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Telangana Tourism’s Drone Festival astatine the Gachibowli Stadium successful Hyderabad is acceptable to diagnostic a packed docket of competitory races and aerial displays connected Friday and Saturday (January 16 and 17, 2026), including finals and a closing ceremony.
Festival begins astatine Friday 5.30 p.m.
On Friday, the prime-time conception is expected to beryllium the astir visually engaging and competitive. The festival volition statesman astatine 5.30 p.m. with Drone Racing Qualifier Rounds, described arsenic seeding races that volition find starting positions for consequent rounds.
From 6 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., semi-finals of Drone Soccer volition beryllium held, a format that combines remote-controlled formation with team-based gameplay. The spotlight volition past displacement astatine 7.15 p.m. to the Apex Challenge Drone Race, a high-speed nonrecreational contention that organisers accidental volition trial aviator accomplishment and precision. The evening volition reason with an RC Plane Airshow featuring aerobatic manoeuvres, said officials from Telangana Tourism Department.
Saturday schedule
The pursuing day, Saturday, volition beryllium structured astir competitory finals and authoritative engagements. The greeting league volition big a bid of Drone Racing Heats, followed aboriginal successful the time by a Marathon Drone Race Final.
In the evening, spectators volition witnesser an RC Plane Airshow alongside the Drone Soccer Finals, starring up to the Drone Race Grand Final. The festival volition culminate with a closing ceremonial and prize distribution, wherever Tourism Minister Jupally Krishna Rao is expected to contiguous awards to winners, followed by a concluding Drone Show.
