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The 17th Golden Music Creation Awards was held at the Taipei Pop Music Center to honor outstanding music creators.
The 17th Golden Music Creation Award Ceremony was held tonight in Beiliu. Banai won two awards in a row at the beginning. She won the Best Folk Song Award for "Who", and then took home the Best Folk Album Award for "Coming". She couldn't hide her joy at winning successive awards.
When accepting the award, Banai said that what "Who" wants to convey most is the transformational justice of the indigenous people, and she also thanked her friends who have supported her along the way. Dakang.COME served as the host of the ceremony tonight. He spoke freely on the stage at the beginning. Banai said with a smile: "The host was lying on the ground and was a bit ridiculous. But freedom and democracy can allow us to do what we want to do. This thing cannot happen in our neighbor (referring to China)."
Banai also wrote the song 32 years after the Tiananmen incident. She said: "As a mother, I often think about how we can become adults that our children look up to. The freedom and democracy we defend today is to protect our children." She also used this to express the importance she attaches to Taiwan's freedom and democracy.
This year's Golden Music Creation Awards kicked off with a limited performance by Paiwan singer-songwriter Dai Xiaojun and US-based jazz performer Su Yuhan, who won the highest honor "Jury Award". With the theme of "FROM HERE TO ANYWHERE", the two combined traditional Thai martial arts singing, aboriginal singing, jazz vocabulary and traditional music elements to bring a cross-border performance.

Singer Pai Weijun performed at the "Garena Legend Showdown" 10th Anniversary Ceremony held at the Taipei Arena. Host Shu Hua was so fascinated that he accidentally called his name "Pai Junwei". Pai Weijun showed his high EQ to resolve the embarrassment. As a veteran player, Pai Weijun sang many songs live and sang with Chen Hua.

On Halloween, the Zhubei City Government held the "Zhubei Halloween Dance Carnival" in the renovated and reopened Cultural Park. The event included a parade and a performance by the "Come Real Fire Dance Troupe". Mayor Zheng Chaofang and many candidates attended, attracting about 12,000 people to participate in the grand event.

The 17th Golden Sound Creation Award was held in Beiliu, with the theme of "Touch" and "TRUE". Hip-hop singer Kristy Ko is competing for the Best Hip-Hop Song Award with the song "b.ye Graduation" in memory of her late friend. She has also submitted the song to compete for the "Best Asian Pop Performance" at the 69th Grammy Awards.

The 20th Labor Academy Awards were held at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. "The Storm Chaser" directed by Zhou Yucheng won the first prize for non-category. This year marks the 20th anniversary, and Hou Jiran, Chen Bangjun and Luo Chenen are invited to attend. The film festival will last until November 6, screening 16 domestic and foreign labor-themed works.

The Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Tainan City Government and the Southern Water Branch of the Department of Water Resources jointly organized the 2026 Mattauw Land Art Season "Celebrating Zeng Wen's Birthday and Living with Water", which opened lively at Zeng Wen Reservoir today. Through art exhibitions and watershed walks, the symbiotic relationship between man and nature is explored.

The fourth "Yongling Mingxin Cup" finals came on the 31st. Hon Hai founder Terry Gou made a surprise appearance to stand in for his wife Zeng Xinying, and the two held hands all the way to the venue. In her speech, Zeng Xinying was moved to thank her husband for his full support and encouragement behind the scenes, and revealed the joys and hardships behind the scenes of inviting Korean choreographer Choi Young-joon to cross the sea to direct the image film this year.