The first "Turkey Cup" National Dance Competition will be held on 11/21, 84 teams gather in Chiayi City to dance

Chiayi City is famous throughout Taiwan for its turkey rice and other delicacies. The Chiayi City Street Culture Development Association holds the first "2026 Turkey Cup National Dance Competition", which will be held at the Central Plaza on November 21. The event is based on "New Generation x Street Culture x Urban Marketing" and has attracted 84 teams and more than 630 dancers from across Taiwan to sign up for the competition. The total prize money is as high as NT$260,000. The association has also joined hands with local cultural and creative markets across industries to create a lively and diverse carnival with special characteristics, which is expected to attract more than a thousand people to the site and ignite the youthful vitality and tourism momentum of Chiayi City.

Lin Yihuang, chairman of the Chiayi City Street Culture Development Association, said that the association was officially founded this year by the core partners of the former "Dazheng Manufacturing Factory" and young people who love street art. The original intention of the association stemmed from the enthusiasm and consensus of young people for their hometown culture. They hoped to reverse the public's stereotypes of street culture and transform dance and trendy art into an innovative force for the city's progress.

Lin Yihuang said that since the establishment of the association, it has successively co-organized activities such as the "BACK TO FLAG Annual Achievements Exhibition" and "2026 Chiayi Halloween | Drag Street Carnival"; this dance competition is guided by the Chiayi City Government and named "Turkey Cup" after the local representative food. It is a concrete practice of combining street trends with local imagery. It hopes to create a long-term stage for youth and allow young generations in Taiwan to enter Chiayi because of street dance.

Lin Yihuang thanked Chiayi City Councilor Cai Kunrui for his support during the preparation of the event, assisting in handling administrative procedures, coordinating the city's administrative resources and venue arrangements, and acting as a communication bridge between youth groups and public departments. Cai Kunrui said that youth are the lifeblood of urban innovation. Young people have ideas and drive. The government and public opinion representatives should be the most solid backing. In the future, we will continue to strive for more performance space and resources for friendly youth.

Lin Yihuang said that the competition has teamed up with the "Chiayi City Mobile Community Entrepreneurship Development Association" to create a style market carnival, gathering more than 20 stalls with specialty food trucks, queuing food, fun games and turkey cup limited stalls, expanding the street dance competition into an urban weekend event for all ages.