As summer approaches, Yuguang Island readies itself for its much-anticipated annual event. The 2025 Yuguang Island Life Festival, held from May 3 to May 11, features a music festival and two outdoor markets. Eleven music groups popular among young people, including Amazing Show (Bisiugroup), are scheduled to perform throughout the festival, drawing large crowds to the venue.
Hailed as the “secret hideaway of Tainan”, Yuguang Island is just a short distance from the city. Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che pointed out that Yuguang Island offers beautiful landscapes and the serene Crescent Bay comes right into view after visitors cross the bridge. The island has gradually become a popular tourist destination nationwide in recent years thanks to the city government’s promotional efforts, and the island has become a favored venue for many art and music festivals.
Since the inception of the Yuguang Island Arts Festival in 2017, Tainan City’s Cultural Bureau has successfully reintroduced the island to the public through curated exhibitions, installation artworks, and public participation events. The Arts Festival officially transitioned into a Life Festival which features a series of activities, inspiring new experiences for island lifestyle and recreation through means and activities that are more relevant to daily life.
Based on the core idea that “life is art,” this year’s festival featured a wide array of activities. For the first time, music performances, outdoor markets, and workshops focused on lifestyle aesthetics and mind-body wellness were introduced. A special session, “Zone Out Acoustics Day”, held over Mother’s Day weekend, invites the public to relax and “zone out” together. By creating a more open and participatory event, we hope to attract visitors of all ages and backgrounds to experience the unique atmosphere of Yuguang Island, where art and nature intertwine.