In 2026, 20,929 performers took the stage in Denpasar over one month

It opened on 13 June in front of the Bali People's Struggle Monument in Renon, where the governor struck the kulkul drum and about 3,430 artists set off in the Peed Aya cultural parade. From then on the programme splits into performances (Rekasadana), parades and showcases (Utsawa), competitions, talks, workshops and exhibitions, all running at once across the Art Centre's stages.

Take 8 July. At 15:00 a troupe from Abiansemal in Badung performed Wayang Wong dance-drama in the Angsoka pavilion. At 17:00 the Ratna Kanda pavilion had Semar Pagulingan gamelan, and at 18:30 a group from Jembrana staged Drama Gong in the Ayodya pavilion. At 19:30 three shows began together: an adult Gong Kebyar contest on the open-air Ardha Candra stage, shadow puppetry outside the Kriya building, and a mask performance by the Seoul Institute of the Arts in the Ksirarnawa hall.

The audience is overwhelmingly Balinese. Of the 1.8 million visits, 5,743 were by foreign tourists. At the closing the provincial government also announced the 2027 theme: Wana Kerthi, the forest that sustains life.