Beijing Opera Ghaffar Pourazar

Ghaffar Pourazar, an Iranian-born, British-raised, former computer animator turned Chinese Opera performer, and Chie Morimura, a Japanese woman who is a founding member of the International Centre for Peking Opera – will stage a short excerpt from one of the most famous plays, “The Monkey King,” based on stories of the mythical Chinese figure on 7 July, 5pm-9pm at Khoo Kongsi.

7th July 2010
Time: 7-9pm
Type: Street Celebration
Venue: Khoo Kongsi
Ticket Price: FREE

More detail on GHAFFAR POURAZAR & CHIE MORIMURA – BEIJING OPERA

Penang Heritage Building

Without paying single cents, indulge yourself in public and private heritage buildings open house throughout the Georgetown Penang at 7th July 2010. Some of the heritage building require ticket fees on normal day visit such as Sun Yat Sen Penang Base and Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. But exclusively for the celebration of 2nd Anniversary George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site, you will entitle for free visit at Sun Yat Sen Penang Base (10.00am-12.00pm) and Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (1.30-2.30pm, limited to 120 pax).

Other free public and private heritage building open house: Location: Penang State Museum, Penang Islamic Museum, Konsenih Building (Equator Academy of Art), Segara Ninda Residence, Wisma Kastam, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang Tourist Guide Association, Carpenter’s Guild, Hai Nan Association, Eng Chuan Tong Tan Kongsi, Yap Kongsi, Cheah Si Hock Haw Kong Kongsi, Ong Si Thye Guan Tong, Lee Sih Chong Soo, Han Jiang Ancestral Temple (Penang Teochew Association), Tsen Lung Fui Kon, Poh Choo Seah, Hock Teik Cheng SinTemple, Town Hall, Lighthouse, World Heritage Office, Anak-anak Kota, Penang Heritage Trust-PAPA, The Sire (House of Yeap Chor Ee). In addition, many other sites in George Town will be open to the public including Indian and Chinese temples, mosques, churches, tombs, and shrines.

Download full program list of Georgetown Festival 2010

EMILY OF EMERALD HILL

Scheduled to be an annual event, Georgetown Festival opens as a feast of theater, music, dance, film, art, opera, food, fashion, photography, talks and more! One the feature program, Emily of Emerald Hill theatre live in Georgetown Penang at 1, 2, 4th July 2010.

Background: Malaysia’s foremost film director Saw Teong Hin (Puteri Gunung Ledang) directing Emily of Emerald Hill with Neo Swee Lin, Pearlly Chua and Leow Puay Tin. This production will be the first time of the part of Emily is played by 3 actresses on the same stage. This dinner theatre will be at our historically elegant Town Hall that for that evening will be totally transformed to a grand dining room by Malaysian artist and set designer, Liew Kung Yu. Click here for more details.

Penang Matta Fair 2010

Penang Matta Fair Is Back!!The most awaited and anticipated travel fair of the year returns with loads of offers from hundred of exhibitors. Penang Matta Fair 2010 will be held at Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) from 2nd-4th of July 2010. Penang Matta Fair presents a diverse range of destinations for Penang consumers at fabulous discounts which is a must attend expo. There are lot of value added tour packages and great travel incentives are offered at this tourism fair. Specialize travel agents will help you with flights, hotels, and ground transportation to any destinations in the world. Don’t miss out this opportunity to get the best deal on travel.

Penang Botanical Garden

Penang Botanical Gardens 126th Year Ceremony – Penang Botanical Gardens was established in 1884. It also known as waterfalls gardens nowadays. The history back to 1884 when English, Dutch and Portuguese were competing to monopolize the spice business in the archipelago and Botanical Gardens had been used by England to be the breeding site for plants that were high in economy values. Various kinds of spices were introduced and planted there to encourage the widespread cultivation in the farm. Lately in 1956, the Penang State Government took over the garden and appointed the local residents.

