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Tainan Events This Weekend and in November 2026

Tainan's calendar runs more to temple festivals, museum shows and small stages than to arena tours, and it's spread across a lot of different websites. This page gathers what's on in one place, from concerts and theater at the cultural centers and nights at small live venues to exhibitions, fairs, home games and city festivals, each with its dates, venue, how to get there and where tickets are sold. We update it every week.

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This weekend

Fri, Nov 13 to Sun, Nov 15

Until Sun, Nov 15 · Screenings daily; see the festival schedule
23rd South Taiwan Film Festival
Film · Tainan Shin Kong Cinemas · Getting there: City bus 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 18, 19 or 88 to Xiaoximen (Tayih Landis), or THSR shuttle bus H31 from THSR Tainan Station (about 35 to 40 minutes)
Ten days of independent features, documentaries, shorts and animation, with filmmaker talks after many screenings; most films have Chinese and English subtitles.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · NT$200 per screening (concession NT$100); 6-film pass NT$960 · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 7 Nov 14:30; Sun 8 Nov 11:00; Sat 14 Nov 11:00 and 14:30; Sun 15 Nov 11:00; 60 minutes; ages 7+
Fuxiang Gongchang: Going Home
Stage · Phoenix Tree Theater, National Cheng Kung University
A right hand torn away by war searches for the rest of its body in this puppetry and movement piece for adults and children; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600 · Our guide
Fri, Nov 13 to Sat, Nov 14 · Fri 19:30; Sat 16:00; 90 minutes, no interval; audience seated on the stage
Anacarsis Ramos: My Mother and Money
Stage · Tainan Cultural Center, Performance Hall · Getting there: Bus 103 or Red 3 from Tainan Station to the Cultural Center stop
Mexican director Anacarsis Ramos puts his mother, who has worked more than 40 jobs, on stage as herself in this documentary theater piece; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$900 or NT$1,600 · Our guide
Fri, Nov 13 to Sun, Nov 15 · 10:00 to 18:00; last day until 17:00
Taiwan International Platycerium Show (staghorn ferns)
Fair and expo · Greater Tainan Convention and Exhibition Center, Exhibition Building 1F · Getting there: THSR Tainan Station Exit 2, then about 5 minutes on foot (next to TRA Shalun Station)
Growers and collectors from Taiwan and abroad bring an international staghorn fern competition, rare plant displays and plant stalls.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$150 at the door
Sat, Nov 14 · 19:30 to 20:50; park opens 18:10
Ten Drum Arts Festival: Magic Night 2026
Music · Ten Drum Culture Village, Dream Sugar Theater, Rende
The Ten Drum percussion troupe plays an 80-minute evening show in the ruins of the old sugar factory at its Rende park.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$2,000 to NT$3,500
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 19:30; Sun 14:30; 80 minutes with a 20-minute interval
Fevervine Dance Theatre x Feng Dance Company: A Double Bill of Dance Works
Stage · Taijiang Theater, Taijiang Cultural Center · Getting there: Bus 7 or 11 from Tainan Station to the Taijiang Cultural Center stop
Two dance works: Fevervine's piece on women painters of Japanese-era Taiwan, using live AI visuals, and Feng Dance Company's Being, on war and identity; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat and Sun 15:00; 50 minutes, no interval
Li Qingzhao Private Theater: Gezai Baoyu, Sung and Told
Stage · Martial Arts Hall, former Tainan Prison
Chen Yu-an and a liam-kua storytelling group sing and talk through Baoyu, her jazz Taiwanese opera, in Taiwanese, at the former Tainan Prison martial arts hall; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 19:30; Sun 15:30; about 2 hours; ages 12+
Han Leng Na: After the Cut (stand-up special)
Comedy · Piaobailu Live House, Tainan Cultural and Creative Park
Actress Han Leng Na brings the final tour of her stand-up show about two decades in show business to Tainan.
Official site · Tickets: KKTIX · NT$800, NT$1,200 or NT$5,000

