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Everything running today, including long runs that started weeks or months ago: exhibitions, illuminations and stage productions. Each card shows its full run, so you can see when it started and when it ends.

Oct82026

National Palace Museum Asian Art Festival: Himalayan Moon

Taibao, Chiayi County · Festivals · Thu 08 Oct to Sun 08 Nov 2026

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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Sep12026

Zengwen Reservoir Canyon Concerts 2026

Dapu, Chiayi County · Music · Tue 01 Sep to Mon 09 Nov 2026

A season of open-air concerts in the canyon scenery of Zengwen Reservoir, running into early November 2026.

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Sep122026

Sun Moon Lake Music and Fireworks Festival 2026

Yuchi Township, Nantou · Festivals · Sat 12 Sep to Sat 14 Nov 2026

Weeks of lakeside concerts capped by fireworks over Sun Moon Lake, closing 14 November 2026.

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Oct172026

Hualien Pacific Hot Spring Festival 2026

Ruisui Township, Hualien · Festivals · Sat 17 Oct to Sun 15 Nov 2026

Hualien County's hot spring festival linking the Ruisui and Antong spring areas for a month of autumn weekends.

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Oct32026

When Tomorrow is Forgotten

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 03 Oct to Sun 22 Nov 2026

A Taiwan and Korea group exhibition on life in super-aged societies, looking at caregiving networks and collective memory.

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May12026

Signal Verse

Chiayi, Chiayi City · Arts and culture · Fri 01 May to Sun 29 Nov 2026

A long-running exhibition at Chiayi Art Museum, the city's converted tobacco factory art space, closing at the end of November 2026.

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Sep12026

Lieyu Taro Festival 2026

Lieyu, Kinmen · Food and drink · Tue 01 Sep to Mon 30 Nov 2026

Little Kinmen's taro season brings taro digging, games, markets and taro dishes to Lieyu Township through the autumn.

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Jul252026

Taitung Arts Festival 2026

Taitung City, Taitung · Arts and culture · Sat 25 Jul to Mon 30 Nov 2026

Taitung County's performing arts season at the county arts centre, closing with three ticketed shows in November.

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Oct242026

Taichung Shopping Festival 2026

Taichung, Taichung · Markets · Sat 24 Oct to Fri 25 Dec 2026

Taichung's citywide shopping festival runs from late October to Christmas Day 2026, with receipt lotteries and merchant promotions across the city.

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Jul312026

2026 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale

New Taipei, New Taipei · Arts and culture · Fri 31 Jul to Sun 27 Dec 2026

The 2026 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale at the Yingge Ceramics Museum runs to 27 December 2026, deep into the winter season.

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Sep222026

Nourishing the Heart: Oversize Masterpiece Scrolls

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Tue 22 Sep to Sun 27 Dec 2026

An exhibition of oversize masterpiece scrolls at the National Palace Museum, running to 27 December 2026.

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Oct92026

Spotlight on National Treasures 2026-III

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Fri 09 Oct to Sun 27 Dec 2026

The third 2026 rotation of the National Palace Museum's national treasures display, running to 27 December 2026.

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Oct32026

Daito Manabe: RELATIONAL TIME: Life Beyond Simulation

Taichung, Taichung · Arts and culture · Sat 03 Oct 2026 to Sun 03 Jan 2027

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.

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Nov132025

Leisurely Literature: An Exhibition on Travel Literature

Tainan, Tainan · Arts and culture · Thu 13 Nov 2025 to Sun 03 Jan 2027

An exhibition on travel literature at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan, reading Taiwan's places and journeys through its writers.

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Aug152026

The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto: Primordial Future Forest

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 15 Aug 2026 to Sun 03 Jan 2027

The first overseas stop of the Mori Art Museum retrospective of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, covering some 30 years of his practice.