In conjunction with 126 years of the Penang Botanical Garden establishment, various events will be held all year round from April till December 2010. Those events can be found in the Penang 2010 Calendar Of Events. One of the events is Symposium of 126 years of Penang Botanical Gardens in September. Other events such as Penang Flower Festival will begin from 27th November 2010 until 5th December 2010.

GO Penang International: Go-kart

The most happening event of the year come to Georgetown Penang.  GO Penang International 2010 Megafest will be held from 12 to 14 March 2010 at Penang Esplanade! An event jointly organized by the Penang State Tourism Development & Culture and ROOTS Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, the Go Penang International 2010 is a total experience Mega Festival engineered to make your adrenaline rush and heart thumps throughout the three-day event with Go-kart and Food as one of the main attractions of the event.

Penang, once well known for its popular Grand Prix in the 1970′s will once again be thrilled with an event involving motorsports after almost 30 years in which no other street motorsports was held here. Therefore, now the State Government would like to bring back the glory and the hype of motorsports to the streets of Penang! If this go-kart event is successfully held and supported by the public, we may just be able to look into bringing back Grand Prix to the Pearl of the Orient in the future.

Penang Chap Goh Meh Celebration

MY PENANG CNY Reunion Celebration 2010 and Chap Goh Meh Celebration will take place on 27th and 28th February at Esplanade from 5.30 pm until late night. Jointly organised by the State Government and GO International and co-hosted by MY Astro, themed “For the love of Penang, come home’, the MY PENANG CNY Reunion Celebration 2010 and Chap Goh Meh Celebration promises to mark the culmination of the Chinese New Year celebration with nothing less than spectacular performances by celebrities from Taiwan and Kuala Lumpur, cultural and contemporary variety shows, a fashion bazaar and full moon street party.

庚寅虎啸迎新春文化庙会

There are some key performance that you shouldn’t miss on the Penang Chinese New Year Cultural & Heritage Celebration 2010:

Main Entrance:

• Welcoming Dance
• Lion & Dragon Dance
• Lion Dance on the Stilts
• Chingay
• 88 War Drums
• Little Scholars
• Traditional Silk Ball Throwing

Main Stage:

• Chinese Orchestra
• Cross Talk Show
• Multiracial Traditional Dance
• Dragon Dance
• Acrobatic Performance
• Opera Facial Changing Performance
• Chinese Orchestra Performance
• Kompang Performance
• Chinese Classic Songs Performance

Other Stages:

• Baba Nyonya Performance
• Native Place Opera and Dance Performance
• Pekingese Lion Dance, Qi Lin, Lion Dance, Dragon Dance, 24Drummers, Qi Gong and Wushu Performance.

Other than cultural performances, you can also visit the exhibition like ‘The Old Penang Memory’ at Cheah Kongsi, ‘Traditional Handicraft Zone’ at Khoo Kongsi and ‘The History Of Clan House In Penang’.

Many of traditional and cultural performance that you shouldn’t miss, come join us on  Penang Chinese New Year Cultural & Heritage Celebration 2010!

Chinese New Year Celebration 2010

Chinese New Year 2010 is just around the corner. As same as last year, there is  Chinese New Year Cultural and Heritage Celebration in Penang on 2010. The objective of this special event is to introduce traditional Chinese culture in a grand manner and celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. There are some photos on last year Chinese New Year Celebration here. Catch up with us and see you there!

庚寅虎嘯迎新春．街頭廟會2010
Penang Chinese New Year Celebration 2010
Date: 20th February 20, 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 3:00pm to 12:00am
Location: Penang Heritage Site, Malaysia
Street: Armenian Street, Acheen Street, Kapitan Kling Mousque Street, Cannon Square, Ah Quee Street
Admission: FREE

Penang Calendar 2010

Happy New Year and may you all be blessed with a wonderful and prosperity year of 2010.  Year 2010 is the best time to travel to Penang in conjunction with Visit Penang Year 2010-2012. Penang has it all in term of culture, celebrations, heritage, medical tourism, dining, shopping, nightlife and more!

Download the calender of Penang Events here and start planning your trip to Penang now! Don’t miss out any Penang events, festivals and happening in 2010!