Hualien is quieter than Taipei, but there is usually something on: a concert or a touring show, an exhibition at the Stone Sculpture Museum or the Creative Park, a free film at the Railway Cinema, a race or a festival. This page gathers it in one place, each with its dates, venue, how to get there and where tickets are sold. We update it every week.
About tickets: we don't sell tickets and aren't connected to any seller. For each event we name the channel the organizer or venue itself points to, so you can check it and buy there. Details change, so confirm on the official page before you go, and never buy from resellers or from strangers on social media.
This weekend
Fri, Oct 30 to Sun, Nov 1
Fri, Oct 30 to Sat, Oct 31 · Fri and Sat 19:00; about 50 minutes; outdoors, free entry
Teatr Klinika Lalek: Tarabumba Circus
A Polish company brings giant animal puppets, music and circus to an outdoor stage on Sunrise Avenue for two free evening shows, part of the county's 2026 international arts festival.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 · Sat 14:00 to 17:00
Chilai Theatre Troupe: What Is Peking Opera?
A local troupe's yearly Peking opera show, with four classic excerpts that range from comic scenes to martial roles, free and open to first-timers.
Official site · Free entry · Free, open seating
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · Exhibitions 11:00 to 18:00; talks and screenings at set times
2026 Chinese Reading Festival: A Hundred Ways to Read Rice
A weekend of small exhibitions, rice and millet talks, picture book readings, street music and a screening of Wawa No Cidal, all around the theme of rice.
Official site · Free entry · Free; a few sessions ask you to sign up · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · Sat 14:00 to 17:00, Sun 13:30 to 18:00; market 11:00 to 17:30
Sun Groove Harvest Music Festival 2026
A free two-day township festival on the grassland below Liushidan Mountain, with Taiwanese pop and folk singers on Saturday and bands on Sunday, plus a farm market.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · 31 Oct 10:00, 13:30 and 16:00 (finalists); 1 Nov 15:00 (winners)
Hualien Short Film Awards 2026: Finalist and Winner Screenings
The 20 finalist short films about Hualien, from its mountains and coast to life after disasters, shown with director talks, then the winners the next day.
Official site · Tickets: Accupass · Free screenings: claim a ticket on ACCUPASS or at the box office 30 minutes before · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Mon, Nov 16 · Daily 10:00 to 20:00; lighting ceremony 1 Nov 15:00
Stones Breathing: Iwagumi Air Scape
Nineteen giant inflatable rocks by the Australian studio ENESS, up to 13 metres tall, light up with sound after dark on the meadows of a lowland forest park in Guangfu.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 29 · Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 (museum closed Mondays and 28 Nov)
Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival 2026
The festival's 30th edition, themed Beneath the Skin of the Earth, fills the Stone Sculpture Museum while sculptors carve outdoors at the Cultural Affairs Bureau next door.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$20; free for Hualien residents, under-12s and over-65s · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Jan 24 · Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 (closed Mondays and public holidays)
The Poetics of Stone: Subterranean, Surface and Resonance
A satellite show of the stone sculpture festival at the Hualien Art Museum, with works by 18 sculptors from Taiwan and Europe who have carved in Hualien over the years.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$20, cash at the door; free on 31 Oct; the ticket also covers the Stone Sculpture Museum the same day · Our guide
Sun, Nov 1 · 16:00 to 17:30, seating from 15:40
Golden Melody Legends Concert at the Hualien Stone Sculpture Festival
Drummer Huang Jui-feng, arranger Chung Hsing-min and Swiss trumpeter Yannick Barman play two Golden Melody winning albums outdoors among the stone sculptures in a lowland forest park.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sun, Nov 1 · 16:00 to 17:30
YenTing Lo and Your Choices
Jazz singer YenTing Lo and Hualien musicians write a song with the audience in an interactive afternoon set at the old broadcasting station.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, sign up on Accupass · Our guide
Nothing listed for this weekend yet. See what's on later in the month below.
