Culture & Design
Major festivals, exhibitions, and cultural programs worth planning around.
Across gateway cities
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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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Vancouver · Oct 18–25, 2026Vancouver Writers Fest 2026
Vancouver’s literary festival returns for festival week with author conversations, special events, and a published reading list across Granville Island and city stages.
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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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Bali · Oct 21–25, 2026Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2026
Ubud’s long-running literary festival returns for its 23rd year under the theme Samarasā, with a multi-day programme of talks, panels, readings, and after-dark sessions.
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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 · Nov 14–15, 2026Design Festa Vol. 64
Asia’s large open-entry art fair fills Tokyo Big Sight’s West and South Halls for a two-day weekend of makers, illustration, craft, performance, and food.
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Los Angeles · Jan 6–10, 2027LA Art Show 2027
Los Angeles’s large indoor contemporary and modern art fair returns to the Convention Center West Hall with an Opening Night premiere and multi-day public viewing.
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Singapore · Jan 21–31, 2027Singapore Art Week 2027
The 15th Singapore Art Week spreads exhibitions, performances, screenings, and public projects across galleries, institutions, and unexpected city sites.
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Los Angeles · Feb 25–28, 2027Frieze Los Angeles 2027
Frieze returns to the Santa Monica Airport campus for its eighth Los Angeles edition, gathering roughly 100 galleries plus installations and Frieze Week programming.
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Bali · Mar 9, 2027Nyepi 2027: Bali’s Day of Silence
Bali stops for 24 hours on the Balinese Hindu new year: the airport closes, roads empty, and visitors stay inside their accommodation from dawn to dawn.
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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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Bali · Apr 22–25, 2027BaliSpirit Festival 2027
Ubud’s long-running yoga, dance, and music gathering returns for four days, opening with a community day and free evening party before three full festival days.
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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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