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George Town Festival 2025 : After Dusk “Terang” Projection Mapping (till 10th August)

“Terang”, the centerpiece of After Dusk at George Town Festival 2025, was a breathtaking projection mapping show by digital art collective Filamen, displayed on the historic Town Hall at Padang Kota Lama. Using vibrant visuals and dynamic light, the installation explored the festival’s Rojak theme—celebrating Malaysia’s diverse cultural layers—by blending heritage architecture with cutting-edge digital storytelling. It wasn’t just a light show, but a sensory experience that transformed the colonial facade into a luminous canvas of identity, imagination, and shared memory.

This event now runs till 10th August from 8-11pm at the Penang Town Hall, near the Esplanade.

 

George Town Festival 2019: Teatro Pavana’s Le Ballerine (Video)

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George Town Festival 2019’s WHEN NIGHT FALLS, which is held at the Esplanade area featuring Teatro Pavana performing Le Ballerine.

George Town Festival 2019: WHEN NIGHT FALLS

 

The first event of the 2019 George Town Festival is WHEN NIGHT FALLS, which is held at the Esplanade area from 13 to 14 July, 7pm to 11pm. The event is a series of performance and lights display, featuring the following:

  • Compagnie des Quidams from France performing FierS à Cheval
  • Moz Drums from France performing The Lighted Drummers
  • Teatro Pavana from The Netherlands performing Le Ballerine & Night Colors
  • FILAMEN, a local projection mapping community group which will showcase a variety of beautiful animated visuals onto the facade of the Penang Town Hall.

Hin Bus Depot: Sunday Pop Up Market

Hin Bus Depot‘s Sunday Pop Up Market serves as an avenue for various community activities including a small market featuring handmade products for sale by various individual sellers or small traders as well as performances by artists or musicians.

Hin Bus Depot is located at Gurdwara Road (or Brick Kiln Road), George Town.

Penang George Town Festival

Penang George Town Festival

The Penang George Town Festival that ended recently is a month-long celebration of arts and cultural performance which is held annually (normally during mid-year, July to August period). Every year, the event attracts thousands of visitors and many art performers from around the world, quickly becoming one of Asia’s must see events. The George Town Festival was launched in 2010 as a recognition of George Town’s designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

George Town Street Arts at Night

Night Mural
Armenian Street.

Night Mural
Ah Quee Street.

Night Mural
Cannon Street.

Arguably the three most famous art murals as painted (and repainted again early this year) by Ernest Zacharevic, taken at night in George Town.

For the street arts location, please go here: https://travel2penang.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/penang-street-art-map-part-1/