Visiting Taiwan in August 2025? This is great timing as August in Taiwan is one of the best months for festivals and cultural celebrations (albeit quite hot)!
From the national Taiwan Balloon Festival in Taitung to the start of 2025 Taipei Fringe Festival, there are lots of epic events and things to enjoy in August 2025 in Taiwan; plus the Taipei Summer festival and fireworks take place at Dadaocheng Wharf.
Featuring the Taipei Children’s Arts Festival, Taiwan baseball, Keelung Ghost Festival and Camila Cabello coming to Kaohsiung Arena, here is our pick of the best Taipei and Taiwan events in August 2025.
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Taiwan Public Holidays in August 2025
There are no Taiwan public holidays in August 2025.
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2025 Taiwan International Balloon Festival in Taitung
On until 21 August 2025 (started 5 July)
From Taiwan’s biggest beer festival to Taiwan’s biggest hot air balloon festival – the Taiwan International Balloon Festival returns to Taitung attracting over 1 million visitors every year.
This August 2025, Taiwan International Balloon Festival is partnering with Doraemon to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the robot blue cat.
The festival will include lots of cute cartoon character balloons plus six Doraemon drone shows are promised; regular characters Nobita, Shizuka and Gian will also be on hand as part of the festivities.
Popular balloons include the Taipei bear, the Mazu inspired hot-air balloon plus a BIG baseball balloon. There will also be eight hot air balloon concerts as part of the festival.
The official 2025 Taiwan International Balloon Festival website can be found here >
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Keelung Ghost Festival/ Keelung Zhongyuan Festival
22 August 2025 to 22 September 2025
The biggest ghost festival in Taiwan, Keelung’s annual summer Ghost Festival has been around for over 150 years and takes place at Keelung and at the eponymous hillside shrine (雞籠中元文化館) near Keelung Tower (although last time we visited, it was seemingly closed for renovations so it may just take place outside).
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This is an important Taiwan folklore festival and involves ‘purification’ ceremonies, harking back to a folklore tale that states that ghost ‘prisoners’ were first released in the 1850s and able to return to their homes.
Now locals and travellers return to the temple to take part in ceremonies and make offerings to the deities. Parades and colourful ceremonies also take place in Keelung city itself too.
Afterwards, be sure to check out the famous Keelung Night Market, the biggest in northern Taiwan.
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Doraemon and Friends at at Taipei Huashan 1914 Creative Park
28 June 2025 to 6 October 2025
Taipei is going Doraemon crazy this August, with a brand new Doraemon and Friends exhibition featuring over 100 different 3D Doraemons and loads of super-cool selfies spots.
There are lots of interactive exhibits to enjoy at Huashan 1914 including the mirrorised “Infinite Doraemon World” and “Nobita’s Interactive Comic Reading Room”.
As well as a touring exhibition, there will be lots of Doraemon Taiwan exclusive short animations (including the robotic cartoon cat at Taipei Main Station) and Doraemon merchandise only available at the exhibition.
Book your Doraemon Taipei 2025 tickets with Klook or KK Day.
2025 Taipei Water Festival
On until 31 August 2025
Located in Taipei’s Gongguan district, the Taipei Water Park continues throughout August 2025, Taipei’s summer.
Every day, families can splash about on slides, fountains and floats plus bring along your super soakers and water pistols – goggles might come in very handy too with all that squirting water!
Be sure to combine this with a trip to the Gongguan Night Market afterwards, one of the best night markets in Taipei, frequented by local students who know how to sniff out amazing food at inexpensive prices.
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Taipei Children’s Arts Festival
Until 3 August 2025 (started 28 June )
Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025, the Taipei Children’s Arts Festival returns for just over one month until 3 August 2025. It is a mix of free events, paid performances and children’s workshops taking place at various arts spaces across the city.
Highlights of the 2025 Taipei Children’s Arts Festival so far include:
- “Laika the Space Puppy” from the Xirriquiteula Teatre
- “1 Family 2 Plus Caterpillar” family show using puppetry, immersive sound and installation art
- “Naughty Shadow” from the European Tangram Theater
For the full Taipei Children’s Arts Festival in 2025 run by the Taipei Performing Arts Center , check out their official site here >
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Taipei Night Market Festival
August 2025 to 1 November 2025
We love Taipei’s night markets and this foodie festival is just another excuse to go. Across various night markets, there will be extra activities and stalls celebrating the best of Taiwan cuisine and the heritage of traditional Taiwanese street food.
A vote will also be held to find out local residents’ favourite foods and stalls – given how good all the food is, it surely will be a difficult decision!
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TOMICA 55th Anniversary Car Expo at Taipei Huashan 1914 Creative Park
28 June 2025 to 14 September 2025
We love TOMICA’s toy car collection – so much so, we even made a pilgrimage to Taiwan’s only TOMICA themed 7-Eleven in Kaohsiung.
So we have good news for Tomica Taiwan fans – there is a pop-up Taiwan TOMICA exhibition at Huashan 1914 Creative Park opening from 28 June 2025.