November 2026

Until Sun, Jan 3 · Tue to Sun 9:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Ziyou, Zizai: Travel Literature Exhibition
Exhibition · National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Gallery C · Getting there: Tainan Station, then about 15 minutes on foot along Zhongshan Road
A free exhibition tracing Taiwanese travel writing over several centuries, from the journey itself to landscapes, cultural encounters and travel writing online.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Until Sun, Jan 10 · 9:30 to 17:30, last exhibition entry 16:30; museum closed Wednesdays
Pharaoh: King of Egypt
Exhibition · Chimei Museum, Special Exhibition Hall · Getting there: Bao'an Station (TRA), then about 15 minutes on foot
A special exhibition on the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, made with the British Museum, in Chimei Museum's special exhibition hall.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · NT$580 (concession NT$480) · Our guide
Until Sun, Jan 10 · Tue to Sun 10:00 to 18:00, Sat to 21:00; closed Mondays
Investigation Chronicles: The Police Expo
Exhibition · Tainan Art Museum Building 1, Gallery A (1F) · Getting there: Bus 102 or 902 to Jianxing Junior High School (Nanmen Rd), then about 5 minutes on foot
An exhibition on how police have been seen and portrayed, starting from the museum's own past as a police station and a 1925 poster.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · Our guide
Until Sun, Apr 11 · Tue to Sun 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays
Beyond the Border, Within the Island: Stories of Non-Citizens in Contemporary Taiwan
Exhibition · National Museum of Taiwan History, Special Exhibition Hall 3 (4F) · Getting there: Bus 18 or 105 from Tainan Station to Heshun Transfer Station (about 60 minutes), then about 5 minutes on foot
A special exhibition on people living in Taiwan outside full citizenship, including Tibetan, Burmese, Hong Kong and Ukrainian communities, set against the island's longer history.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · Our guide
Until Sun, May 30 · Tue to Sun 9:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Poetry Across Borders: Tanka and Haiku by Taiwanese Poets
Exhibition · National Museum of Taiwan Literature, Gallery E · Getting there: Tainan Station, then about 15 minutes on foot along Zhongshan Road
A free exhibition of donated works showing how Taiwanese poets took up Japanese tanka and haiku, from the colonial era to postwar writing in Taiwanese and Chinese.
Official site · Free entry · Free · Our guide
Until Sun, Dec 13
Taijiang open-air art: Kaijiang Ji, Future World
Exhibition · Taijiang Cultural Center, Ji'an Park, Antong Park and the Shanhaizhen greenway, Annan District · Getting there: Bus 7 or 11 from Tainan Station to the Taijiang Cultural Center stop
Six outdoor artworks in parks and along the greenway around the Taijiang Cultural Center, telling the history, ecology and everyday life of Taijiang.
Official site · Free entry · Free
Until Sun, May 16 · Tue to Sun 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30); closed Mondays
Many Faces of the Heavenly Empress: Mazu Belief in Taiwan
Exhibition · National Museum of Taiwan History, Special Exhibition Hall 1 (4F) · Getting there: Bus 18 or 105 from Tainan Station to Heshun Transfer Station (about 60 minutes), then about 5 minutes on foot
A special exhibition on Mazu, Taiwan's best-loved folk goddess: her legends, how her worship spread along sea routes, ritual objects and pilgrimages.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 22 · Theme weekend Nov 7 and 8 (free mushroom egg and coffee tasting at 11:00 and 14:00 on Nov 7)
Guanziling Hot Spring Food Festival 2026
Festival · Guanziling Hot Springs, Baihe District
A month of markets, light installations and food events in the mud hot spring village of Guanziling, with a theme weekend on November 7 and 8.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Sun, Dec 6 · Weekdays 15:00 to 20:00, weekends 13:00 to 21:00 (from 11:00 on the first two weekends). Light show every 30 minutes from 18:00
Nandemo Ikimono comes to Anping
Festival · Anping Fishermen's Wharf and Anyi Park · Getting there: City bus 2, 19 or 99 from Tainan Station (or HSR shuttle bus H31 from THSR Tainan) to the Indigenous Cultural Center stop
The city's yearly character installation in Anping, this time a 12 m floating figure from the Japanese series Nandemo Ikimono, with an evening light show, a pop-up shop and a weekend market.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Mon, Mar 1 · Tainan Art Museum: Tue to Sun 10:00 to 18:00, Sat to 21:00, closed Mondays; other venues vary
Unfolding Circuits: 1st Tainan Art Biennale 2026
Exhibition · Tainan Art Museum and 31 other venues across the city · Getting there: Bus 102 or 902 to Jianxing Junior High School (Nanmen Rd), then about 5 minutes on foot
Tainan's first art biennale, a walkable citywide show across 32 venues, from Tainan Art Museum and the Confucius Temple to galleries, temples and the Chuan Mei Theater.
Official site · Tickets: ibon · Passes NT$150 to NT$2,000 · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 15 · Screenings daily; see the festival schedule
23rd South Taiwan Film Festival
Film · Tainan Shin Kong Cinemas · Getting there: City bus 1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 18, 19 or 88 to Xiaoximen (Tayih Landis), or THSR shuttle bus H31 from THSR Tainan Station (about 35 to 40 minutes)
Ten days of independent features, documentaries, shorts and animation, with filmmaker talks after many screenings; most films have Chinese and English subtitles.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · NT$200 per screening (concession NT$100); 6-film pass NT$960 · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 7 Nov 14:30; Sun 8 Nov 11:00; Sat 14 Nov 11:00 and 14:30; Sun 15 Nov 11:00; 60 minutes; ages 7+
