The Taipei New Year’s Party Anime Fan Support Week Bursts onto the Stage with a Big Boisterous Bang this Week! Taipei New Year’s Party Lucky Bags Will Bring You a Bit of Exclusive New Year Good Luck

2024-12-20

With the countdown to midnight on New Year’s Eve underway, the Taipei New Year’s Party series of warmup activities is also underway. Next up is Anime Fan Support Week, being held in the southeast plaza at Taipei City Hall on December 21 and 22. Embracing anime as the core concept, a weekend experience brimming with creativity and warmhearted hospitality has been created. In addition to the exciting stage performances and other theme week activities, this year (2024) a special limited-edition 2025 Taipei New Year’s Party Lucky Bag has been unveiled, filled with a rich and diverse array of treasure goodies inside. Come to Xiangti Avenue Plaza in Xinyi District to pick up one of these colorful gifts stuffed with New Year blessings for yourself!


According to the city’s Department of Information and Tourism, following the earlier Nostalgia Retro Week and Western Classics Week, this week’s activity is inspired by anime culture, with great fun guaranteed for anime fans, music lovers, and parents/kids out together! In addition to a special market, a series of marvelous interactive activities and stage performances has been planned for Anime Fan Support Week. Combining distinctive dance and creative musical instrument performances, whether presenting a dance performance adapted from a popular anime theme song or an innovative performance using traditional instruments mixed with electronic sound effects, you’ll experience the charm and vitality of the anime melodies along with the passionate enthusiasm of fan support gatherings.

Interactive activities and stage performances for Anime Fan Support Week, part of the Taipei New Year’s Party series of countdown warmup activities.
Furthermore, specially launched for this year’s Taipei New Year’s Eve bash is the 2025 Taipei New Year’s Party Lucky Bag. Within each Lucky Bag is a bounty of riches, including food, clothing, and daily necessities treasures. Participating brands include the popular skin care venture Jealousness, the high-tech textile enterprise PP Persephone Graphene, and the supermarket chain PX Mart, who have joined hands with PXPay Plus to create a Lucky Bag combo that is both creative and practical. The limited-quantity bags, suitable for both gift-giving and personal use, are being sold at the brands’ installation booths at Xiangti Avenue Plaza in Xinyi District. Come quick to join in the Taipei New Year’s Party fun and select your personal New Year’s blessing, making the 2025 Taipei New Year’s Party Lucky Bag your good luck charm! For more information on this and the party program of activities, please stay tuned to the Taipei New Year’s Party official website (https://2025newyear.travel.taipei/en/) and the Taipei Travel website dedicated fan page.

Nostalgia Retro Week

Campus youth folk songs, Y2K golden hits, Taiwanese “undefeated” tunes – melodies everyone will be able to hum along to! Come along for Nostalgia Retro Week, immersing yourself in nostalgia-filled songs, joining us for the pure and simple joy of storytelling time! During Nostalgia Retro Week, adults can reminisce together about their youthful days, and youngsters can experience interesting memories a world different from 3C technology. Integrating the retro trend that has blossomed in recent years, this will connect people of different ages, inspire the rekindling of original dreams and aspirations, and welcome in the new year 2025!

Market Activity Times: Saturday and Sunday 15:00 to 21:00

Market Stall Location: Songzhi Road Sidewalk, East Gate of Taipei City Hall

Stage Performance Times: Saturday and Sunday 16:00 to 20:00

Stage Performance Location: Taipei City Hall southeast square (beside Songzhi Road/Songshou Road intersection)

 

Diversified Market Traffic Info

Near MRT Taipei City Hall Station, Exit 2, walk about 7 minutes

Also near MRT Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station, Exit 4 – about 9min walk

Near “Taipei City Hall (Songshou)” bus stop, take bus 612, 669, BL10

Near underground City Hall Square Parking Lot, about 7min walk to venues, about 3-minute drive

Western Classics Week

Highlighting Taiwan’s integration with the wide world, displaying not only how Taipei City’s attractions and services match the needs of international tourists, but also how local folk enjoy a deep love for Western classics. A range of international-flavor performances has been prepared for Western Classics Week, including magic shows, solo circus-arts acts, and jazz drumming, along with classical music featuring the integration of innovative violin performances, showcasing Taipei City’s cultural inclusivity as well as its dynamic creative thinking!

Market Activity Times: Saturday and Sunday 15:00 to 21:00

Market Stall Location: Songzhi Road Sidewalk, East Gate of Taipei City Hall

Stage Performance Times: Saturday and Sunday 16:00 to 20:00

Stage Performance Location: Taipei City Hall southeast square (beside Songzhi Road/Songshou Road intersection)

 

Diversified Market Traffic Info

Near MRT Taipei City Hall Station, Exit 2, walk about 7 minutes

Also near MRT Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station, Exit 4 – about 9min walk

Near “Taipei City Hall (Songshou)” bus stop, take bus 612, 669, BL10

Near underground City Hall Square Parking Lot, about 7min walk to venues, about 3-minute drive

Anime Fan Support Week

A place of boundless warmth and enthusiasm – this is Taipei. In this, the world’s “highest” New Year city with the soaring Taipei 101 tower its festive centerpiece, are you ready to come get “high” together? One and all are heartily welcomed to come take part in Anime Fan Support Week, experiencing Taipei’s zestful energy! During this week, the concept of “anime” will be integrated in unique variations to dance, creative musical instrument, and other types of perfor-mances. Sure to arouse great warmhearted joy in both adults and kids, whatever one’s age, eve-ryone surely has a fan support object of affection they’ll want to express their ardor for – along with fan support for Taipei and fan support for 2025!

Market Activity Times: Saturday and Sunday 13:00 to 17:00

Market Stall Location: Songzhi Road Sidewalk, East Gate of Taipei City Hall

Stage Performance Times: Saturday and Sunday 13:00 to 17:00

Stage Performance Location: Taipei City Hall southeast square (beside Songzhi Road/Songshou Road intersection)

 

Diversified Market Traffic Info

Near MRT Taipei City Hall Station, Exit 2, walk about 7 minutes

Also near MRT Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station, Exit 4 – about 9min walk

Near “Taipei City Hall (Songshou)” bus stop, take bus 612, 669, BL10

Near underground City Hall Square Parking Lot, about 7min walk to venues, about 3-minute drive

Lounge Leisure Week

In both complement and contrast to the Outdoor camping relaxing lifestyle that has become pop-ular locally in recent years, Taipei City invites everyone to come to Xinyi District for an alterna-tive Urban Outdoor experience! You can also find alfresco relaxation in the big city, enjoying stress-free market shopping for tasty food and savoring soothing chill music and stand-up acts as well as well enjoying easygoing bubble shows and balloon shows with your young ones, immersing yourself in peaceful, carefree leisure-time fun.

Market Activity Times: Saturday and Sunday 13:00 to 17:00

Market Stall Location: Songzhi Road Sidewalk, East Gate of Taipei City Hall

Stage Performance Times: Saturday and Sunday 13:00 to 17:00

Stage Performance Location: Taipei City Hall southeast square (beside Songzhi Road/Songshou Road intersection)

 

Diversified Market Traffic Info

Near MRT Taipei City Hall Station, Exit 2, walk about 7 minutes

Also near MRT Taipei 101/World Trade Center Station, Exit 4 – about 9min walk

Near “Taipei City Hall (Songshou)” bus stop, take bus 612, 669, BL10

Near underground City Hall Square Parking Lot, about 7min walk to venues, about 3-minute drive