Welcome to “What’s on this week”, where we let you know about all of the activities, shows, events and festivals being held in Macau this week. The Mid-Autumn Festival is here with a series of activities to celebrate, so why not visit and feel the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Macau? “The Voice of China” extravaganza is a spectacular and unprecedented visual and musical sensation not to be missed. And don’t forget the 25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest continues on Thursday and Saturday night!
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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| This year the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on 19 September, with the Chinese Traditional Lantern Festival featuring performances, lantern riddles and Chinese tea tables from 20:30 to 22:00 in Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park on 18 September; Lou Lim Ieoc Garden and Hác Sá Park in Coloane on 19 September; and Iao Hon Market Park and The Taipa Houses-Museum on 20 September. Don’t miss the major Grand Dance Drama Haojiang Moonlight Night – The Goddess and Dreamers performed by the Zhengzhou Song & Dance Theatre. | |
| Date | Wednesday 18 September to Friday 20 September 2013 |
| Time | 20:30 to 22:00 |
| Venue | Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park; Lou Lim Ieoc Garden and Hác Sá Park in Coloane; Iao Hon Market Park and The Taipa Houses-Museum |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.iacm.gov.mo |
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The Magic World of Joel Ward
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Joel Ward is an international award winning illusionist. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California and is a TV magic star, performing for national television broadcasts and renowned resorts and casinos in Las Vegas. He is bringing his Las Vegas performance to Macau.
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| Date | Tuesday 17 September to Thursday 19 September 2013 |
| Time | 20:00 |
| Venue | Centro Cultural Macau P.A. |
| Price | MOP$180 to MOP$250 |
| Web | http://www.macauticket.com/ticketweb/
ProgramInfo.aspx?proCode=P-000917&c=en-us |
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Butterfly Lovers Concerto
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| The Cantonese Opera Butterfly Lovers Concerto is about passion, suspense, broken hearts and dramatic twists of fate and characterizes a modern classic widely acclaimed throughout the Chinese-speaking world. Prince Shinnyo attracts butterflies when reciting poetry and beautiful Xiang Ning emanates an alluring scent whenever in love. | |
| Date | Saturday 21 September to Sunday 22 September 2013 |
| Time | 19:00 |
| Venue | Macau Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE |
| Price | MOP$108 to MOP$315 |
| Web | http://www.ccm.gov.mo |
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San Kio is Not Here – Photography Exhibition
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| One of Macau’s oldest districts, San Kio is now undergoing sweeping changes. This photographic exhibition showcases the developments in the little community over the past five years as seen through the lens of local artists Winter Chiang and Tou Kong Hong. Is this a microcosm of Macau and can the past live with the present? | |
| Date | Thursday 15 August to Monday 30 September 2013 (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays) |
| Time | 12:30 to 18:30 |
| Venue | Lata Creative & Second Hand Bookshop, No. 47, Rua de Espectação de Almeida |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://whatson.macautourism.gov.mo/information.php?rid=1952&language=3 |
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Van Van – Conceptual Photography works by Joein Leong, Icarus Wong
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| Van Van – Conceptual Photography works by Joein Leong, Icarus Wong focuses on incorporating distinctive, subjective ideas into the photographs when shot, deriving aesthetic beauty not only from composition and tonality but from the profound, emotional relationships forged between photographer and subject. | |
| Date | Sunday 11 August to Sunday 29 September 2013 (closed Tuesdays) |
| Time | 12:00 to 19:00 |
| Venue | Ox Warehouse, Intersection of Avenida do Coronel Mesquita and Avenida do Almirante Lacerda |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://oxwarehouse.blogspot.com |
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The Voice of China
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| “The Voice of China” return to The Venetian Macao CotaiArena for Season 2. “The Voice of China” is China’s most popular talent show produced by Zhejiang Television network and Satellite Television Asian Region Limited, featuring four celebrity judges – Na Ying, Zhang Hui Mei, Harlem Yu Chengqing and Wang Feng. The contestants will be in Macao showcasing their natural talent by performing a live music extravaganza in front of audiences. This is a spectacular and unprecedented visual and musical sensation not to be missed. | |
| Date | Friday 20 September 2013 |
| Time | 19:00 |
| Venue | CotaiArena |
| Price | MOP$80 to MOP$120 |
| Web | http://www.venetianmacao.com/macau-shows/the-voice-of-china/ |
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25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest
