Rajasthan's love for colour and joyous celebrations is proved by the elaborate rituals and the gay abandon with which it surrenders itself to the numerous fairs and festivals of the region.Festivals hold an unusual lure for the Rajasthanis and they find any number of reasons to celebrate. While some of these are traditional festivals, there are also a large number that have been recently introduced by the tourism department to showcase the heritage of a region. Chances are, when travelling in the state, you will come across any number of local fairs and festivities in which you can participate.

Desert Festival, Jaisalmer (Jan-Feb.) :
Jaisalmer exercises immense charm, but with the staging of the annual Desert Festival it has also become one of the more important events on the annual calendar .Folk performers like musicians, ballad singers, snake charmers, and puppeteers all exhibit their traditional skills. There are exciting camel dances, camel races, and camel polo, competitions for the best decorated camel, a turban tying competition and a Mr. Desert contest.
Elephant Festival, Jaipur (March-April): A festival to celebrate Holi, this is a great occasion for the visitor to watch several elephant sports and also play this festival of colours.

Camel Festival(January) :
Held in Bikaner in this celebration is a recent introduction in the desert city with the only camel breeding farm in the country. Not unexpectedly, most of the events are staged around this beast, with camel races and camel dances.

Gangaur Festival (March-April) :
This 18-day festival is laced with various activities and culminates in a grand procession marking the arrival of Shiva to escort his bride home.

Chaksu Fair :
A gathering of people from Jaipur's rural pockets collects here in almost all forms of transport - laden into tractor trolleys and jeeps - at what must be one of the most colourful events on the Rajasthani fair calendar.

Mewar Festival,Udaipur (March-April) :
A festival to welcome the spring season. There is song, dance, processions,devotional music and fireworks where almost everybody participates.

Pushkar Fair :
Easily the most easily identifiable of Rajasthan's many fairs, Pushkar has come to symbolise the febrile heartbeat of the people of the state. Held in November in Pushkar, the temple town close to Ajmer, where an 8th century temple of Brahma draws the faithful, it is located on the banks of a lake.
The people of rajasthan celebrates many other fairs and festivals. Such as----Brij Festival, Summer Festival, Urs Ajmer Sharif, Baneshwar Fair etc.