Begin in a former police station with Taiwan’s struggle for a public voice, then browse a publisher’s bookshop. At night, Chen Ming-Chang, Sheng-Xiang Band, A_Root, Fang You-Xin and Cheng Yi-Wen perform outside Yongle Market. This route stays in one neighbourhood, carrying the afternoon’s reading into live music.
Suggested afternoon
Museum 15:00–16:00; walk about nine minutes to the bookshop and browse until roughly 17:00. Eat nearby, then head to the plaza around 17:45. Concert 18:00–20:30. Walking between the station and stops totals about 1.4 km.
Daqiaotou MRT to the museum: about 500 metres, eight minutes. Bookshop to Yongle Market: about 380 metres, six minutes. The evening stage is in the front plaza, outside the market building.
Stop 1
15:00: cultural history in a former police station
Give the free museum an hour. Choose something each of you wants to talk about rather than trying to finish every label. Open Tuesday–Sunday, 09:30–17:30.
Tuesday–Sunday 09:30–17:30; free
Walk from Daqiaotou, Minquan West Road, or Shuanglian MRT
Stop 2
16:10: a book to take home from Minle
Walk — About 530 metres from the museum; allow nine minutes.
At 153 Minle Street, the publisher Asian Culture’s bookshop faces Dadaocheng Park. Browse Taiwanese literature and humanities; the ministry also recommends it for the cultural-memory postcard activity. Books and drinks cost extra.
Choose somewhere around Minle or Dihua Street and allow 45 minutes to eat. This is a flexible dinner break; shops set their own hours and prices. Save Ningxia Night Market for afterwards if you prefer.
Stop 4
18:00: live music outside Yongle Market
Walk — About 380 metres from the bookshop; allow six minutes, plus time for any dinner detour.
Hosted by Yang Xiao-Li, the programme moves through moon-lute folk, older songs, sheng with electronic rock, and Hakka music. The ministry promises live instruments throughout. Free walk-in entry, with accessible seating and a dedicated accessible route.
Taiwan Culture Day 2026 concert poster, published by the Ministry of Culture. Editorial use.
