2026 Taitung Expo x My Taitung Parade Carnival is a vibrant city celebration built around the theme “My Taitung.” Combining parade, performing arts, community participation, and creative workshops, the project transforms the streets of Taitung into a moving stage where local culture, artistic imagination, and public participation come together.

The carnival invites local groups, tribal communities, schools, and performing teams from Taiwan and abroad to take part in the celebration. Through artist-led creative workshops, participants develop distinctive costumes, props, floats, and large-scale puppets that carry their own stories and cultural memories into the streets. In this way, creativity moves from the workshop into everyday life, allowing culture to be seen, shared, and experienced in public space.

More than a festive parade, the event is a public art action that gathers local energy, strengthens community connection, and celebrates the diversity of Taitung. From the landscape of mountains and sea to the rhythms of music, dance, and daily life, each participating group expresses its own vision of “My Taitung.” As performers and audiences meet along the parade route, the carnival invites everyone to rediscover the emotional connection between people, culture, land, and the city.

The Parade Carnival will take place every Saturday and Sunday from July 4 to August 16, 2026, throughout downtown Taitung, presenting fourteen afternoon carnival events across seven consecutive weekends. Centered around the Taitung Old Station area, the parade route connects the Tiehua Road Pedestrian Zone, Xinsheng Park, and surrounding arts and cultural venues, transforming the city itself into a vibrant stage of celebration.

Led by colorful floats, the carnival brings together percussion groups, themed installations, giant puppets, distinctive costumes, school and community participants, as well as performing teams from Taiwan and around the world. Through music, movement, and street performance, the city streets become the closest and most accessible stage for public interaction and shared celebration.

Each week unfolds under a different theme, beginning with the beauty of Taitung and extending into international exchange, ethnic cultures, ocean imagery, dance rhythms, musical expression, and artistic energy. Visitors are invited not only to watch the parade along the route, but also to move alongside the procession itself, immersing themselves in the rhythms of drums, dance, and cheers while experiencing the passionate encounter between Taitung’s diverse cultures and the spirit of carnival.