Jia CURATED 2026
Jia CURATED 2026
Jia CURATED returns for its third edition from 13 to 17 August 2026, and it has outgrown its old home — this year it spreads across 15,000 square metres of beachfront at Pengembak Beach in Sanur. It is the largest gathering of design, craft and culture in Bali, and unlike most of the island’s festivals it is built to be walked through slowly rather than danced at.
The 2026 theme is Nature Weave — biophilia, and the idea that design should serve landscapes and ecosystems rather than only the people living in them. Around 150 exhibitors and more than 250 brands fill the site, spanning product design, architecture, materials, art and landscape. The anchor exhibition, Architecture in Scale, presents physical maquettes from 25 studios across Indonesia and Asia — including Kengo Kuma, Andra Matin and Bill Bensley — curated by design journalist Charmaine Chan. Alongside it, Waste to Wonder turns discarded material into finished objects, and Project Benih launches an artisan exchange between Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan.
The talks are the reason many people come. The 360° Design Dialogues, curated by Design Anthology, run on the Main Stage every afternoon of the festival — Bethan Laura Wood on opening day, then sessions on textile innovation, the alchemy of waste, the dissolving boundary between art and architecture, and the business of design. Your ticket covers them, though a few limited-capacity workshops need separate sign-up.
Gates open at 12:00 and the site runs until 22:00 each day, and the evenings are a large part of the appeal: live music and cultural performances take the Main Stage every night at sundown, with food and drink pop-ups running throughout. Early-bird tickets are Rp 150,000 for one day or Rp 410,000 for all five, on sale until 12 August; from opening day they rise to Rp 205,000 and Rp 565,000 at the gate. Children under 12 enter free, and well-behaved pets are welcome.
A note for visitors: this is a genuinely family-friendly, unhurried event, and it rewards a full afternoon rather than a quick pass. Sanur traffic is far gentler than Uluwatu’s, but the beach site is exposed — bring sun cover for the midday hours, and plan to stay through sunset, when the performances start and the site is at its best.
