UBUD FOOD FESTIVAL

Between 24-26 May 2024 the Ubud Food Festival will take over the island for a next-level and food-fuelled three-day long weekend event. We’re joined by thousands of hungry food lovers, ready to devour the best food from Bali and beyond.

AN UNMISSABLE FOODIE HAVEN

We take over the sun-drenched spot at Taman Kuliner again for three days dedicated to devouring the best food and drinks Indonesia has to offer. Our event also features a line-up of top conversation from renowned chefs, food entrepreneurs, and local culinary heroes!

DEVELOP YOUR CULINARY SKILLS

Indulge yourself in a range of complementary activities, including masterclasses, and watch culinary crème de la crème at work—as they cook up a storm during live demonstrations on the Teater Kuliner stage. 

TASTE AND SHOP

At Taman Kuliner, the Festival Hub, you can delve deep into the island’s culinary landscape with sample food stalls, where a mouth-watering array of food purveyors, artisan producers, and manufacturers offer unique products from all over.

THE FESTIVAL

Founded in 2015, the Ubud Food Festival is a three-day cross-cultural culinary adventure with Indonesian food as the star. Showcasing Indonesia’s diverse cuisine, innovative chefs, and extraordinary local produce have always been at the heart of UFF. 

The 39th APAO Congress will be held in conjunction with the 49th Perdami (The Indonesian Ophthalmologists Association) Annual Scientific Meeting, and will take place at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Bali, Indonesia, on February 22-25, 2024.

This will be the third time for Perdami, to host an APAO congress, a prestigious and historical annual event where eye care professionals from all over Asia Pacific and worldwide, gather to share innovative ideas and solutions, and collaborate, all to bring the best outcomes to the patients and community. We are confident that this congress will present excellent scientific programs in ophthalmology, visual sciences, prevention of blindness, and beyond; in line with the APAO Congress 2024 theme “Beyond All Limits”.

Held in Bali on 11-12 January 2024, this event bring together all the people that matter in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry in Indonesia, allowing you the perfect opportunity to discern and recognize the current and future trend of Tourism and Hospitality in the country, opening you up to insightful perspective that could elevate your business to a new level.

This event also offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the practitioners of the Tourism and Hospitality industry to form and networking with one another, and provide appreciation towards those who are active in bringing the whole industry forward towards a more digital future with their digitization effort.

More than just a race, BTR (Bali Trail Running) is a community of passionate runners united by their love for the sport and the breathtaking beauty of Bali.

From humble beginnings in 2020 with a small 20KM event, we’ve grown into a vibrant community offering an exciting range of challenges for runners of all levels. Whether you’re a seasoned runner or just starting, BTR has something to offer you.

This is the first cross-country running event on Mount Batur, Kintamani which was created because of collaboration between the Balinese cross-country runner community, Bali Trail Running with the Government of Bangli Regency.

Bali Blues Fest which has been held since 2015, previously held in the ITDC Nusa Dua area on Peninsula Island. Since 2022 carries a new theme, Bali Rockin Blues Fest, to strengthen and widen the involvement of musicians from Rock to Blues and does not rule out the involvement of musicians of different genres with a collaborative concept. The theme of Blues is making friends was carried from the beginning, with a community-based concept and the involvement of various creative elements in organizing Bali Rockin Blues Fest such as the Culinary community, the classic Motorcycle & Car automotive community to custom. Bali Rockin Blues Festival in 2023 will feature homeland Blues Rock musicians as well as Bali hosts in particular and invite the homeland Blues community to be involved.Blues musicians abroad since 2017 have always participated in Bali Blues Fest as a bridge to exchange music distribution network connections to world events.Bali Rockin Blues Fest is certainly awaited by fans because it will be presented in the sanur mertasari beach area which presents the beauty of the coast and the chanting of rockin Blues compositions from various participating music groups.Musicians who will perform in Bali Rockin Blues Festival such as: Bali Guitar MOB, The Hydra, Balawan, The Crazy Horse, Bali Blues Community, Indonesia Blues Brothers, Power Metal, The White Swan and many more will be presented.

The Bali Spirit Festival embodies the core mantra of Balinese Hinduism – Tri Hita Karana – to live in harmony with our spiritual, social, and natural environments.

Through the traditions of yoga, dance, healing and world music, this Bali music festival attracts over 5000 people from all over the world every year.

This Bali Festival offers you a wide range of events to choose from, such as interactive workshops & seminars, a lively community market & healing center, a children’s activity zone, yoga classes and vibrant night time programs of live Bhakti music concerts, ecstatic dance and DJs, set among the picturesque rice-fields of Ubud, Bali.

The Semarapura Festival is held to commemorate the Puputan War. Klungkung which was the culmination of the Klungkung Kingdom's war against the Dutch colonial occupation in 1908 to maintain independence. This festival is an annual event where each event will showcases various traditional art performances owned by Klungkung Regency.

The Semarapura Festival not only offers various types of typical Klungkung products such as endek cloth, silver handicrafts, and woven bamboo handicrafts. Semarapura Festival also presents various Balinese art and cultural performances that attract the attention of visitors.

The festival featured cultural attractions involving 650 people, such as a solah barong sebarung performance, gong kebyar performances for children, adults and women. There is also entertainment that presents artists as well as MSME and culinary exhibitions that reach 120 stands.

Various tourism potentials in this area, including temples, beaches, and natural beauty can be promoted through this event, so as to attract tourists to visit Klungkung.

Omed-omedan is one of the traditions of the Balinese Hindu community held one day after Nyepi, Ngembak Geni where Balinese people can return to their normal activities. In Indonesian, the term omed-omedan means pulling each other. The event begins with prayers at the temple. Then young single people divided into men and women are paraded and confronted to pull each other, hug (gelut), kiss foreheads, cheeks or lips (diman) and splashed with water (siam). 

This tradition is thought to have taken place since the 17th century which originated from the royal community of Puri Oka, South Denpasar. At that time, the community made a game of tug of war that turned into embracing each other. This tradition became more exciting until kissing each other and water sprinkling began. Today, only the Sesetan traditional village community still carries out this tradition. Young single people aged 17-30 years old who participate in this event sing the omed-omedan song simultaneously accompanied by gamelan chimes.

The omed-omedan tradition was discontinued because it was not in line with eastern customs where kissing in public is considered taboo. However, after it was stopped there was a pig fight at the place where omed-omedan is usually held which is believed to be a bad omen, so this tradition was carried out again. Apart from being a form of respect for ancestral culture, maintenance and preservation of culture, this tradition is also believed to strengthen the love between residents so that bonds are formed that educate each other, love each other, and foster each other. The excitement of this tradition also attracts the attention of foreign and local tourists. Thousands of spectators and tourists try to take pictures when young couples perform this hereditary ritual.