Preparations are going on for the 27th Pokhara Street Festival to be held on the occasion of the New Year in Pokhara. To make the street festival a grand success, the organizers have intensified publicity in major cities across the country. The organizing team has intensified publicity in Dharan, Itahari and Biratnagar of Sunsari to invite people to participate in the street festival to be held from Dec 28 to Jan 1 2026, organized by the Pokhara Restaurant and Bar Association (REBAN).

The festival is being organized with the aim of promoting tourism, preserving local art and culture, and revitalizing economic activities, said Basanta Gautam, coordinator of the festival organizing committee. He said that Pokhara will be promoted as an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists throughout the festival period. The festival will include musical performances by local and national artists, folk duets, cultural tableaux, traditional dances, food stalls, handicraft exhibitions and various entertaining games, Gautam informed.

Coordinator Gautam said that programs like food festivals, tug of war, and talent shows will increase the special attraction of the audience. Gautam said that adventure sports competitions like boat race and waiter race, will be held in Fewa Lake. To make the festival more attractive and for tourists coming to observe, hotel and restaurant entrepreneurs will provide up to 20 percent discount on hotel rooms and special discounts on food dishes throughout the festival period, said Gopi Bhattarai, coordinator of Pokhara Tourism Year 25.

The organizer said that this festival, which is being organized with the aim of strengthening tourism, culture and local economy simultaneously, will help in introducing Pokhara’s identity at the national and international levels. To promote the festival, the organizing team is visiting places like Dharan, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Kathmandu and inviting people to attend the festival.