Events
Ceremonies, festivals and public programmes across the district. This portal lists events; tickets, where they exist, are handled by the organiser.
Featured
Three events that define the Kandy year.
Festival
Ten nights of processions culminating in the Randoli Perahera, with whip crackers, fire dancers, Kandyan dance troupes, drummers and caparisoned tuskers escorting the sacred casket through the city.
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Culture
Three evenings of udarata natum from the region's leading troupes, closing with a combined performance of the ves natuma by more than eighty dancers and drummers.
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Nature
The botanical gardens open their propagation houses for an annual show of orchids, anthuriums and heritage roses, with growers' talks each afternoon.
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The festival season opens in August with the ten nights of the Esala Perahera.
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Festival
Ten nights of processions culminating in the Randoli Perahera, with whip crackers, fire dancers, Kandyan dance troupes, drummers and caparisoned tuskers escorting the sacred casket through the city.
Tickets via organiser(opens in a new tab)Culture
Three evenings of udarata natum from the region's leading troupes, closing with a combined performance of the ves natuma by more than eighty dancers and drummers.
Tickets via organiser(opens in a new tab)Nature
The botanical gardens open their propagation houses for an annual show of orchids, anthuriums and heritage roses, with growers' talks each afternoon.
Tickets via organiser(opens in a new tab)
Community
Estates from Hantana, Gampola and the Knuckles foothills bring single-origin lots for public tasting, alongside plucking demonstrations and a cupping masterclass.
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Community
Carvers, brassworkers, batik artists and mat weavers from across the district set up along the lakeside walk, with daily demonstrations of the liya vela motif.
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Culture
Conservators open the working stone yard behind the palace precinct, showing current moonstone and balustrade conservation with guided tours every hour.
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Ceremony
A full moon observance at the temple with an evening of pirith chanting, oil lamp offerings around the lake and a procession of the relic casket within the precinct.
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Culture
Public lectures from the university's departments of archaeology, architecture and agriculture on the conservation of the Kandyan cultural landscape.
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