National Palace Museum Asian Art Festival: Himalayan Moon
The Southern Branch's annual Asian Art Festival takes a Himalayan theme for 2026, with a month of programmes around the special exhibition.
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The Southern Branch's annual Asian Art Festival takes a Himalayan theme for 2026, with a month of programmes around the special exhibition.
The second part of the museum's exhibition on the Tibetan Dragon Canon, the monumental Tibetan Buddhist canon produced under imperial patronage in the early Qing dynasty.
A season of open-air concerts in the canyon scenery of Zengwen Reservoir, running into early November 2026.
Weeks of lakeside concerts capped by fireworks over Sun Moon Lake, closing 14 November 2026.
Hualien County's hot spring festival linking the Ruisui and Antong spring areas for a month of autumn weekends.
A three-gallery exhibition on documentary photography in Taiwan and the realist tradition that runs through it.
A National Museum of History exhibition on art exchanges between Taiwan and Japan, running to 22 November 2026.
A Taiwan and Korea group exhibition on life in super-aged societies, looking at caregiving networks and collective memory.
A long-running exhibition at Chiayi Art Museum, the city's converted tobacco factory art space, closing at the end of November 2026.
Little Kinmen's taro season brings taro digging, games, markets and taro dishes to Lieyu Township through the autumn.
Taitung County's performing arts season at the county arts centre, closing with three ticketed shows in November.
Taichung's citywide shopping festival runs from late October to Christmas Day 2026, with receipt lotteries and merchant promotions across the city.
The 2026 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale at the Yingge Ceramics Museum runs to 27 December 2026, deep into the winter season.
A National Palace Museum exhibition on how to look at Chinese painting, running to 27 December 2026.
A calligraphy exhibition at the National Palace Museum, running to 27 December 2026.
An exhibition of oversize masterpiece scrolls at the National Palace Museum, running to 27 December 2026.
The third 2026 rotation of the National Palace Museum's national treasures display, running to 27 December 2026.
Japanese media artist Daito Manabe's first major overseas solo exhibition, with new immersive works created for the Taichung Art Museum's double-height galleries.
An exhibition on travel literature at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan, reading Taiwan's places and journeys through its writers.
An exhibition on how the National Palace Museum conserves and restores its treasures, running to 3 January 2027.
The first overseas stop of the Mori Art Museum retrospective of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, covering some 30 years of his practice.
Night illuminations light up Taichung's mountain resort towns of Lishan and Guguan through the autumn and winter season.
A retrospective of video and kinetic artist Wang Yahui at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, running to 3 January 2027.
Chimei Museum hosts the British Museum's exhibition on Egypt's pharaohs, with 280 pieces in the largest display of its kind ever staged in Taiwan.
Paintings and rare documents by Li Mei-shu, Yang San-lang and Li Shih-chiao, three pioneers of modern art in Taiwan with deep roots in New Taipei.
A solo exhibition devoted to Lim Kac-keong (Lin Ke-gong), presented as the companion show to Beyond the Canvas at the New Taipei City Art Museum.
An exhibition on One Health, the approach that treats the health of people, animals and the environment as connected.
Yilan County's autumn and winter hot spring season in Jiaoxi, running from mid October 2026 to the end of February 2027.
The British artist's first major solo exhibition in Asia brings more than seventy works on everyday objects to the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.
The ninth edition of the National Museum of Natural Science's Science Images exhibition, presenting images produced in the course of scientific research.
A season-long birdwatching marathon on the southwest coast, timed to the arrival of black-faced spoonbills and other winter migrants.
A National Palace Museum Southern Branch exhibition tracing the art that crossed the Himalaya region over centuries of exchange.
A special exhibition explaining carbon capture, utilization and storage, and the role these technologies play in cutting carbon emissions.
A special exhibition at Taichung's National Museum of Natural Science on geothermal energy and sustainable use of the earth's heat.
An exhibition on the history and everyday life of Lukang, the historic port town in Changhua, traced across days, years and lifetimes.
The national hot spring season record: a Tourism Administration carnival spanning 19 spring areas to June 2027.
The Zhiben spring area's year round season under the national Taiwan Good Soup programme.
A long-running exhibition on the classic Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber, told through artifacts in the National Palace Museum collection.
A long run National Palace Museum exhibition on how its collection took shape around 1950, open throughout the season.
A winter season festival around the purple crow butterflies that overwinter in the valleys of Maolin National Scenic Area.
The silver grass season on the Caoling Historic Trail, with weekend shuttles, markets and period costume experiences.
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.
A major survey of the late composer and artist Ryuichi Sakamoto's installation practice from the 2000s onward, built around seven large-scale installations.
Vast patterned flower carpets bloom across the Xinshe plateau for Taichung's annual flower carpet festival.
Taiwan's national coffee festival returns to Gukeng in Yunlin, gathering coffee farmers, roasters and brands from across Taiwan.
Taiwan's flagship Indigenous music festival takes over Taitung Forest Park for a weekend.
Japanese singer-songwriter Vaundy plays two nights at Taipei Arena, 31 October and 1 November 2026, on his ASIA ARENA TOUR 2026 "HORO".
An elite focused marathon linking Chiayi City's Lantan and Renyitan reservoirs.
Middle-distance triathlon at Taiwan's southern tip, with a sea swim and a coastal bike and run in Kenting.
Meinong's Hakka farming town celebrates its white jade radish and bean harvest with field picking, markets and cooking events.
A point-to-point island-hopping marathon across the Penghu archipelago, finishing in Magong.
Full, half and shorter races lap the famous Sun Moon Lake shoreline from the Xiangshan Visitor Center.
A national parks marathon over the volcanic roads of Yangmingshan, starting at Zhongshan Hall.
Tongluo's autumn festival fills its fields with chrysanthemums at peak bloom, with taro and farm produce on sale and free chrysanthemum tea.
A charity marathon in the Zhiben hot spring valley outside Taitung City.
