WAK Festival 2026 8th Edition: Shoots

SHOOTS defines WAK Festival 2026 as a season of emergence. It celebrates new genres taking shape, bold ideas breaking ground, and young talents stepping into the light. As a community driven platform, WAK nurtures creative startups and first time voices, transforming fragile beginnings into confident growth that renews and energises Sarawak’s creative industry.
1-31 October 2026
12-14 June 2026
19-21 June 2026

ABOUT WAK

The WAK Festival is a community-driven month-long open access celebration of the arts, culture and lifestyle. Happening every October, the multi-genre programme is centred around Kuching and greater Kuching.

Collaborator’s Guidebook

Whether you are brand new to running to events or a seasoned one, our team has prepared a set of Guidebooks that will benefit you.

The information within is an accumulation of our knowledge from running WAK Festival since 2017.

We have also prepared a set of Guidelines for our Brand Identity as a Festival as well as Social Media Style Guide to help provide a cohesive yet complementary experience to the WAK Festival audience.

Have a read!

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EVENT PARTNERS

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TECH PARTNERS

DESIGN PARTNERS

E-Hailing PARTNERS

MARKETING PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

VENUE PARTNERS

HOTEL PARTNERS

Event Organisers

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