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Sunday, 1 November 2026

Jembrana Creative Festival Opens With Free IP Support for Creators

Jembrana Creative Festival 2026 opened in Negara with free public programming and no-cost trademark and intellectual-property registration facilitation for local creators and creative businesses.

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Editor: Mursyid Sonsang

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Negara — Jembrana Creative Festival 2026 opened at Taman Pecangakan on Saturday, Oct. 31, and will run through Nov. 1, bringing music and art performances, workshops, discussions, culinary offerings and a creative market to the town.

The two-day festival is organized as a meeting place for creative-economy practitioners, arts communities and young people in Jembrana. Admission is free, and the program combines public entertainment with services intended to help local creative businesses protect their work and brands.

Among those services is free consultation and facilitation for trademark and intellectual-property registration. The program is provided through cooperation between the Jembrana Tourism and Culture Office and the Jembrana Regional Research and Innovation Agency, allowing local creators and creative-business operators to register a brand with facilitation from the Jembrana Regency Government.

Free registration support gives local creators practical protection

For a creator or business owner, the service means that intellectual-property registration can be addressed alongside participation in the festival, rather than treated only as a separate administrative matter. The reports describe support for creators and creative businesses in Jembrana; they do not state that the service is available to foreign visitors or businesses outside the regency.

The festival’s program reflects a broader effort to build a local creative-economy ecosystem. Its events range from live performances and workshops to food vendors and a market for local products, giving practitioners opportunities to present work, meet audiences and promote products in one venue.

Jembrana Creative Festival 2026 continues on Sunday, Nov. 1, at Taman Pecangakan in Negara. The festival remains free to the public during its scheduled two-day run.

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