Fuxiang Gongchang: Going Home
Stage · Phoenix Tree Theater, National Cheng Kung University
A right hand torn away by war searches for the rest of its body in this puppetry and movement piece for adults and children; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600 · Our guide
Fri, Nov 13 to Sat, Nov 14 · Fri 19:30; Sat 16:00; 90 minutes, no interval; audience seated on the stage
Anacarsis Ramos: My Mother and Money
Stage · Tainan Cultural Center, Performance Hall · Getting there: Bus 103 or Red 3 from Tainan Station to the Cultural Center stop
Mexican director Anacarsis Ramos puts his mother, who has worked more than 40 jobs, on stage as herself in this documentary theater piece; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$900 or NT$1,600 · Our guide
Fri, Nov 13 to Sun, Nov 15 · 10:00 to 18:00; last day until 17:00
Taiwan International Platycerium Show (staghorn ferns)
Fair and expo · Greater Tainan Convention and Exhibition Center, Exhibition Building 1F · Getting there: THSR Tainan Station Exit 2, then about 5 minutes on foot (next to TRA Shalun Station)
Growers and collectors from Taiwan and abroad bring an international staghorn fern competition, rare plant displays and plant stalls.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$150 at the door
Sat, Nov 14 · 19:30 to 20:50; park opens 18:10
Ten Drum Arts Festival: Magic Night 2026
Music · Ten Drum Culture Village, Dream Sugar Theater, Rende
The Ten Drum percussion troupe plays an 80-minute evening show in the ruins of the old sugar factory at its Rende park.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$2,000 to NT$3,500
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 19:30; Sun 14:30; 80 minutes with a 20-minute interval
Fevervine Dance Theatre x Feng Dance Company: A Double Bill of Dance Works
Stage · Taijiang Theater, Taijiang Cultural Center · Getting there: Bus 7 or 11 from Tainan Station to the Taijiang Cultural Center stop
Two dance works: Fevervine's piece on women painters of Japanese-era Taiwan, using live AI visuals, and Feng Dance Company's Being, on war and identity; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat and Sun 15:00; 50 minutes, no interval
Li Qingzhao Private Theater: Gezai Baoyu, Sung and Told
Stage · Martial Arts Hall, former Tainan Prison
Chen Yu-an and a liam-kua storytelling group sing and talk through Baoyu, her jazz Taiwanese opera, in Taiwanese, at the former Tainan Prison martial arts hall; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat 19:30; Sun 15:30; about 2 hours; ages 12+
Han Leng Na: After the Cut (stand-up special)
Comedy · Piaobailu Live House, Tainan Cultural and Creative Park
Actress Han Leng Na brings the final tour of her stand-up show about two decades in show business to Tainan.
Official site · Tickets: KKTIX · NT$800, NT$1,200 or NT$5,000
Fri, Nov 20 to Mon, Nov 23 · 10:00 to 18:00
2026 TTF Tainan International Travel Fair
Fair and expo · Greater Tainan Convention and Exhibition Center, Exhibition Building 1F · Getting there: THSR Tainan Station Exit 2, then about 5 minutes on foot (next to TRA Shalun Station)
Tainan's annual travel fair, with hotel and restaurant vouchers, trip deals and a Japan pavilion with mascots from 15 regional tourism bodies.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free with an online ticket request; one ticket admits up to four
Sat, Nov 21 · 15:00
Immortal Life: soprano Lu Chiung-jung in recital
Music · Ya Yin Concert Hall, National University of Tainan
Soprano Lu Chiung-jung sings musical theater and opera selections, then folk, sacred and new songs, at the National University of Tainan.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX
Sat, Nov 21 to Sun, Nov 22 · Home games on these dates: Nov 21 and Nov 22, both 17:00
TSG GhostHawks home games
Sports · Chung Cheng Hall, National Cheng Kung University
P. LEAGUE+ basketball with Tainan's TSG GhostHawks at their home court on the National Cheng Kung University campus.
Official site · Tickets: the team's site · Our guide
Sat, Nov 21 to Sun, Nov 22 · Sat 14:30 and 19:30; Sun 14:30; about 80 minutes, no interval
FOCASA Circus: The Boy's 100 Acts of Courage
Stage · Tainan Cultural Center, Performance Hall · Getting there: Bus 103 or Red 3 from Tainan Station to the Cultural Center stop
A family circus show based on Jimmy Liao's picture books and directed by Lin Hwai-min, for the Tainan Cultural Center's 42nd anniversary.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 to NT$2,500 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 21 to Sun, Nov 22 · Sat and Sun 13:00 and 16:00; about 80 to 85 minutes
Slash Youth Collective: Theatre of Wandering, Gueiren
Stage · Gueiren Sports Park (Gongyuan Road side)
A walking performance through Gueiren about getting older and caring for others, adapted from Japanese director Naoki Sugawara's project with the National Theater and Concert Hall; part of the Tainan Arts Festival.
Official site · Tickets: Accupass · Our guide
Sun, Nov 22 · 14:30
The Wanderer's Handbook: Schubert and Chiang Li-chi on Earth
Music · Xinying Cultural Center Performance Hall · Getting there: Xinying Station, then bus Yellow Main Line, Yellow 22, 6, 7 or 9 to the Cultural Center stop
Pianist Chiang Li-chi tells a story of a traveler from another planet through Schubert's music.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX
Sun, Nov 22 · 15:30
Zhuyin Guzheng Orchestra charity concert
Music · Guiren Cultural Center Performance Hall
A guzheng ensemble joined by dance, Kunqu opera and a choir, at the Guiren Cultural Center.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500