October 2026
Until Sun, Feb 28 · Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00; socks required
Lele's Time-Travel Jump Door
An interactive children's exhibition with a ball pit, based on the Lele picture book series, with free entry funded by the publisher.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 22
Craft Pilgrimage 2026 to 2027: Not Just Craft
A touring craft exhibition pairing everyday objects with contemporary art, on its Hualien stop.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Sat, Dec 12 · Wednesday to Sunday 09:30 to 16:30 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays)
Who Restored My Time? The Fengtian Immigrant Guidance Office
A free exhibition inside a restored Japanese-era office of the Fengtian immigrant village, telling the story of the village and of the building's restoration.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Thu, Nov 19 · Screening times on the cinema's weekly schedule
Wildlife Film Festival 2026 in Hualien
Free screenings of nature documentaries, including David Attenborough's Ocean, at the Hualien Railway Cinema.
Official site · Tickets: Accupass · Free screenings: claim a ticket on ACCUPASS or at the box office 30 minutes before · Our guide
Until Wed, Dec 23 · Screening times on the cinema's weekly schedule (cinema open Wednesday to Sunday)
Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2026: Hualien Tour
Selected Taiwanese and international documentaries from TIDF, shown free at the Hualien Railway Cinema, some with filmmaker talks.
Official site · Tickets: Accupass · Free screenings: claim a ticket on ACCUPASS or at the box office 30 minutes before · Our guide
Until Sun, Dec 6 · Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00
Two Thirds: Salvaging Memories, a Dining Table Exhibition
An immersive show where you sit at a dining table as ocean projections and real whale and dolphin recordings tell a story of a brother, a sister and the sea.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 15 · Displays all season; Oct 31 lantern walk, night market and about five minutes of fireworks at Ruisui Hot Spring Park from 18:30; more Saturday events on the official site
Hualien Pacific Hot Spring Festival 2026
The county's autumn hot spring festival in Ruisui and Antong, with Chibi Maruko-chan light displays, Saturday night events and a festival shuttle between the two spa areas.
Official site · Free entry · Free to visit; the lantern walk and some activities need sign-up · Our guide
Fri, Oct 30 to Sat, Oct 31 · Fri and Sat 19:00; about 50 minutes; outdoors, free entry
Teatr Klinika Lalek: Tarabumba Circus
A Polish company brings giant animal puppets, music and circus to an outdoor stage on Sunrise Avenue for two free evening shows, part of the county's 2026 international arts festival.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 · Sat 14:00 to 17:00
Chilai Theatre Troupe: What Is Peking Opera?
A local troupe's yearly Peking opera show, with four classic excerpts that range from comic scenes to martial roles, free and open to first-timers.
Official site · Free entry · Free, open seating
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · Exhibitions 11:00 to 18:00; talks and screenings at set times
2026 Chinese Reading Festival: A Hundred Ways to Read Rice
A weekend of small exhibitions, rice and millet talks, picture book readings, street music and a screening of Wawa No Cidal, all around the theme of rice.
Official site · Free entry · Free; a few sessions ask you to sign up · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · Sat 14:00 to 17:00, Sun 13:30 to 18:00; market 11:00 to 17:30
Sun Groove Harvest Music Festival 2026
A free two-day township festival on the grassland below Liushidan Mountain, with Taiwanese pop and folk singers on Saturday and bands on Sunday, plus a farm market.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 1 · 31 Oct 10:00, 13:30 and 16:00 (finalists); 1 Nov 15:00 (winners)
Hualien Short Film Awards 2026: Finalist and Winner Screenings
The 20 finalist short films about Hualien, from its mountains and coast to life after disasters, shown with director talks, then the winners the next day.
