names of the elaborate festivals of bastet included: “procession of bastet”, “bastet protects the two lands”, “bastet goes forth from per-bast”, “bastet appears before ra” and the “festival of hathor and bastet”. her main festivals were celebrated in april and may in bubastis. her festivals were characterized by music, dancing and wine and were some of the most popular festivals in egypt at the time. for some festivals, over 700,000 people came from all over egypt, often in boats, sailing along the nile.