Events and holidays affecting Riyadh
Dates that apply to Riyadh: events held there and holidays across Saudi Arabia. Every date links to its source.
Official Published by the authority or organiser itself on its own site.
Expected Computed (for example from the Umm al-Qura calendar), not fully announced yet, or reported only in the news, so it may move.
December 2026
Six Kings Slam tennis
Moved from October. Dates from news reports of the Riyadh Season announcement; the organiser's own site did not confirm them when checked.
Source: tradearabia.comChecked Oct 28, 2026
January 2027
AFC Asian Cup
In October 2026 the AFC said it was open to delaying the tournament to 2028; organisers say it remains on schedule.
Source: the-afc.comChecked Oct 28, 2026
February 2027
Saudi Cup race meeting
Dated in news reports of the 2026-27 Riyadh racing season announcement. The Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia's site gives February 2027 without days.
Source: arabnews.pkChecked Oct 28, 2026
July 2027
Esports World Cup: Counter-Strike 2
Only this tournament is dated so far; the full 2027 schedule is not announced. The 2026 edition was held in Paris.
Source: esportsworldcup.comChecked Oct 28, 2026
Earlier in this calendar (1)
Saudi Cup race meeting
Dates from news reports; the organiser's own site did not confirm them when checked.
Source: arabnews.comChecked Oct 28, 2026
Observed impact in Riyadh
Observed from tracked public calendars. Baseline: the four weeks before each event, weighted to the event's weekday mix. Occupancy is booked nights divided by observed nights; ADR is the asking price of booked nights, before fees. These are estimates, not achieved bookings.
| Event | Occupancy | Baseline occupancy | ADR | Baseline ADR | Observed nights (event / baseline) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Day school break | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Saudi National Day | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| LEAP technology conference | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Summer school vacation | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Islamic New Year 1448 | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Eid al-Adha holiday | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Eid al-Adha school break | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Eid al-Fitr holiday | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Eid al-Fitr school break | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Founding Day | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Ramadan 1447 | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Saudi Cup race meeting | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
| Mid-year school break | Collecting | 0 / 0 | |||
How JokerPrice uses these dates
Event rules are off by default. In the pricing calendar you can switch on a whole kind (for example every school break) or a single event, with an adjustment from −30% to +100% and an optional minimum stay.
The adjustment applies to open nights inside the event window for properties in the listed cities, or anywhere in the country for a nationwide date; an event never reaches a property in another country. It comes after the market shape, supply pressure, booking pace, weekend, last-minute and far-out rules and before short-gap discounts. Your own custom date rule on the same night takes precedence, fixed nightly overrides are never changed, and every price stays within your minimum and maximum.
When several events cover one night, the largest adjustment is used rather than adding them together, and every event is named in the night's explanation with its certainty and source.
Observed impact is measured from tracked public calendars and is shown only once there are at least 100 observed listing-nights in the event and in the four weeks before it.
Calendar last reviewed Oct 28, 2026, version 2026-10-29.1: 201 events from Jan 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2027.
The same calendar as JSON: /api/events?city=riyadh