There's more on in Hsinchu than its reputation suggests: touring shows at the city and county performing arts centers, exhibitions at the Glass Museum and the galleries, basketball in Zhubei, Hakka festivals in the county towns and races along the coast. 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, Nov 6 to Sun, Nov 8
Until Sun, Nov 8 · 241 Art Space 10:00 to 18:00, County Art Museum 09:00 to 17:00; both closed Mondays
The 25th Hsinchu Art Exhibition: Prize Winners
The 159 selected works of the city and county's joint art prize, from painting and calligraphy to digital media and craft, split between two galleries.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 · Sat 10:30 to 17:00
Hsinchu Military Dependents' Village Culture Festival 2026
A day of stage shows, a market, old-style games, street theatre and talks in the lanes of General Village, a restored military housing quarter.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 · Sat 14:30
Black and White: Steinway Masters Concert
Four pianists play Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Ravel on the hall's two new Steinway D-274s, ending with eight-hand showpieces.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$400 to NT$2,400 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 8 · Sat 14:30 and 19:30, Sun 14:30
Godot Theatre: 3 Idiots, the musical
Godot Theatre's Mandarin musical of the Bollywood film about three engineering students, back on tour after its 2025 run.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500 to NT$3,000 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 22 · Nightly 17:00 to 21:30
Qingcaohu Light Art Festival 2026: Lake Symbiosis
Evening light installations around Qingcaohu, the silted-up 70-year-old reservoir whose sandbank has become a wildlife island.
Official site · Free entry · Outdoors in a public park; the official page doesn't mention tickets · Our guide
Sun, Nov 8 · Sun 14:30
Black and White: Steinway Piano Carnival
A free afternoon of two-piano and eight-hand favourites such as The Nutcracker and Libertango, with teachers and young Hsinchu pianists.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, with a ticket booked on OPENTIX · Our guide
Sun, Nov 8 · Sun 14:30
Virgile Barthe and Tsou Shih-lieh Guitar Recital
Two solo sets for the Formosa International Guitar Festival's 20th year: its founder Tsou Shih-lieh, then the young French winner of the 2025 GFA competition.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 to NT$1,500 · Our guide
Nothing listed for this weekend yet. See what's on later in the month below.
November 2026
Until Sun, Nov 29 · Selected days in November, 10:30, 14:00 or 19:00; see the schedule
Gender Deconstructed: LGBTQ+ Film Series at the Image Museum
Free screenings of LGBTQ+ films at the Hsinchu City Image Museum, from The Wedding Banquet and Blue Gate Crossing to Alifu, the Prince/ss.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, book a seat on KKTIX · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 15 · Tue to Fri 09:00 to 17:00, weekends 09:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Hsinchu Glass Art Festival 2026: Glass Age
Work by 45 glass artists from ten countries in Hsinchu Park, with a second show of Hsinchu glass and this year's Golden Glass Award winners at the Glass Museum.
Official site · Tickets: at the door · NT$50; free for Hsinchu City residents, over-65s and under-6s · Our guide
Until Sun, Nov 8 · 241 Art Space 10:00 to 18:00, County Art Museum 09:00 to 17:00; both closed Mondays
The 25th Hsinchu Art Exhibition: Prize Winners
The 159 selected works of the city and county's joint art prize, from painting and calligraphy to digital media and craft, split between two galleries.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Until Sun, Dec 6 · 09:00 to 17:00; closed Mondays and national holidays
Golden Years: Tung Wu-yi Solo Exhibition
Landscapes and local scenes from a painter who has long lived in Hsinchu, moving from oils to watercolour and egg tempera, including works never shown before.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 · Sat 10:30 to 17:00
Hsinchu Military Dependents' Village Culture Festival 2026
A day of stage shows, a market, old-style games, street theatre and talks in the lanes of General Village, a restored military housing quarter.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 · Sat 14:30
Black and White: Steinway Masters Concert
Four pianists play Bach, Mozart, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Ravel on the hall's two new Steinway D-274s, ending with eight-hand showpieces.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$400 to NT$2,400 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 8 · Sat 14:30 and 19:30, Sun 14:30
Godot Theatre: 3 Idiots, the musical
Godot Theatre's Mandarin musical of the Bollywood film about three engineering students, back on tour after its 2025 run.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500 to NT$3,000 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 7 to Sun, Nov 22 · Nightly 17:00 to 21:30
Qingcaohu Light Art Festival 2026: Lake Symbiosis
Evening light installations around Qingcaohu, the silted-up 70-year-old reservoir whose sandbank has become a wildlife island.
