Flower Sea X Music X Market? A Lazy Guide to the Azalea Season Events

Text by MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Team, compiled and reported

The azalea is the city flower of Taipei. This year, Taipei is hosting its first-ever Taipei Azalea Season, combining with the National Taiwan University Azalea Festival, which has a 20-year history. The series of events includes music, art and culture, local guided tours, and campus activities. Additionally, there will be a large picnic concert, filling the southern part of Taipei with the fragrance of flowers, the scent of books, and a strong atmosphere of music and art for three whole months. Through the azaleas, the spring imagery of the southern city is brought to life. Below is a guide to the Taipei Azalea Season events to help visitors better understand the schedule and plan their flower season itinerary.

Musical Feast

A Retro Party in Spring

3/4 (Sat) 14:00–16:00

Venue: Gongguan Waterworks Park (in front of the Waterworks Museum)

The Encounter of Flowers and Music – Youth Takes the Stage

3/11 (Sat) 14:00–16:00

Venue: National Taiwan University Luming Square

Highlights of a Colorful Dance Festival

3/11 (Sat), 3/12 (Sun) 19:30–21:00

Venue: Da’an Forest Park Open-Air Music Stage

See Happiness Picnic Concert – Thousand-Person Picnic + Grassland Concert

3/18 (Sat) 10:30–16:00

Venue: Da’an Forest Park

Clouds and Flowers in Bloom

3/26 (Sun) 14:00–16:00

Venue: Da’an Forest Park Open-Air Music Stage

Fly Music Azalea Wenluo Ting Music Festival Live House Tour

3/3-3/31

Venues: THE WALL, PIPE Live Music, REVOLVER, Witch House, Taipei Tsuki Yoru no Kimi wo Omou, Café Kafka by the Sea, Riverside LeaveMessage, Cellar Father HideOut, and more

Outdoor Guided Tours

Spring Tour of Da’an – Exploring Wenluo Ting – Wenzhou-Xinyi Line

Session 1: 3/4 (Sat) 14:00–16:00 (Online registration opens at 09:30 on 3/2)

Session 2 on 3/18 (Sat)   14:00~16:00 (Online registration opens at 09:30 on 3/13)

Route: Da’an District Office → Yin Hai Guang’s Former Residence → Luan Shu Xia Bookstore → ?Gongzhen Site → Women’s Bookstore & Witch House → Eslite Private Bookshelf → Riverside Living Bookstore

Spring Tour of Da’an: A Literary Walk through Wenluoding – Roosevelt & Xinsheng Line

Session 1 on 3/12 (Sun) 14:00~16:00 (Online registration opens at 03:30 on 3/2)

Session 2 on 3/25 (Sat) 14:00~16:00 (Online registration opens at 09:30 on 3/13)

Route: Right Sidewalk of NTU Main Gate Plaza → Fu Garden → University History Museum → Anthropology Museum → Taiwan’s Shop Bookstore → Yabuke Secondhand Bookstore → Nantian Bookstore → Tangshan Bookstore → Lianjing Study · Shanghai Bookstore

2017 History Easter — Prayer & Traces Exploration: Zhongzheng Micro-Tour – Gongguan Historic Sites

Session 1 on 3/11 (Sat) 09:00~12:00

Session 2 on 3/18 (Sat) 09:00~12:00

Route: Taipei Water Department Museum Heritage Site → Water Purification Plant → Wensheng Park → Gongguan Commercial Area → Baozangyan

NTU Campus Humanities Guided Tour

Sessions 1 & 2 on 3/11 (Sat) 10:30~12:00 & 14:00~16:00

Sessions 3 & 4 on 3/12 (Sun) 10:30~12:00 & 14:00~16:00

Route: NTU Main Entrance → Fu Garden → University History Museum → College of Liberal Arts → Drunken Moon Lake → First Activity Center → Main Library → Zhou Shan Road → Luming Plaza

NTU Campus Ecology Scheduled Guided Tour

Sessions 1 & 2 on 3/18 (Sat) 09:30~11:30 & 13:30~15:30

Sessions 3 & 4 on 3/19 (Sun) 09:30~11:30 & 13:30~15:30

Route: NTU Main Entrance → Fish Specimen Museum → Greenhouse → Plant Specimen Museum → ?Gongzhen Water Source Pool → Zhenxing Lawn → Drunken Moon Lake

NTU Museum Group & Campus Scheduled Guided Tour Event — Special Canal Tour

3/25 (Sat) 13:30~16:00

Route: Fu Garden → Agricultural Exhibition Hall → Drunken Moon Lake → Wuluixi Canal Site → ?Gongzhen Site → Ichiyoshi Cottage → Luming Plaza → Agricultural Product Sales Center (Puff Pastry) → Plant Specimen Museum

Birds Singing, Flowers Blooming — Visit Hakka Park

Sessions 1 & 2 on 3/18 (Sat) 10:00~10:40 & 16:00~16:40

Sessions 3 & 4 on 3/19 (Sun) 10:00~10:40 & 16:00~16:40

Route: Meet at the Service Desk on the 1st Floor of Taipei City Hakka Cultural Theme Park - Hakka Cultural Center → Respect for the Character Pavilion → Bao Gong Pavilion → Ecological Ditch → Waterwheel → Rural Experience Area → Herbal Plant Area → Folk Plant Area → Levee-Crossing Platform

Lecture Series

Madam Yin’s Secret Recipes

3/11 (Sat) 14:00~16:00

Venue: Yin Hai Guang’s Former Residence (No. 1-1, Lane 16, Alley 18, Wenzhou Street, Taipei City)

“Wenluo Ting Perspectives” Lecture Series

March 18 (Sat) 14:00–17:00

Venue: Yin Haiguang’s Former Residence (No. 1-1, Lane 16, Alley 18, Wenzhou Street, Taipei City)

“National Taiwan University, the City of Azaleas” Lecture

March 11 (Sat) 09:45–10:45

Venue: Room 106, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (Building No. 4), National Taiwan University

“Azalea Wonder Tour” Guided Walk

March 11 (Sat) 13:00–14:00, 14:00–14:40, 15:00–15:40

March 12 (Sun) 10:00–10:40, 11:00–11:40, 13:00–13:40

14:00~14:40 15:00~15:40

Venue: Small Tent in Front of Building No. 4, Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University

Jianguo Flower Market Azalea Bonsai Art Workshop

March 25 (Sat)

14:00–15:00 Azalea Appreciation and Styling Techniques

15:00–16:00 Hands-on: Azalea Sculpture in Scholarly Drifting Tree Style

March 26 (Sun)

14:00–15:00 Azalea Pruning and Cultivation

15:00–16:00 Hands-on: Azalea Cotton Root Soil Replacement Techniques

Registration Venue: Service Counter, Zone 6, Jianguo Flower Market