Jason Mraz plays one night in Taipei on his ASIA TOUR 2026, at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 on 2 November 2026.
The famous sea to summit climb from the Hualien coast to Wuling Pass at 3,275 metres.
Accusefive play three nights at Taipei Arena, 6 to 8 November 2026, on their [在這裡 @ century] world tour.
International dragon boat racing on Liyu Lake, moved to November for 2026.
Taiwan's largest annual travel fair, rebranded ITF Taiwan International Travel Fair for its 40th year in 2026.
A home appliance fair organised by the Taipei Electrical Commercial Association at TWTC Hall 1, 6 to 9 November 2026.
The autumn edition of the Taipei Furniture Expo at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC calendar for 6 to 9 November 2026.
Asia's leading Chinese-language film festival, closing with the 63rd Golden Horse Awards on 22 November 2026.
A stationery, gift and creative craft expo at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC calendar for 6 to 9 November 2026.
A consumer pet supplies expo at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC exhibition calendar for 6 to 9 November 2026.
WSL QS 6,000 international surfing at Jinzun Harbor, the highest-tier surf event ever held in Taiwan.
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature's writers festival, with twin main venues in Taipei and Tainan.
A long-run exhibition at Kaohsiung's National Science and Technology Museum presenting the Tang Prize and its laureates' work.
A nine-day national science festival staged across Taiwan's five Ministry of Education science museums, including Taichung and Kaohsiung.
A two-day festival in Beimen blessing salt for peace, rooted in the Wangye faith and Tainan's historic salt fields.
A hilly, hard-edged marathon on Nangan in the Matsu Islands, close to the China coast.
Famously friendly small-town marathon through the rice fields of Tianzhong in Changhua.
The eighth Vagabond Festival takes place over two days on open grassland by the Guanxi Platform in Anping, Tainan, with a bill mixing Taiwanese and Japanese acts.
Pingtung County's city marathon, starting at the county stadium.
A free outdoor concert in the courtyard of the historic Keelung Fortress Command, part of the Keelung Performing Arts Center Pure Keelung series, with a heritage walking tour and market stalls.
Trail racing on the hills above Shilin, hosted at Soochow University.
A themed exhibition at the National Palace Museum Southern Branch built around fishing imagery and the pleasures of the catch in Asian art.
Taiwan's sustainability and net zero trade expo returns to the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center for three days in November 2026.
Taipei Computer Association's combined IT Month and EdTech Taiwan show at TWTC Hall 1, 12 to 15 November 2026.
Staghorn fern growers from across Asia compete and trade at ICC Tainan in the fourth Taiwan International Platycerium Competition.
Taiwan's biggest Christmas illumination event, filling Banqiao's civic plazas with light shows, installations and concerts.
An extreme full distance triathlon ending on Mount Hehuan, part of the XTRI World Tour.
Kinmen County's lakeside picnic music festival at Jugang Lake in Jincheng.
Wine, spirits and sake fair filling TaiNEX 2, alongside the November tea and coffee shows.
Taiwan's international boat show fills the marinas of Kaohsiung's Asia New Bay Area with yachts and marine equipment for three days.
Taiwan's main coffee trade and consumer show, co-located with the tea, wine and food industry shows at Nangang.
Food products and processing equipment show, part of Chan Chao's November Nangang food cluster.
Taiwan's tea industry showcase, running alongside the coffee, wine and food industry shows at Nangang.
Takuya Kimura plays two nights at the Taipei Music Center, 13 and 14 November 2026, on his Live Tour 2026 Checkpoint.
A riverside marathon along the Dongshan River in Yilan.
LE SSERAFIM play two nights at NTSU Arena in Taoyuan, 14 and 15 November 2026, on their PUREFLOW tour.
Tomohisa Yamashita brings his DREAMING tour to the Kaohsiung Music Center Hi-Ing Hall on 14 November 2026.
The Taiwan edition of the Ultra electronic music festival at Dajia Riverside Park on 14 November 2026.
A two day music and culture gathering in the Taroko foothill village of Tongmen, run by the East Rift Valley NSA.
A marathon through the historic port town of Lukang in Changhua.
Title-sponsored by Japan Airlines, Kenting's own marathon runs from Kenting Dawan Lawn on 15 November 2026.
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at Weiwuying Concert Hall in Kaohsiung, with Mahler's Symphony No. 2 as the programme.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra play Rachmaninoff and Schubert at the National Taichung Theater Grand Theater.
Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra give two concerts at Taipei's National Concert Hall on 18 and 19 November 2026.
BTS bring the ARIRANG world tour to Kaohsiung National Stadium for three nights in November 2026.
The 2026 Taipei New Art Fair, staged as Art Revolution Taipei, runs at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park from 19 to 22 November 2026 under the theme Ju Ran Yi Jing.
Southern Taiwan's consumer travel fair fills ICC Tainan with tour, hotel and airline offers for four days in November 2026.
Tainan's IT Month show turns to artificial intelligence for its 2026 edition at ICC Tainan.
A pet supplies and healthcare expo paired with the Tainan Cat Festival at ICC Tainan in November 2026.
Taiwan's best known trail festival, with races from 10K to 104K in the hills around Puli.
Keelung's winter light season, with a 16 metre Christmas tree at Maritime Plaza and illuminated corridors along the Tianliao River through the port city centre.
A world championship stamp exhibition hosted by Chunghwa Post at TWTC Hall 1, 20 to 25 November 2026, with free entry.
Informa Markets' jewellery and gem trade fair at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC calendar for 20 to 23 November 2026.
Sixty-six masterworks from the YAGEO Foundation Collection, from Tintoretto to Bacon and Hockney, at the new Taichung Art Museum.
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.
BABYMONSTER play two nights at Taipei Arena on their CHOOM world tour, 21 and 22 November 2026.
A national marathon hosted by Beigang Chaotian Temple, Taiwan's great Mazu pilgrimage centre.