Official site · Tickets: Accupass · Free screenings: claim a ticket on ACCUPASS or at the box office 30 minutes before · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Mon, Nov 16 · Daily 10:00 to 20:00; lighting ceremony 1 Nov 15:00
Stones Breathing: Iwagumi Air Scape
Nineteen giant inflatable rocks by the Australian studio ENESS, up to 13 metres tall, light up with sound after dark on the meadows of a lowland forest park in Guangfu.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Nov 29 · Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 (museum closed Mondays and 28 Nov)
Hualien International Stone Sculpture Festival 2026
The festival's 30th edition, themed Beneath the Skin of the Earth, fills the Stone Sculpture Museum while sculptors carve outdoors at the Cultural Affairs Bureau next door.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$20; free for Hualien residents, under-12s and over-65s · Our guide
Sat, Oct 31 to Sun, Jan 24 · Tuesday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00 (closed Mondays and public holidays)
The Poetics of Stone: Subterranean, Surface and Resonance
A satellite show of the stone sculpture festival at the Hualien Art Museum, with works by 18 sculptors from Taiwan and Europe who have carved in Hualien over the years.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$20, cash at the door; free on 31 Oct; the ticket also covers the Stone Sculpture Museum the same day · Our guide
November 2026
Sun, Nov 1 · 16:00 to 17:30, seating from 15:40
Golden Melody Legends Concert at the Hualien Stone Sculpture Festival
Drummer Huang Jui-feng, arranger Chung Hsing-min and Swiss trumpeter Yannick Barman play two Golden Melody winning albums outdoors among the stone sculptures in a lowland forest park.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Sun, Nov 1 · 16:00 to 17:30
YenTing Lo and Your Choices
Jazz singer YenTing Lo and Hualien musicians write a song with the audience in an interactive afternoon set at the old broadcasting station.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, sign up on Accupass · Our guide
Fri, Nov 6 to Sun, Nov 8
Hualien Pacific International Dragon Boat Festival 2026
Three days of dragon boat racing on Liyu Lake, with teams from Taiwan and abroad.
Official site · Free entry · Free to watch · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 · Lawn concert 13:00 to 17:00, valley stage 18:00 to 21:00
Gbiyuk Valley Music and Arts Festival 2026: rmdax
A free Indigenous music day in Tongmen village, with tribal elders and young singers on the lawn in the afternoon and Matzka, Makav, Sauljaljui and Kumu Basaw on the evening stage.
Official site · Free entry · Free entry to the music and market; workshops are paid · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 · 16:00 to 17:45
Wood and Voice: Liu Li and Christopher Hall
Jazz singer Liu Li and bassist Christopher Hall play jazz standards as a duo in the wooden Japanese-era broadcasting station.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, sign up on Accupass · Our guide
Sun, Nov 15 · 14:00
Rondo II: Huixiang Ensemble Annual Concert
A Hualien ensemble of local musicians plays Chinese traditional instruments in Hakka, Taiwanese and new works, including a premiere by an international composer.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$300 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 21 to Sun, Nov 22 · Sat and Sun 16:00; doors 30 minutes before; unreserved seating
TAI Body Theatre: tminun (Weaving)
Hualien dance company TAI Body Theatre revisits its 2016 work on women, labor and weaving, ten years on, as part of the Pacific Left Bank Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500 · Our guide
Sun, Nov 22 · Sun 19:00 to 20:30; doors 30 minutes before; in Mandarin
Jia-Yu Stand-up Special: Get 婚 (Getting Married)
The Hualien stop of a comedian's island-wide tour about getting married, in Mandarin, presented by Comedy Club Taipei; recommended for ages 12 and up.
Official site · Tickets: KKTIX · NT$799 or NT$1,499 (early-bird seats NT$699 or NT$1,399 while they last) · Our guide
Sat, Nov 28 to Sun, Jan 31 · Daily 18:00 to 22:00 (provisional)
Liyu Lake Waterfront Light Festival 2026
Evening light installations along the north shore of Liyu Lake, run by the East Rift Valley National Scenic Area.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sun, Nov 29 · Sun 14:30; about 2 hours; ages 6+
Hualien Choir: The Journey
The 54-year-old Hualien Choir sings 18 songs in Mandarin, English, Taiwanese, Hakka and Indigenous languages, moved this year to Dong Hwa University's concert hall while the county Performance Hall is under repair.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$100 to NT$200
December 2026
Sat, Dec 12 · Concert 13:30 to 15:00; market 10:00 to 15:30
Taroko Tribal Concert
The national park's last free tribal concert of the year brings Truku music and dance groups to the Taroko Terrace, with a craft market and guided walks.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Finding more
For the year's big dates, from the harvest festivals to the daylily season, see festivals and seasons and the best time to visit. For an evening out, there is always Dongdamen Night Market, and the museums and parks are in our Hualien City guide. If the weather turns, try the rainy-day plan.
Sources
Every listing links to the organizer's or venue's own page, where we checked its dates, venue and ticket channel. Checked weekly.