Official site · Free entry · Outdoors in a public park; the official page doesn't mention tickets · Our guide
Sun, Nov 8 · Sun 14:30
Black and White: Steinway Piano Carnival
A free afternoon of two-piano and eight-hand favourites such as The Nutcracker and Libertango, with teachers and young Hsinchu pianists.
Official site · Tickets: free, sign up first · Free, with a ticket booked on OPENTIX · Our guide
Sun, Nov 8 · Sun 14:30
Virgile Barthe and Tsou Shih-lieh Guitar Recital
Two solo sets for the Formosa International Guitar Festival's 20th year: its founder Tsou Shih-lieh, then the young French winner of the 2025 GFA competition.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 to NT$1,500 · Our guide
Tue, Nov 10 to Sun, Jan 24 · 09:00 to 17:00; closed Mondays
Echoes of the Soul: Symbols of Compassion
A Taiwan and US group show built around an Emily Dickinson poem, using sign language, braille, music, surreal painting and sculpture.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Wed, Nov 11 · Wed 19:30
Shih-Wei Chen Piano Recital: Années de pèlerinage
The prize-winning pianist plays Liszt's Italian year of Années de pèlerinage, with its Venezia e Napoli supplement.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 · Our guide
Thu, Nov 12 · Thu 19:30
Shih-Yu Tang and Samuel Niederhauser: Piano and Cello
A Europe-based Taiwanese pianist and the principal cellist of the Lucerne Symphony play Mendelssohn, Gerhard, both Schumanns and Britten.
Official site · Tickets: ERA Ticket · NT$300, students NT$150 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 · Sat 10:00 to 16:30
Hsinchu Kids' Festival 2026: Pika Oh Hi YO!
The city's free children's day in Danan'ya Park, with the YOYO family and the Pika mascot on stage, a parade and a big group dance.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14
Zhubei Half City Run 2026
Zhubei's own road race, in its third year, with 21K, 12K, 4K and 1K courses from the night market square; the 21K passes the coast at Crescent Bay.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · Registration closed on 30 September · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Nov 15 · Sat and Sun 10:30 and 14:30; ages 5 and up
Detective Little Red Riding Hood: The Missing Iceberg
A children's mystery play in which Little Red Riding Hood and her wolf assistant are stuck in a time loop, with a gentle climate theme.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Dec 6 · 10:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
A Hundred Flowers, Lantern Light: Hsiao Tsai-kan Centenary Exhibition
Handmade festival lanterns by a Hsinchu master who has worked for over 70 years without sketches, shown with pieces by his students.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sat, Nov 14 to Sun, Dec 13 · 10:00 to 18:00; closed Mondays
Becoming Forest: Tai Chia-ying Photography
Photographs made during a Finnish residency that blend the hands of twelve artists with tree roots and Taiwanese soil.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Thu, Nov 26 · Thu 19:30
The Spectrum of Swing: A Tribute to Clarinet Maestros
A free jazz night at NYCU, where clarinettist Chang Chang-chieh's quintet plays music associated with Benny Goodman, Eddie Daniels and Paquito D'Rivera.
Official site · Free, sign up first · Free, sign up on the arts center's page · Our guide
Thu, Nov 26 · Thu 19:00 (a 14:00 school matinee too)
Deconstruct: NYCU Affiliated Senior High School Dance Showcase
The school's dance class performs ballet excerpts, modern, folk and contemporary pieces, joined by the dance class of Taichung's Wenhua High School.