Christian Thielemann leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in its Taiwan debut, with two concerts at Taipei's National Concert Hall on 21 and 22 November 2026.
A coastal marathon from Dongshi Fisherman's Wharf on the Chiayi coast.
Illuminated hot spring season at Sichongxi in southern Pingtung, expected late November 2026 to March 2027.
Special exhibition of Qing archival documents on the empire's encounters with diverse peoples and powers.
Super Junior members Leeteuk and Heechul bring their 83z fan concert unit to Taoyuan Arena on 21 November 2026.
Taiwan Cycling Festival's lakeside finale: challenge rides around Sun Moon Lake from Xiangshan.
Fields of purple mesona flowers in bloom at the Yangmei Leisure Agriculture Area, with mesona tea and dessert stalls and farm experiences.
Pianist Yuja Wang leads the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard at Weiwuying Concert Hall.
A big Taipei half marathon from the Presidential Office plaza, listed by AIMS as NS Run.
A charity marathon celebrating Wandan's red bean harvest in Pingtung.
Yuja Wang play-conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at Taipei's National Concert Hall on 22 November 2026.
Malcolm Todd plays Taipei for the first time, at TICC on 23 November 2026, on his Do That Again Tour.
The Saisiyat people's most important ritual, held around the full moon of the tenth lunar month, with three nights of continuous ceremonial song and dance. 2026 is the ten year grand festival.
Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform Richard Strauss at the Weiwuying Concert Hall in Kaohsiung on 24 November 2026.
Yuja Wang and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform both Brahms piano concertos at the National Taichung Theater Grand Theater on 24 November 2026.
5 Seconds of Summer bring their EVERYONE'S A STAR! World Tour to the Taipei Music Center on 25 November 2026.
Rare mathematical books from the museum collection, tracing the meeting of Chinese and Western mathematics.
Teodor Currentzis brings his Utopia Orchestra to Taipei's National Concert Hall on 25 November 2026, in the ensemble's first Taiwan visit.
Annual chrysanthemum show in the former Chiang Kai-shek residence gardens, themed 'Dreams' in 2026.
Interstellar is screened with a live orchestral score at the National Taichung Theater Grand Theater on 27 November 2026.
Joji brings his SOLARIS tour to Kaohsiung Arena on 27 November 2026, his first headline show at the venue.
The National Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler's Symphony No. 8 at the National Concert Hall on 27 and 28 November 2026, in its 40th anniversary series.
Pingtung Park fills with Christmas light installations, giant trees and weekend snowfall shows for the county's winter festival.
Robert Lepage and Schaubühne Berlin bring the epic production Faith, Money, War and Love to the National Taichung Theater Playhouse for its Asian premiere.
Super Junior vocalist YESUNG plays two nights at the Kaohsiung Music Center on 28 and 29 November 2026 on his 10th anniversary solo tour.
Diana Krall performs at the Taipei Music Center on 28 and 29 November 2026 with bassist Sebastian Steinberg and drummer Matt Chamberlain.
F✦FOREVER, Jerry Yan, Van Ness Wu and Vic Chou with Mayday's Ashin, play two nights at Taipei Dome, 28 and 29 November 2026.
Jiaoxi's winter lantern season around Tangweigou Hot Spring Park, lit every evening.
A winter light festival on the north shore of Liyu Lake, lit nightly through the end of January.
MAMAMOO close their 2026 world tour [4WARD] with two shows at Taipei Arena on 28 and 29 November 2026.
Korean rock band NELL return to Taipei with their ONLY ONE concert at SUB LIVE on 28 November 2026.
Wanhua's biggest temple festival, with night patrols and a birthday procession for Qingshan King, 28 to 30 November 2026.
Interstellar is screened with a live orchestral score at Taipei's National Concert Hall on 29 November and 1 December 2026.
The 14th Tainan Autumn Marathon, starting at Luermen Tianhou Temple in Annan.
Taiwan's strawberry capital opens its pick-your-own farms for the winter season, December to April.
Interstellar is screened with a live orchestral score at the Weiwuying Opera House in Kaohsiung on 2 December 2026.
The German Trade Office Taipei's Christmas market, touring Banqiao, Taipei and Taoyuan over three December weekends.
The 2026 Taiwan MOA Exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC calendar for 4 to 6 December 2026.
The Asia Artist Awards bring two nights of K-pop and K-drama stars to Kaohsiung National Stadium.
Korean indie rock band JANNABI close their 2026 Asia tour at Taipei Music Center on 5 December 2026.
Taiwan's year end triathlon at Dapeng Bay, famous for riding a closed national freeway.
The 2026 Asian textiles exhibition at the National Palace Museum Southern Branch, on how cloth carried materials and stories across Asia.
Hsinchu's city marathon, starting at Shulin Tou Park.
A half marathon at Hutou Pi, Taiwan's oldest reservoir, in Xinhua, Tainan.
The second Lichen Taichung International Marathon, based at Taichung Central Park.
The eighth marathon starting at the National Palace Museum Southern Branch in Chiayi.
A marathon carnival along the Annong River in Sanxing, Yilan.
A maple season half marathon around Shimen Reservoir in Taoyuan, with 10K and 5K options.
Khalid's first Taipei concert, at the Taipei International Convention Center on 7 December 2026.
French multi-instrumentalist FKJ brings his Tyber Tour to Zepp New Taipei on 8 December 2026.
A collection exhibition at the National Palace Museum Southern Branch on groupings of deities and divine figures in Chinese art.
A footwear trade fair presenting spring and summer 2027 collections at TWTC Hall 1, 8 to 10 December 2026.
Taiwan's main building materials and construction show, at Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1, 10 to 13 December 2026.
The Tang Prize exhibition's Taichung showing opens at the National Library of Public Information in December 2026.
Korean singer Car, the garden plays SUB LIVE in Taipei on 11 December 2026.
