Festival of Tibet 2017

Overview

Tibet is the type of place everyone wants to visit — and the kind of destination few of us will actually make it to. Don't worry, the Festival of Tibet offers up the next best thing. It'll either help ease the pain of not jumping on a plane, or make you book a ticket overseas as soon as you can.

Learning how to practice meditation, paint, cook, use singing bowls and unfurl fancy letters with calligraphy, all Tibetan-style, will do that of course. And there's more where that came from. For the ninth year running, the event celebrates the resilience and optimism of a people and culture under threat through a showcase of the country's way of life.

That includes the panel Our Tibet Story, which asks three young Tibetan activists to tell their tales, plus a Songs of Freedom concert. We'd recommend the festival exhibition as well. Nothing will help you understand the plight of the Tibetan people like witnessing artworks from some of the most prominent contemporary Tibetan artists from around the world.