The 2016 Heroes' Festival is scheduled to be active on live servers from 11/3/16 at 2:00am until 11/15/16 at 1:59pm Pacific time. The Heroes' Festival was introduced to commemorate the five year anniversary. It has returned each year since. This annual live event is occurs in November each year, typically as Nights of the Dead ends. To see the exact date while in-game, click the EQ2 radial button on the bottom left of your screen and select the Calendar option from the menu.