4 Aug – 2 Sep
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
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The George Town Festival is an annual month-long international art & cultural festival, to celebrate and preserve the local arts, culture and heritage. Artistic performance, including dance, music and theater, as well as photography and heritage exhibitions, have been included in the festival.
With over one hundred unique events each year, the festival seeks to create new and vibrant connections between the traditional and the contemporary, the past and the future. In addition, the art festival has become a conduit where regional cultural arts are promoted.
Inaugurated in 2010, the festival was initially mooted to celebrate the inscription of George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has since grown into a “major Asian arts event”, attracting about 250,000 visitors.
George Town Festival
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