Nov152026
Hualien Pacific Hot Spring Festival 2026
Hualien County's hot spring festival linking the Ruisui and Antong spring areas for a month of autumn weekends.
Eastern Taiwan · City guide
What's on in East Coast.
Yilan, Hualien and Taitung down the east coast: hot spring seasons in Jiaoxi and Zhiben, the Pacific lantern festival in Hualien, surfing at Jinzun, and the Rift Valley between the two mountain ranges.
On in East Coast
On now
Nov302026
Taitung Arts Festival 2026
Taitung County's performing arts season at the county arts centre, closing with three ticketed shows in November.
Feb282027
Winter Love Lanyang Hot Spring Season 2026-27
Yilan County's autumn and winter hot spring season in Jiaoxi, running from mid October 2026 to the end of February 2027.
Jul312027
Zhiben Hot Spring Season 2026-27
The Zhiben spring area's year round season under the national Taiwan Good Soup programme.
Coming up
Oct312026
Caoling Historic Trail Silver Grass Season 2026
The silver grass season on the Caoling Historic Trail, with weekend shuttles, markets and period costume experiences.
Oct312026
Fuli Autumn Harvest Music Festival 2026
Fuli Township's autumn harvest music festival, two days of concerts and a farmers market under Sixty Stone Mountain.
Oct312026
Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival 2026
Hualien's stone sculpture festival, with an open air creation camp at NilaI Plaza and exhibitions running into January.
Oct312026
Taiwan PASIWALI Festival 2026
Taiwan's flagship Indigenous music festival takes over Taitung Forest Park for a weekend.
Nov12026
Zhiben Hot Spring Charity Marathon 2026
A charity marathon in the Zhiben hot spring valley outside Taitung City.
Nov22026
Taiwan KOM Challenge 2026
The famous sea to summit climb from the Hualien coast to Wuling Pass at 3,275 metres.
Nov62026
Hualien Pacific International Dragon Boat Festival 2026
International dragon boat racing on Liyu Lake, moved to November for 2026.
Nov62026
Taiwan Open of Surfing 2026
WSL QS 6,000 international surfing at Jinzun Harbor, the highest-tier surf event ever held in Taiwan.
Nov132026
Formosa Xtreme Triathlon 2026
An extreme full distance triathlon ending on Mount Hehuan, part of the XTRI World Tour.
Nov142026
Dongshan River Marathon 2026
A riverside marathon along the Dongshan River in Yilan.
Nov142026
Valley Concert 2026
A two day music and culture gathering in the Taroko foothill village of Tongmen, run by the East Rift Valley NSA.
Nov202026
Yilan Dongshan River Ultramarathon 2026
An ultramarathon along the Dongshan River in Wujie Township, Yilan, organised by the Chinese Taipei Association of Ultrarunners and starting on the evening of Friday 20 November 2026.
Nov282026
Jiaoxi Hot Spring Lantern Festival 2026-27
Jiaoxi's winter lantern season around Tangweigou Hot Spring Park, lit every evening.
Nov282026
Liyu Lake Waterfront Light Festival 2026-27
A winter light festival on the north shore of Liyu Lake, lit nightly through the end of January.
Dec62026
Sanxing Annong River Marathon Carnival 2026
A marathon carnival along the Annong River in Sanxing, Yilan.
Dec122026
Jiaoxi Hot Spring Marathon 2026
Run then soak: Yilan's hot spring marathon in Jiaoxi.
Dec312026
Hualien New Year Countdown Party 2026
Hualien City's New Year's Eve countdown concert at the Dongdamen Night Market.
Dec312026
Taitung New Year Countdown Party 2026
Taitung's New Year's Eve concert at the seaside park, the east coast's biggest countdown stage.
Jan102027
Yilan Four Seasons Shuangjiao Marathon 2027
A Yilan marathon linking the Jiaoxi and Toucheng hot spring foothills, the twin reefs name.
Jan162027
Dongshan Old River Port Lantern Festival 2027
Dongshan's lantern festival along the old river channel, spanning Lunar New Year.
Jan162027
Yilan Datong Cherry Blossom Marathon 2027
The third cherry blossom marathon in mountain Datong Township, Yilan.
Jan272027
Hualien Pacific Lantern Festival 2027
Hualien City's Lunar New Year lantern festival along Sunrise Boulevard.
