Festival

Bring your family and experience the oriental masquerade of Chingay at the Penang Pesta Chingay Parade. The Chingay and Lion Dance troupe members will display their skills during this yearly street parade. Expect giant colourful flags and heavily adorned floats, lion and dragon dance performances, as well as a procession of decorative trishaws. Admission is free.

• Date: December 18 and 25\
• Venue: Padang Brown to City Hall (December 18) and MPSP Field Butterworth (December 25)
• Contact: +604 650 5136
• Email: info@visitpenang.gov.my
• Website: http://www.visitpenang.gov.my

Festival

Penang comes alive with music at the Penang Island Jazz Festival (PIJF), which is annually held the first weekend of December. Let local and international performers serenade you by the beach. This year’s 12th + 1 edition of PIFJ is poised as the musical destination for music lovers from all over the world. Its four-day programme includes outdoor Jazz By The Beach, the Creative Malaysia Fringe Programme, assorted music workshops and the Island Music Forum, Jazz Gallery Exhibitions, the early morning Sunrise@Tropical Spice Garden and more.

• Date: December 1-4
• Time: 7am-2.30pm
• Venue: Bayview Beach Resort, Hard Rock Hotel Penang, Tropical Spice Garden and Laundry
• Contact: +6012 296 7800 (Paul Augustin)
• Email: info@penangjazz.com
• Website: http://www.penangjazz.com

Festival

Kota Kelip Kelip is a play about two best friends, Saufy and Azam, who used to stay at an orphanage known as Rumah Seri Muda. After a long time, they meet again and reminisce about the good times that they spent together at the orphanage.

Kota Kelip Kelip is performed by ten children from three orphanages. Sponsors or donations are welcomed.

• Date: December 24-25
• Time: 8pm
• Venue: Penangpac
• Ticket prices: RM20, RM50 and RM80
• Contact: +6019 553 9425 (Shakirah) and +6019 228 2796 (Ainina Sofia Adnan)

Festival

The dragon emblem used in the dragon boat race signifies unity. This is because the dragon is said to be a combination of other animals in the Chinese zodiac: the head of an ox, the antlers of a deer, the mane of a horse, the body and scales of a snake, the claws of an eagle and the tail of a fish. Organised by the Penang State Tourism Development office, the Penang Pesta Dragon Boat Race will host teams from Hong Kong, Taipei, the US, Singapore and more.

• Date: December 10-11
• Venue: Teluk Bahang Dam
• Contact: +604-650 5136 / +604-264 9012
• Email: secretary@penangdragonboat.gov.my
• Website: http:/www.penangdragonboat.gov.my

Festival

Following up on three sold-out shows in 2015, the RLT Players return for their sixth season with the original Tales of Wonder II: Another RLT Christmas, with 11 dramatic and musical sketches that will delight audiences of all ages as we explore the wonder of the Christmas season.

• Date/Times: December 1 (7pm), December 2 (8pm) and December 3 (2pm and 8pm)
• Venue: Penangpac
• Contact: +604 899 1722/2722
• Ticket prices: RM30 and RM25 (concession)

Competition

Have fun sketching and painting Penang’s heritage buildings in Eat.Look.Tanoshii Art Competition. Categories include under-12, under-18 and open to all ages.

• Date: December 4
• Time: 9am-12pm
• Venue: The Whiteaways Arcade
• Website: www.facebook.com/ eatlooktanoshii

Competition

The Pearl of Orient Cup Guppy Competition brings together guppy hobbyists and breeders to discuss, share and spread the love for guppies, and ultimately vie for the coveted prize!

• Date: December 3-4
• Venue: Queensbay Mall
• Contact: 017-4139326 (Khaw)

Music

Music Camp Concert 2016 is the culminating concert after five days of intensive music camp. Musica Sinfonietta will be playing under the baton of a Thai conductor for the first time, and will play his composition King of Peace, inspired by his reverence of the late Thai king. Also featured are Bizet’s Carmen Suite No. 1, Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, Elgar’s Serenade for Strings and more.

• Date: December 3
• Time: 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm)
• Venue: Dewan Sri Pinang
• Contact: +6012 486 6926 (Bee Lee) or +6012 553 3273 (Millie Ho)
• Email: musicasinfonietta@gmail.com

Music

A Christmas Celebration of Early Music, presented by Pro Musica, is a concert featuring Allesandro Scarlatti's Cantata Pastorale, "Oh di Betlemme altera" as well as works by J.S. Bach, G.P. Telemann, Jean-Baptiste Lully and other celebrated composers.

• Date: December 21
• Time: 8pm
• Venue: YMCA
• Ticket prices: Patrons RM100; adults RM50; students RM30
• Contact: +604 227 4006 (Parvathy) or +6012 429 0923 (Chin)
• Email: bellevuecultureclub@gmail.com