December 2026

Sun, Dec 6 · 15:00 and 19:00; 75 minutes; mainly in Taiwanese with Chinese surtitles
Chi-Chiao Theatre: Kurama Tengu 10th Anniversary Party
Stage · Piaobailu Live House, Tainan Cultural and Creative Park
Songs from Chi-Chiao Theatre's Kurama Tengu, which blends Taiwanese opera and Yu opera singing with rock, performed up close in a live house.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600
Fri, Dec 11 · 19:30
World Tango Day concert with Tanvolution
Music · Wansha Art Center, Hall A
Tango violinist Momoko Aida and bandoneon player Wu Yung-lung join the Taiwanese tango band Tanvolution.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$700
Fri, Dec 11 to Sat, Dec 12 · Fri 19:30; Sat 14:30; about 90 minutes; ages 12+
Zhuang Zhuang: Roast Stand-up 7, Excuse Me, What Do You Mean?
Comedy · Piaobailu Live House, Tainan Cultural and Creative Park
Comedian Zhuang Zhuang brings the third tour of his sharp-tongued stand-up show to Tainan for two shows.
Official site · Tickets: KKTIX · NT$1,499 or NT$1,999
Fri, Dec 11 to Sun, Dec 13 · Fri 11 Dec 19:30; Sun 13 Dec 14:30; 180 minutes with a 20-minute interval
Ming Hwa Yuan: Cat Asura
Stage · Tainan Cultural Center, Performance Hall · Getting there: Bus 103 or Red 3 from Tainan Station to the Cultural Center stop
The Taiwanese opera troupe Ming Hwa Yuan stages a battle of gods and demons over a lost Buddhist relic, in Taiwanese with Chinese surtitles.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$400 to NT$2,200
Sat, Dec 12 · 14:30
Gantian String Quartet: Between Darkness and Light
Music · Wansha Art Center, Hall A
Four musicians from the Tainan National University of the Arts play string quartets by Tchaikovsky and Beethoven.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500
Sat, Dec 12 to Sun, Dec 13 · Sat 10:30 and 14:30 (Taiwanese), Sat 19:00 and Sun 10:30 (Mandarin); about 60 minutes; ages 5+
Ying Hsiang New Theater: Sea Adventure (children's theater)
Stage · Wa Theater, 6F, Tainan Public Library New Main Branch
An interactive children's play about setting out to sea in search of a new world, with sessions in Taiwanese and in Mandarin.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500
Sat, Dec 12 to Sun, Dec 13 · Sat 19:30; Sun 14:30; 90 minutes with a 10-minute interval; unreserved seating
Taijiang Island Project VIII (dance)
Stage · Taijiang Theater, Taijiang Cultural Center · Getting there: Bus 7 or 11 from Tainan Station to the Taijiang Cultural Center stop
New dance works by young southern Taiwan choreographers that explore the history and culture of the Taijiang area.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$400
Thu, Dec 17 · Thu 19:00; about 90 minutes with an interval
Philharmonix: The Vienna Berlin Music Club
Music · Tainan Cultural Center, Performance Hall · Getting there: Bus 103 or Red 3 from Tainan Station to the Cultural Center stop
Seven players from the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic circles reshape Bartók, Mozart, Ravel, Queen and Star Wars in their own arrangements.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · NT$1,280 to NT$2,280 · Our guide