Southern Taiwan's big pet supplies show takes over the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center for four days in December 2026.
An outdoor leisure and camping expo sharing the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center with the pets show in December 2026.
Kaohsiung punk band Fire EX. headline Kaohsiung Arena with ON FIRE DAY 2026 on 12 and 13 December 2026.
Run then soak: Yilan's hot spring marathon in Jiaoxi.
Taiwanese hip hop label Yanshe marks 21 years with the K21 anniversary concert at Taipei Music Center on 12 and 13 December 2026.
A 50 kilometre trail ultra around Shimen Reservoir, Taiwan's Action Asia series finale.
Walkers march across the 2.5 kilometre Penghu Great Bridge from Xiyu to Baisha in Penghu's signature winter event, finishing with a seafood feast.
A coastal district marathon carnival in Qingshui, Taichung, starting at Ziyun Yan.
More than four hundred custom and stance cars gather at ICC Tainan for STANCE FEST TAIWAN 2026.
Stray Kids bring their RUN IT world tour to Taipei Dome for one night on 12 December 2026.
A half marathon festival at Qiaotou Gongqi Park in Kaohsiung on Sunday 13 December 2026, with 21K, 10K and 3K races organised by CTRUN.
A one day senior functional fitness championship at TWTC Hall 1 on 13 December 2026, listed on the official TWTC calendar.
The 12th Meinong Marathon in Kaohsiung's Hakka heartland.
A pink themed coastal marathon at Tongxiao Beach in Miaoli.
Taiwan's oldest reservoir marathon circles the Zengwen Reservoir in the Tainan hills.
In winter, huge flocks of migrating cormorants fly in over the sea at dusk to roost on Kinmen, one of the island's signature wildlife sights.
Korean pianist Kun-woo Paik plays all thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas across eight consecutive days at the National Taichung Theater.
Japan's TOMICA and PLARAIL traffic festival makes its first overseas stop at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, running from 17 December 2026 to 1 March 2027.
A beauty, hair and cosmetics exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, listed on the official TWTC calendar for 17 to 20 December 2026.
Two weeks of wind bands, street parades and outdoor concerts across Chiayi City over the new year period.
A large immersive exhibition recreating scenes from ten Pixar films in thirteen themed rooms near the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center.
The King's Singers join the Taipei Symphony Orchestra for a Christmas concert at the National Concert Hall on 18 December 2026.
Japanese band Atarayo bring their Asia tour to Taipei Music Center on 19 December 2026.
A two day Bandai trading card game festival at TWTC Hall 1, 19 to 20 December 2026, with tournaments and demo play.
An ultramarathon over the old Beiyi Highway from Xindian to Yilan.
Keelung's big free year end pop concert at Guomen Square by the harbour, staged on a Saturday in mid December with a food and craft market from the afternoon.
The fourth Shunze Temple champion run in Puyan, the closing leg of the Changhua Marathon Carnival.
Douliu's annual Christmas celebration pairs an afternoon international market at Pangshu Forest Park with an evening concert at YunTai Hall.
A marathon starting at the grand Nankunshen Daitian Temple in Beimen, Tainan.
A half marathon festival in Annan District, Tainan, on Sunday 20 December 2026, starting at the Orthodox Luermen Mazu Temple and running toward Taijiang National Park.
Taiwan's flagship World Athletics Gold Label city marathon, starting at City Hall Plaza on Sunday 20 December 2026.
Lang Lang gives two piano recitals at Taipei's National Concert Hall on 24 and 26 December 2026.
The 17th Taipei International Winter Travel Exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, 25 to 28 December 2026.
YESUNG spends Christmas in Taoyuan, playing NTSU Arena on 25 and 26 December 2026 on his 10th anniversary solo tour.
The 29th Taipei International Healthy Vegetarian Exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, 25 to 28 December 2026.
The 39th Taipei International Mommy and Baby Supplies Exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, 25 to 28 December 2026.
A children's education and science toy exhibition at TWTC Hall 1, 25 to 28 December 2026.
The Longci Light Festival turns Tainan's badlands park into a ticketed night time art trail, expected from Christmas 2026 into March 2027.
Changhua's lantern season lights up the Baguashan Great Buddha area, expected from 26 December 2026 to 3 March 2027.
Kenshi Yonezu plays his first Taipei Dome concerts on 26 and 27 December 2026, opening the overseas leg of his GHOST world tour.
Mr.Children return to Taipei Arena on 26 and 27 December 2026, closing their Saturday in the park tour with their first Taiwan concerts in seven years.
Enno Cheng brings her Inter-Phases concert to LIVE WAREHOUSE at Pier-2 in Kaohsiung on 27 December 2026.
A women's only run bike run duathlon in Taipei, closing the LAVA season.
Hualien City's New Year's Eve countdown concert at the Dongdamen Night Market.
New Taipei's early-evening New Year's Eve fireworks over the Tamsui River at Fisherman's Wharf and Bali, expected again on 31 December 2026.
The world-famous midnight fireworks fired from Taipei 101 to welcome 2027, closing the City Hall New Year's Eve party.
Taipei's official New Year's Eve party at City Hall square, with six hours of live performers and the Taipei 101 countdown.
Taitung's New Year's Eve concert at the seaside park, the east coast's biggest countdown stage.
Taoyuan City Government's New Year's Eve concert, running from 19:00 on 31 December into the early hours of 1 January with a midnight countdown and fireworks.
The 14th New Year's Day sunrise marathon along the Taipei riverside at Machangding.
Taiwan opens the year with a three day weekend for Founding Day on 1 January.
One of northern Taiwan's largest plum gardens in white bloom at the Jiaobanshan Residence park in Fuxing, with about 296 plum trees across two hectares.
Hikers climb Bishan, the highest point in the Matsu Islands, to watch the first sunrise of the new year over Beigan.
A New Year's Day sunrise run at Jialeshui on the Hengchun Peninsula.
