Bali Trail 2027
Trail racing on Guimashan above Bali, across the river from Tamsui.
Season · 42 events
The hot season belongs to the water: dragon boat racing in Taipei, Lukang and Tainan in June, the Penghu fireworks season over the harbour, surfing and triathlons on the east coast, and the run-up to the island summer.

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.
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.
Buddha's Birthday falls on Thursday 13 May 2027, marked by Buddha bathing ceremonies at temples across Taiwan.
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.
Disturbed play Taipei's Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1 on 22 May 2027 on The Sickness & the Greatest Hits tour.
A late spring marathon at Jiangjun Fishing Port on the Tainan coast.
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.
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.
Hospitality and catering equipment show, one of the five FOOD TAIPEI MEGA SHOWS at Nangang.
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.
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.
The full list is on the events calendar, filterable by month and region.