Spread across three zones, you can see new and vintage toy car models on display plus even customise and create your very own TOMICA car!
Promising interactive exhibits including a recreation of city street complete with super cool vehicles, book your Taiwan TOMICA 55th Anniversary Car Expo tickets with Klook here >
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2025 Taipei Summer Festival at Dadaocheng Wharf, Taipei
6 August to 30 August, 2025
Located at Yanping park near Dihua Street, Dadaocheng Wharf is the place to be this summer in Taipei with fireworks (on specific nights), illuminated yachts, pop-up shops and selfies spots.
This will be a fun thing to do in Taipei at night with lots of food stalls, bars, carnival games and souvenirs to purchase.
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2025 Taiwan Baseball Season
Until October 2025
Taiwan baseball is a ‘big-hitter’ and one of the country’s most popular sports.
A fun night out, make a home-run to a Taiwan baseball game – the 2025 Taiwan baseball season is well underway by August 2025 and runs until October 2025, across two seasons.
Taiwan baseball is suitable for all ages and it is easy to buy baseball tickets online or in person at the baseball stadiums or using the Taiwan convenience store ticket machines in 7-Eleven and FamilyMart – many games are played at the new Taipei Dome in Xinyi.
The Taiwan baseball / CPBL games can usually be seen 6 days a week during baseball season – it is only Monday when there are no baseball games played (and the odd other day).
Enjoy the evening action on and off the field as the stands often erupt into cheers with entertainment and dancing also quite common.
The Taiwan baseball August 2025 schedule has games every day apart from 4, 7, 11, 18, 21 and 25 August 2025. All other days see at least 1-3 baseball games played in Taiwan as part of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
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2025 Taipei Fringe Festival
23 August 2025 to 9 September 2025
Taking place across Taipei in various local theaters, cafes, libraries and outdoor stages, the 2025 Taipei Fringe Festival is one of Taiwan’s biggest cultural events.
Founded in 2008, the Taipei fringe is a firm favourite and a great way to see established and up and coming performers – each year the festival has a theme.
At the time of writing, the theme for the 2025 Taipei Fringe Festival has yet to be confirmed.
The official 2025 Taipei Fringe Festival website can be found here >
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Cishan Banana Festival 旗山香蕉文化節 in Kaohsiung
August 2025
Dates and details TBC at the time of writing.
For now, read our updated 2025 guide to Kaohsiung including visiting a ‘banana train’ >
Ro Wonderlands / Ragnarok Monsters at Navy Destroyer Museum, Tainan
Now until 31 December 2025
Following on from the epic success of the Transformers style, a new year long family-fun exhibition has opened at the Navy Destroyer Museum in Anping Harbour in Tainan, Taiwan’s only warship museum.
Until 31 December 2025, you can catch these super-cute and colorful Ro Wonderlands characters onboard the ROCS Te Yang vessel (formerly the USS Sarsfield) which was built in 1945 and decommissioned in 2005. It has been docked in Anping Harbor since 2009.
Admission costs just NT$100 for adults, children under 6 go free.
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Admission to the warship museum is also included as part of the Tainan pass >
Check out our things to do in Tainan guide and our Anping guide
French exhibition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Until 12 October 2025 – National Palace Museum in Taipei City
New York’s famous Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) is hosting an exhibition at the National Palace Museum in Taipei from 14 June to 12 October 2025, showcasing French Impressionism and Early Modernism paintings from The Met’s Robert Lehman Collection.
This is the first ever occasion when The Met has exhibited part of its collection in Taiwan – it will consist of over 80 paintings and almost 40 sketches including works by Renoir, Gaugin and Matisse.
Book your Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art tickets >
‘Your Curious Journey’ exhibition by Olafur Eliasson at Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Until 21 September 2025
Olafur Eliasson, the Icelandic-Danish artist, is bringing his “Your Curious Journey” exhibition to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) in Taiwan from 22 June to 21 September 2025.
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Taiwan August 2025 Concerts
There are many Taiwan concerts in August 2025 including:
2025 FNC Band Kingdom in Kaohsiung
2 and 3 August 2025, Kaohsiung Arena
Jody Chiang
8 August 2025, Taipei Arena
Sodagreen 20th Anniversary Concert Tour
9 and 10 August, 2025 Kaohsiung Arena
Elijah Woods
12 August 2025, ZEPP New Taipei
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Camila Cabello
14 August 2025, Kaohsiung Music Center
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Sun Yanzi
16 and 17 August, 2025, Kaohsiung Arena
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STAYC Concert 2025 Taipei – Stay Tuned Tour
23 August 2025, Taipei International Convention Center
Book your STAYC Taipei tickets here >
September 2025 Taiwan events and upcoming exhibitions include
- 2025 Taipei Fashion Week – from 1 September 2025
- Jiasian Taro and Bamboo Shoot Festival 甲仙芋筍節 in Kaohsiung – (date TBC)
- Taiwan Cycling Festival 2025
- Sting plays Kaohsiung Music Center – 27 September 2025
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