NCT 127 bring their fifth tour, NEO CITY : THE REDLINE, to Taipei Arena on 2 January 2027.
A ticketed New Year concert of Mandarin pop classics at the Keelung Performing Arts Center, with Chou Chih-ping, Lee Yi-chun, Huang Shan-liang and Liang Wen-yin.
A road running festival at New Taipei Metropolitan Park in Sanchong on Sunday 3 January 2027, with 21K, 10.5K and 4.5K races organised by CTRUN.
A two-day trail running festival in Nanzhuang, Miaoli, on 9 and 10 January 2027, with races from 5K to 100K over the Mount Jiali ridge system.
Southern Taiwan's big-city marathon weekend, staged by the Kaohsiung City Government around Zuoying.
YOASOBI play Taipei Dome on 9 and 10 January 2027 on their Asia 10-City Dome and Stadium Tour, billed as Super Planet.
A half marathon in Erlin, Changhua, hosted at the Siliconware Precision plant.
Taipei's big January charity marathon from the Presidential Office, with full, half and 12K races.
A Yilan marathon linking the Jiaoxi and Toucheng hot spring foothills, the twin reefs name.
Penghu's Lunar New Year flower sea, two hundred thousand petunias blooming through the Lantern Festival.
Against The Current bring their Till Death and Back Tour to the Taipei International Convention Center on 15 January 2027.
Blossom season around Sun Moon Lake, expected mid January to early March 2027 on the 2026 pattern.
Taipei's winter camellia show at the Floriculture Experiment Center on Yangmingshan, expected in mid January 2027.
Dongshan's lantern festival along the old river channel, spanning Lunar New Year.
The third cherry blossom marathon in mountain Datong Township, Yilan.
British group Blue bring their 25th Anniversary Tour to the Kaohsiung Music Center on 17 January 2027.
A January marathon across Kinmen's battlefield heritage landscapes, just off the Xiamen coast.
A city half marathon at Taichung Central Stadium, sponsored by Mizuno.
A city marathon through Taiwan's oldest city, sharing the January race weekend with Kinmen.
Taipei's Lunar New Year market takes over Dihua Street in Dadaocheng, expected from 20 January to 4 February 2027.
Taiwan's biggest games exhibition, organised by the Taipei Computer Association at TaiNEX 1, 21 to 24 January 2027.
The Pingtung Lantern Festival is expected to run for about six weeks from 22 January to 7 March 2027 across four lantern zones.
A winter ultramarathon over the Yangmingshan mountain roads.
Maroon 5 open their Asia 2027 run at Kaohsiung National Stadium on 24 January.
The ninth Information Cup charity marathon in Wuri, Taichung.
A mountain ultramarathon into the Zhenxibao old growth forest in Jianshi, Hsinchu.
Hualien City's Lunar New Year lantern festival along Sunrise Boulevard.
Night lit tri-colour cherry blossoms behind Wuji Tianyuan Temple in Tamsui, expected in late January to February 2027.
Kaohsiung's lantern festival and winter carnival are expected at Love River Bay from 30 January to 28 February 2027.
Neihu's night cherry blossom festival along the Neigou River trail, expected in late January to February 2027.
Westlife bring their twenty-fifth anniversary world tour to Kaohsiung Arena for one night in January 2027.
Tainan's art led Yuejin Port Lantern Festival is expected in Yanshui from 30 January to 7 March 2027.
Hualien's five day Lunar New Year market on Sunrise Boulevard, for festive food and gifts.
Douliu lights Taiping Old Street and Pongsu Forest Park with thousands of lanterns for its own Lantern Festival season.
Hsinchu's Lunar New Year lantern season, with a main lantern and themed light sets around Dongmen City Gate, the moat and Hsinchu Park, lit each evening.
Taiwan's longest public break of the year: seven days off for Lunar New Year, 4 to 10 February 2027.
Taiwan's biggest comics and animation convention, expected at Nangang in early February 2027.
Yilan's county Lunar New Year's Eve party, a late night concert at Zhongxing Cultural and Creative Park.
Taipei's blossom season on Yangming Mountain, expected early February to mid March 2027.
Kaohsiung's winter carnival fills Love River Bay with giant character inflatables, light shows and a harbor fun park.
Lunar New Year's Day falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, the first day of the Year of the Goat.
Pingtung County's big agricultural expo fills the Changzhi fairground with flower fields, produce pavilions and farm experiences each winter.
Twenty Japanese craft artists, from a Living National Treasure to young makers, reinterpret Pokémon through traditional crafts such as ceramics, metalwork, textiles and lacquer.
Sanxia's Lunar New Year temple festival for Qingshui Zushi's birthday, with its famous sacred pig contest, expected on 11 February 2027.
Sloping flower fields shaped like a crested serpent eagle in Beitou, expected from mid February to mid March 2027.
Attack on Titan: Beyond the Walls World Tour brings the anime's score to the National Taichung Theater Grand Theater for six shows from 12 to 15 February 2027.
Taiwan's most famous high mountain cherry blossom season fills Wuling Farm's valley with pink for about two and a half weeks.
The Beigang Lantern Festival is expected to light the old streets around Chaotian Temple from 13 February to 7 March 2027.
The Thousand Cherry Garden at Fushoushan Farm, Taiwan's highest cherry garden, blooms in waves from mid February into early April.
Taichung's Central Taiwan Lantern Festival is expected at Central Park from 14 February to 7 March 2027.
Miaoli City's Hakka Bombing Dragon series is expected from 14 to 22 February 2027, with dragon teams bombarded by firecrackers through Lantern Festival week.
The first of Pingxi's two mass sky lantern release nights is expected at Pingxi Junior High School on 14 February 2027.
The fourth cherry blossom marathon in Seediq country, Renai Township, Nantou.
Taitung City's Lantern Festival season of blessing lanterns at the seaside park.
