10 events start this month

What's on in Taiwan in August 2027.

Festivals, illuminations and seasonal events starting in August 2027, checked against official sources.

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Hualien Orange Daylily Season 2027

Yuli Township, Hualien · Seasonal and nature · Sun 01 Aug to Thu 30 Sep 2027

In August and September the daylily fields of Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain turn whole hillsides gold above the East Rift Valley.

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Aug22027

Keelung Mid-Summer Ghost Festival 2027

Keelung, Keelung · Festivals · Mon 02 Aug to Wed 01 Sep 2027

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.

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Zhuzian Zhongyuan Cheng Huang Festival 2027

Hsinchu, Hsinchu City · Festivals · Mon 02 to Mon 16 Aug 2027

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.

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Qixi Festival 2027

Nationwide, Nationwide · Festivals · Sun 08 Aug 2027

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.

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Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf Midsummer Festival 2027

Tamsui District, New Taipei · Festivals · Sun 08 to Sun 22 Aug 2027

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.

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Aug142027

Taipei Fringe Festival 2027

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 14 to Sun 29 Aug 2027

Hundreds of small scale theatre, dance, music and comedy shows take over unconventional spaces across Taipei for two weeks each August.

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Aug162027

Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan) 2027

Nationwide, Nationwide · Festivals · Mon 16 Aug 2027

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.

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Hakka Yimin Festival 2027

Xinpu Township, Hsinchu County · Festivals · Thu 19 to Sat 21 Aug 2027

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.

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Aug282027

Hsinchu City International Kite Festival 2027

Hsinchu, Hsinchu City · Festivals · Sat 28 to Sun 29 Aug 2027

Two days of giant show kites over Hsinchu Fishing Port, with international kite teams, stage shows, family activities and a festival market.

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Aug302027

Toucheng Qianggu (Ghost Grappling) Festival 2027

Toucheng Township, Yilan · Festivals · Mon 30 Aug 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.

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