Mar 30, 2019 | Art, Festivals, Food and Beverage, Music
The Penang International Food Festival is back for its third year, and the organisers have adjusted the programme to incorporate the most successful elements from 2017, and experiment with a few new ideas. So what are the highlights this year? In both previous years...
Mar 5, 2019 | Dance, Festivals, Music
Saint Patrick’s Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and is a day of celebration for Irish people. It is celebrated every year on March 17 all over Ireland and everywhere in the world where Irish people or their descendants live....
Feb 2, 2019 | Community, Festivals
No where else does Chinese New Year quite like Penang. For two weeks Penangites let off fireworks, watch parades and lion dances, visit temples to burn incense, spend time with family, and of course eat, eat and eat. Every year there is also a large-scale George...
Nov 8, 2018 | Art, Book Launch, Exhibitions, Festivals, Talk, Workshops
The George Town Literary Festival, founded only in 2011, has already become a cornerstone of Penang’s annual creative calendar. So well-organised that at this year’s London Book Awards it won “The International Excellence Award for a Literary...
Aug 24, 2018 | Art, Festivals, Theatre
Right at the end of this year’s George Town Festival is what looks like one of the most exciting events. ‘Blind’ is a piece of performance art in which dozens of men and women are dressed in business attire and walk around the city, except with a twist –...
