The first day of the seventh month of the Tibetan year is the Shoton Festival, or the Yogurt Banquet Festival, which falls in August. When the lamas came back from their cultivation in mountains, they were welcomed by local people and their relatives with yogurt and had an outdoor banquet. Since the 17th century, opera performances have been given during the festival. Tibetan artists from different schools from various parts gather in Norbulingka, Lhasa, for opera performances and competitions for several days. At the same time, a ceremony for sunning Buddha will be held at the Drepung Monastery.

Gahden-Namgye (Illumination) Festival falls on the 25th day of the 10th month of the Tibetan year or in November or December. A legend says it was the day on which the great reformer and the founder of the Yellow Sect Zonggaba achieved his attainment in cultivation. During this festival, the people ignite heir numerous lamps on the roofs of their houses and chant scriptures to pay their respects to Zonggaba.

Goinbo Festival in Nyingchi falls on the first day of the 10th month of the Tibetan year or in November or December. A legend says in the old times the king of Goinbo led his forces to resist invaders. In memory of heroic soldiers, the people in Goinbo offered sacrifices and kept watch at night. Later the memorial activities developed into the Goinbo Festival. During the festival, there are dances, horse racing and archery competitions, exchanges of goods and materials, drinking wine and singing.

On August 10, Kyagqen Horse Racing Festival in Qangtang is the most magnificent in north Tibet. In the golden season of grassland, tens of thousands of herdsmen from various parts of Tibet come to Nagqu on their horses with various kinds of goods and materials. They put up tents in the southern part of Nagqu Town. During the festival, there are exciting horse racing and archery contests and horsemanship performances.

On the 18th day of the fourth month of the Tibetan year or in May or June, the farmers and herdsmen in Gyangze (or those from Yadong, Xigaze and businessmen even from Lhasa) gather in Gyangze for horse racing, archery competitions, singing and dancing, amusements and exchanging goods and materials. This festival was originated in 1408.