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Sep42026

Valley Light Festival: Lishan and Guguan

Taichung, Taichung · Illuminations · Fri 04 Sep 2026 to Sun 03 Jan 2027

Night illuminations light up Taichung's mountain resort towns of Lishan and Guguan through the autumn and winter season.

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Sep122026

Wang Yahui: Voyager

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 12 Sep 2026 to Sun 03 Jan 2027

A retrospective of video and kinetic artist Wang Yahui at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, running to 3 January 2027.

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Jan292026

Pharaoh: King of Egypt

Tainan, Tainan · Arts and culture · Thu 29 Jan 2026 to Sun 10 Jan 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.

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Oct172026

Beyond the Canvas: Li Mei-shu, Yang San-lang, Li Shih-chiao

New Taipei, New Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 17 Oct 2026 to Sun 14 Feb 2027

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.

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Oct172026

Lim Kac-keong: Cosmos in View

New Taipei, New Taipei · Arts and culture · Sat 17 Oct 2026 to Sun 14 Feb 2027

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.

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May272026

All of Us: One Health in Action

Taichung, Taichung · Arts and culture · Wed 27 May 2026 to Sun 28 Feb 2027

An exhibition on One Health, the approach that treats the health of people, animals and the environment as connected.

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Oct152026

Winter Love Lanyang Hot Spring Season 2026-27

Jiaoxi Township, Yilan · Festivals · Thu 15 Oct 2026 to Sun 28 Feb 2027

Yilan County's autumn and winter hot spring season in Jiaoxi, running from mid October 2026 to the end of February 2027.

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Oct32026

Michael Craig-Martin: The Language of the Everyday

Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung · Arts and culture · Sat 03 Oct 2026 to Sun 07 Mar 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.

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Jun182026

Sojourn in the Glow: The 9th Science Images Exhibition

Taichung, Taichung · Arts and culture · Thu 18 Jun 2026 to Sun 28 Mar 2027

The ninth edition of the National Museum of Natural Science's Science Images exhibition, presenting images produced in the course of scientific research.

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Oct12026

Taiwan International Bird Watching Marathon

Beimen, Tainan · Sport · Thu 01 Oct 2026 to Wed 31 Mar 2027

A season-long birdwatching marathon on the southwest coast, timed to the arrival of black-faced spoonbills and other winter migrants.

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Oct82026

Crossing the Himalayas: An Artistic Odyssey

Taibao, Chiayi County · Arts and culture · Thu 08 Oct 2026 to Tue 06 Apr 2027

A National Palace Museum Southern Branch exhibition tracing the art that crossed the Himalaya region over centuries of exchange.

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Jun102026

Days, Years, Lifetimes: The Good Old Times of Lukang

Taichung, Taichung · Arts and culture · Wed 10 Jun 2026 to Sun 02 May 2027

An exhibition on the history and everyday life of Lukang, the historic port town in Changhua, traced across days, years and lifetimes.

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Sep42026

Taiwan Hot Spring and Fine-Cuisine Carnival 2026-27

Nationwide, Nationwide · Festivals · Fri 04 Sep 2026 to Wed 30 Jun 2027

The national hot spring season record: a Tourism Administration carnival spanning 19 spring areas to June 2027.

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Sep12026

Zhiben Hot Spring Season 2026-27

Taitung City, Taitung · Festivals · Tue 01 Sep 2026 to Sat 31 Jul 2027

The Zhiben spring area's year round season under the national Taiwan Good Soup programme.

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May172024

The Splendor of Dream of the Red Chamber

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Fri 17 May 2024 to Sun 15 Aug 2027

A long-running exhibition on the classic Qing dynasty novel Dream of the Red Chamber, told through artifacts in the National Palace Museum collection.

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Sep112026

Confluence 1950: Shaping an Unseen Collection

Taipei, Taipei · Arts and culture · Fri 11 Sep 2026 to Sun 10 Sep 2028

A long run National Palace Museum exhibition on how its collection took shape around 1950, open throughout the season.

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