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| The annual Macau International Fireworks Display Contest – universally acclaimed as one of the best of its kind – takes place on the Macau Tower shore front, this year featuring battles between Spain v South Africa (14/9), Switzerland v Korea (19/9), Portugal v Australia (21/9), Italy v Canada (28/9) and France v China (1/10) in this whizz bang spectacular. A thrilling highlight will be the laser light effects which are a new addition to this year’s contest. The Fireworks Carnival next to Macau Tower also promises to be a real blast! It includes Food, performances and games. | |
| Date | 14, 19, 21 and 28 September and 1 October 2013 |
| Time | 21:00 & 21:40 |
| Venue | Macau Tower seafront |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://fireworks.macautourism.gov.mo |
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The Colorful New York Art Journey
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| This exhibition, which presents the iconic New York that captivates the world’s imagination, features 29 selected works ranging from line drawing, painting, watercolor on wood, ink and color on paper to digital printing, all housed in the L2 gallery arcade. Through the works of nine Macau artists, one can witness the grandeur and marvels of New York through the artists’ own experience and interpretation of the city. | |
| Date | 4 September to 1 November 2013 |
| Time | 24 hours |
| Venue | L2 Gallery arcade, MGM |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.mgmmacau.com/current-events |
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Masters in Painting
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| The “Masters in Painting – Love of Two Places: An Exhibition of Exquisite Chinese Ink and Oil Paintings” assembles a total of 120 pieces of the most representative Chinese painting and oil works from the older, middle-aged and young generations. Local artists from Macau will participate by showcasing a total of 42 pieces of their most expressive artworks. Arts lovers, this is an exhibition not to be missed! | |
| Date | 7 September to 26 September 2013 |
| Time | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Venue | Hall E, The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.venetianmacao.com/macau-events/masters-in-painting/ |
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Magic of Creation – Costume Exhibition
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Macau Fashion Gallery – an exciting focal point for exhibiting fashion designs and serving as an interactive window for fashion art education – is now showing Magic of Creation Costume Exhibition for Original Musical “Myth of Fox” to showcase the successful cultural co-operation between local fashion designers and stage performance artists. Some 16 stage costumes will be shown, featuring the works of director Kenneth Leung and Macau designers Sandy Ho, Carlos Wong, San Lee and Akina Lei.
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| Date | Sunday 1 September to Sunday 27 October (closed Mondays) |
| Time | 10:00 to 20:00 |
| Venue | Macau Fashion Gallery, No. 47, Rua de S. Roque |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.macaofashiongallery.com |
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XXIX Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists
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| Now in its 29th year, the Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists has been collecting masterpieces of Chinese painting, Western painting and Chinese calligraphy works to and share with the public. From the 265 participating works this year, 54 were selected by the members of the jury for display at the exhibition, which includes 18 Chinese paintings, 19 Western paintings and 17 Chinese calligraphy works. | |
| Date | Saturday 31 August to Sunday 20 October 2013 |
| Time | 9:00 to 21:00 |
| Venue | Leal Senado Building, No. 163, Av. Almeida Ribeiro |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.iacm.gov.mo |
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The Beauty of the Street – Exhibition of Works of Fotomo
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The Beauty of the Street – Exhibition of Works of Fotomo invites you to pick up 3-dimensional objects in your hand created from photo prints of real-world scenes, cut and assembled into 3D collages. Enjoy the Fotomo art works of Hong Kong artist Ip Kar Wai and others who joined the Fotomo Workshops last year.
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| Date | Saturday 30 August to Wednesday 30 October |
| Time | 9:00 to 21:00 |
| Venue | Leal Senado Building, No. 163, Av. Almeida Ribeiro |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.iacm.gov.mo |
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Beauties of Myanmar – Burmese Contemporary Art Exhibition
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Three Burmese artists – Saw Kyaw Zaw, Aung Thi Ha and Khine Minn Soe – majored art in Yangon Myanmar and have established a solid position in the industry. In this exhibition they have created the theme of women, showing women in a poetic and elegant posture from Myanmar ethnic life with the perfect matching of color. It also shows different styles of painting and composition effects.
