Written By: Rehan Botejue
The inevitable end of Karachi’s peak winter season will always be a downer.
The excessive nature of arbitrary gatherings, over-hyped functions and daily socializing gives way to the next extended period of normality. It’s surely a necessity – most Karachiites are probably overdue for a reality check at some point past February…
Return to your responsibilities: to school, to work, or to other self-actualizing endeavours that should be occupying the better part of your day!
Now that we’ve done our civic duty: here’s the best events and tours to attend this week, if you were more interested in elevating your standards of entertainment and prolonging the festivities. Contrary to common perception, there is never any shortage of them.
1. Grand Family Gala 2K19: February 8th, 9th & 10th – 3:00PM to 12:00AM
Join this jam-packed, 3-day weekend Gala to enjoy a myriad of memorable main attractions, including some hardcore biker stunts, a pet exhibition, some legendary Qawalli and Sindhi folk performances and even local stand-up comedy shows, among many other things. Bring your family and friends to Clifton Beach Park for a weekend of entertainment! For comprehensive details, check out our detailed blog on Grand Family Gala 2019.
2. Sapat Beach Buji Koh Day Excursion: Feb 10 – 1AM-7PM
This one-day excursion takes interested adventure travellers 250 KM from Karachi, towards the Makran Coastline and one of the most pristine travel destinations in Pakistan. Spend your Sunday exploring incredible caves, mud rock formations and sand dunes, and see up-close the iconic, isolated cliff called Buji Koh rising from the sand and tides. For details on other convenient, weekend excursions organised by highly professional adventure tourism agencies, you can check out our blog on Karachi Traveller’s Group’s other tour packages at ‘Weekend Getaway’ Adventure Tours for the busy Karachiite by Karachi Travellers Group
3. Khaana Khazana Food Tour: February 8 – 7:30PM-12:30AM
Super Savari’s hype has extended its promotional abilities to the experience of food tasting in Karachi. Between premium Kebab Treasures and Gola Ganda experiences, interested foodies can join the Super Savari Express for a ‘hop on hop off’ food tasting tour on the most entertaining minibus in the city. For details on other similarly styled programs, check out the Super Savari Express: ‘Hop on Hop off Art Attack Tour’.
4. 5th Pakistan Media Awards: February 8th – 5AM-12PM
This unique event seeking to promote our media industry to an international scale will be an activity filled ceremony, complete with all your favourite local celebrity talents under the same roof. Showcasing the talent of our progressively advancing music, drama and film scene, fans from across the world will tune in to the Live Telecast to enjoy the awards process. Don’t miss attending the 5th Pakistan Media Awards at the venue to see how far our media industry has come.
Karachi has something going on for everyone. It’s up to us to participate in local events and tours to help promote the positive initiatives in our city. There are a few ongoing events taking place this week as well.
You can visit Karachi’s Farmers Market every Sunday from 2:00PM – 5:00PM, for health conscious individuals seeking to promote natural products and encourage local chefs, producers and farmers in their own organic efforts.
Also, don’t miss TDF Ghar’s latest project looking to visually transport Karachiites back to a forgotten era. Check out our blog, TDF Ghar takes Karachi back to the 50s this February!, for information on the TDF Ghar’s interactive exhibit on display until the 17th of February.
