthodox festival and official holiday, celebrates end of spring and beginning of summer), 6 May 2001
Hidrelez (Muslim festival), 6 May
Sofia National Book Fair (organised by the Association of Bulgarian Publishers), 22-26 May, NDK
Sofia Music Weeks (festival of classical and contemporary orchestral repertoire), late-May to late-Jul, Bulgaria Music Hall and NDK
Festival of European Co-productions (international annual non-competitive feature film festival), 1-7 Jun, Lumière Cinema, NDK
Folk Music Festival, first weekend Aug, Koprivshtitsa
International Folklore Festival, last week Aug, Plovdiv
Birthday of St John of Rila, 18 Aug, Rila Monastery
Feast Day of St John of Rila, 19 Oct, Rila Monastery
Kinomania (three-week film festival, showing the newest and best international and Bulgarian films), Nov, NDK
Ramadan, begins 17 Nov
International Jazz Festival, second week in Nov
Music Evenings (featuring classical music), early Dec
Sofia National Book Fair (organised by the Association of Bulgarian Publishers), 11-15 Dec, NDK
St Nicholas' Day, 12 Dec
Christmas, 25 & 26 Dec are official holidays (most families celebrate Christmas on 25 Dec, although traditional Orthodox Christmas is 7 Jan)
Sheker Bayram, 27-29 Dec, celebrates the end of Ramadan for Bulgaria's Muslim minority
New Year's Eve, festivities throughout city, 31 Dec



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