# FUFU Turtles and FUFU Fest: Chandigarh’s Run-and-Rave Community

- Link: https://chdlife.com/fufu-fest-chandigarh/
- Published: 2026-09-26T19:59:55+05:30
- Author: Rahul Goyal

**Quick answer:** **FUFU Turtles is Chandigarh’s big community run club, and FUFU
Fest is its 5K run-plus-wellness festival.** The next fest is planned at Chitkara
University — free for Chitkara students, with the date to be announced on the club’s
Instagram (@fufuturtles). The September 2025 edition started from the Capitol Complex
with a police traffic advisory of its own.

✍️ _By [Rahul Goyal](https://chdlife.com/author/rahul/) · Chandigarh Life_

## First, the club

FUFU Turtles started as a group of people who liked running slowly, laughing a lot
and ending every run at a coffee counter — and grew into what the club itself calls
Chandigarh’s largest run club. The formula is deliberately un-serious: community
over competition, all paces welcome, meditation and socialising folded into the 
runs. If the name makes you smile, that is the point.

## Then, the fest

FUFU Fest scales that vibe up into a full day. The organisers bill it as India’s
most iconic 5K run and wellness festival: a 5K “Run & Rave” that rolls straight 
into a Wellness Village — recovery lounges, cold plunges, mobility games, coffee
and matcha bars, a wellness market, and a coffee rave as the finale. Bibs and T-
shirts are collected at a bib expo the day before.

## The next edition: Chitkara University

| **Where** | Chitkara University campus (Chandigarh–Patiala highway, Rajpura) | 
| **Format** | 5K community run + Wellness Village + coffee rave | 
| **Cost** | Free for Chitkara University students, per the fest site’s FAQ | 
| **Date & registration** | Not published on the fest site when we checked on 26 September 2026 — and the registration link there wasn’t opening. Watch [@fufuturtles](https://www.instagram.com/fufuturtles/) for the announcement. | 
| **Contact** | thefufufest@gmail.com · +91 98146 06822 |

## The 2025 edition, for scale

On 7 September 2025, the fest ran as a fitness and wellness marathon from the Capitol
Complex, near the Open Hand Monument — big enough that Chandigarh Traffic Police
issued a formal advisory for the 5:00–11:00 AM window. Nexus Elante also hosted 
a FUFU Fest celebration that season, per press coverage. Not bad for a club named
after moving slowly.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is FUFU Fest?

A community 5K run that flows into a wellness festival — recovery zones, cold plunges,
coffee and matcha bars, a wellness market and a closing coffee rave — run by the
FUFU Turtles club.

### When is the next FUFU Fest?

The fest site names Chitkara University as the next venue but had no date when we
checked on 26 September 2026. The announcement comes through the club’s Instagram,@
fufuturtles.

### Is FUFU Fest free?

The fest site’s FAQ says it is completely free for Chitkara University students;
details for everyone else come from the organisers.

### Can beginners join FUFU Turtles runs?

Yes — the club is built around community rather than competition, and all paces 
are welcome. Follow @fufuturtles for run timings and meet-up points.

## More running in the tricity

 * [Chandigarh Distance Runners (CDR): group runs and the Mata Jayanti Hills Marathon](https://chdlife.com/chandigarh-distance-runners-cdr/)
 * [Hansali Run 2026: 42K at Hansali Sahib on 25 November](https://chdlife.com/hansali-run-marathon/)
 * [Sekhon IAF Marathon Chandigarh 2026](https://chdlife.com/sekhon-iaf-marathon-chandigarh/)
 * [Events in Chandigarh: what’s on across the tricity](https://chdlife.com/events-in-chandigarh/)

_Sources: the club and fest’s own sites ([fufuturtles.com](https://www.fufuturtles.com/)
and [fest.fufuturtles.com](https://fest.fufuturtles.com/)) and the [Chandigarh Traffic Police advisory](https://x.com/trafficchd/status/1964290666327929249)
for the 7 September 2025 edition, checked on 26 September 2026; Nexus Elante celebration
per The Tribune’s coverage._