Official site · Free, sign up first · Free, with a ticket requested through the bureau's page · Our guide
Sun, Nov 29 · Sun 14:30
Carnival of the Animals: The Great Food Showdown
A family piano concert of French favourites, with two narrators linking Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals to Taiwanese and French food.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$300 · Our guide
December 2026
Fri, Dec 4 to Sun, Dec 6 · Fri 19:30, Sat 14:30 and 19:30, Sun 14:30
LEI Dance Theater: Social Manifestations, a triple bill
Three new dance works on how we live now from the Hsinchu County company that took Proximities to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$1,000 · Our guide
Sat, Dec 5 · Sat 14:30
CA.MA Music Kitchen: Harmonica Year-End Party
An intimate year-end harmonica concert in Zhudong's Chin-ai Music Alley, led by world harmonica champion Jang Li.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$800 · Our guide
Sat, Dec 5 to Sun, Dec 6 · Sat and Sun 17:00
Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers home games (TPBL)
Hsinchu's TPBL basketball team plays two home games in Zhubei, against the Taipei Taishin Mars on Saturday and the New Taipei CTBC DEA on Sunday.
Sat, Dec 5 to Sun, Dec 27 · Lights on nightly 17:30 to 21:30; markets at weekends
Dongxing Canal Light Festival 2026
Hsinchu County's winter light-art trail along the Dongxing Canal park in Zhubei, with weekend markets and a handmade Christmas market from 25 to 27 December.
Official site · Free entry · Our guide
Sun, Dec 6
Hsinchu City Marathon 2026
The city's big road race, with full marathon, half marathon, 9K and 4K courses from Shulintou Park in North District.
Official site · Tickets: the organizer's site · Registration closed in August · Our guide
Sun, Dec 6 to Sun, Dec 13 · Sun 6, Sat 12 and Sun 13 December, all 17:00
Yankey Ark home games (P. LEAGUE+)
Hsinchu City's P. LEAGUE+ basketball team hosts the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots on 6 December, then the TSG Ghosthawks and the Pilots again on 12 and 13 December.
Sat, Dec 12 · Sat 14:30
Hsinchu Municipal Wind Orchestra: Not What You Think!
The city's wind orchestra plays familiar subjects in less familiar settings, such as Eduard de Boer's Armenian Rhapsody instead of Alfred Reed's dances.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$300 · Our guide
Sun, Dec 13 · Sun 14:30
Vienna Brass Connection: LIVE, Taiwan Tour 2026
Twenty brass and percussion players from Vienna's orchestras close their Taiwan tour in Zhubei, with Star Trek, Gershwin and a new Taiwanese piece.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$300 to NT$1,800 · Our guide
Fri, Dec 18 to Sat, Dec 19 · Fri 19:30, Sat 15:00 and 19:30
Office Men's Life 3: Laughs Unlocked
A Mandarin comedy show of Japanese-style manzai and short sketches by the four-man troupe Mianbai Dazhangfu; rated for ages 12 and up.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$600 to NT$1,200 · Our guide
Sat, Dec 19 · Sat 14:30
HSO Civic Orchestra: Series II
The city's community orchestra plays The Nutcracker, Dvořák's New World finale and Márquez's Danzón No. 2, with concerto movements by its own soloists.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$500 · Our guide
Sat, Dec 19 to Sun, Dec 20 · Sat and Sun 10:00 and 14:00; ages 5 and up
Shan Puppet Theater: Where Is the Kite?
A new children's glove-puppet play drawing on Hakka life and a Saisiyat legend of the eagle, about a boy, the mountains and respect for nature.
Official site · Tickets: OPENTIX · NT$250 · Our guide
Finding more
For a free weekend, our things to do in Hsinchu and Hsinchu with kids pages are always current, and the outdoors near Hsinchu is twenty minutes away. If you're new here, start with a weekend in Hsinchu.
Sources
Every listing links to the organizer's or venue's own page, where we checked its dates, venue and ticket channel. Checked weekly.