Currently, you can use reflection in order to access the properties of the fast navigation popup. Workaround: this.radCalendar1.HeaderNavigationMode = Telerik.WinControls.UI.HeaderNavigationMode.Popup; CalendarNavigationElement a = this.radCalendar1.CalendarElement.CalendarNavigationElement; FieldInfo fi = typeof(CalendarNavigationElement).GetField("dropDown", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance); RadDateTimePickerDropDown dropDown = (RadDateTimePickerDropDown)fi.GetValue(a); dropDown.PopupOpening += new RadPopupOpeningEventHandler(dropDown_PopupOpening);