Mid-July: The National Festival of Popular Arts (folkloric music and dance) in the magical El-Badii palace
22 August: Ramadan lasting 30 days
Early November: ‘Jazz en riad’ – quality programming in intimate and emblematic locations
27 November 2009: Eid el-Kibir (the ‘Big Festival’) that commemorates the sacrifice of the prophet Abraham who God demanded to sacrifice his son
4 – 12 December 2009: The even bigger and better 9th International Film Festival