One of the country's most famous music festivals gets underway later this month
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/12/10
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Chiayi City International Band Festival (Taiwan Tourism Bureau photo)\
The first Chiayi City International Band Festival (CCIBF) took place in 1997. Since then the event has evolved into one of the the most famous music festivals in Taiwan, turning Chiayi into an "international wind music city," according to the Travel in Chiayi website.
CCIBF offers a variety of activities, including indoor and outdoor concerts, a wind band marathon, marching bands, formation transformation performance, a New Year party, and more. They will be "amazing and fabulous music performances," according to the website.
The marching band parade, which has become a focus of the festival, features performances from bands, including Les Transformateurs Acoustiques from France, Anjo Gakuen Marching Band from Japan, and Assumption College Lampang Symphonic Band from Thailand. [FULL STORY]