Asia's most vibrant book fair, with Czechia as Guest of Honor in 2027 at the Taipei World Trade Center.
The Taoyuan Lantern Festival is expected from 17 February to 7 March 2027 around Hutoushan and the Nankan Creek waterfront.
The Matsu Islands' Baiming night offering festival is expected over the Lantern Festival nights of 18 to 20 February 2027.
New Taipei's lantern festival is expected at New Taipei Metropolitan Park in Sanchong from 19 February to 7 March 2027.
Penghu's Lantern Festival turtle begging rites, the islands' biggest folk celebration of the year.
Yanshui's beehive fireworks storm the streets on Lantern Festival eve and night, expected 19 to 20 February 2027.
Taitung's Bombarding Master Handan ritual, where a bare chested volunteer is pelted with firecrackers, is expected on Lantern Festival day, 20 February 2027.
Lantern Festival, the closing celebration of the New Year season, falls on Saturday 20 February 2027.
The grand finale of the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival is expected at Shifen on Lantern Festival night, Saturday 20 February 2027.
The national Taiwan Lantern Festival comes to Miaoli County from 20 February to 7 March 2027, opening on Lantern Festival night.
The Lizejian sedan chair race at Yong'an Temple, Wujie's Lantern Festival rite.
A 72 km self-challenge ride on Sunday 21 February 2027 climbing the famous 36 bends of County Road 162A from Meishan to the Taiping Sky Bridge in Chiayi County.
Taipei's own lantern festival, expected to light up Ximending and Taipei Expo Park again in late February 2027.
Golden lupine fields across the Dabeikeng tea hills in Longtan, combined with Hakka tea culture displays and a lantern zone around Longtan Great Pond.
Southern Taiwan's motor show returns to ICC Tainan across the late February 2027 holiday weekend.
More than 110,000 tulips in the gardens of the former presidential residence in Shilin, expected in late February 2027.
Kaohsiung's citywide spring arts season, expected late February to early July 2027, programme not yet announced.
One of the world's three major orchid shows returns to Houbi, Tainan, with growers and buyers from around thirty countries.
Zhubei City Office's award winning lantern festival at Shuizhen Forest Park, mixing light art, water mist projection and open call artworks in place of traditional lanterns.
BIGBANG's 20th anniversary COSMOS tour plays two nights at Kaohsiung National Stadium.
Taichung's Emerge Fest, a two day indie music festival on the Aofong Mountain park in Qingshui.
A strawberry season marathon on Romantic Route 3 in Dahu, Miaoli.
A national marathon and family run in Yuanlin, Changhua, for the Tongji Cup.
Peace Memorial Day on 28 February commemorates the 228 Incident, with the official ceremony in Taipei's 228 Peace Memorial Park.
Each spring green algae carpets the weathered basalt troughs at Qingqi Port in Lieyu, and Kinmen runs a season of tours and activities around them.
Kinmen's rock oyster harvest season festival, celebrating the island's stone bed oysters.
Tainan's spring performing arts season brings theatre, dance and music to venues across the city from March to May.
One of the world's largest machine tool shows, co-organised by TAITRA and TAMI across both Nangang halls.
Chiayi's international art documentary festival, opening the spring film season at the city art museum.
UTMB World Series trail racing in Kenting, with 100K, 50K, 25K and 10K races on 6 and 7 March.
Taipei's city flower in bloom around Daan Forest Park, with concerts and a picnic market, expected in March 2027.
Around 800 rose varieties and 5,000 bushes in bloom at Xinsheng Park, expected from March to early April 2027.
The 21st edition of Tainan's ancient capital half marathon, a March fixture in the old city.
Taiwan's most famous blossom season, expected to repeat the 10 March to 10 April window at Alishan.
Tainan's city-backed award exhibition links the city's commercial galleries in a month-long season for emerging artists.
Thousands of grey-faced buzzards pass over Bagua Mountain on spring migration, watched from Changhua's ridge lookouts.
Two days of festival-format triathlon at Flowing Lake in Taitung Forest Park.
A coastal half marathon on the Pacific shore south of Hualien City, by Ocean Park.
A mountain ultramarathon climbing the Southern Cross-Island Highway from Guanshan into Wulu Gorge.
Calla lilies then hydrangeas across the farm terraces of Zhuzihu in Yangmingshan, expected from March to June 2027.
A local cross-country marathon linking Fengshan's three military schools in Kaohsiung.
A marathon finishing by the Gaomei Wetlands, Taichung's famous sunset coast.
Run on a closed freeway: the Taipei Freeway Marathon takes over the Zhongshan Freeway.
A city run for the planet from Ketagalan Boulevard in central Taipei.
Taiwan's UCI 2.1 professional stage race, five stages from Taipei across the island.
Asia's largest smart city trade event, expected at TaiNEX 2 in March 2027 alongside the Net Zero City Exhibition.
AI and robotics expo covering intelligent industrial and service automation, co-located with the Bakery Show.
Taiwan's major bakery and equipment show, with competitions, demonstrations and hundreds of exhibitors.
Southern Taiwan's biggest rock festival takes over the Pier-2 warehouses and Penglai piers for two days each March.
Martial arts troupes perform the Song Jiang battle array, a centuries old temple tradition, at Neimen Zizhu Temple.
Taipei's city Eid celebration with stage performances, a halal market and cultural workshops, expected in March 2027.
An international half marathon from Jiji Station along the Zhuoshui River in Nantou.
Taiwan's only World Athletics Gold Label marathon, along the north coast through Wanli, Jinshan and Shimen.
Bryan Adams returns to Taipei with his Bare Bones show at TICC on 23 March 2027.
Asia's leading bicycle trade show, run by TAITRA at Nangang with the d&i Awards for cycle design.
A three-day 109K staged ultramarathon through the Danlan trail network of New Taipei from 26 to 28 March 2027, with supported and unsupported formats plus a 20K trail race on the final day.
