Festivals
Ubud Open Studios
Thursday 22nd May to Sunday 25th May 2025
Having debuted with great success in 2022, Ubud Open Studios makes it much-anticipated return this year adding an extra day to their uniquely crafted experience that grants exclusive access into Bali’s renowned creative industries.
Ubud Open Studios aims to showcase the wealth of the town’s creative industry by giving the public exclusive entry to the studios of renowned artists, designers and craftspeople. What’s special about Ubud Open Studios is that the masters and maestros themselves will be present over the three days. This gives participants the rare opportunity to meet with the minds of acclaimed creators, a chance to learn and discover their approaches, processes and ways of thinking. Workshops and private learning experiences are also available in selected venues.
With over 50 studios – ranging from painters, architects, designers, photographers, ceramicists, weavers and more – participants can organise their own daily schedules and explore each at their own pace. This format allows participants to handpick the creatives they’re truly interested in: design-enthusiasts can visit top architects; craft lovers can shortlist glassblowers, carvers and leatherworkers; artists can find painters and illustrators.
ubudopenstudios.com
Ubud Folk Festival
2025 – TBA
A 3-day celebration of music, art and culture at Biji World in Ubud! Our mission is to uplift the creative community of Ubud and put this town back on the map as a global hub for musicians and artists!
Join the three days of celebrating the talent this wonderful island has to offer. We will celebrate live music and world music over two main-stages from Friday afternoon until Sunday evening!
Additionally, the festival will host live art and interactive art performances that any attendee at the festival can get involved with! Our community art tables encourage people of all skill levels to have a go and try a new creative skill! Biji Seni Budaya gallery will host a curated selection of wonderful visual artists work in the exhibition.
The festival will also feature an art market, a vinyl record store, kids club & workshops and more!
Bali Spirit Festival
Wednesday 7th May to Sunday 11th May 2025
The highly celebrated BaliSpirit Festival held in Ubud sees thousands of yogis descend on the island to take part in one of Asia’s biggest yoga festivals. It was founded in 2008 by The BaliSpirit Group, best known for the Yoga Barn, and has become a destination event for both international and national participants interested in yoga, health and wellness.
The festival has two distinct sides. During the day, a plethora of yoga, breathwork, martial arts, meditation, talks and healing workshops take place, with renowned practitioners leading sessions. There’s community music, markets and lots of amazing food, with lots for families to take part in. At night, the festival transforms into a world music wonderland, with an atmosphere filled with positivity, warmth and good times.
http://www.balispiritfestival.com/
Ubud Food Festival
2025 – TBA
Over three jam-packed days, Ubud fires up its stoves and cooks up a delectable food-focused festival filled with flavour! Celebrating cuisine of all kinds, from Indonesian to international and fine dining to vegan, the town buzzes with a programme comprised of cooking shows, workshops, culinary discussions, dining experiences, film screenings and parties.
The Ubud Food Festival presents a real potpourri of experiences and people: renowned international chefs come to host fabulous collaboration lunches and dinners with Ubud restaurants; and local food heroes, from innovators to producers, showcase their work. Main events are centred at the ‘Taman Kuliner’ festival hub, with food and drink markets and free shows, and all around town, a variety of venues host a wealth of different events. This is one of the most favourite events in Bali, especially for food lovers of course!
http://www.ubudfoodfestival.com/
Ubud Village Jazz Festival
Friday 1st August to Saturday 2nd August 2025
This is a festival made by lovers, for jazz lovers! Ubud Village Jazz Festival came to life in 2013 and since then has presented a real ‘pure’ musical event in the artistic surrounds of Ubud, Bali. One of the favourite music events in Bali every year.
Taking place over two days in early August, the event creates a beautiful setting on the traditional grounds of the Agung Rai Museum of Art (ARMA). The world’s top jazz performers hit the stage, with a truly eclectic line-up of musicians, composers, singers, and performers each presenting their own form of the genre. The music is complemented by a bazaar and food and drinks market throughout the day and night, plus a great roadshow of performances around Bali leading up to the festival.
http://ubudvillagejazzfestival.com/
Ubud Writers Festival
2025 – TBA
Celebrating its 21st Anniversary Edition, this world-renowned literary festival will be returning to a fully in-person program that will no doubt see some of the world’s most celebrated writers, authors, thinkers, speakers and more join this milestone moment. This festival is one of the longest-standing events in Bali.
The five-day event is comprised of a whole range of formats from panel discussions to literary lunches, long table dinners, walking tours, cocktail parties and performances. And, whilst the ‘stars’ of the festival are indeed authors and writers, it is the topics of conversation, the discussion on both local and global issues that they engage in, that makes this gathering so very interesting.
Whether you’ve read a novel or the latest hit biography is beside the fact; many of the panel discussions will cover intriguing themes, and the writers – whose very job it is to delve deep into an issue – share their expertise and findings with the audience. Of course, avid readers and budding writers have the chance to listen and engage with top authors, join workshops and meet a community of like-minded, worldly festival-goers.
At night, UWRF transforms into a spectacle of entertainment. Poetry performances light up the stage, local musicians pump up the atmosphere, and screenings of independent movies are played to a captive audience.