Culture & Design
Major festivals, exhibitions, and cultural programs worth planning around.
Across gateway cities
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Seoul · Jul 24–Aug 9, 2026Boryeong Mud Festival 2026
Korea’s signature summer mud festival on Daecheon Beach—mud zones by day, concerts and drone shows by night—planned as an overnight or long day trip from Seoul.
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Vancouver · Aug 1–2, 202650th Annual Powell Street Festival
A free two-day Japanese Canadian arts and culture festival with performance, visual arts, film, martial arts, amateur sumo, food, tours, and community programming.
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Bali · Aug 7–8, 2026Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2026
The 13th Ubud Village Jazz Festival stages two evenings of Indonesian and international jazz at riverside Sthala Ubud, with a published lineup across multiple stages.
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Los Angeles · Aug 14–16, 2026KCON LA 2026
Three days of K-pop concerts, fan programs, Korean beauty, food, screen culture, and brand experiences across two adjacent Downtown venues.
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Taipei · Aug 22–Sep 6, 2026TRENDY TAIPEI 2026
Taipei’s city music-and-culture season runs mid-August into early September, with Taipei Music Expo and JAM JAM ASIA anchoring four intensive days at Taipei Music Center.
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Tokyo · Sep 17–21, 2026Tokyo Game Show 2026
TGS’s 30th anniversary expands to five days at Makuhari Messe—two business days, then three public days—with advance-only public tickets and no same-day gate sales.
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San Francisco · Sep 25–Jan 25, 2027Ha Chong-Hyun: Retrospective
The first major North American museum exhibition devoted to Korean artist Ha Chong-Hyun surveys more than six decades of his abstract painting.
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Vancouver · Oct 1–11, 202645th Vancouver International Film Festival
VIFF's 45th edition plans eleven days of international, Canadian and Indigenous cinema alongside talks, industry programs and live performance.
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Seoul · Oct 14–25, 2026Seoul Design Week 2026
A twelve-day city design festival centered on DDP, with the DDP Design Fair, conference sessions, designer exhibitions, and design spots across Seoul.
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Singapore · Oct 21–Nov 1, 202637th Singapore International Film Festival
SGIFF moves to October for twelve days of Asian and international independent film, filmmaker conversations, competitions, and industry exchange.
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Tokyo · Oct 26–Nov 4, 202639th Tokyo International Film Festival
The 39th edition of Tokyo’s international film festival will run for ten days across central Tokyo.
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Taipei · Oct 29–Nov 2, 2026ART TAIPEI 2026
Taipei’s Asia-Pacific art fair returns to TWTC Hall 1 with VIP previews on October 29 and public days October 30–November 2; 2026 tickets and the gallery roster remain TBA.
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Tokyo · Oct 30–Nov 8, 2026DESIGNART TOKYO 2026
A ten-day citywide design and art festival placing work across shops, galleries, museums, restaurants, and event spaces; final visitor-access conditions remain pending.
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Singapore · Nov 6–15, 2026Singapore Writers Festival 2026
Singapore’s multilingual literary festival brings local and international writers together around literature, storytelling, arts, and ideas; the programme and 2026 ticketing remain pending.
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Los Angeles · Nov 12–19, 2026Asian World Film Festival 2026
The 12th Asian World Film Festival returns to Culver City, November 12–19, 2026, for a week of Asian World cinema ahead of awards season; theaters, lineup, and tickets remain TBA.
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Tokyo · Mar 11–14, 2027ART FAIR TOKYO 21
The 21st edition brings Japanese and international galleries and institutions together across contemporary art, modern art, antiques, and crafts.
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Singapore · May 14–Jun 20, 2027Singapore Design Biennale 2027
The inaugural biennale will run for more than five weeks across design, architecture, art, research, and technology under the theme “1.35°N.”
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Los Angeles · Jul 2–5, 2027Anime Expo 2027
A major Japanese pop-culture convention returns for four days of anime, manga, games, music, fashion, premieres, creators, and fandom.
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