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16 upcoming events in Taipei you can go to alone, 1 of them free, from Friday 20 Nov to Thursday 14 Jan 2027. Picked from city open data and official agendas. Check the official page before you go: times and prices can change.
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4 events in the next 14 days.
Part of a festival of staged readings, this session presents a new absurdist script about a lonely man and a world of ants, read by actors in the upstairs room of a café. The intimate setting and talk around new writing make it easy to strike up a conversation with other theatre fans.
A guided stroll through the old streets of Shilin, looking beyond the night market at layers of history from Qing-era shophouses to modern daily life. Organised by Taipei Performing Arts Center, it is a short one-hour walk in a small group, so chatting with fellow walkers comes naturally.
Speakers from different corners of the dance world discuss what happens after dance school: the creative scene, how work meets audiences, and international practice. The official listing shows a price of zero. A rehearsal-room talk like this draws a curious crowd that is easy to talk to afterwards.
Part of the Prologue New Play Festival: actors read a new script about a Macau boat-building family and decades of change in the city. Staged readings are informal and intimate, and the festival crowd at Huashan is easy to chat with afterwards. The ticket page lists a 400 TWD price zone.
A reading concert of the musical PRODUCE 8+9, part of PLAY HUB's staged-reading series, where actors sing and read new work with minimal staging. Reading formats are short and informal, so they suit a solo theatre-goer; check the listing for ticket details.
Taipei Performing Arts Center runs a guided one-hour walk through the surrounding Shilin neighbourhood, part of its regular walking-tour series. Guided walks are one of the easiest ways to meet people on your own; check the listing for booking and ticket details.
On Wednesday 9 December 2026 at 19:30 the National Concert Hall in Taipei hosts the New Symphony Orchestra's annual concert IV, Continuing the Love in the Wind and Sand. The listing says resident conductor Chiang Chih-yi leads the orchestra and several soloists on a journey across South America, Europe and opera classics. It opens with Ginastera's Estancia suite, followed by a clarinet selection by Danzi based on a Don Giovanni duet, Samuel Zyman's Fantasia Mexicana for two flutes, and Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, Op. 61. The finale is the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's opera Prince Igor. The record gives six ticket prices, from NT$500 to NT$5,000, and the listing page is run through the Era Ticket system. The end time is not stated, so a typical concert length is assumed. A classical concert like this is easy to enjoy alone, since the audience is there to listen together. «本場音樂會由駐團指揮姜智譯領銜，攜手新逸交響樂團與多位音樂家» Starts 19:30, ends about 21:30. Source: Ministry of Culture, Taiwan — iCulture arts and culture events open data (Open Government Data License, version 1.0). The listing gives no end time, so the end shown is estimated. The record lists six ticket prices from NT$500 to NT$5,000 and the page confirms the 19:30 start.
The 73rd concert in the Little Giant chamber series of sizhu ('silk and bamboo') music, the traditional Chinese ensemble of strings and winds. Tickets are sold through OPENTIX; the price is not shown on the listing. A seated concert is an easy solo outing, and the hall foyer is a natural place to chat before the music starts.
A special alumni big band from Waseda University's High Society Orchestra, with players aged from their twenties to their eighties, visits Taipei at the invitation of the Taipei Jazz Orchestra. The programme leans on danceable swing and Latin numbers alongside demanding big-band pieces. Tickets are sold through OPENTIX; the price is not shown on the listing.
A 30-minute late-morning concert in the organ promotion series, with organist Hsu Chia-yu and clarinettist Lo Ta-chun playing winter and festive music by Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Bach, Tchaikovsky and 'Winter Wonderland'. Tickets are sold through OPENTIX; the price is not shown on the listing. A short Sunday concert is an easy solo outing in central Taipei.
Eight violists of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra share the stage in a chamber salon devoted to their instrument, opening with Guido Papini's quartet for four violas. OPENTIX lists tickets from NT$200 to NT$500. A short chamber concert on Christmas evening is a calm, unhurried outing on your own.
The Taipei Chinese Orchestra's youth ensemble, conducted by Lin En-hsu, presents four selected soloists on dizi, pipa, liuqin and erhu. The programme includes the world premiere of a new piece commissioned from composer Liu Wen-hsiang. OPENTIX lists tickets from NT$300 to NT$500.
Han Guang Art Studio's series for rising young pianists presents a solo recital by Lin Ping-Kuan in the Recital Hall of Taipei's National Concert Hall. The studio runs the series to introduce promising young talent to a wider audience, and a recital is easy to enjoy on your own. OPENTIX lists tickets from NT$100 to NT$500.
Conductor Quek Ling Kiong leads the Taipei Chinese Orchestra in a programme about how music travels with people across Asia, featuring erhu soloist Li Baoshun and Malay hand drums. The concert takes place in the historic Zhongshan Hall. Tickets on OPENTIX start at NT$300.
Students from the Taipei Chinese Orchestra's long-running Kunqu opera, Nanguan and Beiguan classes show what they have learned in an afternoon of traditional singing and ensemble music. It is a rare chance to hear these old forms performed by dedicated amateurs. Tickets on OPENTIX are NT$500.
This small festival is built around solo work: one performer, one theatre and four different shows across the week. The Thursday night slot is an evening of free improvised experimental music and improvised dance, billed as the fourth edition of its noise series. Tickets on OPENTIX cost NT$300 to NT$500, and a festival literally titled for one person suits a solo visitor.
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The next event in Taipei is "Play reading in a café: new Taiwanese script “Antwerp”" on Friday 20 Nov at 19:30. 4 events are listed in the next two weeks, and 16 up to Thursday 14 Jan 2027.
1 of the 16 upcoming events listed here are marked free. The rest are low-cost or ticketed; the price is on each official page, so check it before you go.
Right now: music (10), culture (3), outdoors (2), learning (1). Common venues are National Recital Hall, 相信世代 University Café二樓, 臺北表演藝術中心.
Yes, that is the point of this list. We pick talks, concerts, walks, language cafés and workshops where many people arrive on their own and there is a natural moment to start talking. Nobody checks whether you came with a friend.
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