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📍 Venue: Beach Luxury Hotel, Karachi📅 Dates: 24 & 25 January 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
🎟️ Entry: Free & open to all
WOW Festival returns to Karachi for a spectacular two-day celebration of ideas, creativity, culture, and conversation. Join us at the Beach Luxury Hotel on 24th and 25th January 2026 for a vibrant, family-friendly festival featuring inspiring voices, powerful performances, and unforgettable experiences.
This year’s dynamic and diverse lineup includes:
- Keynote Address: Senator Sherry Rehman
- Opening Panel:Jude Kelly (Founder, WOW Foundation) &
H.E. Jane Marriott (British High Commissioner to Pakistan)
Moderator: Sidra Iqbal
- Kathak Dance Performance: Nighat Chaudhry
- Live Performances: Natasha Baig & Baber Sheikh Ustad Noor Buksh
- Panel Discussion: AI: Coded Inequality Moderator: Amber Shamsi
- Fireside Chat: Cancer, Chaos & Creative Ethos with Angeline Malik
- Masterclass: Investment Strategies with Mashal Khan
- Performances by Sindhi Artists
- Dance Performance: Unfolding: A Celebration That Raised Us
by Adnan Jahangir and daughters
- Children’s Programme: Songs & Stories by Khalid Anum
- Theatre Performance: GRIPS Theatre
WOW Festival Karachi marks a powerful return, celebrating 10 years of impact, dialogue, and creative expression. Like previous editions, WOW 2026 promises a fun-filled yet thought-provoking experience for audiences of all ages.
Bringing together artists, thinkers, storytellers, and change-makers, WOW creates a welcoming space where ideas are exchanged, questions are encouraged, and imaginations are ignited. From inspiring conversations to playful, interactive activities, there’s something for everyone.
Theme 2026: DASTAK
To mark a decade of WOW, this year’s theme is “Dastak” — a knock that inspires.
“Dastak” is a symbolic knock on the door of the future, inviting empowerment, creativity, and transformation. It honors where we’ve been while opening doors to new ideas, voices, and actions.
In Urdu:
‘Das’ means ten
‘Tak’ means so far
This is where we stand—and the promise we make.
Ten years of reflection and becoming.
Ten years of women carving space in crowded rooms.
Ten years of turning lived experience into language, and language into change.
Come be part of the conversation. Come answer the knock.
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