【Friday Fun in Taiwan】Enjoy Weekend Scenery, Wildflower Picnics & Music Concerts
Last updated 2026-09-25 — Summer is halfway through, and some events are in full swing—like the Hualien Daylily Season and the Taitung Picnic Lifestyle Festival. There’s also the post-rain natural wonder: the Shetou Tribe Bioluminescent Fungi Tour, making visitors feel like they’re in an Avatar scene...
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Summer is halfway through, and some events are in full swing—like the Hualien Daylily Season and the Taitung Picnic Lifestyle Festival. There’s also the post-rain natural wonder: the Shetou Tribe Bioluminescent Fungi Tour, making visitors feel like they’re in an Avatar scene; meanwhile, some events are coming to an end, such as the last week of the Nantou Train Festival this weekend, and the annual Golden Needle Flower Music Concert. Don’t miss these fantastic summer events—they only come once a year!
Golden Needle Flower Sea Mountain Music Concert
Every August, the Liushishi Mountain in Hualien bursts into endless fields of golden daylilies. The golden blooms stretch across emerald-green mountain mist, interwoven with the majestic Dajiu Mountains into a colorful summer golden sea. Like lush green blankets, the flowers densely cover ridge after ridge of hills, while a few red-tiled farmhouses are scattered across the verdant fields, creating an incredibly picturesque rural scene.
Liushishi Mountain is picturesque, known as the most European-feeling place. Every year during the daylily season, it attracts crowds of visitors to admire the European-style mountain scenery and golden flower seas. (Image Source / Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan)
【Info】
Pacific Left Bank Art Festival – Golden Needle Mountain Music Concert
Time: August 16 (Sat), 2014, 16:30–18:00
Venue: Shanlan Pavilion, Liushishi Mountain, Fuli Township
Kenting Shetou Tribe Nighttime Eco-Tour
Kenting nights are always exciting, especially after recent heavy rain. The most anticipated summer night symphony in Shetou Tribe is the bioluminescent fungi boom, making visitors feel like they’re in the forest from Avatar, surrounded by glowing mushrooms. Led by tribal guides, tourists enter Shetou’s vibrant nighttime world to see the “ghost fire”-like bioluminescent fungi, dancing “dark elves” fireflies, and frog choruses that sound like an “orchestra.”
Shetou Park glows with bioluminescent fungi after consecutive days of rain at night. (Image Source / Forestry Section, Community Forestry Research Lab, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology)
When you don’t know where to go on a Kenting night during summer vacation, don’t forget to join the Shetou Night Experience Tour. Just a short distance from the bustling Kenting Night Market, the serene starry sky and magical creatures are sure to amaze you.
【Info】
Shetou Tribe Nighttime Eco-Tour
Tour Route: Zone 3 within Shetou Nature Park (approx. 2 hours)
Meeting Point: Shetou Tribe Office (Address: No. 128, Shexing Road, Hengchun Town)
Meeting Time: 7:30 PM
Services Provided: Walking sticks, conical hats, rain boots
Precautions: Please bring your own rain gear, wear long pants, long-sleeved clothing, and enclosed shoes (no sandals or flip-flops); bring your own water bottle or mineral water.
Penghu Has Endless Fun—Weekly Surprises & Giveaways
To ride the summer travel wave, besides fans’ colorful and firsthand shared experiences, the Penghu Management Office will hold the “Penghu Has Endless Fun—Weekly Surprises & Giveaways!” campaign from August 18 to September 14. Each week, related posts will be published on the “Chrysanthemum Island Happy Travel” fan page. Fans can “like” posts featuring the event logo in the photos for a chance to win weekly shopping vouchers worth NT$300.
Just by “liking” posts on the “Chrysanthemum Island Happy Travel” fan page that feature the event logo in the photos, fans can enter the lucky draw. (Image Provided / Penghu Management Office)
In Dreams“Dreamwalking” Solo Exhibition
Xu Yuhua, who has been away from home in the U.S. for many years, drifts through dreams and uses memories to paint joyful childhood moments in Taiwan and tributes to life. No matter where you’re from, when you sit around the large “banquet table” roundtable, we’re all family. Surrounded by familiar fairy tale characters from childhood and the Taiwanese delicacies that expats miss the most, it reminds us to cherish fleeting beautiful moments and more deeply appreciate the simplicity and joy brought by the plain, local culture that grows with us.
Martin: No matter who you are or where you’re from, just sit around the big roundtable—we’re all family. (Image Source / Walk the Line Art Space)
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