Events

September, 2019

EVENTS

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Music

Jazz Showcase #3 will showcase South-east Asia's leading jazz band, led by prominent Malaysian jazz pianist Tay Cher Siang. The WVC Malaysian Jazz Ensemble will perform a selection of its own brand of jazz, while BBoP, Penang's very own community big band, will perform a selection of big band music and Shanghai Jazz tunes, with special guest appearance by Datin Seri Serene Yuen.

  • Date: September 14-15
  • Time: 8.15pm
  • Venue: Penangpac
  • Ticket price: From RM38
  • Contact: +6016 444 8383 (Jerome)
  • Email: penangjazzsociety@gmail.com
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Charity

Treat your taste buds for a good cause at the Children’s Protection Society’s Heritage Treasure Hunt and Charity Food Fair. The society is a non-profit, non-governmental and religiously unaffiliated organisation that caters to neglected, abandoned and abused children who come from dysfunctional and povertystricken families.

  • Dates and Times: September 8
  • Time: 7am-2pm
  • Venue: St. Xavier’s Institution
  • Contact: +604 829 4046 or +604 826 9809
  • Email: cpspg@hotmail.com
  • Website: www.cpspg.org.my
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Charity

Organised by Arts USM, Jungle Book The Musical is a theatrical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. The musical highlights the struggles and narrative of the stateless Rohingya children. All proceeds from this fundraising event will be channelled to Penang Peace Learning Centre, a school that provides education for Rohingya children.Dates: September 5, 6 and 7 Times: September 5 at 11am (matinee); September 6 (VIP night) at 8.30pm; September 7 at 8.30pm Venue: Dewan Budaya Auditorium, Universiti Sains Malaysia Ticket prices: RM10 for students, RM25 for adults, and RM50 for the VIP night Contact: +6016 377 3308 (Dr Pravina)

  • Dates and Times: September 5, 6 and 7
  • Time: September 5 at 11am (matinee); September 6 (VIP night) at 8.30pm; September 7 at 8.30pm
  • Venue: Dewan Budaya Auditorium, Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Ticket prices: RM10 for students, RM25 for adults, and RM50 for the VIP night
  • Contact: +6016 377 3308 (Dr Pravina)
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Sports

The Penang Esports Festival 2019 is set to be the largest landmark gaming and esports event in northern Malaysia. Organised for the first time in Penang with the mission to establish the state as a gaming and esports hub in Malaysia and beyond, the festival will see gaming showcases, top esports championships and many more gaming-related activities.


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Culture

Karnival Pesta Tanglung Bukit Mertajam Penang 2019 is a midautumn festival celebration where traditional Chinese lanterns of all shapes are beautifully lit and paraded by young children. Festival-goers can expect competitions and street performances.

  • Date: September 8
  • Time: 5.30-11.30pm
  • Venue: Insa Dunia Food Court and Pusat Perniagaan Maju Utama, Kampung Baru, Bukit Mertajam
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Culture

If you like rituals and vegetarian food, this is where you should be. Also known as “Kew Ong Yeah”, the Nine Emperor Gods Festival sees devotees cleansing their souls by practising a vegetarian diet (so you will find rows of vegetarian food stalls here) and enduring body piercing and fire walking during the nine-day celebration.

  • Date: September 28-October 7
  • Venue: Rumah Berhala Tow Boo Kong, Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth
  • Contact: +604 331 8717
  • Website: www.towboonkong.org.my



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