Calendar
What's on
A short list, not a dump. Concerts, exhibitions, festivals, and the civic calendar — actual dates, for people who live here. If we missed yours, suggest it.
Sep 11–Sep 13
Taipei
Concert
IVE World Tour — SHOW WHAT I AM
Taipei Arena · Three nights · sold out
The Arena is occupied Friday through Sunday. If you live in Songshan, that is the news. If you still need a ticket, only the usual secondary-market luck applies. Nanjing East Road will not be a place to drive.
Friday, September 11, 2026
Sep 12–Sep 13
Kaohsiung
Festival
WATERBOMB Kaohsiung
Plaza opposite Dream Mall · 14:00–22:00 both days
Korea’s water-cannon festival, first time in Taiwan. Jihyo, WINNER, KAI, KISS OF LIFE, Wonho, and a lot of being wet on purpose. Bring a change of clothes and a bag that can sit in a locker. KKTIX.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Sep 12–Sep 13
New Taipei
Festival
New Taipei Green Life Festival
New Taipei City Art Museum, outdoor grounds · Daytime; museum neighborhood, Yingge
The calmer weekend option if Waterbomb is not your weather. Outdoor sets on the museum lawn, food stalls, and an actual art museum if the music is too much. Take the TRA to Yingge; do not try to park.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Sep 13–Oct 12
Taipei
Outdoors
Silvergrass weekends on Yangmingshan
Qingtiangang and nearby trails · Go early; buses fill after 09:00
The annual postcard. Cloudy days are kinder than clear ones. Pack a layer even if the basin is still in summer, and do not treat the bus as a suggestion.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Sep 19
Kaohsiung
Concert
Post Malone — The Big Ass Stadium World Tour
Kaohsiung National Stadium (World Games) · Saturday · Don Toliver opening
A stadium night in Zuoying, not a club. HSR to Zuoying, MRT to World Games Stadium, and a long walk in. Tickets from NT$2,980 on Live Nation Taiwan. If you have never been to the stadium, go once for the building even if the music is not yours.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Sep 19–Sep 20
Taipei
Concert
Lee Youngji World Tour 2.0
Taipei Music Center · Two nights
The other Saturday. Rap, variety-show famous, and a better room than the Arena if you actually want to hear the words. Nangang. Tickets through Live Nation.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Sep 24–Oct 11
Taoyuan
Exhibition
Taiwan Design Expo — first time in Taoyuan
Messe Taoyuan, Qingpu Library, Chung Yuan Creative Park · Tue–Thu 10:00–18:00; Fri–Sun to 20:00
The national design show, usually a different city each year, this time Qingpu and Zhongli — sixteen exhibitions, satellite rooms in Daxi and the children’s museum. Airport MRT to Taoyuan HSR / A18. Free to wander; the point is the buildings as much as the objects.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Sep 25–Sep 28
Taiwan
Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
Balconies, courtyards, and the supermarket pomelo pile · Public holiday Friday, September 25; long weekend through Teacher’s Day
The civic one. Offices close. If you have been invited onto a balcony, go, and bring fruit. Trains fill Thursday night. Clinics should be dealt with before Friday.
Friday, September 25, 2026
Sep 26
Taipei
Concert
LANY — soft world tour
Taipei Arena · Saturday
American alt-pop, one night, the Arena again. If IVE last week felt like too much city, this is the same building with a different crowd. Tickets through Live Nation.
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Sep 28
Taipei
Tradition
Teacher’s Day / Confucius birthday rite
Taipei Confucius Temple · Dawn ceremony; temple open through the day
A public holiday this year, attached to the Mid-Autumn weekend. The dawn rite is the real thing; arrive much earlier than you think, and do not treat it as a costume opportunity.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Oct 9–Oct 11
Taipei
Concert
BIGBANG — XX : COSMOS
Taipei Dome · Taipei Dome · extra date added
The first real test of the Dome as a pop room. Three nights in Xinyi. If you live nearby, that is a noise and traffic fact as much as a concert. Tickets have been tight since the extra date.
Friday, October 9, 2026
Oct 20
Taipei
Concert
Charlie Puth — Whatever’s Clever! World Tour
Taipei Arena · Tuesday
A weeknight Arena show, which is kinder on the trains. Live Nation. If you only go to one imported pop night this autumn and you do not want a stadium, this is the straightforward one.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Oct 31
Taipei
Festival
Taiwan Pride parade
Taipei — route announced closer to the day · Saturday · East Asia’s largest Pride
The 24th parade. Go even if you do not usually go to parades; the city is better that afternoon. Same weekend as Nuit Blanche around Yuanshan, so the MRT will be a story of its own.
Saturday, October 31, 2026
May 29–Oct 26
New Taipei
Exhibition
Fulong International Sand Sculpture Art Festival
Fulong Beach · Daily until 26 Oct · last entry 18:00 weekdays
Still up, and the typhoon season has not taken it yet. Forty-odd film-theme sculptures — Jurassic Park, E.T., Kung Fu Panda — on the beach you already take the train to. Adult ticket NT$220. Go on a weekday if you can; the TRA platform is the hard part at weekends.
Friday, May 29, 2026
Jul 4–Sep 28
Taipei
Exhibition
Bologna World Illustration Awards
Huashan 1914, West Halls 4 and 5 · 10:00–18:00 · last entry 17:00 · until 28 Sep
The children’s-book fair’s annual prize show: 78 artists, 390 works, the last three weeks of it. Quiet, air-conditioned, and actually good. Closes the Monday after Mid-Autumn — do not leave it until the holiday weekend.
Saturday, July 4, 2026
Sep 4–Oct 11
Taipei
Festival
Taipei Jazz Festival — 20th year
Taipei Music Center, clubs, and five civic venues · Indoor nights now; outdoor main stage 9–11 Oct
Citywide, not a single ticket. Nineteen club nights, twelve outdoor sets, then three days on the Nangang main stage. If you have been meaning to go to a jazz bar and have not, this is the month the city does it for you.
Friday, September 4, 2026