Taman Ayun Barong Festival Joins Indonesia’s 2026 Tourism Calendar

Mengwi — The Taman Ayun Barong Festival Regeneration and Superstar 2026 was included in the 125 events selected for the Karisma Event Nusantara 2026 programme and took place from Nov. 6 to Nov. 7 at the Taman Ayun tourism area in Mengwi, Badung.

The festival was presented by the Badung Tourism Office as part of an effort to broaden the reach of tourism beyond the regency’s southern areas. The event combined Barong performances with programmes intended to support the continuation of Balinese performance traditions.

The festival broadens Badung’s tourism calendar

For visitors, the selection places a cultural event at Taman Ayun within a national tourism programme rather than limiting major activity to Badung’s established southern resort zone. The festival’s setting was the Daya Tarik Wisata Pura Taman Ayun, a tourism area in Mengwi.

The 2026 programme included two performance categories. Regeneration involved elementary- and junior-high-school children performing Barong Buntut, with child performers also taking part as dancers and kendang players. Superstar brought together accomplished dancers for performances intended to maintain established Balinese artistic conventions.

The event was the ninth staging of the festival since 2016. Earlier editions were initiated by the Taman Ayun tourism attraction in cooperation with the Penglingsir of Puri Mengwi. In 2026, the Badung Tourism Office organised the event with the Ministry of Tourism through Karisma Event Nusantara.

Taman Ayun Barong Festival was listed among Bali’s selected events. The festival also involved micro, small and medium enterprises and an exhibition.

Sources

• Bali Post — Indonesian regional news outlet
• detikBali — Indonesian news outlet
• NusaBali — Balinese news outlet
• trivpass.com