Taiwan Hot Spring and Fine-Cuisine Carnival 2026-27
The national hot spring season record: a Tourism Administration carnival spanning 19 spring areas to June 2027.
Nationwide · 13 events
Festivals, illuminations and seasonal events across Nationwide, checked against official sources.
The national hot spring season record: a Tourism Administration carnival spanning 19 spring areas to June 2027.
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature's writers festival, with twin main venues in Taipei and Tainan.
Taiwan opens the year with a three day weekend for Founding Day on 1 January.
Taiwan's longest public break of the year: seven days off for Lunar New Year, 4 to 10 February 2027.
Lunar New Year's Day falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, the first day of the Year of the Goat.
Lantern Festival, the closing celebration of the New Year season, falls on Saturday 20 February 2027.
Children's Day on 4 April 2027 is a public holiday, combined with Tomb Sweeping into a four day break.
Tomb Sweeping Day falls on Monday 5 April 2027, when families honour ancestors at graves and columbaria.
Labour Day on 1 May 2027 is a holiday for private sector workers, with a substitute rest day on 30 April.
Dragon Boat Festival falls on Wednesday 9 June 2027, a single day public holiday.
Qixi, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, marks the annual meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and is celebrated as Chinese Valentine's Day.
On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, temples and households across Taiwan hold pudu offerings for wandering spirits, the peak of Ghost Month.
Taiwan's Mid-Autumn Festival is a national public holiday of moon watching, mooncakes and pomelos, and famously of barbecues held on pavements and rooftops.