sport · Taiwan
Taipei International Dragon Boat Championships
臺北國際龍舟錦標賽
The short answer
Dragon boat races on the Keelung River at Dajia Riverside Park in Taipei, held over the Dragon Boat Festival holiday with local and international crews.
Where
Taipei
Country
Taiwan
When
annual, three days around the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month, late May or June)
Last held
2026-06-19 to 2026-06-21
Next edition
Not announced yet
Organiser
Taipei City Government (Department of Sports)
Visitors
223 teams and more than 5,000 athletes (2025, Taiwan News citing NowNews; another Taiwan News item says 212 teams); no 2026 total found
Good to know
Also searched for as "Dragon Boat racing". Free to watch. 2027 race dates not announced; the Dragon Boat Festival falls on 2027-06-09, so the races are expected around that date. Other well-known Taiwanese races: Lukang (Changhua), Erlong River in Jiaoxi (Yilan), New Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung Love River. Organiser name taken from search summaries, not from a fetched official page (travel.taipei blocks automated access).
Kungfucius says: Twenty people paddling in perfect unison, which is more than Kungfucius has ever seen in a group chat.
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