Upcoming Asian arts destinations 2024

A hand-picked guide of contemporary arts festivals and biennales to add to your Asian travel itinerary in the second half of 2024.
Catch art and music at Suara Festival, Bali Indonesia. Two very large installations appear like masks hovering over a crowd with the sun setting into the background against a purple sky.

The George Town Festival is a 10-day celebration of arts, culture and the transformative power of human creativity. Featured events include Convergence from the Hong Kong Dance Company, Shadow Sculptures by Australian artist Gav Barbey, Alle Armi by Italian Hombre Collettivo, They All Die At The End by Theatresauce and more.
19-28 July; learn more.

Bali’s Suara Festival of music, arts and culture will be headlined by Australian pop group Angus & Julia Stone this year. The Festival is presented at Nuanu City, Tabanan, home to the Luna Beach Club and immersive art studio, Labyrinth. The line-up includes contemporary music and also traditional Balinese performances, from stilt walkers and aerialists to maracas and didgeridoo-making workshops.
26-28 July; learn more.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_