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 · 18 events
Festivals, illuminations and seasonal events across Hualien, checked against official sources.
Hualien County's hot spring festival linking the Ruisui and Antong spring areas for a month of autumn weekends.
Fuli Township's autumn harvest music festival, two days of concerts and a farmers market under Sixty Stone Mountain.
Hualien's stone sculpture festival, with an open air creation camp at NilaI Plaza and exhibitions running into January.
The famous sea to summit climb from the Hualien coast to Wuling Pass at 3,275 metres.
International dragon boat racing on Liyu Lake, moved to November for 2026.
An extreme full distance triathlon ending on Mount Hehuan, part of the XTRI World Tour.
A two day music and culture gathering in the Taroko foothill village of Tongmen, run by the East Rift Valley NSA.
A winter light festival on the north shore of Liyu Lake, lit nightly through the end of January.
Hualien City's New Year's Eve countdown concert at the Dongdamen Night Market.
Hualien City's Lunar New Year lantern festival along Sunrise Boulevard.
Hualien's five day Lunar New Year market on Sunrise Boulevard, for festive food and gifts.
A coastal half marathon on the Pacific shore south of Hualien City, by Ocean Park.
Guided firefly watching on the Liyu Lake south trail, on Friday and Saturday evenings in spring.
Taiwan's classic two-day east coast cycling challenge, riding from Hualien to Taitung and back over one April weekend, expected in April 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.
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.
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.
In August and September the daylily fields of Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain turn whole hillsides gold above the East Rift Valley.