Events and festivals in Gjakova are not as much in numbers, as they are highly valued. The historic city of Gjakova, Kosovo, especially the Old Çarshia, is the hub of many outdoor and indoor festivals, cultural events and street parades. Many of them are seasonal and take place only one time, while others are organised annually for many years by various festival societies. All of them draw interest from the locals and visitors alike. Some of the events are organised by the city, some by private companies as well.

The list below shows the main events and festivals in Gjakova.

##Events

100 Thousand Poets For Change

100 Thousand Poets for Change, or 100TPC, is an international grassroots educational organization focusing on the arts, especially poetry, music, and the literary arts. It was founded in 2011 by Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion, and focuses on a world-wide event each September. Meanwhile, 100 Thousand Poets for Change, started in 2011, Gjakova, as well, and was organized by the National Center of Poets, Writers and Artists (Q.K.P.SH.A 'Gjakova'). This manifest is held on two days, during which are hold literary hours and cultural meetings. Here are gathered poets which with their work want to make positive changes on the society. This year will be the 4th annual and will also be held on September.

Accapello

Accapelo is an international event of female choirs, which is organized from music school 'Prenk Jakova' in Gjakova. The first edition was hold on 29, 30 and 31 of January 2014. On the first evening, its program presented the choir of the school 'Prenk Jakova' and the female choir 'Nerazdelni' from Kyustendi from Bulgaria with lead conductor Wesela Petrova. On the second night of the festival was presented female choir 'Wox Art' from Pristina with lead conductor Ylber Asllanaj, and the mix choir from Ferizaj. On the third night of the festival was presented the female choir from Sofia 'Polifonia' with lead conductor Judmilla Gerova. Organizers consider this a very successful event, therefore they have admitted that this will become a traditional festival.

Spin

Spin is a table-tennis tournament which is traditionally hold in Gjakova, on the 27 and 28 of April. This tournament is organized from The Union for Active Youth from Gjakova. 'The goal of this tournament is mostly to be as a socialization event between the table tennis enthusiasts' said Albion Curri, from the Union for Active Youth.

##Festivals

Komedia Fest

Komedia Fest i multidimensional festival focused on plays of comedy, followed with music concerts and arts exhibitions. This festival is initially based on the artistic values and cultural heritage of the city of Gjakova and has as a purpose to protect this artistic values with its programme and also to offer support on developing them further. This Festival is focused on plays of the genre of comedy, from theatrical troupes all over our nation. Its first edition was held from 17–23 September 2012. The second edition was held from 09-15 September 2013. The edition was on facebook.

Gjakova Film Festival

Gjakova Film Festival is an international short film festival. This festival is organized in co-operation of the Culture Department of the Gjakova and the Association of the Writers and Artists 'Etuta'. This festival for the first time is organized on the March of 2012. The winner of the first edition was a movie from Czech Republic 'Bridge' from William Zabka. Also, from 11 prizes given on the festival, most of them took the well known actress Arta Dobroshi. The second edition was held on 21–24 March 2013, on the cultural palace 'Asim Vokshi'. During this edition were shown 24 short films, from 20 different movies. The first prize won the Bullgar movie 'Travel Trip' of Radostina Naikova, also a special prize the well awarded movie in different international film festivals 'Kolona' by Ujkan Hysa. On March of this year will be organized the third edition as well.

Radio Fest

Radio Fest is a traditional manifestation where are presented the achievements of radio stations on the field of publicity spot and radio-reportage. Apart local and national radio stations from Kosovo, there will be other participants from Albania. The aim of the Radio Fest is to stimulate creative work of the radio workers. Radio Fest was first organized in November, 2005 and since then has been a traditional manifestation.

Lyra Fest

Lyra Fest is a traditional and national festival of the song for children. In this song festival for children do take place participants from all the Albanian-spoken places. This festival has a competitive character where do conquer children's ages 6 to 13. It has been held since November 2007, in cultural palace 'Asim Vokshi', in Gjakova.

International Poetry Meeting

Poets from Gjakova led by Din Mehmeti organized and for the first time held the Meeting of the Poetry, on the November of 1964. This very first Meeting was organized on the City Park, where its works were read by poets mostly from Gjakova like: Din Mehmeti, Enver Gjerqeku, Ali Olloni, Ganimete Nura, etc. The success that had the first Meeting, lead on creating the Literary Club 'Gjon Nikolle Kazazi' on the 19th of April 1966 and since then the Club decided that the Meeting should be traditional and to have a wider character, and also as a definitive date was decided to be the 9th of May. A special annual of the Meeting, is the one of the 1968, which coincided with the 500 annual of the death of Gjergj Kastrioti - Skenderbeu. Since 1983 The Literary Club 'Gjon Nikolle Kazazi', which is the organizer of the Meeting, decided to give a reward for the best poem, this prize for the first time won by the poem Esad Mekuli. On 1989, the Meeting was not held, because on that time the Kosovo autonomy was supreme, which it had within Yougoslavia as a Republic, therefore were forbidden most of the cultural events.

During the years 1993, 1994 and 1995, the Meeting was displaced to Pristina, on the offices of the Kosovo Writers League, because in Gjakova it was impossible to be organized from the continued repression from Serbian structures, of the time. And during the years 1996 and 1997 it was again brought back to Gjakova, on the offices of the LDK (Kosovo Democratic League). On 1998 it was organized at all, because of the war, during the time. After the war, on 1999 The Literary Club continued holding the Meeting, and on that year it had special symbolic because it was held on the ruins, the war left, on Gjakova, specially in Old Carshia. Since 2011 was decided that the main prize to be called 'Din Mehmeti' (was the first who initiated the Meeting), whom died a year ago. This Meeting, still continues, and it is the only one of this kind, on the whole Albanian-spoken territory and even wider. It has become traditional and the last year the main prize was won by an Israeli poet. This year (2014) has its 50-th jubilee anniversary.