Aug 22, 2018 | Community, Festivals, Food and Beverage
The Penang Street Food Festival is back for a second year, with two days dedicated to Penang’s favourite cuisine. This year’s food extravaganza will bring together around 120 hawkers, with something to appeal to everyone’s taste buds, all crammed...
Aug 18, 2018 | Exhibitions, Festivals, Photography, Talk, Workshops
The OBSCURA Festival of Photography returns to George Town for its sixth year this August. It is one of the leading photography festivals in South East Asia, and keeps getting bigger every year, incorporating more exhibitions, talks and workshops. Although the overall...
Aug 16, 2018 | Art, Exhibitions
Exhibiting 4 decades of genius work, The Art Gallery Penang offers a consistent and excellent display of Lee Long Looi masterpieces. In conjunction with Penang’s George Town Festival 2018, The Art Gallery presents masterworks spanning more than 40 years by the...
Aug 13, 2018 | Art, Festivals, Photography
S.C. Shekar, a renowned photojournalist, has his latest exhibition ‘Grit and Grace; The Grandeur of Monochrome Malaysia’ in the George Town Festival this year, and it is undoubtedly worth a visit. Over his 30 year career he has published 25 books, and has worked in...
Aug 11, 2018 | Festivals, Puppetry, Theatre
Ombak-Ombak Art Studio is a collective of multi-ethnic artists and producers who mount contemporary performances projecting Malaysian identity and creativity. One of their most popular productions, Kisa Pulau Pinang (the Penang Story) debuted last year at George Town...