Finding more

For the year's big dates, see the festival calendar and the best time to visit. For exhibitions that run all year, see museums in Tainan, and for a night out any day of the week, which night market is open tonight. To reach venues outside the old town, see getting around Tainan.

Sources

Every listing links to the organizer's or venue's own page, where we checked its dates, venue and ticket channel. Checked weekly.

Tainan Events: This Weekend and November 2026

This weekend

23rd South Taiwan Film Festival

Fuxiang Gongchang: Going Home

Anacarsis Ramos: My Mother and Money

Taiwan International Platycerium Show (staghorn ferns)

Ten Drum Arts Festival: Magic Night 2026

Fevervine Dance Theatre x Feng Dance Company: A Double Bill of Dance Works

Li Qingzhao Private Theater: Gezai Baoyu, Sung and Told

Han Leng Na: After the Cut (stand-up special)

November 2026

Ziyou, Zizai: Travel Literature Exhibition

Pharaoh: King of Egypt

Investigation Chronicles: The Police Expo

Beyond the Border, Within the Island: Stories of Non-Citizens in Contemporary Taiwan

Poetry Across Borders: Tanka and Haiku by Taiwanese Poets

Taijiang open-air art: Kaijiang Ji, Future World

Many Faces of the Heavenly Empress: Mazu Belief in Taiwan

Guanziling Hot Spring Food Festival 2026

Nandemo Ikimono comes to Anping

Unfolding Circuits: 1st Tainan Art Biennale 2026

23rd South Taiwan Film Festival

Fuxiang Gongchang: Going Home

Anacarsis Ramos: My Mother and Money

Taiwan International Platycerium Show (staghorn ferns)

Ten Drum Arts Festival: Magic Night 2026

Fevervine Dance Theatre x Feng Dance Company: A Double Bill of Dance Works

Li Qingzhao Private Theater: Gezai Baoyu, Sung and Told

Han Leng Na: After the Cut (stand-up special)

2026 TTF Tainan International Travel Fair

Immortal Life: soprano Lu Chiung-jung in recital

TSG GhostHawks home games

FOCASA Circus: The Boy's 100 Acts of Courage

Slash Youth Collective: Theatre of Wandering, Gueiren

The Wanderer's Handbook: Schubert and Chiang Li-chi on Earth

Zhuyin Guzheng Orchestra charity concert

December 2026

Chi-Chiao Theatre: Kurama Tengu 10th Anniversary Party

World Tango Day concert with Tanvolution

Zhuang Zhuang: Roast Stand-up 7, Excuse Me, What Do You Mean?

Ming Hwa Yuan: Cat Asura

Gantian String Quartet: Between Darkness and Light

Ying Hsiang New Theater: Sea Adventure (children's theater)

Taijiang Island Project VIII (dance)

Philharmonix: The Vienna Berlin Music Club

Finding more

Sources

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