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| Date | Saturday 27 July to Sunday 13 October (Closed Mondays) |
| Time | 10:00 to 18:00 |
| Venue | Exhibition Gallery, the Taipa Houses-Museum, Avenida da Praia, Taipa |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.iacm.gov.mo/museum |
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Denis Murrell @ Signum 2013
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| A strong supporter of local artistic talent, 285 Signum Living Store is currently hosting an exhibition of 14 works by the award-winning Australian painter Denis Murrell, whose paintings are to be found in many private and public collections in Macau and overseas. His works typically evoke a sense of riotous joy via the artist’s hallmark technique of acrylic on tissue paper over canvas, resulting in a very particular textural appearance that has intrigued exhibition-goers for decades. | |
| Date | Thursday 4 July to Monday 30 September |
| Time | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Venue | 285 Signum Living Store, No. 285, Rua do Almsergio R/C |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://whatson.macautourism.gov.mo/information.php?rid=1905&language=3 |
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The Thai Impression – 4 Printmaking Masters’ Works
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| The Works of 4 Master Printmakers – leading printmaker Thavorn Ko-udomvit plus acclaimed artists Puttipong Prasarnphan, Tinnakorn Kasornsuwan and Vimonmarn Khanthachavana – present 59 of their superlative works, including traditional woodblocks, water prints and lithographs featuring distinctive etching, aquatint and silk screen prints and high resolution laser printed mixed media works. All calculated to leave an indelible impression! | |
| Date | Friday 24 August to Sunday 20 October |
| Time | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Venue | Old Court Building, Avenida da Praia Grande |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.icm.gov.mo |
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In Good Season – Works by Coke Wong
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| Fascinated by all things military since his childhood and widely read on the subject, veteran local sculptor and educator Coke Wong poses as a war correspondent in this exhibition to remind his audience of the stupidity of conflict, whilst reflecting on the idiosyncrasies of human civilization via 20 of his sculptures and installation art works. | |
| Date | 17 August to 19 September 2013 (Closed Sundays and public holidays) |
| Time | 12:00 to 19:00 |
| Venue | Art for All Society, 10/Fl., No. 52 Edif. da Fabrica de Baterias N.E. National, Est. da Areia Preta |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.afamacau.com |
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“Planète Femmes” International Female Photo Exhibition
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| In partnership with Alliance Française, “Planète Femmes” Photo Exhibition features 24 awarded photographs taken by talented international photographers from the 2nd International Photography Contest, honoring women from various aspects. | |
| Date | Wed 10 July to Sun 20 October 2013 |
| Time | 24 hours |
| Venue | Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 Lobby |
| Price | Free |
| Web | www.sofitelmacau.com |
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Taipa Flea Market
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| Taipa Flea Market is easily accessible from Taipa High Street and comprises dozens of stalls selling hundreds of fascinating items! From traditional delicacies, period postcards and stamps to lamps, jade pieces, jewellery, coins, toys and collectibles. Visitors regularly flock to the market in the heart of the old village searching for that elusive souvenir and few come away disappointed! The district also hosts an interactive street event from 16:00 to 17:30 featuring music and dance shows. | |
| Date | Sun day 21 July to Sunday 22 December (Sundays only) |
| Time | 11:00 to 20:00 |
| Venue | Bombeiros Square, Taipa |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.iacm.gov.mo |
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Dinosaurs LIVE at the Venetian
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| Travel 250 million years back in time to the land of the dinosaurs. Come face to face with dinosaur models like you’ve never seen before. They breathe, they move, they make sounds – it is the closest thing you will experience to seeing a real dinosaur! A great family adventure, you can also watch a 3D dinosaur movie, ride on a dinosaur’s back and visit the exciting DinoStore! | |
| Date | Monday 1 July to Tuesday 1 October 2013 |
| Time | 11:00 to 20:00 (Last Entry at 19:00) |
| Venue | CotaiExpo Hall F, the Venetian Macao |
| Price | From MOP$50 to MOP$80 |
| Web | http://www.venetianmacao.com/macau-shows/dinosaurs-live/ |
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Sun Never Left – Public Art Performance
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Every weekend, the ‘Sun Never Left – Public Art Performance’ is held in the beautiful surrounds of St. Lazarus Church, with the adjoining lane full of stalls selling homemade products, paintings, arts and crafts. Relax with a refreshing drink, read, chat and be entertained by live music in a pavement cafe atmosphere that lets you watch the world go by as you size up the art fair products for sale.
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| Date | Saturdays and Sundays |
| Time | 15:00 to 18:00 |
| Venue | Rua de São Roque, St. Lazarus District |
| Price | Free |
| Web | http://www.cipa.org.mo |
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TABOO
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The seductive cabaret show is coming back after its sensational run at City of Dreams last year. Promising to be more provocative than ever, TABOO is set to be one of the biggest events in town.
