Projection mappings featuring colorful and animated visuals at the Penang Town Hall building at Esplanade during the 2019 George Town Festival.
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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: FierS à Cheval (Video)
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Compagnie des Quidams from France performing FierS à Cheval at the 2019 George Town Festival’s When Night Falls, at the Esplanade.
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 Street Art (The Love Lane Graffiti)
George Town Street View: A Bus Stop Art
Some bus stops in George Town have art works depicting the area’s history together with a brief description of the area’s origin such as this one pictured here.
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
Armenian Street.
Ah Quee Street.
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/
Penang Street Art (Girl at Bawasah Road)
This large and colorful mural at Bawasah Road is part of a series of murals drawn for Urban Xchange Street Art Festival. Organised by a Berlin-based urban arts centre and Hin Bus Depot Art Centre, the festival will have murals painted by international artists from many different countries (as well as local artists) at various spots in George Town.
The location of the mural at Bawasah Road. Bawasah Road is a small road crossing Nagore Road in George Town.