Jan312027
Hualien Lunar New Year Market 2027
Hualien's five day Lunar New Year market on Sunrise Boulevard, for festive food and gifts.
Feb52027
Happy Yilan Year New Year's Eve Party 2027
Yilan's county Lunar New Year's Eve party, a late night concert at Zhongxing Cultural and Creative Park.
Feb142027
Taitung Lantern Blessing Carnival 2027
Taitung City's Lantern Festival season of blessing lanterns at the seaside park.
Feb202027
Bombarding Master Handan 2027, Taitung
Taitung's Bombarding Master Handan ritual, where a bare chested volunteer is pelted with firecrackers, is expected on Lantern Festival day, 20 February 2027.
Feb202027
Wujie Zou Wang Festival 2027
The Lizejian sedan chair race at Yong'an Temple, Wujie's Lantern Festival rite.
Mar122027
LAVA Triathlon Festival Taitung 2027
Two days of festival-format triathlon at Flowing Lake in Taitung Forest Park.
Mar132027
Hualien Pacific Waves Half Marathon 2027
A coastal half marathon on the Pacific shore south of Hualien City, by Ocean Park.
Mar132027
Nanheng Wulu Gorge Ultramarathon 2027
A mountain ultramarathon climbing the Southern Cross-Island Highway from Guanshan into Wulu Gorge.
Mar282027
Yilan Green Expo 2027
Yilan County's spring sustainability expo at Wulaokeng, the east coast's biggest spring anchor event.
Apr92027
Liyu Lake Firefly Season 2027
Guided firefly watching on the Liyu Lake south trail, on Friday and Saturday evenings in spring.
Apr102027
Conquer Lanyu Ultra 2027
An ultra circumnavigation of Lanyu, Orchid Island, off the Taitung coast.
Apr102027
Tour of East Taiwan 365 Challenge 2027
Taiwan's classic two-day east coast cycling challenge, riding from Hualien to Taitung and back over one April weekend, expected in April 2027.
Apr172027
Yuanshan Roast Chicken Marathon 2027
The second Yuanshan Roast Chicken Marathon in Yilan, a food themed country run.
Apr242027
Challenge Taiwan Triathlon 2027
Asia's largest triathlon festival returns to Taitung's Flowing Lake in late April, date not yet confirmed by the organiser.
May152027
Dongshan River Marathon 2027, Second Edition
The second Dongshan River Marathon, a spring edition of Yilan's riverside race.
May152027
Jinghao Life Music Festival 2027
A jazz led open air music weekend at Zhongxing Cultural and Creative Park in Wujie.
Jun202027
Taiwan East Coast Land Arts Festival and Moonlit Sea Concert 2027
Artists in residence scatter land art along the Highway 11 coast, and on selected evenings the Moonlit Sea Concerts play on the lawn at Torik Visitor Center facing the Pacific.
Jun302027
Hualien Summer Carnival 2027
Five nights of free outdoor concerts at Dongdamen Square open the summer season in Hualien, with headline pop acts and a different theme each night.
Jul32027
Taiwan International Balloon Festival 2027
Dozens of hot air balloons from Taiwan and overseas fly over the Luye Highland tea plateau at dawn and dusk, with night glow shows on selected evenings.
Jul32027
Yilan International Children's Folklore and Folkgame Festival 2027
Asia's best known children's festival fills Dongshan River Water Park in Yilan with water play areas, folk performances and hands-on games from troupes around the world.
Jul102027
Hualien FUN Summer at Liyu Lake 2027
Hualien County's summer takeover of Liyu Lake adds themed installations, free water activities and a night water and light show to the east coast's largest inland lake.
Jul152027
Dulan Ilisin (Amis Harvest Festival) 2027
The Amis community of Dulan holds its Ilisin harvest festival on the village plaza each July, three days of song, dance and ceremony led by the age grade organisation.
Jul152027
Pacific Austronesian Joint Harvest Festival 2027
Thousands of Indigenous dancers from Taiwan's Austronesian peoples gather in Hualien for four days of harvest ceremony, song and dance, food and craft stalls.
Aug12027
Hualien Orange Daylily Season 2027
In August and September the daylily fields of Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain turn whole hillsides gold above the East Rift Valley.
Aug302027
Toucheng Qianggu (Ghost Grappling) Festival 2027
Teams race up greased pillars and a bamboo trestle tower in Toucheng on the last night of Ghost Month, in Taiwan's largest ghost grappling competition.