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| Date | Tuesday to Saturday |
| Time | 22:00 to 23:15 |
| Venue | Club CUBIC, City of Dreams |
| Price | MOP$580 to MOP$1,180 |
| Web | www.cityofdreamsmacau.com/taboo |
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The House of Dancing Water
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| The largest water-based show in the world has held over 1,000 shows and continues to wow audiences with its cutting-edge stage technology, stunning scenes, jaw-dropping motor stunts and more. Check out the show schedule and ticket prices on the website. | |
| Date | Every Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun |
| Time | Shows at 17:00 and 20:00
(Dates and times subject to change so check the website) |
| Venue | The House of Dancing Water Theater, City of Dreams |
| Price | From MOP$480 to MOP$1,380 (tickets online in HKD) |
| Web | www.thehouseofdancingwater.com |
Week at a glance
| Event | Tue 17 | Wed 18 | Thu 19 | Fri 20 | Sat 21 | Sun 22 | Mon 23 |
| The Colorful New York Art Journey
(L2 Gallery arcade, MGM) |
24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| “Planète Femmes” International Female Photo Exhibition
(Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 Lobby) |
24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours | 24 hours |
| Exhibition of Works of Fotomo
(Leal Senado Building) |
9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 |
| XXIX Collective Exhibition of Macau Artists
(Leal Senado Building) |
9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 | 9:00 to 21:00 |
| Magic of Creation – Costume Exhibition
(Macau Fashion Gallery) |
10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | 10:00 to 20:00 | |
| The Thai Impression – 4 Printmaking Masters’ Works
(Old Court Building) |
10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Beauties of Myanmar
(Exhibition Gallery, the Taipa Houses-Museum) |
10:00 to 18:00 | 10:00 to 18:00 | 10:00 to 18:00 | 10:00 to 18:00 | 10:00 to 18:00 | 10:00 to 18:00 | |
| Taipa Flea Market
(Bombeiros Square, Taipa) |
11:00 to 20:00 | ||||||
| Dinosaurs LIVE at the Venetian
(CotaiExpo Hall F) |
11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 | 11:00 to 20:00 |
| Van Van – Conceptual Photography works by Joein Leong, Icarus Wong
(Ox Warehouse) |
12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | |
| Masters in Painting
(The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo) |
12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| Denis Murrell @ Signum 2013
(285 Signum Living Store, No. 285, Rua do Almsergio R/C) |
12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 | 12:00 to 20:00 |
| In Good Season – Works by Coke Wong
(Art for All Society, No. 52 Edif. da Fabrica de Baterias N.E) |
12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | 12:00 to 19:00 | Closed | 12:00 to 19:00 |
| San Kio is Not Here – Photography Exhibition
(Lata Creative & Second Hand Bookshop) |
12:30 to 18:30 | 12:30 to 18:30 | 12:30 to 18:30 | 12:30 to 18:30 | 12:30 to 18:30 | ||
| Sun Never Left – Public Art Performance
(Rua de São Roque, St. Lazarus District) |
15:00 to 18:00 | 15:00 to 18:00 | |||||
| The House of Dancing Water
(City of Dreams) |
17:00, 20:00 | 17:00, 20:00 | 17:00, 20:00 | 17:00, 20:00 | 17:00, 20:00 | ||
| The Voice of China
(CotaiArena) |
19:00 | ||||||
| Butterfly Lovers Concerto
(Macau Cultural Centre) |
19:00 | 19:00 | |||||
| The Magic World of Joel Ward
(Centro Cultural Macau P.A) |
20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | ||||
| Mid-Autumn Festival
(Dr. Sun Yat Sen Municipal Park; Lou Lim Ieoc Garden and Hác Sá Park in Coloane; Iao Hon Market Park and The Taipa Houses-Museum) |
20:30 to 22:00 | 20:30 to 22:00 | 20:30 to 22:00 | ||||
| 25th Macau International Fireworks Display Contest
(Macau Tower seafront) |
21:00 & 21:40 | 21:00 & 21:40 | |||||
| TABOO
(Club Cubic) |
22:00 to 23:15 | 22:00 to 23:15 | 22:00 to 23:15 | 22:00 to 23:15 | 22:00 to 23:15 |
IMPORTANT: Dates and times are subject to change. Always call ahead or check the website for the latest information