About 65,000 coloured calla lilies in 14 colours across the Xihai flower fields in Dayuan, with land art, a flower maze and a farmers market, open daily 09:00 to 17:00.
Taiwan's professional baseball season is expected to open on the last Saturday of March 2027.
A two day spring picnic festival with themed lawn areas and an international market at Daan Forest Park, expected in March 2027.
Yilan County's spring sustainability expo at Wulaokeng, the east coast's biggest spring anchor event.
Taiwan's largest sailing festival brings regattas and water activities to Dapeng Bay lagoon each April.
White tung blossom, falling like snow, covers Nantou's Hakka hill towns through April and May.
Fireflies light the plum orchard valleys of Meiling, in Tainan's Nanxi hills, on spring evenings.
Each spring Miaoli's Hakka townships celebrate the tung blossom season, when white flowers cover the hills like snow.
Night-time firefly watching around Sun Moon Lake, expected April to May 2027 on the 2026 pattern.
The Pingtung County Government's free beach festival keeps Kenting's April music weekend alive, with three days of rock and indie acts on the main beach.
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.
Weeks of temple ritual, folk opera and processions around Baosheng Dadi's birthday at Dalongdong Baoan Temple, expected in spring 2027.
The nine day Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage is expected to walk from Taichung to Chiayi and back from 9 to 18 April 2027.
Guided firefly watching on the Liyu Lake south trail, on Friday and Saturday evenings in spring.
An ultra circumnavigation of Lanyu, Orchid Island, off the Taitung coast.
May snow in the Hsinchu hills, as tung blossom covers the trails and old streets of Hengshan, Beipu and Emei during the Hakka Affairs Council's nationwide Tung Blossom Festival.
Taiwan's classic two-day east coast cycling challenge, riding from Hualien to Taitung and back over one April weekend, expected in April 2027.
The Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage, famous for its route chosen by the goddess's palanquin, is expected in mid April 2027.
Full-distance IRONMAN racing in the Penghu archipelago, with an IRONKIDS race the day before.
Taipei's big women's road run, listed by AIMS for 11 April 2027.
The combined auto parts and e-mobility mega shows, covering the full vehicle supply chain at TaiNEX 1.
TAITRA's design-led gifts, stationery and licensing show at TWTC Hall 1.
The second Yuanshan Roast Chicken Marathon in Yilan, a food themed country run.
A semiconductor packaging and testing trade show at TaiNEX 1, 21 to 23 April 2027, per the Chan Chao calendar.
Messe Frankfurt's security, fire safety and smart building trade fair at Nangang.
A silicon photonics trade show within the Touch Taiwan cluster at TaiNEX 1, 21 to 23 April 2027, per the Chan Chao calendar.
A display industry trade show co-located with Touch Taiwan at TaiNEX 1, 21 to 23 April 2027, per the Chan Chao calendar.
A smart manufacturing trade show within the Touch Taiwan cluster at TaiNEX 1, 21 to 23 April 2027, per the Chan Chao calendar.
The display industry show for Micro LED, e-paper and smart cockpits, with three co-located tech shows in 2027.
The spring edition of Chan Chao's Taipei wine and spirits festival at TWTC Hall 1, 23 to 26 April 2027.
Asia's largest triathlon festival returns to Taitung's Flowing Lake in late April, date not yet confirmed by the organiser.
A festival of Yunnan and Burma borderland food culture in Longgang, famous for rice noodles, the water splashing celebration and the torch festival, plus a long street banquet.
Beigang's Chaotian Temple stages its annual Mazu tour and parade, with banquets, firecrackers and folk art troupes filling the town streets.
The North Face 100 series comes to Guguan in the mountains east of Taichung.
Penghu's signature fireworks season over Guanyinting bay, expected late April to late June 2027 on the classic pattern.
Mazu's birthday, the biggest day of the year at Taiwan's hundreds of Mazu temples, falls on Thursday 29 April 2027.
Matsu celebrates the birthday of its namesake goddess with processions and island blessings centred on the Tianhou Temple in Magang, Nangan.
Tainan's annual memorial ceremony for Zheng Chenggong, held at the Koxinga Shrine on the fixed date of 29 April.
Taiwan's longest running independent music festival returns to the lakeside at Hutoupi for the Labour Day weekend.
Trail racing on Guimashan above Bali, across the river from Tamsui.
Bruno Mars plays two stadium nights in Kaohsiung on the May Day weekend of 2027.
Labour Day on 1 May 2027 is a holiday for private sector workers, with a substitute rest day on 30 April.
On dark nights from May to September, bioluminescent plankton can turn the waves around the Matsu Islands blue, drawing photographers to unlit shorelines and the Beihai Tunnel.
A BWF World Tour Super 300 badminton tournament in Taipei from 4 to 9 May 2027, confirmed on the official BWF calendar for the 2027 season.
A canal based triathlon at Weifeng Canal in Wugu, New Taipei.
Taiwan's assistive technology and long-term care exhibition, held at TaiNEX 1 each May.
Buddha's Birthday falls on Thursday 13 May 2027, marked by Buddha bathing ceremonies at temples across Taiwan.
Kaohsiung's youth film festival, screening shortlisted student and young filmmaker work at the Film Archive.
Taiwan's sports and fitness industry show, organised by TAITRA at TaiNEX 2 in May 2027.
Central Taiwan's edition of the Chan Chao pets show runs four days in May 2027 at Taichung's new exhibition center.
An outdoor leisure and camping expo in Taichung in May 2027, sharing its venue with the Taichung Pets Show.
The second Dongshan River Marathon, a spring edition of Yilan's riverside race.
A jazz led open air music weekend at Zhongxing Cultural and Creative Park in Wujie.
Kinmen's City God parade through Jincheng, a national folk custom held on lunar 4/12.
Taiwan's largest first half travel fair, organised by the Taipei Association of Travel Agents at TWTC, 21 to 24 May 2027.
A late spring marathon at Jiangjun Fishing Port on the Tainan coast.
International sand sculptors build large themed works on the golden sand of Fulong Beach, the anchor summer exhibition of the Northeast Coast.
The world's benchmark ICT and AI trade show, returning June 1 to 4, 2027 across Nangang and TWTC Hall 1.
The startup exhibition of COMPUTEX, bringing founders, investors and accelerators together at TaiNEX 2.
Dadaocheng's biggest temple festival, centred on the City God's birthday procession, expected in June 2027.
Tainan's five nights of dragon boat racing on the canal in Anping are expected from 7 to 11 June 2027.
Dragon Boat Festival falls on Wednesday 9 June 2027, a single day public holiday.
Lukang's Qing Duanyang celebrations and night dragon boat racing on the Fulu River are expected across 9 to 13 June 2027.
Taiwan's biggest dragon boat meeting is expected at Taipei's Dajia Riverside Park across the Dragon Boat Festival period, 9 to 13 June 2027.
An international open-water swim race weekend at Guanyinting in Magong, Penghu, expected in June 2027 after an inaugural edition in June 2026.
Nightly choreographed water, light and music shows on the Keelung River at Rainbow Bridge, expected in June 2027.
More than a hundred chocolate and coffee brands gather at Puli's Fuxing Hot Spring Area for Nantou's summer food festival.
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.
Taiwan's biggest food trade show and the anchor of the five FOOD TAIPEI MEGA SHOWS at Nangang.
Food processing and pharmaceutical machinery show, co-located with FOOD TAIPEI at TaiNEX 1.
Taiwan's packaging industry show, covering machinery, materials and printing alongside the food mega shows.
Hospitality and catering equipment show, one of the five FOOD TAIPEI MEGA SHOWS at Nangang.
The Taipei Film Festival's 29th edition, expected to open in late June 2027.
Taiwan's premier music awards night honours Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka and Indigenous releases, with a red carpet and live performances at Taipei Arena.
New Taipei's summer music series moves between river and coast venues on successive weekends, pairing indie bands with markets and outdoor leisure.
Tainan celebrates its Irwin mango harvest with a festival season across Yujing and the hill districts east of the city.
Taipei's summer festival for young audiences stages theatre, puppetry, dance and workshops for children at the Taipei Performing Arts Center and venues citywide.
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.
Gongguan celebrates its red date harvest, a crop the Miaoli tourism bureau says is grown nowhere else in Taiwan.
Miaoli's summer Ocean Festival brings fireworks, popular music and portside activities to Yuanli, Zhunan and Tongxiao.
Yunlin's summer beach music festival at Santiaolun Beach pairs live concerts with markets, family activities and slow coastal trips.
Three nights of pop and rock concerts with beer stalls fill the plaza opposite Dream Mall, one of the biggest ticketed music weekends of the southern summer.
Keelung's summer squid season, built around night fishing boat trips and the Keelung Sea Fishing King contest for squid, hairtail and mackerel run by certified local charter boats.
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.
Lotus ponds in full bloom across the Guanyin Lotus Garden Leisure Agriculture Area, with giant Victoria water lily leaves, lotus themed meals and farm activities.
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.
Three weeks of celebration in Daxi old town building to the Guan Sheng Di Jun birthday processions on the 23rd and 24th days of the sixth lunar month, the town's second New Year.
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.
Nine days of children's theatre, giant puppets, interactive installations and art zones take over the plazas around New Taipei City Hall in Banqiao.
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.
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.
Taipei's riverside summer festival pairs fireworks and drone shows over the Tamsui River with concerts, light installations and food stalls at Dadaocheng Wharf.
Taiwan's largest food exhibition fills TWTC Hall 1 with chef demonstrations, regional specialties, cooking competitions and tasting stalls.
Two nights of free concerts at Jiangjun Fishing Port headline Tainan's summer music festival, drawing crowds to the city's quiet northwest coast.
In August and September the daylily fields of Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain turn whole hillsides gold above the East Rift Valley.
Taiwan's oldest and largest Ghost Festival, a month of rites in Keelung running from the opening of the ghost gate at Laodagong Temple to the main pudu offering and the water lantern release on the harbour.
Ghost month rites centred on the Hsinchu City God Temple, from the Hang Jia release rite on the first day of the lunar seventh month to the City God's relief procession around the full moon.
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.
Three Sunday evenings of themed fireworks and a river light show light up Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf, with markets and stage shows through the afternoon.
Hundreds of small scale theatre, dance, music and comedy shows take over unconventional spaces across Taipei for two weeks each August.
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.
The Hakka Yimin Festival honours the Hakka militia who died defending their settlements, with three days of ceremony at the Baozhong Yimin Temple in Xinpu.
Two days of giant show kites over Hsinchu Fishing Port, with international kite teams, stage shows, family activities and a festival market.
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.
Penghu's autumn music festival brings five concerts and a light art show to Guanyinting Recreation Area in Magong.
Taipei's flagship performing arts festival commissions and presents theatre, dance and interdisciplinary work from Taiwan and overseas each autumn.
The fourth Matsu Biennial is expected to fill villages, tunnels and harbours across the five islands with contemporary art in autumn 2027.
A BWF World Tour Super 100 badminton tournament in Kaohsiung from 14 to 19 September 2027, confirmed on the official BWF calendar.
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.
Cyclists ride 101 kilometres from Magong toward Kuibi Mountain, linking scenic spots across the Penghu islands, with a shorter 22 kilometre leisure route.
Taiwan's biggest open-water swim, a mass crossing of Sun Moon Lake in Nantou, expected on a Sunday in September 2027.
An outdoor contemporary art festival set around Zhengbin Fishing Port, with large scale installations among the colourful harbour houses and fishing boats.
Once every three years Donggang spends eight days welcoming the plague deities, ending with the burning of a full size wooden king boat at Zhenhai Park.